Fishery Name Fishery Are Shown As Appendix 1.1 to This Report

Acoura Marine Public Comment Draft Report Suriname Atlantic Seabob Shrimp MSC SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES CERTIFICATION Suriname Atlantic Seabob Shrimp Public Comment Draft Report October 2016 Prepared For: Heiploeg, Member of the PP Group Prepared By: Acoura Marine Ltd Acoura Marine Full Assessment Template per MSC V2.0 02/12/2015 Acoura Marine Public Comment Draft Report Suriname Atlantic Seabob Shrimp Public Comment Draft Report October 2016 Authors: Tristan Southall, Rob Blyth-Skyrme and John Tremblay Certification Body: Client: Acoura Marine Heiploeg, Member of the PP Group Address: Address: 6 Redheughs Rigg Heiploeg Edinburgh Member of the PP Group, Heiploeg International BV EH12 9DQ P.O. Box 2 Scotland, UK NL – 9974 ZG Zoutkamp Netherlands Name: Fisheries Department Name: Mark Nijhof Tel: +44(0) 131 335 6601 Tel: +31 (0)595 40 55 55 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.Acoura.com Page 2 of 168 version 3.0(24/03/15) Acoura Marine Public Comment Draft Report Suriname Atlantic Seabob Shrimp Contents Glossary ................................................................................................................................................. 5 1. Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................... 7 2. Authorship and Peer Reviewers .................................................................................................. 9 2.1 Assessment Team .................................................................................................................. 9 2.1.1 Peer Reviewers ................................................................................................................... 10 2.1.2 RBF Training ........................................................................................................................ 10 3. Description of the Fishery .......................................................................................................... 11 3.1 Unit(s) of Certification and scope of certification sought ....................................................... 11 3.2 Overview of the fishery .......................................................................................................... 11 3.2.1 Area Under Evaluation .................................................................................................. 11 3.2.2 The Fishery Client ......................................................................................................... 12 3.2.5 The Target Species ....................................................................................................... 14 3.3 Principle One: Target Species Background .......................................................................... 16 3.3.1 Biology and ecology in Suriname waters ...................................................................... 16 3.3.2 Trophic status of seabob in Suriname waters ............................................................... 17 3.3.3 Stock Status & Assessment Methodology .................................................................... 18 3.3.4 History of fishing and management............................................................................... 20 3.4 Principle Two: Ecosystem Background ................................................................................. 22 3.4.1 Retained species ........................................................................................................... 23 3.4.2 Bycatch species ............................................................................................................ 23 3.4.3 ETP Species .................................................................................................................. 24 3.4.4 Habitat ........................................................................................................................... 25 3.4.5 Ecosystem ..................................................................................................................... 27 3.5 Principle Three: Management System Background.............................................................. 29 3.5.1 Jurisdiction .................................................................................................................... 29 3.5.2 Recognised Groups ...................................................................................................... 29 3.5.3 Management Plan ......................................................................................................... 29 3.5.4 Decision-making process .............................................................................................. 30 3.5.5 Objectives ...................................................................................................................... 31 3.5.6 Monitoring Control & Surveillance ................................................................................. 31 4. Evaluation Procedure ................................................................................................................. 32 4.1 Harmonised Fishery Assessment ......................................................................................... 32 4.2 Previous assessments .......................................................................................................... 32 4.3 Assessment Methodologies .................................................................................................. 33 4.3.1 Assessment Tree ................................................................................................................. 33 4.4 Evaluation Processes and Techniques ................................................................................. 33 4.4.1Site Visits............................................................................................................................... 33 4.4.2 Consultation outcomes......................................................................................................... 34 Page 3 of 168 version 3.0(24/03/15) Acoura Marine Public Comment Draft Report Suriname Atlantic Seabob Shrimp 4.4.3 Evaluation Techniques ......................................................................................................... 35 4.4.4 RBF Use ............................................................................................................................... 36 5. Traceability .................................................................................................................................. 37 5.1 Eligibility Date ........................................................................................................................ 37 5.2 Traceability within the Fishery ............................................................................................... 37 5.2.1 Tracking, Tracing and Segregation Systems ....................................................................... 37 5.2.2 Evaluation of Risk of Vessels Fishing Outside of UoC ........................................................ 37 5.2.3 Risk of Substitution of Mixing Certified / Non-Certified Catch prior to point of landing ........ 37 5.2.4 At-Sea Processing ............................................................................................................... 37 5.2.5 Trans-Shipment .................................................................................................................... 37 5.3 Eligibility to Enter Further Chains of Custody ....................................................................... 37 5.3.1 Eligible points of landing ...................................................................................................... 38 5.3.2 Parties eligible to use the fishery certificate ......................................................................... 38 6. Evaluation Results ...................................................................................................................... 39 6.1 Principle Level Scores ........................................................................................................... 39 6.2 Summary of Scores ............................................................................................................... 39 6.3 Summary of Conditions ......................................................................................................... 40 6.3.1 Recommendations .............................................................................................................. 40 6.4 Determination, Formal Conclusion and Agreement .................................................................... 41 7. References ................................................................................................................................... 42 Appendix 1. Scoring & Rationale ...................................................................................................... 44 MSC Principles & Criteria .................................................................................................................. 44 Appendix 1.1 Performance Indicator Scores and Rationale ............................................................ 47 Principle 1 ...................................................................................................................................... 47 Principle 2 ...................................................................................................................................... 67 Principle

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