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Announcement Comment Draft Report Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Announcement Comment Draft Report Kochi and Miyazaki Offshore Pole and Line Albacore and Skipjack fishery On Behalf of Japan Offshore pole and Line Tuna Fishery Sustainability Council Prepared by Control Union UK Ltd. July 2020 Authors: Dr. J. Gascoigne Dr. J. Pierre Ms. Y. Tamura Ms. C. Seip-Markensteijn Ms. B. O’Kane Control Union UK Ltd. 56 High Street, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9AH United Kingdom Tel: 01590 613007 Fax: 01590 671573 Email: [email protected] Website: https://uk.controlunion.com Contents CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................................... 1 QA ............................................................................................................................................... 3 GLOSSARY ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................ 5 2 REPORT DETAILS ....................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Authorship and Peer Reviewers .............................................................................................. 7 2.2 Version details ......................................................................................................................... 8 3 UNITS OF ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION ................................................................................... 10 3.1 Units of Assessment (UoA) ................................................................................................... 10 3.2 Unit(s) of Certification (UoC) ................................................................................................ 11 4 ASSESSMENT RESULTS OVERVIEW ................................................................................................ 13 4.1 Determination, formal conclusion and agreement .............................................................. 13 4.2 Principle level scores ............................................................................................................. 13 4.3 Summary of conditions ......................................................................................................... 13 4.4 Recommendations ................................................................................................................ 14 5 TRACEABILITY AND ELIGIBILITY .................................................................................................... 15 5.1 Eligibility date ........................................................................................................................ 15 5.2 Traceability within the fishery .............................................................................................. 15 5.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ......................................................................... 17 5.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) to enter further chains of custody 17 6 SCORING ............................................................................................................................... 18 6.1 Summary of PI Level Scores .................................................................................................. 18 6.2 Fishery overview ................................................................................................................... 20 6.2.1 The Client fishery ................................................................................................................................ 20 6.2.2 Gear and operation of the fishery ....................................................................................................... 21 6.2.3 Fishing areas and seasons ................................................................................................................... 22 6.2.4 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and Catch Data ...................................................................................... 23 6.3 Principle 1 - Skipjack ............................................................................................................. 24 6.3.1 Skipjack biology and stock definition .................................................................................................. 24 6.3.2 Skipjack stock status............................................................................................................................ 25 6.3.3 Skipjack stock status projections......................................................................................................... 26 6.3.4 Skipjack information available for stock assessment .......................................................................... 27 6.3.5 Skipjack stock assessment ................................................................................................................... 29 6.3.6 Skipjack management: WCPFC ............................................................................................................ 29 6.3.7 Skipjack management: PNA ................................................................................................................ 31 6.3.8 Skipjack management: progress towards a formal harvest strategy at WCPFC ................................. 32 CU UK MSC Surveillance Reporting Template v2.2 (26th June 2019) (based on MSC Surveillance Reporting Template v2.01) QA: 3386R01D 1 6.3.9 Skipjack management: Japan .............................................................................................................. 32 6.3.10 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales: Skipjack ................................................ 34 6.4 Principle 1 - albacore ............................................................................................................ 51 6.4.1 Albacore biology and stock definition ................................................................................................. 51 6.4.2 Albacore stock status .......................................................................................................................... 51 6.4.3 Albacore stock status projections ....................................................................................................... 54 6.4.4 Albacore information available for stock assessment ........................................................................ 55 6.4.5 Albacore stock assessment ................................................................................................................. 58 6.4.6 Albacore management: current .......................................................................................................... 60 6.4.7 Albacore management: progress towards a formal harvest strategy ................................................. 62 6.4.8 NP Albacore management – Japan .................................................................................................... 63 6.5 Principle 1 CAB wide variation request ................................................................................. 82 6.6 Principle 2.............................................................................................................................. 82 6.6.1 Designation of species under Principle 2 ............................................................................................ 82 6.6.2 Catch information for primary and secondary species ....................................................................... 83 6.6.3 Unwanted catch of primary and secondary species ........................................................................... 83 6.6.4 Primary species ................................................................................................................................... 84 6.6.5 Secondary species ............................................................................................................................... 90 6.6.6 ETP species .......................................................................................................................................... 91 6.6.7 Habitats ............................................................................................................................................... 93 6.6.8 Ecosystem ........................................................................................................................................... 94 6.6.9 Cumulative impacts ............................................................................................................................. 97 6.6.10 Scoring elements ............................................................................................................................ 98 6.6.11 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ............................................................. 100 6.7 Principle Three: Management system background ............................................................ 154 6.7.1 Jurisdictions within the area of operation ........................................................................................ 154 6.7.2 Legal and customary framework ....................................................................................................... 154 6.7.3 Consultation, roles and responsibilities ...........................................................................................
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