Initial Assessment of the ISF Iceland Northern Shrimp Fishery (Inshore and Offshore)
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FINAL REPORT Initial assessment of the ISF Iceland Northern shrimp fishery (inshore and offshore) Icelandic Sustainable Fisheries Report No.: 2017-032, Rev. 1 Document No.: Date: 2018-10-02 Certificate code: to be determined / xxx Report type: Final Report DNV GL – Business Assurance Report title: Initial assessment of the ISF Iceland Northern shrimp fishery (inshore and offshore) DNV GL Business Assurance Customer: Icelandic Sustainable Fisheries, Grandagarður Norway AS 16, 101 Reykjavík Veritasveien 1 Contact person: Kristinn Hjalmarsson 1322 HØVIK, Norway Date of issue: 2018-10-02 Tel: +47 67 57 99 00 Project No.: PRJC-569364-2017-MSC-NOR http://www.dnvgl.com Organisation unit: Food & Beverage Report No.: 2017-032, Rev.1 Certificate No.: Objective: Assessment of the Iceland Northern Shrimp fishery against MSC Fisheries Standards v2.0. Prepared by: Verified by: Stefan Midteide, Project Manager Sigrun Bekkevold Julian Addison, Expert, Principle 1 Lucia Revenga, Expert Principle 2, Team leader Geir Hønneland, Expert, Principle 3 Copyright © DNV GL 2014. All rights reserved. This publication or parts thereof may not be copied, reproduced or transmitted in any form, or by any means, whether digitally or otherwise without the prior written consent of DNV GL. DNV GL and the Horizon Graphic are trademarks of DNV GL AS. The content of this publication shall be kept confidential by the customer, unless otherwise agreed in writing. Reference to part of this publication which may lead to misinterpretation is prohibited. DNV GL Distribution: Keywords: ☒ Unrestricted distribution (internal and Marine Stewardship Council, Iceland, Northern external) shrimp ☐ Unrestricted distribution within DNV GL ☐ Limited distribution within DNV GL after 3 years ☐ No distribution (confidential) ☐ Secret Rev. No. Date Reason for Issue Prepared by Verified by 0 2018-02-28 Preliminary Draft Report for Client Stefan Midteide, Julian Addison, Lucia review Revenga and Geir Hønneland 1 2018-06-26 Peer Review Draft Report 2018-08-16 Public Comment Draft Report 2018-10-02 Final Report [yyyy-mm-dd] Public Certification Report DNV GL – Report No. 2017-032, Rev. 1 – www.dnvgl.com MSC Full Assessment Reporting Template V2.0 – issued 8 April 2015 Template approval date: Page 1 Table of contents ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS ...................................................................................................... 5 STOCK ASSESSMENT REFERENCE POINTS ...................................................................................... 6 MSC ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ........................................................................................... 6 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Main strengths and weaknesses of the client’s operation 7 1.2 Determination / draft determination 8 2 AUTHORSHIP AND PEER REVIEWERS .............................................................................. 10 2.1 Assessment team 10 2.2 Peer reviewers 12 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE FISHERY ...................................................................................... 13 3.1 Unit(s) of Assessment (UoA) and scope of certification sought 13 3.2 Overview of the fishery 18 3.3 Principle One: Target Species Background 23 3.4 Principle Two: Ecosystem Background 51 3.5 Principle Three: Management System Background 79 4 EVALUATION PROCEDURE .............................................................................................. 82 4.1 Harmonised Fishery Assessment 82 4.2 Previous assessments 83 4.3 Assessment Methodologies 84 4.4 Evaluation Processes and Techniques 85 5 TRACEABILITY .............................................................................................................. 90 5.1 Eligibility Date 90 5.2 Traceability within the Fishery 90 5.3 Eligibility to Enter Further Chains of Custody 93 5.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) to Enter Further Chains of Custody 93 6 EVALUATION RESULTS .................................................................................................. 94 6.1 Principle Level Scores 94 6.2 Summary of PI Level Scores 94 6.3 Summary of Conditions 95 6.4 Recommendations 96 6.5 Determination, Formal Conclusion and Agreement 96 6.6 Changes in the fishery prior to and since Pre-Assessment 96 7 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................ 97 APPENDIX 1 SCORING AND RATIONALES .................................................................................... 