Initial Assessment of the Iceland North East Atlantic Blue Whiting Fishery
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PRELIMINARY DRAFT REPORT FOR THE Initial assessment of the Iceland North East Atlantic Blue Whiting fishery Icelandic Sustainable Fisheries Report No.: 2017-005, Rev. 00 Document No.: To be issued Date: 21 April 2017 February 2017 Certificate code: to be determined Report type: Peer Rreview Draft Report for the DNV GL – Business Assurance Report title: initial assessment of the Iceland North East Atlantic Blue Whiting fishery DNV GL Business Assurance Customer: Icelandic Sustainable Fisheries Norway AS Grandagarður 16, 101 Reykjavík Veritasveien 1 1322 HØVIK, Norway Contact person: Kristinn Hjálmarsson Tel: +47 67 57 99 00 Date of issue: 21 April 2017 http://www.dnvgl.com Project No.: ZO554340 Organisation unit: Food & Beverage Report No.: 2017-005, Rev.00 Certificate No.: To be issued Objective: Assessment of the Iceland North East Atlantic Blue Whiting fishery against MSC Fisheries Standards v2.0. Prepared by: Verified by: Stefan Midteide Not Applicable DNV GL Principle Consultant, MSC Fisheries [title] Lucia Revenga Principle expert, MSC Fisheries John Nichols & Geir Hønneland Principle expert, MSC Fisheries 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) [Keywords] ☒ 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 2017-04-21 Peer Review Draft Report 2017–05-30 Public Comment Draft Report [yyyy-mm-dd] Final Report [yyyy-mm-dd] Public Certification Report DNV GL – Report No. 2017-005, Rev. 00 – www.dnvgl.com MSC Full Assessment Reporting Template V2.0 – issued 8 April 2015 Template approval date: Page i Table of contents ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS .................................................................................................... 1 STOCK ASSESSMENT REFERENCE POINTS ..................................................................................... 2 MSC ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ......................................................................................... 2 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Main strengths and weaknesses of the client’s operation 3 1.2 Determination / draft determination 4 2 AUTHORSHIP AND PEER REVIEWERS ............................................................................... 6 2.1 Assessment team 6 2.2 Peer reviewers 7 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE FISHERY ...................................................................................... 8 3.1 Unit(s) of Assessment (UoA) and scope of certification sought 8 3.2 Overview of the fishery 12 3.3 Principle One: Target Species Background 17 3.4 Principle Two: Ecosystem Background 38 3.5 Principle Three: Management System Background 62 4 EVALUATION PROCEDURE ............................................................................................ 66 4.1 Harmonised Fishery Assessment 66 4.2 Previous assessments 70 4.3 Assessment Methodologies 71 4.4 Evaluation Processes and Techniques 72 5 TRACEABILITY ............................................................................................................ 78 5.1 Eligibility Date 78 5.2 Traceability within the Fishery 78 5.3 Eligibility to Enter Further Chains of Custody 80 5.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) to Enter Further Chains of Custody 82 6 EVALUATION RESULTS ................................................................................................ 82 6.1 Principle Level Scores 82 6.2 Summary of PI Level Scores 82 6.3 Summary of Conditions 84 6.4 Recommendations 84 6.5 Determination, Formal Conclusion and Agreement 85 6.6 Changes in the fishery prior to and since Pre-Assessment 85 REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................... 86 APPENDIX 1 SCORING AND RATIONALES .................................................................................... 