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Marine Stewardship Council Fisheries Assessments Alaska Salmon Fishery Certificate No: MRAG-30027 8950 Martin Luther King Jr. Street N. #202 St. Petersburg, FL 33702 USA Tel: (727) 563-9070 Fax: (727) 563-0207 Email: [email protected] President: Andrew A. Rosenberg, Ph.D. Marine Stewardship Council Fisheries Assessments Alaska Salmon Fishery Certificate No: MRAG-30027 Surveillance Report March 24th, 2020 Conformity Assessment Body MRAG Americas, Inc. Assessment Team A. Stern-Pirlot, R. Beamesderfer, S. Marshall Fishery Client Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation P.O. Box 2223 Wrangell, AK 99929-2223 Assessment Type First Surveillance 1 Contents 1 Executive Summary .................................................................................................. 4 2 Report Details ........................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Surveillance Information ..............................................................................................4 2.2 Background ..................................................................................................................7 2.3 Version Details .............................................................................................................8 3 Results ...................................................................................................................... 8 3.1 Surveillance Results Overview ......................................................................................8 3.1.1 Summary of Conditions ................................................................................... 8 3.1.2 Catch Data ..................................................................................................... 11 3.1.3 Stocks of Concern .......................................................................................... 12 3.1.4 Inseparable or Practically Inseparable Catches .............................................. 14 3.2 Conditions...................................................................................................................18 3.2.1 Condition 1 .................................................................................................... 18 3.2.2 Condition 2 .................................................................................................... 21 3.2.3 Condition 3 .................................................................................................... 26 3.2.4 Condition 4 .................................................................................................... 27 3.2.5 Condition 5 .................................................................................................... 29 3.2.6 Condition 6 .................................................................................................... 30 3.2.7 Condition 7 .................................................................................................... 31 3.2.8 Condition 8 .................................................................................................... 33 3.2.9 Condition 9 (New) ......................................................................................... 35 3.2.10 Condition 10 (new) ........................................................................................ 36 3.3 Client Action Plan .......................................................................................................38 3.4 Re-scoring Performance Indicators.............................................................................38 3.4.1 Principle 2: ETP Species – New Information ................................................... 39 3.4.2 Principle 3: Decision-making Processes– New Information re: Enhancement 68 4 Evaluation Processes and Techniques .................................................................... 78 4.1 Site Visits ....................................................................................................................78 4.2 Stakeholder Participation ...........................................................................................80 5 Stakeholder Input ................................................................................................... 81 5.1 Written Submissions ...................................................................................................81 5.1.1 Kachemak Bay Conservation Society.............................................................. 81 5.1.2 N. Hillstrand .................................................................................................. 97 5.1.3 Birdlife International Marine Program ......................................................... 150 5.2 Response to Stakeholder Comments ........................................................................ 157 5.2.1 Kachemak Bay Conservation Society & N. Hillstrand .................................... 157 5.2.2 Avian Bycatch (Birdlife International Marine Program) ................................ 159 6 References ............................................................................................................ 167 Appendix A – Proceedings of Avian Workshop ........................................................... 173 Agenda ............................................................................................................................ 173 2 Workshop Purpose – Dave Gaudet .................................................................................. 177 Background – Amanda Stern Pirlot ................................................................................. 177 Alaska Responsible Fisheries Management Overview – Jeff Regnart .............................. 177 Comparison of the MSC and Alaska RFM Management Standards – Ivan Mateo ........... 180 Birdlife International see ppt – Yann ............................................................................... 183 Alaska Salmon Gillnet Fisheries – Dave Gaudet............................................................... 187 Murrelets: An overview of life history, habitats, foraging distribution, threats to Alaska populations – Kathy Kuletz .............................................................................................. 196 Population Estimates & Trends for Murrelets in Alaska - Robb Kaler .............................. 202 Fishery & Murrelet Interactions – Scott Marshall ............................................................ 204 3 1 Executive Summary This report contains the findings of the 2019 surveillance in relation to the Alaska Salmon fishery. This is the first surveillance following the fourth full MSC assessment of this fishery. The audit was conducted on site in Anchorage Alaska on December 9-11, 2019. This fishery was first certified on 01 Oct 2000 and the most recent reassessment was completed in 2019. The fishery client was changed from the Pacific Seafood Processors Association to the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation effective October 3, 2019. The current certificate expires on 11 Nov 2023. The client’s responses to the conditions of certification were set out in the Client Action Plan (CAP). Progress associated with the actions set forth in the CAP was examined as a part of this surveillance audit. For each condition, the report sets out progress to date. This progress has been evaluated by MRAG Americas Audit Team (set out below as “Progress on Condition”) against the commitments made in the CAP. The certification of the fishery is continued. In addition, two new conditions were identified: One under Principle 3 (condition 9) and one under Principle 2 (condition 10) at the first annual surveillance based on new information received at that audit. 2 Report Details 2.1 Surveillance Information 1 Fishery name Alaska Salmon Fishery Species: Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta), Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Geographical areas: FAO18 and FAO 67, The Alaska Salmon Fishery operates within the EEZ of the USA, in the rivers and coastal waters of the US State of Alaska across 14 certified UoCs: Southeast, Yakutat, Copper/Bering Districts, Prince William Sound, Upper and lower Cook Inlet, Bristol Bay, Yukon River, Kuskokwim, Kotzebue, Norton Sound, Kodiak, Chignik, Peninsula and Aleutians Harvest method: Purse seine, drift gillnet, troll, set gillnet, beach seine, fish wheel, dip nets 2 Surveillance level and type Surveillance level 6, on-site surveillance audit 3 Surveillance number 1st Surveillance X 2nd Surveillance 3rd Surveillance 4th Surveillance 4 Other (expedited etc) 4 Team leader Ms. Amanda Stern-Pirlot is an M.Sc graduate of the University of Bremen, Center for Marine Tropical Ecology (ZMT) in marine ecology and fisheries biology. Ms. Stern-Pirlot joined MRAG Americas in mid-June 2014 as MSC Certification Manager (now Director of the Fishery Certification Division) and is currently serving on several different assessment teams as team leader and team member. She has worked together with other scientists, conservationists, fisheries managers and producer groups on international fisheries sustainability issues for over 15 years. With the Institute for Marine Research (IFM-GEOMAR) in Kiel, Germany, she led a work package on simple indicators for sustainable fishing within the EU-funded international cooperation project INCOFISH, followed by five years within the Standards Department at the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) in London, developing standards, policies and assessment methods informed by best practices in fisheries
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