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MARINE STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL FISHERY ASSESSMENT Final Report and Determination For The Association des Pêcheurs Propriétaires des Îles-de-la-Madeleine (APPIM) Îles-de-la-Madeleine lobster (Homarus americanus) Trap Fishery Assessors: Clare Murray, R.J. (Bob) Allain, Jean-Claude Brêthes, Géraldine Criquet, Dave Garforth Report Code: MSC 010 Date: 20th June 2013 Global Trust Certification Ltd. Head Office, 3rd Floor, Block 3, Quayside Business Park, Mill Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth. T: +353 42 9320912 F: +353 42 9386864 web: www.GTCert.com Global Trust Certification Ltd, 3rd Floor, Block 3, Quayside Business Park, Mill Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland T: +353 42 932 0912 F: +353 42 938 6864E: [email protected]: w w w .GTcert.com Table of contents Glossary ....................................................................................................................................... 4 1.0 MSC FISHERY ASSESSMENT REPORT ..................................................................................... 5 1.1 Executive Summary ...................................................................................................... 6 1.2 Authorship and Peer Reviewers ............................................................................... 9 2.0 Description of the Fishery .................................................................................................. 11 2.1 Unit(s) of Certification and scope of certification sought ......................................... 11 2.1.1 Scope of Assessment in Relation to Enhanced Fisheries ................................................ 12 2.1.2 Scope of Assessment in Relation to Introduced Species Based Fisheries (ISBF) ............... 12 2.1.3 Scope of Assessment in Relation to Risk Based Framework (RBF) .................................. 12 2.2 Overview of the fishery ......................................................................................... 12 2.2.1 Biology of the Target Species ...................................................................................... 12 2.2.2 Fishery and catching method ...................................................................................... 14 3.0 DESCRIPTION OF FISHERIES BY MSC PRINCIPLE ................................................................... 28 3.1 Principle One: Target Species ................................................................................ 28 3.1.1 Stock Status and Stock Assessment ............................................................................. 28 3.1.2 Precautionary Approach ............................................................................................. 39 3.1.3 Harvest Strategy, Harvest Control Rules and Tools ....................................................... 42 3.2 Principle Two: Ecosystem Background ................................................................... 49 3.2.1 Retained Species ........................................................................................................ 49 3.2.2 By-Catch Species ........................................................................................................ 50 3.2.3 ETP Species ................................................................................................................ 51 3.2.4 Habitat ...................................................................................................................... 56 3.2.5 Ecosystem.................................................................................................................. 70 1 3.3 Principle Three: Management System Background ................................................. 74 3.3.1 The Legal Basis and Scope of the Management System................................................. 74 3.3.2 Consultation Processes ............................................................................................... 76 3.3.3 Long Term Objectives ................................................................................................. 77 3.3.4 Incentives for Sustainable Fishing ................................................................................ 79 3.3.5 Fishery Specific Objectives .......................................................................................... 80 3.3.6 Decision-Making Process ............................................................................................ 81 3.3.7 Monitoring, Control and Surveillance........................................................................... 82 3.3.8 Research Plan............................................................................................................. 85 3.3.9 Monitoring and Evaluation of the Lobster Management System ................................... 87 4.0 MSC Evaluation Procedure................................................................................................. 89 4.1 Harmonised Fishery Assessment............................................................................ 89 4.2 Previous assessments ........................................................................................... 90 4.3 Assessment Methodologies and Evaluation Techniques .......................................... 90 4.4 Evaluation Processes and Techniques .................................................................... 94 4.4.1 Site Visits ................................................................................................................... 94 4.4.2 Consultations ............................................................................................................. 94 4.5 Traceability .......................................................................................................... 97 4.5.1 Eligibility Date ............................................................................................................ 97 4.5.2 Traceability within the Fishery..................................................................................... 97 4.5.3 Eligibility Criteria of Recognition of Certified Product.................................................... 98 4.5.4 Eligibility to Enter Further Chains of Custody................................................................ 98 4.5.5 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practically Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) to Enter Further Chains of Custody……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ….99 5.0 Fishery Performance Results .............................................................................................100 a. Summary of Scores.........................................................................................................100 2 b. Summary of Conditions ..................................................................................................101 c. Determination, Formal Conclusion and Agreement ..........................................................102 References ................................................................................................................................103 APPENDIX 1 Scoring and Rationales ............................................................................................108 PRINCIPLE 1...............................................................................................................................108 PRINCIPLE 2...............................................................................................................................127 PRINCIPLE 3:..............................................................................................................................176 Appendix 2 Meeting Conditions for Continued Certification .........................................................196 Appendix 3 Peer Review Reports ................................................................................................209 Appendix 4 Stakeholder Submissions ..........................................................................................247 Appendix 5 Surveillance Frequency.............................................................................................265 Appendix 6 Client Agreement .....................................................................................................265 Appendix 8 License Buyers .........................................................................................................265 Appendix 9 Standard Used .........................................................................................................266 3 Glossary AFR Atlantic Fishery Regulation APPIM Association des Pêcheurs Propriétaires des Îles-de-la-Madeleine AQIP Association québécoise de l’industrie de la pêche C&P Conservation and Protection (DFO Enforcement Unit) CAB Certification Assessment Body CL Carapace Length CoC Chain of Custody COSEWIC Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada LFA Lobster Fishing Areas CSAS Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat CPUE Catch per Unit Effort CW Carapace Width DFO Department of Fisheries and Oceans DMP Dockside Monitoring Program EAM Ecosystem Approach Management EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone ESBA Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas ETP Endangered, Threatened and Protected species F Fishing Mortality Flim The harvest rate that will be applied when the stock is above Busr Fmsy Fishing Mortality rate at the level that would produce maximum sustainable yield from a stock that has a size of Bmsy FAM Fisheries Assessment Methodology FRCC Fisheries Resource Conservation Council (Conseil pour la Conservation des Ressources Halieutiques) FAO United