Gulf of St Lawrence Northern Shrimp Fishery
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MSC SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES CERTIFICATION Off-Site Surveillance Visit - Report for Gulf of St Lawrence Northern Shrimp Fishery 3rd Surveillance stage July 2017 Certificate Code: F-ACO-0019 Prepared For: Association of Seafood Producers, L’Association Coopérative des Pêcheurs de L’Ile Ltée, Association Québécoise de l’Industrie de la Pêche & Produits Belle-Baie Ltée. Prepared By: Acoura Marine Authors: Paul Knapman & Julian Addison BH (21/10/15) – Ref FCR 2.0/GCR/2.1 Acoura Marine Surveillance Report Gulf of St Lawrence Northern Shrimp Assessment Data Sheet Fishery name Gulf of St Lawrence Northern Shrimp Species and Stock Northern Prawn / Northern Shrimp (Pandalus borealis) Northern Prawn / Shrimp Shrimp Fishing Areas 8, 9, 10, 12 Date certified 20th March 2014 Date of expiry 19th March 2019 Surveillance level and type Level 4 - Offsite Date of surveillance audit Week commencing 22nd May 2017 Surveillance stage (tick one) 1st Surveillance 2nd Surveillance 3rd Surveillance ✓ 4th Surveillance Other (expedited etc.) Surveillance team Lead assessor: Paul Knapman Assessors: Julian Addison CAB name Acoura Marine CAB contact details Address 6 Redheughs Rigg Edinburgh EH12 9DQ Phone/Fax 0131 335 6662 Email [email protected] Contact name(s) Billy Hynes Client contact details Address Association of Seafood Producers (ASP) 10 Fort William Place Suite 103 Baine Johnston Centre St John's, NL A1C 1KF, Canada Phone/Fax +1 (709) 726-3730 Email [email protected] Contact name(s) Derek Butler PK (16/12/15) – Ref FCR 2.0/GCR/2.1 Page 2 of 40 Acoura Marine Surveillance Report Gulf of St Lawrence Northern Shrimp Client contact details Address L’Association Québécoise de l’Industrie de la Pêche. 2590. Laurier Blvd. 10th Floor Suite 1050. Québec (Québec) G1V 4M6 Phone/Fax (418) 654-1831 Email [email protected] Contact name(s) Jean-Paul Gagné Client contact details Address L’Association Coopérative Des Pêcheurs De L’île Ltée 90 Main Street Lamèque, New-Brunswick E8T 1M8 Phone/Fax T (506) 344-2204/ F (506) 344- 0413 Email [email protected] Contact name(s) Annie Chiasson Client contact details Address Produits Belle-Baie Ltée. 10 rue du Quai Caraquet, NB. E1W 1B6 Phone/Fax (506) 727-7166/ F (506) 727- 7166 Email [email protected] Contact name(s) Fernand Brideau PK (16/12/15) – Ref FCR 2.0/GCR/2.1 Page 3 of 40 Acoura Marine Surveillance Report Gulf of St Lawrence Northern Shrimp Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Scope of Surveillance ............................................................................................................ 5 1.2 Aims of the Surveillance ........................................................................................................ 5 1.3 Certificate Holder Details ....................................................................................................... 5 2 Surveillance Process .................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Findings of the original assessment ...................................................................................... 7 2.2 Surveillance Activity ............................................................................................................... 7 2.2.1 Surveillance team details ................................................................................................ 7 2.2.2 Date & Location of surveillance audit .............................................................................. 8 2.2.3 Stakeholder consultation & meetings .............................................................................. 8 2.2.4 What was inspected ........................................................................................................ 8 2.2.5 Stakeholder Consultation ................................................................................................ 8 2.3 Surveillance Standards .......................................................................................................... 8 2.3.1 MSC Standards, Requirements and Guidance used ...................................................... 8 2.3.2 Confirmation that destructive fishing practices or controversial unilateral exemptions have not been introduced ................................................................................................................ 8 3 Fishery Background ..................................................................................................................... 9 3.1 Changes in the management system .................................................................................. 10 3.2 Compliance .......................................................................................................................... 11 3.3 Changes in relevant regulations .......................................................................................... 11 3.4 Changes to personnel involved in science, management or industry ................................. 11 3.5 Changes to scientific base of information including stock assessments ............................. 11 3.6 Changes within the fishery which impact traceability or the ability to segregate between fish from the Unit of Certification (UoC) and fish from outside the UoC (non-certified fish). ................... 16 3.7 TAC and catch data ............................................................................................................. 16 3.8 Summary of assessment conditions .................................................................................... 17 4 Results ......................................................................................................................................... 18 4.1 Condition 1 ........................................................................................................................... 18 4.2 Condition 2 ........................................................................................................................... 25 4.3 Condition 3 ........................................................................................................................... 30 5 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................... 32 5.1 Summary of findings ............................................................................................................ 32 6 References ................................................................................................................................... 33 Appendix 1 – Re-scoring evaluation tables ....................................................................................... 34 Appendix 2 - Stakeholder submissions ............................................................................................. 35 Appendix 3 - Surveillance audit information........................................................................................ 2 Appendix 4 - Additional detail on conditions/ actions/ results ............................................................. 4 Appendix 5 - Revised Surveillance Program ...................................................................................... 5 PK (16/12/15) – Ref FCR 2.0/GCR/2.1 Page 4 of 40 Acoura Marine Surveillance Report Gulf of St Lawrence Northern Shrimp 3 Introduction Scope of Surveillance This report outlines the findings of the 3rd Annual Surveillance of the Gulf of St Lawrence Northern Shrimp Fishery. The scope of the certified fishery and therefore of this surveillance is specified in the Unit of Certification (UoC) set out below: Species Northern Shrimp (Pandalus borealis) Stock Shrimp Fishing Areas 8, 9, 10, 12 Geographical Area Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada Fishing Method Otter trawl Management System Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), through Quebec, Gulf and Newfoundland-Labrador Regions (Resource Management) and Mont Joli (Science), supported by an Advisory Committee. Client Group Shrimp Fishing Area 8 only: Association of Seafood Producers Shrimp Fishing Areas 8, 9, 10, 12: Association Québécoise de l’Industrie de la Pêche, L’Association Coopérative des Pêcheurs de L’Ile Ltée, Produits Bell-Baie Ltée Aims of the Surveillance The purpose of the annual Surveillance Report is fourfold: 1. to establish and report on whether or not there have been any material changes to the circumstances and practices affecting the original complying assessment of the fishery; 2. to monitor the progress made to improve those practices that have been scored as below “good practice” (a score of 80 or above) but above “minimum acceptable practice” (a score of 60 or above) – as captured in any “conditions” raised and described in the Public Report and in the corresponding Action Plan drawn up by the client; 3. to monitor any actions taken in response to any (non-binding) “recommendations” made in the Public Report; 4. to re-score any Performance Indicators (PIs) where practice or circumstances have materially changed during the intervening year, focusing on those PIs that form the basis of any “conditions” raised. Please note: The primary focus of this surveillance audit is assessing changes made in the previous year. For a complete picture, this report should be read in conjunction with the Public Certification Report for this fishery assessment which can be found here: https://fisheries.msc.org/en/fisheries/gulf-of-st-lawrence-northern-shrimp-trawl-fishery-esquiman-