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Atlantic Scup Trawl Fishery MSC Fishery Assessment Report SCS Global Services Report SCS Global Services Report Atlantic Scup Trawl Fishery MSC Fishery Assessment Report Announcement Comment Draft Report Authors Client Group Dr. Gerard DiNardo, Lead and Principal 1 Lund’s Fisheries, Inc. - Jeff Kaelin Mr. Glen Sutton, Principal 2 Cape May, New Jersey 08204 U.S.A. Mr. Robert Allain, Principal 3 Dr. Holly Rolls, Project Manager Seafreeze, Ltd. - James Barbera North Kingstown, Rhode Island 02852 U.S.A. August 17th, 2021 2000 Powell Street, Ste. 600, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA +1.510.452.8000 main | +1.510.452.8001 fax www.SCSglobalServices.com SCS Global Services Report Table of Contents 1 List of Tables 3 2 List of Figures 5 3 Glossary 8 4 Executive Summary 11 5 Report Details 14 5.1 Authorship and peer review details 14 1.2 Version details 17 6 Unit(s) of Assessment and Certification and results overview 18 6.1 Unit(s) of Assessment (UoA) and Unit(s) of Certification 18 6.2 Assessment results overview 20 7. Traceability and eligibility 21 7.1 Eligibility date 21 7.2 Traceability within the fishery 21 7.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody 23 8 Scoring 24 8.1 Summary of Performance Indicator level scores 24 8.2 Principle 1 25 8.3 Principle 2 56 8.4 Principle 3 168 9 Appendices 290 9.1 Assessment information 290 9.3 Peer Review reports 293 9.4 Stakeholder input 294 9.5 Conditions 295 9.6 Client Action Plan 296 9.7 Surveillance 296 9.8 NEFOP dataset 297 9.9 Harmonised fishery assessments 308 9.10 Objection Procedure 317 9.11 Certificate Sharing Mechanism 318 10 References 319 11 Template information and copyright 335 Version 6-0 (September 2020) | © SCS Global Services | MSC V1.2 Atlantic Scup Trawl Fishery Assessment Page 2 of 335 SCS Global Services Report 1 List of Tables Table 1. Unit of Certification(s) and Unit of Assessment(s) ........................................................................ 11 Table 2. Fisheries program documents versions ........................................................................................ 17 Table 3. Unit of Assessment (UoA) ............................................................................................................. 19 Table 4. Unit of Certification (UoC) ............................................................................................................. 19 Table 5. Traceability within the fishery ....................................................................................................... 22 Table 6. Summary of Performance Indicator Scores and Associated Weights Used to Calculate Principle Scores. ......................................................................................................................................................... 24 Table 7. Scup biological reference points from the 2019 operational stock assessment (source Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 2020). ................................................................................................................. 30 Table 8. Commercial Scup Quota Allocations for 2020 by Quota Period (source MAFMC, 2020). ............ 32 Table 9. State-by-state quotas for the commercial scup fishery during the summer quota period (May- September) (source MAFMC, 2020). .......................................................................................................... 32 Table 10. Statistical areas which accounted for at least 5% of the total commercial scup catch (by weight) in 2018, with associated number of trips (source MAFMC, 2019). ............................................................ 35 Table 11. Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and catch data. .............................................................................. 37 Table 12. Summary of prominent species observed in Scup otter trawls, where catch weights are > 0.5 % of the total catch weight (2015 - 2020, NEFOP data). ................................................................................ 60 Table 13. Main species with individual scoring. ......................................................................................... 61 Table 14. Observer coverage estimates using the ratio of VTR landings from SBRM reports to that reported in the NEFOP data. ....................................................................................................................... 63 Table 15. First Target Species recorded in observer trips. (Source NEFOP data) ....................................... 64 Table 16. Second Target Species of recorded in observer trips. (Source NEFOP data). ............................. 64 Table 17. Observed catch composition of skate species in the bottom trawl fishery from 2015-2020 (source: NEFOP). ......................................................................................................................................... 73 Table 18. Threatened or endangered species found in the New England/Mid Atlantic area), plus mammals protected under the MMPA (* denotes observed interactions recorded in NEFOP data). ....... 81 Table 19. UoA bottom trawl numbers of observed fishery interactions with ETP species between 2015- 2000 (from NEFOP data). ............................................................................................................................ 81 Table 20. Stock status determination for the coastwide stock and DPSs (recreated from the Commission’s Atlantic Sturgeon Stock Assessment Overview, October 2017; cited from the 2021 Biological Opinion for NMFS 2021). ............................................................................................................ 90 Table 21. Ten habitat types identified in the Vulnerability Assessment (From: NEFMC 2011). ................. 99 Table 22. Susceptibility and Recovery values. Reproduced from NEFMC 2011b. ................................... 104 Table 23. Feeding guilds and managing bodies (NOAA 2021b). ............................................................... 114 Table 24. Ecosystem-scale fishery management objectives in the Mid-Atlantic Bight (NOAA 2021b). ... 116 Table 25. State agencies ........................................................................................................................... 188 Table 26. States Dispute Resolution Processes for Commercial Fisheries. .............................................. 218 Table 27. Management Changes to Commercial Scup Fishery Management Plan, 1996 - 2020 ............. 219 Table 28. Current Scup Specifications (January 1 - December 31, 2020) ................................................. 222 Version 6-0 (September 2020) | © SCS Global Services | MSC V1.2 Atlantic Scup Trawl Fishery Assessment Page 3 of 335 SCS Global Services Report Table 29. Dates, allocations, and possession limits for the commercial scup quota periods. Winter period possession limits apply in both state and federal waters. (Source: MAFMC Scup Fishery Information Document - June 2020) ............................................................................................................................. 223 Table 30. State-by-state quotas for the commercial scup fishery during the summer quota period (May- September). (Source: MAFMC Scup Fishery Information Document, June 2020) ................................... 223 Table 31. Code of Federal Regulations of the Commercial Scup Fishery. ................................................ 228 Table 32. NOAA Fisheries’ Northeast Division of the Office of Law Enforcement - MCS Program Outcomes by Reporting Period for 2019 - 2020 (Source: NOAA Reports to MAFMC, summarized by Assessment team) ..................................................................................................................................... 235 Table 33. USCG 5th District MCS Program Outcomes by Reporting Period for 2020 (Source: USCG Reports to MAFMC, summarized by Assessment team) ........................................................................................ 237 Table 34. USCG 1st District MCS Program Outcomes by Reporting Period for 2020 (Source: USCG Reports to NEFMC, summarized by Assessment team) ......................................................................................... 238 Table 35. Penalty Matrix for the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ......... 240 Table 36. Small-scale fisheries .................................................................................................................. 290 Table 37. Audit Plan: Key Meetings and Locations ................................................................................... 290 Table 38. Decision Rule for Calculating Performance Indicator Scores based on Scoring Issues, and for Calculating Performance Indicator Scores in Cases of Multiple Scoring Elements. (Adapted from MSC FCPV2.2 Table 4) ....................................................................................................................................... 291 Table 39. Summary of Stakeholder Submissions ...................................................................................... 294 Table 40 Condition X NEW ........................................................................................................................ 295 Table 41. Fishery surveillance audit .......................................................................................................... 296 Table 42. Timing of surveillance audit ...................................................................................................... 296 Table 43. Surveillance level rationale ......................................................................................................
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