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Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Announcement Comment Draft Report Hiroshima Hanging Pacific Oyster Enhanced Fishery on Behalf O Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Announcement Comment Draft Report Hiroshima Hanging Pacific Oyster Enhanced Fishery On Behalf of Hiroshima Bay Oyster HOC Group (Kurahashijima Kaisan Co., Ltd. Dairyo Co., Ltd. Aya Suisan Co., Ltd. Amibun Kaisan Yoneda Kaisan Co.,Ltd. Kawasaki Suisan Co., Ltd.) Prepared by Control Union (UK) Limited June 2021 Authors: Dr Hugh Jones Yoko Tamura Control Union (UK) Limited. 56 High Street, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9AH United Kingdom Tel: 01590 613007 Fax: 01590 671573 Email: [email protected] Website: http://uk.controlunion.com Contents CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................................... 5 QA ............................................................................................................................................... 7 GLOSSARY ...................................................................................................................................... 8 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................ 9 2 REPORT DETAILS ..................................................................................................................... 11 2.1 Authorship and Peer Reviewers ............................................................................................ 11 2.2 Version details ....................................................................................................................... 12 3 UNIT(S) OF ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION ................................................................................. 13 3.1 Unit(s) of Assessment (UoA) ................................................................................................. 13 3.2 Unit(s) of Certification (UoC) ................................................................................................ 14 3.3 Scope of assessment in relation to enhanced fisheries ........................................................ 14 3.3.1 Classification in terms of Bivalve Enhanced fishery type .................................................................... 17 4 ASSESSMENT RESULTS OVERVIEW ................................................................................................ 19 4.1 Determination, formal conclusion and agreement .............................................................. 19 4.2 Principle level scores ............................................................................................................. 19 4.3 Summary of conditions ......................................................................................................... 19 4.4 Recommendations ................................................................................................................ 20 5 SCORING ............................................................................................................................... 21 5.1 Summary of Performance Indicator level scores .................................................................. 21 5.2 Fishery overview ................................................................................................................... 22 5.2.1 Client fishery ....................................................................................................................................... 22 5.2.2 The Hiroshima oyster fishery history .................................................................................................. 24 5.2.3 UoA gear, methods and operation of the fishery. .............................................................................. 25 5.2.4 Fishing management ........................................................................................................................... 29 6 TRACEABILITY AND ELIGIBILITY .................................................................................................... 32 6.1 Eligibility date ........................................................................................................................ 32 6.2 Traceability within the fishery .............................................................................................. 32 6.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ......................................................................... 34 6.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) to enter further chains of custody 35 6.5 Principle 1.............................................................................................................................. 36 6.5.1 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and Catch Data ...................................................................................... 36 6.5.2 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ................................................................... 37 6.6 Principle 2.............................................................................................................................. 38 CU MSC Full Assessment Reporting Template v3.3 (25th September 2020) (based on MSC Reporting Template v1.2) QA: 3577R01D 5 6.6.1 Primary species ................................................................................................................................... 38 6.6.2 Secondary species ............................................................................................................................... 38 6.6.3 ETP species .......................................................................................................................................... 38 6.6.4 Habitats ............................................................................................................................................... 47 6.6.5 Ecosystem ........................................................................................................................................... 63 6.6.6 Cumulative impacts ............................................................................................................................. 74 6.6.7 Scoring elements ................................................................................................................................. 75 6.6.8 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ................................................................... 76 6.7 Principle 3............................................................................................................................ 122 6.7.1 Legal and customary framework ....................................................................................................... 122 6.7.2 Consultation, roles and responsibilities ............................................................................................ 122 6.7.3 Decision making processes ............................................................................................................... 126 6.7.4 Fishery Right Use Rules ..................................................................................................................... 127 6.7.5 Long term goals and fishery specific objectives ................................................................................ 130 6.7.6 Compliance and enforcement ........................................................................................................... 139 6.7.7 Management performance evaluation ............................................................................................. 140 6.7.8 Principle 3 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ................................................................. 141 7 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................... 166 8 APPENDICES ......................................................................................................................... 171 APPENDIX 1 ASSESSMENT INFORMATION. .................................................................................... 172 Appendix 1.2 Small-scale fisheries ................................................................................................ 173 APPENDIX 2 EVALUATION PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES ................................................................... 174 Appendix 2.1 Site visits ................................................................................................................. 174 Appendix 2.2 Stakeholder participation ....................................................................................... 174 Dr Hatase – Sea Turtle author. ............................................................................................................ 174 Appendix 2.3 Evaluation techniques ............................................................................................. 175 APPENDIX 3 PEER REVIEW REPORTS ............................................................................................ 177 APPENDIX 4 STAKEHOLDER INPUT – DELETE IF NOT APPLICABLE .......................................................... 178 APPENDIX 5 CONDITIONS – DELETE IF NOT APPLICABLE .......................................................................... 179 Appendix 5.1 New Conditions - delete if not applicable .............................................................. 179 APPENDIX 6 CLIENT ACTION PLAN .............................................................................................. 180 APPENDIX 7 SURVEILLANCE ......................................................................................................
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