90 Appendix 1.1 Performance Indicator Scores and Rationale 90 Principle 1: All UoCs. 90 Principle 2 106 Principle 3: All UoCs. 144 Appendix 1.2 Risk Based Framework (RBF) Outputs 164 DNV GL – Report No. 2017-005, Rev. 00 – www.dnvgl.com MSC Full Assessment Reporting Template V2.0 – issued 8 April 2015 Template approval date: Page ii Appendix 1.3 Conditions 165 APPENDIX 2 PEER REVIEW REPORTS .........................................................................................174 APPENDIX 3 STAKEHOLDER SUBMISSIONS ................................................................................175 APPENDIX 4 SURVEILLANCE FREQUENCY ...................................................................................176 APPENDIX 5 OBJECTIONS PROCESS ..........................................................................................177 7 APPENDIX – LIST OF VESSELS .....................................................................................178 8 APPENDIX –PEER REVIEW REPORT NO 1 .......................................................................185 9 APPENDIX – PEER REVIEW REPORT NO 2 ......................................................................186 DNV GL – Report No. 2017-005, Rev. 00 – www.dnvgl.com MSC Full Assessment Reporting Template V2.0 – issued 8 April 2015 Template approval date: Page iii ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS ACOM Advisory Committee on fisheries Management (ICES) CAB Conformity Assessment Body CFP Common Fisheries Policy CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora DNV GL Det Norske Veritas Germanischer Lloyd EC European Commission EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone EMODnet European Marine Observation and Data Network ERS Electronic Recording and Reporting System EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization GT Gross Tonnage HAFRO Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (in Icelandic) HCR Harvest Control Rule IBPBLW Inter-Benchmarck Protocolo n Blue Whiting (ICES) IBWSS International Blue Whiting Spawning Stock Survey ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea ICJ International Court of Justice ISBF Introduced Species Based Fisheries ISF Icelandic Sustainablel Fisheries ITQ Individual Transferable Quota ITLOS International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea IUCN International Union for Conservationof Nature IWC International Whale Commission LTMS Long-Term Management Strategy MCS Monitoring, Control and Surveillance MFRI Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (of Iceland) tgNAMMCO North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission NEAFC The North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission NEA North-East Atlantic NE North East NGO Non-Governmental Organisation OSPAR Oslo-Paris Convention (Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic) PCA Permanent Court of Arbritation RAC Regional Advisory Council RSW Refrigerated SeaWater SAM State-Space Assessment Model SIMWG Stock Identification Methods Working Group (ICES) TAC Total Allowable Catch TBC To be confirmed UK United Kingdom UN United Nations UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea UNFSA United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement VMS Vessel Monitoring System VPA Virtual Population Analysis WGIPS Working Group on International Pelagic Surveys (ICES) WGWIDE Working Group on Widely Distributed Stocks (ICES) WGNPBW Working Group on Northern Pelagic and Blue Whiting Fisheries (ICES) WKBWMSE Workshop on the blue whiting long-term management strategy evaluation (ICES) WWF World Wildlife Fund DNV GL – Report No. 2017-005, Rev. 00 – www.dnvgl.com MSC Full Assessment Reporting Template V2.0 – issued 8 April 2015 Template approval date: Page 1 STOCK ASSESSMENT REFERENCE POINTS Blim Minimum biomass below which recruitment is expected to be impaired or the stock dynamics are unknown. Bmsy Biomass corresponding to the maximum sustainable yield (biological reference point); the peak value on a domed yield-per-recruit curve. Bpa Precautionary biomass below which SSB should not be allowed to fall to safeguard it against falling to Blim. Btrigger Value of spawning stock biomass (SSB) that triggers a specific management action. CI Confidence Interval Cpue Catch per unit effort: The quantity of fish caught (in number or in weight) with one standard unit of fishing effort; e.g. number of fish taken per 1000 hooks per day or weight of fish taken per hour of trawling. Cpue is often considered an index of fish biomass (or abundance). Sometimes referred to as catch rate. F Instantaneous rate of fishing mortality Flim Limit reference point for fishing mortality (mean over defined age range) Fpa Precautionary buffer to preclude true fishing mortality being at Flim when the perceived fishing mortality is at Fpa. Fmax F where total yield or yield per recruit is highest (biological reference point) Fmsy F giving maximum sustainable yield (biological reference point) HCR Harvest Control Rules MSY Maximum Sustainable Yield MSY Btrigger Precautionary biomass level at which the management plan initiates specific