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Marine Stewardship Council fisheries assessments WESTERN ASTURIAS OCTOPUS TRAPS FISHERY OF ARTISANAL COFRADÍAS Public domain illustration from: Comingio Merculiano (1845-1915) PUBLIC COMMENT DRAFT REPORT 15th June 2021 Bureau Veritas Certification Holding SAS Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) Contact: [email protected] Assessment team in the PCDR Angel F. González González, Gonzalo Macho Rivero, Gemma Quílez Asociación de armadores de la pesquería de pulpo con certificado Fishery client de sostenibilidad (ARPESOS) Assessment Type First Reassessment 1 Contents 1 Contents __________________________________________________________________________ 2 2 Glossary ___________________________________________________________________________ 4 3 Executive summary __________________________________________________________________ 5 4 Report details ______________________________________________________________________ 8 4.1 Authorship and peer review details ________________________________________________________ 8 4.2 Version details ________________________________________________________________________ 10 5 Unit(s) of Assessment and Certification and results overview _______________________________ 11 5.1 Unit(s) of Assessment and Unit(s) of Certification ____________________________________________ 11 5.1.1 Unit(s) of Assessment __________________________________________________________________________ 11 5.1.2 Unit(s) of Certification __________________________________________________________________________ 12 5.2 Assessment results overview ____________________________________________________________ 12 5.2.1 Determination, formal conclusion and agreement ___________________________________________________ 12 5.2.2 Principle level scores ___________________________________________________________________________ 12 5.2.3 Summary of conditions _________________________________________________________________________ 13 5.2.4 Recommendations _____________________________________________________________________________ 14 6 Traceability and eligibility ___________________________________________________________ 14 6.1 Eligibility date ________________________________________________________________________ 14 6.2 Traceability within the fishery ___________________________________________________________ 14 6.2.1 Description of the tracking, tracing and segregation systems within the fishery ____________________________ 14 6.2.2 Determination of risk associated to traceability factors prior to entering CoC _____________________________ 16 6.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ________________________________________________ 17 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 ___________________________________________________________________________ 20 7.2.1 Principle 1 background _________________________________________________________________________ 20 7.2.1.1 Outline of the target species ________________________________________________________________ 20 7.2.1.1.1 Biology and distribution _________________________________________________________________ 20 7.2.1.1.2 Reproduction __________________________________________________________________________ 22 7.2.1.1.3 Age and growth ________________________________________________________________________ 24 7.2.1.1.4 Trophic Ecology ________________________________________________________________________ 26 7.2.1.1.5 Environment & climate change ___________________________________________________________ 28 7.2.1.2 Stock structure of Octopus vulgaris and metapopulation = sub-population rationale ___________________ 30 7.2.1.3 Overview of the Octopus vulgaris fisheries and stock assessments __________________________________ 33 7.2.1.3.2 Octopus vulgaris stock assessment ________________________________________________________ 35 7.2.1.3.3 Octopus trap fishery in Asturias ___________________________________________________________ 37 7.2.2 Catch profiles _________________________________________________________________________________ 41 7.2.3 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and catch data _________________________________________________________ 45 7.2.4 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ______________________________________________ 47 PI 1.1.1 – Stock status ____________________________________________________________________________ 47 PI 1.1.2 – Stock rebuilding _________________________________________________________________________ 53 PI 1.2.1 – Harvest strategy _________________________________________________________________________ 54 PI 1.2.2 – Harvest control rules and tools _____________________________________________________________ 62 PI 1.2.3 – Information and monitoring _______________________________________________________________ 65 PI 1.2.4 – Assessment of stock status ________________________________________________________________ 70 7.3 Principle 2 ___________________________________________________________________________ 74 7.3.1 Principle 2 background _________________________________________________________________________ 74 Western Asturias Octopus Traps Fishery of Artisanal Cofradías – PCDR page 2 7.3.1.1 Species assignment to MSC P2 categories ______________________________________________________ 74 7.3.1.1.1 UoA catch composition based on on-board observer program data ______________________________ 74 7.3.1.1.2 Bait species ___________________________________________________________________________ 77 7.3.1.1.3 P2 species scoring elements ______________________________________________________________ 80 7.3.1.2 Primary species ___________________________________________________________________________ 82 7.3.1.2.1 Primary species caught by the UoA ________________________________________________________ 82 7.3.1.2.2 Primary bait species ____________________________________________________________________ 82 7.3.1.3 Secondary species ________________________________________________________________________ 85 7.3.1.3.1 Secondary species caught by the UoA ______________________________________________________ 85 7.3.1.3.2 Secondary bait species __________________________________________________________________ 86 7.3.1.4 ETP species ______________________________________________________________________________ 86 7.3.1.5 Marine habitats and ecosystems _____________________________________________________________ 88 7.3.1.5.1 Habitats where the octopus trap fishery operates ____________________________________________ 88 7.3.1.5.2 Permanent and temporary area closures ___________________________________________________ 92 7.3.1.5.3 Trophic ecology of the common octopus ____________________________________________________ 93 7.3.1.5.4 Ghost fishing __________________________________________________________________________ 95 7.3.1.5.5 Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast Ecoregion _______________________________________________ 96 7.3.2 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales _____________________________________________ 101 PI 2.1.1 – Primary species outcome ________________________________________________________________ 101 PI 2.1.2 – Primary species management strategy ______________________________________________________ 105 PI 2.1.3 – Primary species information ______________________________________________________________ 109 PI 2.2.1 – Secondary species outcome ______________________________________________________________ 111 PI 2.2.2 – Secondary species management strategy ___________________________________________________ 113 PI 2.2.3 – Secondary species information ____________________________________________________________ 117 PI 2.3.1 – ETP species outcome ____________________________________________________________________ 120 PI 2.3.2 – ETP species management strategy _________________________________________________________ 123 PI 2.4.1 – Habitats outcome ______________________________________________________________________ 128 PI 2.4.2 – Habitats management strategy ____________________________________________________________ 131 PI 2.4.3 – Habitats information ____________________________________________________________________ 134 PI 2.5.1 – Ecosystem outcome _____________________________________________________________________ 136 PI 2.5.2 – Ecosystem management strategy __________________________________________________________ 138 PI 2.5.3 – Ecosystem information __________________________________________________________________ 140 7.4 Principle 3 __________________________________________________________________________ 142 7.4.1 Principle 3 background ________________________________________________________________________ 142 7.4.1.1 Area of operation of the fishery_____________________________________________________________ 142 7.4.1.2 Jurisdiction of the fishery __________________________________________________________________ 143 7.4.1.3 Particulars of the recognised groups with interests in the UoA ____________________________________ 144 7.4.1.4 Consultations, decision-making process or processes and recognised participant _____________________ 146 7.4.1.5 Details of other non-MSC fishery users or activities, which could affect the UoA, and arrangements for liaison and co-ordination