4Th Surveillance Report for the Norway North East Arctic Cod and Haddock Fisheries
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4th Surveillance Report for the Norway North East Arctic cod and haddock fisheries Report No.: 2019-025, Rev. 1 Date: 30.06.2020 Certificate number: MSC-F-31210 (cod) & MSC-F-31209 (haddock) Conformity Assessment Body DNV GL Business Assurance Norway AS (CAB) Assessment team Hans Lassen, Sandhya Chaudhury Fishery client Norges Fiskarlag Assessment Type Surveillance 4 Project name: Surveillance No. 4 DNV GL - Business Assurance Report title: Report for the “Norway North East Arctic cod and haddock fisheries” DNV GL Business Assurance Norway Customer: Norges Fiskarlag, Pirsenteret, 7462 Trondheim, AS Norway Veritasveien 1 Contact person: Tor Bjørkelund Larsen 1322 HØVIK, Norway Date of issue: 30.06.2020 Tel: +47 67 57 99 00 Project No.: PRJC-504563-2014-MSC-NOR http://www.dnvgl.com Organisation unit: ZNONO418 Report No.: 2019-025, Rev.1 Certificate No MSC-F-31210 (cod) & MSC-F-31209 (haddock) Objective: The objective of this report is the fourth surveillance audit of the Norway North East Arctic cod and haddock fisheries and verification of the ongoing compliance of the fishery to the Marine Stewardship Council. Prepared by: Verified by: Sandhya Chaudhury Sigrun Bekkevold Principle specialist Hans Lassen Principle expert Copyright © DNV GL 2014. All rights reserved. This publication or parts thereof may not be copied, reproduced or transmitted in any form, or by any means, whether digitally or otherwise without the prior written consent of DNV GL. DNV GL and the Horizon Graphic are trademarks of DNV GL AS. The content of this publication shall be kept confidential by the customer, unless otherwise agreed in writing. Reference to part of this publication which may lead to misinterpretation is prohibited. DNV GL Distribution: Keywords: ☒ Unrestricted distribution (internal and external) MSC Fishery, surveillance audit, cod, haddock ☐ Unrestricted distribution within DNV GL ☐ Limited distribution within DNV GL after 3 years ☐ No distribution (confidential) ☐ Secret Rev. No. Date Reason for Issue Prepared by Verified by 0 2020-03-02 First issue Hans Lassen, Sandhya Chaudhury Sigrun Bekkevold 1 2020-06-30 Closing of condition 4; stakeholder comment & Hans Lassen, Sandhya Chaudhury Traceability (auction/sales organizations) DNV GL – Report No. 2019-025 – www.dnvgl.com 2 1 CONTENTS 1 CONTENTS .................................................................................................... 3 2 GLOSSARY .................................................................................................... 4 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................. 7 3.1 The assessment process ........................................................................................... 7 3.2 History of the assessments ...................................................................................... 10 3.3 Fourth annual surveillance – 2019 ........................................................................... 13 3.4 Conclusion ............................................................................................................... 14 4 REPORT DETAILS ....................................................................................... 16 4.1 Surveillance information ........................................................................................... 16 4.2 Background .............................................................................................................. 21 4.3 Version details ......................................................................................................... 29 5 RESULTS ...................................................................................................... 30 5.1 Surveillance results overview................................................................................... 30 5.2 Conditions ................................................................................................................ 36 5.3 Client Action Plan ..................................................................................................... 50 5.4 Re-scoring Performance Indicators ......................................................................... 51 6 APPENDICES ............................................................................................... 71 6.1 Evaluation processes and techniques ..................................................................... 71 6.2 Stakeholder input ..................................................................................................... 74 6.3 Harmonised fishery assessments – delete if not applicable .................................. 100 6.4 References ............................................................................................................. 103 6.5 Vessel list ............................................................................................................... 