(Sea of Japan) Fisheries Japanese Islands Project Pre-Assessment
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Japanese MSC Project Pre-Assessment for: Selected west coast of Hokkaido (Sea of Japan) Fisheries Japanese Islands Project Pre-Assessment March 2018 Prepared For: CSN Chihou Sousei Network Co.,Ltd. (www.chihousousei.co.jp ) Toshio Kimura, Prepared By: Akroyd J., Medley P., Southall T. and Tamura Y. CONTENTS Contents ................................................................................................................................................... i Glossary .................................................................................................................................................. iv Executive summary ................................................................................................................................ vi 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Aims/scope of pre-assessment ............................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 Chihou Sousei Network Co.,Ltd (CSN) ............................................................................. 1 1.2 Constraints of the pre-assessment ......................................................................................... 2 1.3 Unit(s) of Assessment ............................................................................................................. 2 1.4 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and Catch Data .......................................................................... 3 2. Description of the fisheries ............................................................................................................. 4 2.1 Kita Rumoi Deep Water Prawn Fishery (UoAs 1 -4) ................................................................ 4 2.1.1 Scope of the fisheries in relation to the MSC programme ............................................. 4 2.1.2 Fishery Characteristics .................................................................................................... 4 2.1.3 Species Characteristics (Pandalus eous) ......................................................................... 5 2.1.4 Stock status, management & information (Pandalus eous) ........................................... 6 2.1.5 Species Characteristics (Pandalus hypsinotus) ............................................................... 8 2.1.6 Stock status, management & information (Pandalus hypsinotus) ................................. 9 2.2 Kita Rumoi Sea Urchin Fishery (UoAs 5 & 6) ......................................................................... 11 2.2.1 Scope of the fisheries in relation to the MSC programme ........................................... 11 2.2.2 Fishery Characteristics .................................................................................................. 11 2.2.3 Species Characteristics .................................................................................................. 12 2.2.4 Stock status, management & information .................................................................... 13 2.3 Kita Rumoi Japanese Flounder Fishery (UoAs 7 - 10) ........................................................... 15 2.3.1 Scope of the fisheries in relation to the MSC programme ........................................... 15 2.3.2 Fishery Characteristics .................................................................................................. 15 2.3.3 Species Characteristics .................................................................................................. 17 2.3.4 Stock status, management & information .................................................................... 18 2.4 Kita Rumoi North Pacific Giant Octopus Fishery (UoA 11 – 13) ............................................ 20 2.4.1 Scope of the fisheries in relation to the MSC programme ........................................... 20 2.4.2 Fishery Characteristics .................................................................................................. 20 2.4.3 Species Characteristics .................................................................................................. 21 2.4.4 Stock status, management & information .................................................................... 22 2.5 Kita Rumoi Blue-fin Tuna Fishery (UoA 14) ........................................................................... 25 2.5.1 Scope of the fisheries in relation to the MSC programme ........................................... 25 2.5.2 Fishery Characteristics .................................................................................................. 25 2.5.3 Species Characteristics .................................................................................................. 25 Japanese Islands Project Pre-assessment March 2018 MSC pre-assessment for Kita Rumoi Fisheries i 2.5.4 Stock status, management & information .................................................................... 26 3. Description of the Ecosystem & Management ............................................................................. 28 3.1 Ecosystem Background & Interactions (P2) .......................................................................... 28 3.1.1 Primary Species & Secondary Species ........................................................................... 28 3.1.2 Endangered, threatened or protected species ............................................................. 40 3.1.3 Habitats ......................................................................................................................... 41 3.1.4 Ecosystem ..................................................................................................................... 42 3.2 Management system background (P3) ................................................................................. 43 4. Evaluation Procedure .................................................................................................................... 46 4.1 Assessment methodologies used .......................................................................................... 46 4.1.1 Assessment Team Members ......................................................................................... 46 4.1.2 Summary of site visits and meetings held during pre-assessment ............................... 47 4.2 Methodological Considerations for subsequent full MSC assessment ....................................... 47 4.2.1 Stakeholders to be consulted during a full assessment ................................................ 47 4.2.2 Harmonisation with any over-lapping MSC Fisheries ................................................... 48 4.2.3 Applicability of the default assessment tree ................................................................ 48 4.2.4 Expectations regarding use of the Risk-Based Framework (RBF) ................................. 48 5. Traceability (issues relevant to Chain of Custody certification) ................................................... 49 5.1 Potential Risk Factors ............................................................................................................ 49 5.2 Chain of Custody / Landing Ports .......................................................................................... 50 5.3 Parties eligible to use the fishery certificate......................................................................... 50 6. Summary of Pre-assessment Findings (All UoAs) ......................................................................... 51 6.1 Key to likely scoring levels .................................................................................................... 51 6.2 Key Findings .......................................................................................................................... 51 6.2.1 Principle 1 ...................................................................................................................... 51 6.2.2 Principle 2 ...................................................................................................................... 52 6.2.3 Principle 3 ...................................................................................................................... 53 6.3 Summary of likely PI scoring levels ....................................................................................... 54 7. Detailed Scoring Tables ................................................................................................................. 55 7.1 Principle 1.................................................................................................................................... 55 UoA 1 & 2: Deep water prawn ホッコクアカエビ (Pandalus eous) .................................... 55 UoA 3 & 4: Pink prawn トヤマエビ(ボタンエビ)(Pandalus hypsinotus) ....................... 56 UoA no. 6: Northern sea urchin キタムラサキウニ (Strongylocentrotus nudus) ................. 57 UoA 7, 8, 9 & 10: Japanese Flounder ヒラメ (Paralichthys olivaceus) .................................... 59 UoA 11, 12 & 13: North Pacific giant octopus ミズダコ (Octopus (Enteroctopus) dofleini) .... 60 UoA 14: Bluefin tuna クロマグロ (Thunnus orientalis) ........................................................ 61 7.2 Principle 2.................................................................................................................................... 62 Japanese Islands Project Pre-assessment March 2018 MSC pre-assessment for Kita Rumoi Fisheries ii UoA