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Iturup Island Pink & Chum Salmon MSC Fishery Assessment Report SCS Global Services Report Iturup Island Pink & Chum Salmon MSC Fishery Assessment Report Announcement Comment Draft Report Authors Client Contact Ray Beamesderfer, Principle 1 & Lead J. S. C. Gidrostroy, Ludmila Voronova 15 Altalyskiy Lane, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Shelby Oliver, Principle 2 & Project Coordinator Sakhalin Oblast 693020 Russian Federation Geir Honneland, Principle 3 +7 (4242) 72 18 31 [email protected] JULY 30, 2019 2000 Powell Street, Ste. 600, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA +1.510.452.8000 main | +1.510.452.8001 fax SCS Global Services Report 1 Table of Contents 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................... 6 4 REPORT DETAILS ................................................................................................................................ 8 4.1 Authorship and peer review details ..................................................................................... 8 4.2 Version details ...................................................................................................................... 9 5 UNIT(S) OF ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION AND RESULTS OVERVIEW ..................................................... 10 5.1 Unit(s) of Assessment (UoA) and Unit(s) of Certification ................................................... 10 5.1.1 Unit(s) of Assessment ............................................................................................ 10 5.1.2 Scope of Assessment in Relation to Enhanced Fisheries or Introduced Fisheries 11 5.2 Assessment results overview .............................................................................................. 14 5.2.1 Determination, formal conclusion and agreement ............................................... 14 5.2.2 Principle level scores ............................................................................................. 14 5.2.3 Summary of conditions .......................................................................................... 14 5.2.4 Recommendations ................................................................................................. 14 6 EVALUATION RESULTS ....................................................................................................................... 15 6.1 Eligibility date ..................................................................................................................... 15 6.2 Traceability within the fishery ............................................................................................ 15 6.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ...................................................................... 17 6.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) to Enter Further Chains of Custody ............................................................................................................................... 17 7 SCORING ......................................................................................................................................... 18 7.1 Summary of Performance Indicator level scores................................................................ 18 7.2 Principle 1 ........................................................................................................................... 19 7.2.1 Principle 1 background .......................................................................................... 19 Overview of fishery ................................................................................................ 19 Pink Salmon ........................................................................................................... 28 Chum Salmon ......................................................................................................... 35 Enhancement ......................................................................................................... 38 7.2.2 Catch ...................................................................................................................... 54 7.2.3 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ...................................... 60 PI 1.1.1 – Stock Status ............................................................................................ 60 PI 1.1.2 – Stock rebuilding ..................................................................................... 63 PI 1.2.1 – Harvest strategy ..................................................................................... 65 PI 1.2.2 – Harvest control rules and tools .............................................................. 68 PI 1.2.3 – Information and monitoring .................................................................. 71 PI 1.2.4 – Assessment of stock status .................................................................... 73 PI 1.3.1 – Enhancement outcomes......................................................................... 78 PI 1.3.2 – Enhancement management ................................................................... 81 PI 1.3.3 – Enhancement information ..................................................................... 84 7.3 Principle 2 ........................................................................................................................... 87 7.3.1 Principle 2 background .......................................................................................... 87 Overview of Non-target Catch ............................................................................... 87 Primary Species ...................................................................................................... 92 Secondary Species .................................................................................................. 92 SCS Version 2-1 (June 2019) | © SCS Global Services | Full Assessment Report MSC V2.1 Page 2 of 3 SCS Global Services Report Endangered, Threatened and Protected (ETP) Species .......................................... 93 Habitat Impacts ................................................................................................... 100 Ecosystem ............................................................................................................ 102 7.3.2 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales .................................... 104 PI 2.1.1 – Primary species outcome ..................................................................... 104 PI 2.1.2 – Primary species management strategy .............................................. 106 PI 2.1.3 – Primary species information ................................................................ 108 PI 2.2.1 – Secondary species outcome ................................................................. 110 PI 2.2.2 – Secondary species management strategy ........................................... 112 PI 2.2.3 – Secondary species information ............................................................ 115 PI 2.3.1 – ETP species outcome ............................................................................ 117 PI 2.3.2 – ETP species management strategy ...................................................... 119 PI 2.3.3 – ETP species information ....................................................................... 122 PI 2.4.1 – Habitats outcome ................................................................................ 124 PI 2.4.2 – Habitats management ......................................................................... 127 PI 2.4.3 – Habitats information ........................................................................... 129 PI 2.5.1 – Ecosystem outcome ............................................................................. 132 PI 2.5.2 – Ecosystem management ...................................................................... 134 PI 2.5.3 – Ecosystem information ........................................................................ 136 7.4 Principle 3 ......................................................................................................................... 139 7.4.1 Background .......................................................................................................... 139 Area of operation and relevant jurisdictions ....................................................... 139 Federal fisheries governance ............................................................................... 139 Regional fisheries governance ............................................................................. 141 Recognized interest groups and on-going consultations ..................................... 142 Objectives, management measures, and decision-making procedures .............. 143 Enforcement and compliance .............................................................................. 145 Research .............................................................................................................. 146 Planned education and training for interest groups .. Error! Bookmark not defined. Non-fishery uses or activities and arrangements for liaison and coordination Error! Bookmark not defined. 7.4.2 Principle 3 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ........................................ 150 PI 3.1.1 – Legal and/or customary framework .................................................... 150 PI 3.1.2 – Consultation, roles and responsibilities ............................................... 154 PI 3.1.3 – Long term objectives ...........................................................................
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