103 Appendix 1.1 Performance Indicator Scores and Rationale 103 Principle 1 103 Principle 2 128 Principle 3: All UoAs. 184 Appendix 1.3 Conditions 202 DNV GL – Report No. 2017-032, Rev. 1 – www.dnvgl.com MSC Full Assessment Reporting Template V2.0 – issued 8 April 2015 Template approval date: Page 2 ................................................................................................................................ 212 DNV GL – Report No. 2017-032, Rev. 1 – www.dnvgl.com MSC Full Assessment Reporting Template V2.0 – issued 8 April 2015 Template approval date: Page 3 APPENDIX 2 PEER REVIEW REPORTS .......................................................................................... 213 APPENDIX 3 STAKEHOLDER SUBMISSIONS ................................................................................. 214 APPENDIX 5 OBJECTIONS PROCESS ........................................................................................... 216 APPENDIX 6 VESSEL LIST ......................................................................................................... 217 APPENDIX 7 CLIENT ACCEPTANCE OF REPORT ............................................................................. 218 DNV GL – Report No. 2017-032, Rev. 1 – www.dnvgl.com MSC Full Assessment Reporting Template V2.0 – issued 8 April 2015 Template approval date: Page 4 ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS ACOM Advisory Committee on fisheries Management (ICES) CAB Conformity Assessment Body CFP Common Fisheries Policy CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora EC European Commission EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone EMODnet European Marine Observation and Data Network ERS Electronic Recording and Reporting System EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization GT Gross Tonnage HAFRO Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (in Icelandic) HCR Harvest Control Rule ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea ICJ International Court of Justice ISBF Introduced Species Based Fisheries ISF Icelandic Sustainable Fisheries ITQ Individual Transferable Quota ITLOS International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature IWC International Whaling Commission LTMS Long-Term Management Strategy MCS Monitoring, Control and Surveillance MFRI Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (of Iceland) NAMMCO North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission NEAFC The North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission NEA North-East Atlantic NE North East NGO Non-Governmental Organisation OSPAR Oslo-Paris Convention (Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic) PCA Permanent Court of Arbritation RAC Regional Advisory Council RSW Refrigerated SeaWater SAM State-Space Assessment Model SIMWG Stock Identification Methods Working Group (ICES) TAC Total Allowable Catch TBC To be confirmed UK United Kingdom UN United Nations UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea UNFSA United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement VMS Vessel Monitoring System VPA Virtual Population Analysis WWF World Wildlife Fund DNV GL – Report No. 2017-032, Rev. 1 – www.dnvgl.com MSC Full Assessment Reporting Template V2.0 – issued 8 April 2015 Template approval date: Page 5 STOCK ASSESSMENT REFERENCE POINTS Blim Minimum biomass below which recruitment is expected to be impaired or the stock dynamics are unknown. Bmsy Biomass corresponding to the maximum sustainable yield (biological reference point); the peak value on a domed yield-per-recruit curve. Bpa Precautionary biomass below which SSB should not be allowed to fall to safeguard it against falling to Blim. Btrigger Value of spawning stock biomass (SSB) that triggers a specific management action. CI Confidence Interval CPUE Catch per unit effort: The quantity of fish caught (in number or in weight) with one standard unit of fishing effort; e.g weight of fish taken per hour of trawling. considered an index of fish biomass (or abundance). Sometimes referred to as catch rate. F Instantaneous rate of fishing mortality Flim Limit reference point for fishing mortality (mean over defined age range) Fpa Precautionary buffer to preclude true fishing mortality being at Flim when the perceived fishing mortality is at Fpa. Fmax F where total yield or yield per recruit is highest (biological reference point) Fmsy F giving maximum sustainable yield (biological reference point) HCR Harvest Control Rules MSY Maximum Sustainable Yield MSY Precautionary biomass level at which the management plan initiates specific harvest Btrigger control rules to minimise the risk of further decline in biomass and concomitant risk to recruitment. SSB Spawning Stock Biomass TAC Total Allowable Catch yr Year MSC ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS CAB Conformity Assessment Body CR Certification Requirements ETP Endangered, Threatened and Protected species FCR Fisheries certification Requirements LTL Low Trophic Level (species) MSC Marine