Talley's New Zealand Skipjack Tuna Purse Seine
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Acoura Marine Final Report Talley's New Zealand skipjack tuna purse seine MSC SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES CERTIFICATION Talley's New Zealand Skipjack Tuna Purse Seine Final Report February 2017 Prepared For: Talley’s Group Limited Prepared By: Acoura Marine Ltd Authors: Jo Akroyd & Kevin McLoughlin Acoura Marine Full Assessment Template per MSC V2.0 02/12/2015 Acoura Marine Final Report Talley's New Zealand skipjack tuna purse seine Contents Glossary................................................................................................................................ 4 1 Executive Summary ....................................................................................................... 6 2 Authorship and Peer Reviewers ..................................................................................... 8 2.1 Assessment Team .................................................................................................. 8 2.1.1 Peer Reviewers .................................................................................................... 9 2.1.2 RBF Training ........................................................................................................ 9 3 Description of the Fishery ............................................................................................ 10 3.1 Unit(s) of Assessment (UoA) and scope of certification sought .................................. 10 3.1.1 The proposed Unit of Assessment for this fishery is as below: ............................ 10 3.1.2 The proposed unit of Certification for this fishery is as below: ............................. 10 3.1.3 Final UoC(s) ........................................................................................................ 10 3.1.4 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and Catch Data ...................................................... 10 3.1.5 Scope of Assessment in Relation to Enhanced Fisheries ................................... 12 3.1.6 Scope of Assessment in Relation to Introduced Species Based Fisheries (ISBF) .................................................................................................................................... 12 3.2 Overview of the fishery .............................................................................................. 12 3.3 Principle One: Target Species Background ............................................................... 15 3.3.1 Biology and distribution ...................................................................................... 15 3.3.2 Stock assessment ............................................................................................... 17 3.4 Principle Two: Ecosystem Background ...................................................................... 25 3.5 Principle Three: Management System Background ................................................... 41 3.5.1 Area of operation of the UoA and under which jurisdiction it falls ........................ 41 3.5.2 Management agencies and stakeholders with interests in this fishery ................. 41 3.5.3 Consultations leading to the formulation of the management plan ....................... 45 3.5.4 Decision making .................................................................................................. 47 3.5.5 Objectives for the fishery ..................................................................................... 48 3.5.6 Fleet types participating in the fishery ................................................................. 51 3.5.7 Management regulations and measures ............................................................. 51 3.5.8 Monitoring, control and surveillance and enforcement ......................................... 52 3.5.9 Monitoring and management performance evaluation ......................................... 54 3.5.10 Details of any planned education and training for interest groups. ..................... 54 4 Evaluation Procedure ................................................................................................... 56 4.1 Harmonised Fishery Assessment .............................................................................. 56 4.2 Previous assessments ............................................................................................... 57 4.3 Assessment Methodologies ....................................................................................... 57 4.4 Evaluation Processes and Techniques ...................................................................... 57 4.4.1 Site Visits ............................................................................................................ 57 4.4.2 Consultations ...................................................................................................... 58 Acoura Marine Final Report Talley's New Zealand skipjack tuna purse seine 4.4.3 Evaluation Techniques ........................................................................................ 58 5. Traceability ..................................................................................................................... 60 5.1 Eligibility Date ............................................................................................................ 60 5.2 Traceability within the Fishery .................................................................................... 60 5.3 Eligibility to Enter Further Chains of Custody ............................................................. 61 5.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) to Enter Further Chains of Custody ........................................................................................................... 61 6 Evaluation Results ........................................................................................................... 62 6.1 Principle Level Scores ............................................................................................... 62 6.2 Summary of PI Level Scores ..................................................................................... 63 6.3 Summary of Conditions ............................................................................................. 64 6.4 Determination, Formal Conclusion and Agreement .................................................... 64 6.5 Changes in the fishery prior to and since Pre-Assessment ........................................ 64 7 References ..................................................................................................................... 65 Appendices ......................................................................................................................... 71 Appendix 1 Scoring and Rationales .................................................................................... 71 Appendix 1.1 Performance Indicator Scores and Rationale ............................................. 71 Appendix 1.2 Risk Based Framework (RBF) Outputs .................................................... 139 Appendix 1.3 Conditions ................................................................................................ 140 Appendix 2 Peer Review Reports...................................................................................... 144 Peer Review 1 ............................................................................................................... 144 Peer Review 2 ............................................................................................................... 153 Appendix 3 Stakeholder submissions ................................................................................ 159 Appendix 3.1 Submissions Received During PCDR Consultation .................................. 164 MSC Technical Oversight .......................................................................................... 164 ISSF ........................................................................................................................... 167 Appendix 4 Surveillance Frequency .................................................................................. 169 Appendix 5 Objections Process ........................................................................................ 170 Appendix 6 WCPFC work plan for Skipjack as agreed at Commission meeting 2015. ...... 171 Appendix 7 MPI letter of support. ...................................................................................... 172 Acoura Marine Full Assessment Template per MSC V2.0 02/12/2015 Page 3 of 172 Acoura Marine Final Report Talley's New Zealand skipjack tuna purse seine Glossary CCM WCPFC Commission Members, Cooperating Non-Members and Participating Territories are termed CCMs CELR Catch Effort Landing Return CMM Conservation and Management Measure CNM Co-operating Non-Member CoC Chain of Custody CPUE Catch Per Unit Effort DoC Department of Conservation EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone ERA Ecological Risk Assessment ETP Endangered, Threatened and Protected F Fishing mortality FAD Fish Aggregating Device FFA Forum Fisheries Agency FMA Fishery Management Area FMSY Fishing mortality at MSY GRT Gross Registered Tonnage HCR Harvest Control Rule HMS Highly Migratory Species IUU Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated LFRR Licensed Fish Receiver Return LRP Limit Reference Point MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution MFCL MULTIFAN-CL Stock Assessment Software MHR Monthly Harvest Return MOW Management Objectives Workshop MPI Ministry for Primary Industries MSC Marine Stewardship Council MSY Maximum Sustainable Yield