Chile Squat Lobsters Camanchaca Demersal Trawl Fishery
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CHILE SQUAT LOBSTERS CAMANCHACA DEMERSAL TRAWL FISHERY Final Report (FR) January 2017 Client: Camanchaca Pesca Sur. S.A CAB : Bureau Veritas Certification Authors: Edith Saá Julian Addison Gonzalo Macho Cynthia Fernández Macarena García FR Page 1 January 2017 CHILE SQUAT LOBSTERS CAMANCHACA DEMERSAL FISHERY Glossary ACAP Agreement on Conservation of Albatross and Petrels. ACCOBAMS Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area. AEWA African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement. ASCOBANS Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas. B0 Equilibrium biomass under no fishing. Blim Limit Biomass Referent Point. Bmsy Biomass corresponding to the maximum sustainable yield. CAB Conformity Assessment Body. CBA Cuota Biológicamente Acceptable (Acceptable Biological Quotas). CCAMLR Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. CCAS Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals. CCT Comité Científico Técnico (Scientific and Technical Committee). CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. CMS Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. CNP Consejo Nacional de Pesca (National Fishery Council). CPPS Comisión Permanente del Pacífico Sur (Permanent Commission for the South Pacific). CPUE Catch per Unit Effort. CZP Consejos Zonales de Pesca (Regional Fisheries Councils). EFP Extraordinary Fishing Permit. ETP Endangered, threatened or protected species. F Fishing Mortality. FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. FIPA Fondo de Investigación Pesquera y de Acuicultura (Fishery and Aquaculture Fund). Fmsy Fishing Mortality giving maximum sustainable yield. Fsq Current Fishing Mortality. HCR Harvest Control Rule. IFOP Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (Institute for Fisheries Research). INPESCA Instituto de Investigación Pesquera (Fisheries Research Institute). ITQ Individual Transferable Quota. FR Page 2 of 254 January, 2017 CHILE SQUAT LOBSTERS CAMANCHACA DEMERSAL FISHERY IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature. LGPA Ley General de Pesca y Acuicultura (General Law on Fisheries and Aquaculture). LTP Licencias transables de pesca (Tradable Fishing Licenses). MCS Monitoring, Control and Surveillance. MINECON Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Turismo (Ministry of Economy, Public Works and Tourism). MSC Marine Stewardship Council. MSE Management Strategy Evaluation. MSY Maximum Sustainable Yield. NGO Non-Governmental Organisation. OFWG Oceans and Fisheries Working Group. P1 MSC Principle 1. P2 MSC Principle 2. P3 MSC Principle 3. PI Performance Indicator . RAE Artisanal Harvest Regime. Research Fund). SCAR Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. SERNAPESCA Servicio Nacional de Pesca y Acuicultura (National Fisheries Service). SG Scoring Guidepost. SSB Spawning Stock Biomass. SUBPESCA Subsecretaría de Pesca y Acuicultura (Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture). TAC Total Allowable Catch. UoA Unit of Assessment. UoC Unit of Certification. VME Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem. VMS Vessel Monitoring System. FR Page 3 of 254 January, 2017 CHILE SQUAT LOBSTERS CAMANCHACA DEMERSAL FISHERY CONTENT Glossary................................................................................................................................ 2 1 Executive Summary ....................................................................................................... 6 2 Authorship and Peer Reviewers ..................................................................................... 7 3 Description of the Fishery ............................................................................................ 10 3.1 Unit(s) of Assessment (UoA) and Scope of Certification Sought ........................... 10 3.1.1 UoA and Proposed Unit of Certification (UoC) ............................................... 10 3.1.2 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and Catch Data ................................................ 11 3.2 Overview of the fishery ......................................................................................... 12 3.3 Principle One: Target Species Background ........................................................... 19 3.4 Principle Two: Ecosystem Background ................................................................. 50 3.5 Principle Three: Management System Background............................................... 73 4 Evaluation Procedure ................................................................................................... 83 4.1 Harmonised Fishery Assessment .......................................................................... 83 4.2 Previous assessments .......................................................................................... 83 4.3 Assessment Methodologies .................................................................................. 83 4.4 Evaluation Processes and Techniques ................................................................. 83 4.4.1 Site Visits and consultations .......................................................................... 83 4.4.2 Evaluation Techniques ................................................................................... 85 5 Traceability .................................................................................................................. 87 5.1 Eligibility Date ....................................................................................................... 87 5.2 Traceability within the Fishery ............................................................................... 87 FR Page 4 of 254 January, 2017 CHILE SQUAT LOBSTERS CAMANCHACA DEMERSAL FISHERY 5.3 Eligibility to Enter Further Chains of Custody ........................................................ 92 6 Evaluation Results ....................................................................................................... 93 6.1 Principle Level Scores .......................................................................................... 93 6.2 Summary of PI Level Scores ................................................................................. 93 6.3 Summary of Conditions ......................................................................................... 96 6.4 Recommendations ................................................................................................ 96 References ......................................................................................................................... 98 Appendix 1 Scoring and Rationales .................................................................................. 105 Appendix 1.3 Conditions ................................................................................................ 194 Appendix 2 Peer Review Reports...................................................................................... 208 Appendix 3 Stakeholder submissions ................................................................................ 245 Appendix 4 Surveillance Frequency .................................................................................. 251 Appendix 5 Support for Client Action Plan ......................................................................... 252 FR Page 5 of 254 January, 2017 CHILE SQUAT LOBSTERS CAMANCHACA DEMERSAL FISHERY 1 Executive Summary This report provides details of the MSC assessment process for the Chile squat lobsters Camanchaca trawl fishery. The assessment process began on 15th October 2015 with the announcement of the fishery. The client Camanchaca Pesca Sur. S.A is the owner of the certificate. One of the main steps when assessing fishery compliance with the International MSC Standard involves meeting with the stakeholders to gather all the relevant information and become aware of any potential issues. The site visit was carried out the week of November 16th, 2015 with selected organisations and individuals with a direct interest in this fishery. The fishery site visit enabled the assessment team to meet with scientists and managers, individual harvesters; the clients; and representatives from environmental/conservation organizations. After the site visit, the team compiled and analysed all the relevant information, as well as the technical, written, and anecdotal resources collected during the visit. Each expert prepared a draft score and justification, and then discussed and weighed up the evidence. Bureau Veritas Certification hereby opened a 30 calendar day consultation period starting 28 th July 2016 to provide stakeholders the opportunity to submit any new information in relation to this fishery. The final assessment team for this fishery assessment comprised of Macarena García who acted as team leader; Julian Addison who was Principle 1 specialist; Gonzalo Macho and Cynthia Fernandez who were responsible for evaluation of Principle 2; Edith Saa who was responsible for evaluation of Principle 3. The squat lobster fisheries is under development for more than 50 years based on the explotation of the following species: Nylon shrimp (Heterocarpus reedi ), shrimp (Haliporoides diomedeae ), yellow squat lobster (Cervimunida johni ) and red squat lobster (Pleuroncodes monodon ). Only the last two are included in the Units of assessments evaluate herein. These resources are very important in term of social and economical point of view. Client strengths » Principle 1: comprehensive data collection, stock assessment, well defined target reference points based on MSY defined,