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DERIS, SA –Pesca Chile- Antarctic Krill Fishery DERIS, S.A. –Pesca Chile- Antarctic krill fishery MSC Certificate code: MSC-F-30022 Picture from : fao.org First Surveillance Audit Report January 2020 Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) Bureau Veritas Certification Holding SAS Assessment team Beatriz Roel & José Ríos Fishery client DERIS, S.A. Assessment Type Surveillance audit Deris, S.A. –Pesca Chile- Antarctic krill fishery – 1st surveillance audit report page 1 Contents Insert a table of contents 1. GLOSSARY ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................... 5 3. REPORT DETAILS ............................................................................................................................................ 7 3.1 SURVEILLANCE INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................. 7 3.2 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................................. 8 3.2.1 PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN SCIENCE , MANAGEMENT OR INDUSTRY ....................................................................................... 8 3.2.2 CERTIFIED FLEET AND CLIENT GROUP ............................................................................................................................. 9 3.2.3 FISHERY MANAGEMENT AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK .................................................................................................. 9 CM 51-07 (2016) EXPIRING BY END 2020 .................................................................................................................... 9 NEW CHILEAN REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ON REDUCING BIRD DISCARDS ............................................................................... 9 ARK AGREEMENT TO IMPLEMENT VOLUNTARY RESTRICTED ZONES ...................................................................................... 10 DETAILS OF THE ANTARCTIC ENDEAVOUR FISHING OPERATIONS DURING 2018-2019.............................................................. 14 3.2.4 MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE ................................................................................................................................ 19 OBSERVER COVERAGE AND PROGRAM ......................................................................................................................... 19 MONITORING , COMPLIANCE AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM ................................................................................................ 19 3.2.5 TRACEABILITY ISSUES ................................................................................................................................................ 20 3.2.6 SCIENTIFIC BASED INFORMATION RELATED TO P1 .......................................................................................................... 20 INTERNATIONAL SYNOPTIC SURVEY 2019 .................................................................................................................... 20 PREFERRED OPTION FOR KRILL MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................... 21 INFORMATION AND MONITORING .............................................................................................................................. 21 ASSESSMENT OF STOCK STATUS ................................................................................................................................. 22 3.2.7. SCIENTIFIC BASED INFORMATION RELATED TO P2 ......................................................................................................... 22 DATA COLLECTED BY OBSERVERS ON CATCH COMPOSITION ............................................................................................... 22 4. VERSION DETAILS ........................................................................................................................................ 28 5. RESULTS ...................................................................................................................................................... 29 5.1 SURVEILLANCE RESULTS OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................... 29 5.1.1 SUMMARY OF CONDITIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 29 5.1.2. TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH (TAC) AND CATCH DATA ..................................................................................................... 29 5.1.3 RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................................................................... 30 5.2 CONDITIONS ................................................................................................................................................. 31 5.3 CLIENT ACTION PLAN ....................................................................................................................................... 32 5.4. RE-SCORING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ........................................................................................................... 32 6. REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................................ 32 7. APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................................ 33 7.1 EVALUATION PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES ........................................................................................................... 33 Deris, S.A. –Pesca Chile- Antarctic krill fishery – 1st surveillance audit report page 2 7.1.1. SITE VISIT .............................................................................................................................................................. 33 STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION ................................................................................................................................................ 33 6.2 STAKEHOLDER INPUT ...................................................................................................................................... 33 6.3 REVISED SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM ..................................................................................................................... 35 6.4 HARMONISED FISHERY ASSESSMENTS .................................................................................................................. 36 Deris, S.A. –Pesca Chile- Antarctic krill fishery – 1st surveillance audit report page 3 1. Glossary Concepts and terms: B0 Unexploited biomass BLIM Precautionary reference point. SSB below B lim indicate increase risk of impairment of recruitment BMSY Spawning biomass (equilibrium) when fishing at FMSY BPA Precautionary reference point SSB below B PA indicate that action should be taken to recover the stock Btrigger Biomass level below which fishing mortality should be reduced BRP Biological Reference Points CAB Conformity Assessment Body (in the case of this particular assessment the CAB is Bureau Veritas Certification Holding SAS) CoC Chain of Custody CPUE Catch per Unit Effort CR (MSC) Certification Requirements CSIs Combined Stardardised Indices ETP Endangered, Threatened and Protected FCR (MSC) Fisheries Certificacion Requirements f/v Fishing vessel FLIM Fishing mortality which should be avoided with high probability because it is associated with unknown population dynamics or stock collapse FMSY Fishing mortality at MSY FPA Fishing mortality to ensure that there is a high probability that F lim will be avoided and that the spawning stock biomass will remain above the threshold B lim FPI Fishery Performance Index GYM Generalized Yield Model LTL Low Trohic Level MCS Monitoring, Control and Surveillance MPA Marine Protected Area MSY Maximum Sustainable Yield PCDR Public Comment Draft Report PCL Precautionary Catch Limit PRI Point where Recruitment would be Impaired SISO Scheme of International Scientific Observation SSMUs Small-Scale Management Units UoA Unit of Assessment UoC Unit of Certification VME Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem VMS Vessel Monitoring System Organizations: ASI Acreditation Service International BAS British Antarctic Survey BV Bureau Veritas CCAMLR Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources CITES Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna & Flora DIRECTEMAR Chilean General Directorate of Maritime Territory and Merchant Navy (Dirección General del Territorio Marítimo y de Marina Mercante) DIRINMAR Chilean Directorate of Maritime Interests Aquatic Environment (Direccion de Intereses Marítimos Medio Ambiente Acuático) FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations SGSSI South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands IDEAL Research Institute of Marine Ecosystems of High Latitudes (Centro de Investigación Dinámica de Ecosistemas Marinos de Altas Latitudes) INACH Chilean Antarctic Institute (Instituto Antártico Chileno) IWC International Whaling Commission MINECON Chilean Ministry of Economy (Ministerio de Economia) MINREL Chilean Foreign Affairs (Ministerior de Relaciones Exteriores) MSC Marine Stewardship Council
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