Southern Gulf of California Thread Herring Fishery, Sinaloa & Nayarit, Mexico MSC Fishery Assessment Report Announcement Comment Draft Report
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SCS Global Services Report Southern Gulf of California Thread Herring Fishery, Sinaloa & Nayarit, Mexico MSC Fishery Assessment Report Announcement Comment Draft Report Authors Client Andrew Bystrom, Team Leader Maz Sardina, S.A. De C.V. Dr. Carlos Alvarez, Principal 1 Ing. Armando Coppel Azcona Dr. Hans Hartmann, Principal 2 Estero De Urías S.N. int. D, Col. Urías, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, 82099 Mariano Castro, Principal 3 July 14, 2021 SCS Global Services Report 1 Table of Contents Southern Gulf of California Thread Herring Fishery, Sinaloa & Nayarit, Mexico 1 MSC Fishery Assessment Report 1 1 Table of Contents 2 2 Table of Figures 4 3 Glossary 5 4 Executive Summary 7 5 Report Details 9 5.1 Authorship and peer review details 9 1.2 Version details 12 6 Unit(s) of Assessment and Certification and results overview 13 6.1 Unit(s) of Assessment (UoA) and Unit(s) of Certification 13 6.2 Assessment results overview 15 7. Traceability and eligibility 17 7.1 Eligibility date 17 7.2 Traceability within the fishery 17 7.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody 19 7.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) to Enter Further Chains of Custody19 8 Scoring 20 8.1 Summary of Performance Indicator level scores 20 8.2 Principle 1 22 8.3 Principle 2 59 8.4 Principle 3 151 9 Appendices 182 9.1 Assessment information 182 9.2 Evaluation processes and techniques 189 9.3 Peer Review reports 191 9.4 Stakeholder input 191 Conditions 192 Condition 1-1 193 Condition 1-3 (Part A) 197 Condition 1-5 201 Condition 1-6 205 Condition 1-7 207 Condition 2-1, 2-2, 2-3 and 2-4 208 Condition 2-5 214 Condition 2-6 219 Condition 3-2 222 Condition 3-3 228 Version 6-0 (September 2020) | © SCS Global Services | MSC V1.2 Page 2 of 175 SCS Global Services Report Condition 3-6 233 9.5 Client Action Plan 235 9.6 Surveillance 235 9.7 Harmonised fishery assessments 236 9.8 Objection Procedure 237 10 References 238 11 Template information and copyright 253 Version 6-0 (September 2020) | © SCS Global Services | MSC V1.2 Page 3 of 175 SCS Global Services Report 2 Table of Figures Table 1. Unit of Certification(s) and Unit of Assessment(s) .......................................................................... 7 Table 2. Fisheries program documents versions ........................................................................................ 12 Table 3. Unit of Assessment and Unit of Certification ................................................................................ 13 Table 4. Principle level scores ..................................................................................................................... 15 Table 5. Summary of conditions ................................................................................................................. 16 Table 6. Traceability within the fishery ....................................................................................................... 18 Table 7. Summary of Draft Performance Indicator Scores and Associated Weights Used to Calculate Principle Scores. .......................................................................................................................................... 20 Table 8. Draft Principle Scores .................................................................................................................... 21 Table 9.Actively versus passively managed small pelagics. Small pelagic species categorized for two main forms of management in the November 2012 Fisheries Management Plan for Small Pelagics in the Gulf of California Mexico. ................................................................................................................................... 33 Table 10. Biologically Acceptable Catch in t of thread herring for 2021 in the southern Gulf of California and parameters used in the calculations. Data from Jacob-Cervantes and Payán-Alejo (2020). ............... 35 Table 11. Catch history in metric tons and effort of small pelagics in the southern Gulf of California. Data from Jacob-Cervantes et al. (2020). ............................................................................................................ 36 Table 12. Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and catch data. .............................................................................. 39 Table 13. 2015-2010 observed catch in tons from the Sinaloa thread herring fishery (Inapesca 2015- 2020) ........................................................................................................................................................... 62 Table 14: Observed Elasmobranchii catch in tons from 2015-2020 separated by retained catch and discards (alive and dead) (Inapesca 2015-2020) ......................................................................................... 63 Table 15: Observed mammal and seabird sightings and sea turtle discards (number of individuals) from 2015-2020 (Inapesca 2015-2020) ............................................................................................................... 65 Table 16. Summary of Non-target Species as Categorized for Evaluation ................................................. 66 Table 15. Summary of previous assessment conditions ........................................................................... 182 Table 18. Audit Plan: Key Meetings and Locations ................................................................................... 189 Table 19. Decision Rule for Calculating Performance Indicator Scores based on Scoring Issues, and for Calculating Performance Indicator Scores in Cases of Multiple Scoring Elements. (Adapted from MSC FCPV2.2 Table 4) ....................................................................................................................................... 191 Table 20. Summary of Stakeholder Submissions ...................................................................................... 191 Table 21: Summary of conditions for the 2016 assessment ..................................................................... 192 Table 22 Condition X NEW ........................................................................................................................ 234 Table 23. Fishery surveillance audit .......................................................................................................... 235 Table 24. Timing of surveillance audit ...................................................................................................... 235 Table 25. Surveillance level rationale ....................................................................................................... 235 Table 26. Fisheries in the MSC System Considered for Harmonization. ................................................... 236 Table 27. Overlapping fisheries................................................................................................................. 236 Table 28. Alignment of Scores for Harmonization .................................................................................... 236 Table 29. Rationale for scoring differences .............................................................................................. 236 Version 6-0 (September 2020) | © SCS Global Services | MSC V1.2 Page 4 of 175 SCS Global Services Report 3 Glossary BAC Biologically Acceptable Catch CCNNA Advisory Committee for the Normalization of Agricultural Food Production (Consejo Consultivo Nacional de Normalización Agroalimentaria) CEPA State Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Consejo Estatal de Pesca y Acuicultura) CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CNP National Fisheries Chart (Carta Nacional Pesquera) CNPA National Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Consejo Nacional de Pesca y Acuacultura) CONANP The National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas) CONAPESCA National Council of Fishing and Aquaculture (Comisión Nacional de Pesca y Acuacultura) DOF Official gazette (Diario official de la Federación) EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone ETP Endangered, Threatened or Protected species F Fishing mortality FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FCM Fisheries Certification Methodology FIDEMAR Fidecomiso del Mar FMP Fishery management plan IFQ Individual Fishing Quota INAPESCA National Fisheries Institute (Instituto Nacional de Pesca) IPI Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable ITQ Individual Transferable Quota Kg Kilogram Lb. Pound, equivalent to roughly 2.2 kg LGPAS Fisheries Law (Ley General de Pesca y Acuacultura Sustentables) LOA Length Over-All M Million (lbs.) MCS Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance MSC Marine Stewardship Council MSE Management Strategy Evaluation MSY Maximum sustainable yield nm nautical mile NOM Official Mexican Norms (Norma Oficial Mexicana) OFL Over-Fishing Level OY Optimal Yield PI Performance Indicator PRI Point where recruitment is impared PROFEPA Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente) Version 6-0 (September 2020) | © SCS Global Services | MSC V1.2 Page 5 of 175 SCS Global Services Report PROMAR Mexican Fund for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (Fondo Mexicano para el Desarrollo Pesquero y Acuícola) SAGARPA Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development (Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadaría, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación) SCS SCS Global Services SEMARNAT The Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Secretaría de Medio Ambiente