MSC Sustainable Fisheries Certification Lake Peipus Perch and Pike-Perch Fishery Final Report September 2017 Client: Logi-F Assessment Team: Rob Blyth-Skyrme, Dmitry Sendek, Tim Huntington Full Assessment Template per MSC V2.0 02/12/2015 Contents Table of tables ......................................................................................................................................... 6 Table of figures ....................................................................................................................................... 8 List of Acronyms .................................................................................................................................... 10 1 Executive summary ....................................................................................................................... 12 1.1 Conditions of Certification .................................................................................................... 13 2 Authorship and peer reviewers .................................................................................................... 15 2.1 Assessment team .................................................................................................................. 15 2.1.1 RBF Training .................................................................................................................. 16 2.2 Peer Reviewers...................................................................................................................... 16 3 Description of the fishery.............................................................................................................. 18 3.1 Units of assessment (UoAs) and scope of certification sought ............................................ 18 3.2 Consideration of MSC scope criteria ..................................................................................... 18 3.3 Final UoCs .............................................................................................................................. 19 3.3.1 Total UoA and UoC catch for the target species ........................................................... 20 3.4 Overview of the fishery ......................................................................................................... 21 3.4.1 Fishery background ....................................................................................................... 21 3.4.2 Vessel and gear description .......................................................................................... 28 3.4.3 User rights ..................................................................................................................... 29 3.4.4 Management structure ................................................................................................. 29 3.5 Principle One: Target Species Background ........................................................................... 30 3.5.1 Perch – Perca fluviatilis ................................................................................................. 30 3.5.2 Perch in Lake Peipus...................................................................................................... 31 3.5.3 Pike-perch - Sander lucioperca ..................................................................................... 36 3.5.4 Pike-perch in Lake Peipus ............................................................................................. 37 3.5.5 Perch and pike-perch stock assessments ...................................................................... 44 3.5.6 Stock status and reference points ................................................................................ 46 3.5.7 History of fishing and management .............................................................................. 47 3.5.8 Ecosystem effects and trophic interactions .................................................................. 55 3.5.9 Aquaculture and introduced species ............................................................................ 58 3.6 Principle Two: Ecosystem Background ................................................................................. 59 3.6.1 Primary and secondary species ..................................................................................... 59 3.6.2 Main primary species .................................................................................................... 62 3.6.3 Minor primary species .................................................................................................. 64 3.6.4 Minor secondary species .............................................................................................. 66 3.6.5 Other species ................................................................................................................ 66 3.6.6 Management and fishery information .......................................................................... 66 3.6.7 Endangered, threatened or protected species ............................................................. 68 3.6.8 Habitats ......................................................................................................................... 69 Document: MSC Full Assessment Reporting Template V2.0 page 2 Date of issue: 8 October 2014 © Marine Stewardship Council, 2014 3.6.9 Ecosystem ..................................................................................................................... 70 3.7 Principle Three: Management System Background .............................................................. 71 3.7.1 Governance and Policy .................................................................................................. 71 3.7.2 Legal framework ........................................................................................................... 71 3.7.3 Rights and dispute resolution ....................................................................................... 74 3.7.4 Roles and responsibilities .............................................................................................. 74 3.7.5 Russian fisheries management ..................................................................................... 76 3.7.6 Consultation and participation mechanisms ................................................................ 76 3.7.7 Long-term objectives .................................................................................................... 77 3.7.8 Fisheries-Specific Management .................................................................................... 77 3.7.9 Monitoring, Control and Surveillance ........................................................................... 78 3.7.10 Monitoring and Evaluation ........................................................................................... 80 4 Evaluation Procedure .................................................................................................................... 81 4.1 Harmonised Fishery Assessment .......................................................................................... 81 4.2 Previous assessments ........................................................................................................... 81 4.3 Assessment methodologies .................................................................................................. 81 4.4 Site visit ................................................................................................................................. 81 4.5 Evaluation processes and techniques ................................................................................... 83 4.5.1 Principle 1 and Principle 2 scoring elements ................................................................ 85 5 Traceability .................................................................................................................................... 86 5.1 Eligibility date ........................................................................................................................ 86 5.2 Traceability within the fishery .............................................................................................. 86 5.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ......................................................................... 87 5.4 Eligibility of IPI stocks to enter further chains of custody .................................................... 87 6 Evaluation Results ......................................................................................................................... 88 6.1 Principle level scores ............................................................................................................. 88 6.2 Summary of PI scores ............................................................................................................ 88 6.3 Summary of conditions ......................................................................................................... 89 6.4 Recommendations ................................................................................................................ 90 6.5 Determination, formal conclusion and agreement .............................................................. 90 6.6 Changes in the fishery prior to and since pre-assessment ................................................... 90 References ............................................................................................................................................ 91 Appendix 1: Scoring