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MRAG-MSC-F28-v2.01 March 2019 8950 Martin Luther King Jr. Street N. #202 St. Petersburg, Florida 33702-2211 Tel: (727) 563-9070 Fax: (727) 563-0207 Email: [email protected] President: Andrew A. Rosenberg, Ph.D. BSAI and GOA Pacific Cod MSC Reassessment Public Comment Draft Report Certificate Numbers: MSC-F-31192 and MSC- F-31193 (MRAG -F-0070 and MRAG-F-0071) March 10th, 2020 Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) MRAG Americas, Inc. Assessment team Erin Wilson (Team Leader), Jake Rice, Paul Knapman, Don Bowen Fishery client Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation Assessment Type 2nd Re-assessment 1 MRAG Americas – US1913 BSAI & GOA Pacific cod fishery PCDR MRAG-MSC-F28-v2.01 March 2019 Document Control Record Document Draft Submitted By Date Reviewed By Date ACDR EW, JB, PK, JR, 5/15/19 Amanda Stern-Pirlot 5/15/19 WDB CDR/PRDR EW, PK, JR, WDB 12/17/19 ASP 30 Dec 2019 PCDR EW, PK, JR, WDB Jan 30, 2020 ASP 6 March 2020 2 MRAG Americas – US1913 BSAI & GOA Pacific cod fishery PCDR MRAG-MSC-F28-v2.01 March 2019 1 Contents 1 Contents .......................................................................................................... 3 2 Glossary .......................................................................................................... 6 Glossary of Abbreviations .......................................................................................... 6 3 Executive summary ......................................................................................... 8 3.1 Changes since previous assessment ........................................................................ 8 4 Report details .................................................................................................. 9 4.1 Authorship and peer review details ............................................................................ 9 4.2 Peer Reviewers ........................................................................................................ 10 4.3 RBF .......................................................................................................................... 10 4.4 Version details ......................................................................................................... 11 5 Unit(s) of Assessment and Certification and results overview ....................... 12 5.1 Unit(s) of Assessment and Unit(s) of Certification ................................................... 12 5.1.1 Unit(s) of Assessment ................................................................................................... 12 5.1.2 Unit(s) of Certification .................................................................................................... 15 5.1.3 Scope of assessment in relation to enhanced or introduced fisheries –....................... 15 5.2 Assessment results overview................................................................................... 15 5.2.1 Determination, formal conclusion and agreement ........................................................ 15 5.2.2 Principle level scores..................................................................................................... 15 5.2.3 Summary of conditions .................................................................................................. 15 5.2.4 Recommendations ........................................................................................................ 16 6 Traceability and eligibility .............................................................................. 16 6.1 Eligibility date ........................................................................................................... 16 6.2 Traceability within the fishery ................................................................................... 16 6.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ............................................................. 18 6.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) to enter further chains of custody 18 7 Scoring .......................................................................................................... 18 7.1 Summary of Performance Indicator level scores ..................................................... 18 7.2 Principle 1 ................................................................................................................ 21 7.2.1 Principle 1 background .................................................................................................. 21 7.2.2 Catch profiles ................................................................................................................ 32 7.2.3 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and catch data ................................................................ 34 7.2.4 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales .............................................. 38 ............................................................................................................. 38 ....................................................................................................... 41 ...................................................................................................... 43 ...................................................................................... 53 ..................................................................................... 57 7.3 Principle 2 ................................................................................................................ 62 BSAI ecosystem ....................................................................................................................... 62 3 MRAG Americas – US1913 BSAI & GOA Pacific cod fishery PCDR MRAG-MSC-F28-v2.01 March 2019 GOA ecosystem ....................................................................................................................... 63 7.3.1 Primary and secondary species .................................................................................... 63 ETP species ............................................................................................................................. 97 Habitats .................................................................................................................................. 107 Habitat recovery ..................................................................................................................... 112 Cumulative habitat management ........................................................................................... 112 Ecosystem ............................................................................................................................. 112 7.3.2 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales..................................... 114 ...................................................................................... 114 ................................................................. 117 ................................................................................. 122 ............................................................................. 127 ........................................................................................... 129 ...................................................................... 133 ....................................................................................... 136 .................................................................................................. 138 ............................................................................. 142 .............................................................................................. 147 ............................................ 147 ......................................................................... 148 .......................................................................................... 150 8 Principle 3 ................................................................................................... 153 8.1.1 Area of operation of the UoA ....................................................................................... 153 8.1.2 Jurisdiction .................................................................................................................. 153 8.1.3 Recognized groups with interests in the fishery and details of the fleet ..................... 154 8.1.4 Legal and policy framework ........................................................................................ 155 8.1.5 Resolution of disputes ................................................................................................. 157 8.1.6 Respect of rights ......................................................................................................... 158 8.1.7 Consultation, roles and responsibilities ....................................................................... 158 8.1.8 Decision-making process ............................................................................................ 159 8.1.9 Long term and fishery specific objectives for the fishery ............................................ 162 8.1.10 Monitoring, control and surveillance ............................................................................ 165 8.1.11 Regulatory framework and measures ......................................................................... 167 8.1.12 Management evaluation .............................................................................................. 170 Date of the next review and audit of the management plan .................................................