105 7 Template information and copyright ............................................................ 156 DNV GL – Report No. 2019-025 – www.dnvgl.com 3 2 GLOSSARY Abbreviations & acronyms ACOM (ICES) Advisory Committee AFWG (ICES) Arctic Fisheries Working Group BSMP Barents Sea Management Plan CEFAS Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science CPUE Catch per unit effort CRISP Centre for Research-based Innovation in Sustainable fish capture and Pre-processing technology DoF Directorate of Fisheries EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone ETP Endangered, threatened and protected species EU European Union FAM Fisheries Assessment Methodology FNI Fridtjof Nansen Institute GADGET Globally applicable Area Disaggregated General Ecosystem Toolbox GPS Global Positioning System HCR Harvest Control Rule HelCom Baltic Marine Environment Protection (Helsinki) Commission ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea IMR Institute for Marine Research (Havforskninsinstituttet), Norway IPI Inseparable or practically inseparable catches IUU Illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing IWC International Whaling Commission JNRCEP Joint Norwegian–Russian Commission on Environmental Protection JNRFC Joint Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Commission JRNFC Joint Russian–Norwegian Fisheries Commission MAREANO Marine AREA database for NOrwegian waters / Marin AREAldatabase for NOrske kyst- og havområder MFCA Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs MSC Marine Stewardship Council MTIF Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries N Norway NAFO Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization NAMMCO North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission NE North East NEA North East Arctic NEAFC North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission NFA Norwegian Fishermen’s Association (Norges Fiskarlag) NGO Non – Governmental Organization NINA Norsk institutt for naturforskning / The Norwegian nature conservation agency NORWECOM NORWegian ECOlogical Model system NPI Norwegian Polar Institute OCEAN- EU-funded program; OCEAN-CERTAIN – “Ocean Food-web Patrol – Climate Effects: Reducing CERTAIN Targeted Uncertainties with an Interactive Network” OSPAR Oslo and Paris Commission for the protection and conservation of the North-East Atlantic and its Resources PI Performance Indicator PISG Performance Indicator Scoring Guidepost RECOVERY Research on Effective Cod Stock Recovery Measures SAM State-space assessment model DNV GL – Report No. 2019-025 – www.dnvgl.com 4 SG Scoring Guidepost SMH Sensitive marine habitat TAC Total Allowable Catch UK United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UNEP United Nations Environmental Programme VME Vulnerable marine ecosystem VMH Vulnerable marine habitat VMS Vessel monitoring system VPA Virtual population analysis WGBYA (ICES) Working Group on Bycatch of Protected Species WGDEC (ICES) Working Group on Deep-water Ecology WGDEEP (ICES) Working Group on the Biology and Assessment of Deep-sea Fisheries Resources WGECO Working Group on Ecosystem Effects of Fishing Activities WGMME (ICES) Working Group on Marine Mammal Ecology WGSAM Working Group on Multispecies Assessment Methods WGSE (ICES) Working Group on Seabird Ecology XSA Extended survivors’ analysis ACOM (ICES) Advisory Committee AFWG (ICES) Arctic Fisheries Working Group BSMP Barents Sea Management Plan CEFAS Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science CPUE Catch per unit effort CRISP Centre for Research-based Innovation in Sustainable fish capture and Pre-processing technology DoF Directorate of Fisheries EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone ETP Endangered, threatened and protected species EU European Union FAM Fisheries Assessment Methodology FNI Fridtjof Nansen Institute GADGET Globally applicable Area Disaggregated General Ecosystem Toolbox GPS Global Positioning System HCR Harvest Control Rule HelCom Baltic Marine Environment Protection (Helsinki) Commission ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea IMR Institute for Marine Research (Havforskninsinstituttet), Norway IPI Inseparable or practically inseparable catches IUU Illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing IWC International Whaling Commission JNRCEP Joint Norwegian–Russian Commission on Environmental Protection JNRFC Joint Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Commission JRNFC Joint Russian–Norwegian Fisheries Commission MAREANO Marine AREA database for NOrwegian waters / Marin AREAldatabase for NOrske kyst- og havområder MFCA Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs MSC Marine Stewardship Council MTIF Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries N Norway NAFO Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization NAMMCO North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission NE North East NEA