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Marine Stewardship Council Surveillance Announcement Marine Stewardship Council Surveillance Announcement Name of Fishery SARPC Kerguelen Toothfish Fishery Surveillance level Surveillance level 6, on-site surveillance audit. This will be reviewed at the and type upcoming surveillance audit. Surveillance 1st Surveillance number (tick one) 2nd Surveillance X 3rd Surveillance 4th Surveillance Other (expedited etc.) Proposed Team It is proposed that Kat Collinson will act as team leader with overall responsibility Leader and guidance role for the surveillance. She has particular expertise in Principle 2. Kat Collinson has a Master’s degree from King’s College University in Aquatic Resource Management. She has worked on a number of MSC pre- and full assessments including North Menai Strait mussel fishery, UK Fisheries, DFFU and Doggerbank surveillances and re-assessment and Walkers Seafood Pty Ltd Australian albacore and yellowfin tuna and swordfish longline fishery. She has successfully completed the MSC Online Team Leader training in both v1.3 and 2.0; and is currently the team leader for the re-assessments for the Cornish Sardines fishery and Vietnam Ben Tre clam hand gathered fishery. Up until recently Kat has also been the Manager of MSC Chain of Custody (CoC) projects at MEC and has untaken over 150 assessments, including the CoC certification audits for the seven SARPC toothfish vessels in La Réunion. She therefore has good knowledge of the fishery and will also act as the team’s expert on the traceability for the fishery. Proposed team Dr Sophie des Clers has a PhD in Biometrics from the Université Lyon I, members [remove France and an MSc in Public Policy from the University College London. She if not applicable] has over 20 years’ experience working in the fisheries sector. Sophie’s career has focused on management-based analysis of fisheries in the UK, Europe and around the work. In total, Sophie has over 5 years relevant P3 experience in relation to the EU and ICES based management; acting as a P3 auditor for 10 separate assessments. In total, Sophie has completed around 14 separate MSC assessments and these include UK Fisheries Ltd/DFFYU/Doggerbank saithe and Comapêche and Euronor cod and haddock. She is a fully qualified MSC Team Leader and has been lead auditor in the ongoing MSC full assessment of the PFA, DPPO, KFO, SPSG & Compagnie des Peches St Malo Northeast Atlantic blue whiting pelagic trawl fishery. She therefore has an in-depth understanding of the MSC fisheries standard and MSC fisheries certification requirements. During her experience as an MSC auditor, Sophie has also gained a great deal of experience in interviewing and facilitation techniques. Sophie was also a member of the assessment team for the initial MSC full assessment of the SARPC Toothfish fishery in 2013, the subsequent first annual surveillance audit in 2014 and the on-going 2015 expedited audit. 1 Dr Sophie Des Clers has also recently completed the required Fishery Team Leader MSC training modules for the new V2.0 Fisheries Certification Requirements. Dr Des Clers will be on-site for the site visit. Prof. Jean-Claude Brêthes has a PhD in Oceanology from the University of Aix-Marseille-II (France). He has been a professor four over 35 years, firstly at the in the Oceanography Department at the Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR) and since 1999 at the Institute of Marine Science Rimouski (ISMER). Outside of his professorship, Jean-Claude was the Vice-Chairman for the Fisheries Resource Conservation Council (FRCC) Canadian Advisory Board for the Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans from 1995 to 2001, where he provided recommendations for Atlantic groundfish conservation on Total Allowable Catches. In addition to this, he has also been a member for the Canadian Scientific Advisory Council Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canadian Atlantic Fisheries Advisory Council and Quebec Aquaculture and Fisheries Council. More recently, Jean-Claude has acted a scientific expert for the assessment of Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence Snow Crab stocks. He has also chaired a number of workshops and regional advisory processes for the assessment of Canadian crustacean and demersal fish stocks. Internationally, he has worked in Mauritania, Madagascar, and Tunisia and on coastal fisheries in the Northern Mediterranean Sea. Jean-Claude has also taken part in a number of MSC assessments including the Gulf of St. Lawrence Northern shrimp trawl fishery, Bay of Fundy, Scotian Shelf and Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence lobster trap fishery and Euronor saithe fishery. Prof Jean-Claude Brêthes will be off-site for the site visit but available. Both Dr des Clers and Prof. Brêthes are fluent in both English and French. Full CVs for each team member are available in Appendix 1. Audit/review time The site visit will take place in Le Port, La Réunion on the 7th September, 2015. and location MEC welcomes anyone who would like to participate. The times of surveillance activities will be outlined in the site agenda and will be sent to stakeholders who express an interest in partaking in the site visit. Assessment/ During the audit, MEC will communicate with the client and any relevant review activities stakeholders and use any available up to date information to assess and review; • Any changes to the fishery and its management including those to management systems, regulation and relevant personnel. • Any changes to the scientific base of information such as stock assessments. • Performance in relation to any relevant conditions of certification to deem conformity with, progress and performance against a condition. • Any developments or changes within the fishery impact may impact on traceability and the ability to segregate MSC from non-MSC products • Any other significant changes in the fishery MEC would like to welcome anyone who would like to participate in the site visit. All interested stakeholders are encouraged to contact Gavin Fitzgerald ( [email protected] ) or Kat Collinson ( [email protected] ) at MEC by email, telephone or post at the below number and address: ME Certification 56 High Street Lymington SO41 9AH United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1590 613007 Fax: +44 (0)1590 671573 Should any stakeholder wish to meet the team in person, this can be arranged. Remote meetings can also be arranged via telephone conferencing or Skype, or written submissions made to the above-mentioned email addresses. Please note that comments should be factual and should be supported by data or other evidence. Comments may remain unattributed. Furthermore, information that cannot be shared with any other stakeholder will not be referenced in the assessment and cannot be used in determining the outcome of the fishery’s assessment nor used as a basis for an objection. Information can be kept confidential if it is restricted to financial transactions about certification, the financial affairs of individual companies or information that may lead to this information being known, or information that is the subject of relevant national privacy or data protection legislation in the assessed fishery’s country. The deadline for consultation is 17:00 GMT 30 days after the publication of this announcement on the MSC’s website. Submitted by: Gavin Fitzgerald, MSC Fisheries Officer Date: 4th August 2015 Appendix 1: CVs of team leader and team CURRICULUM VITAE 1. Family name: Collinson 2. First names: Katherine 3. Date of birth: 08 th December 1983 4. Nationality: British 5. Civil Status: Single 6. Education: (most recent first) Institution (Date from – Date to) Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained: King’s College London, University of MSc Aquatic Resource Management (Disc.). London Included; • Sampling and analysis techniques 2008 - 2009 • Marine Resource Management Techniques • Statistical Analysis Heriot -Watt University, Edinburgh BSc Applied Marine Biology Included; 2002-2005 • Sampling and analysis techniques • DNA sampling, gene amplification and sequencing • Statistical Analysis 7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 – excellent; 5- basic) LANGUAGE Reading Speaking Writing English 1 1 1 Farsi 5 5 5 8. Other skills: Genetic techniques (DNA extraction, gene amplification, sequencing and analysis); water chemistry and heavy metal analysis laboratory work PADI Divemaster and EFR Instructor 9. Present position: MSC Operations Manager, MacAlister Elliott & Partners 10. Years with firm: 2011 to date 11. Key qualifications • Extensive knowledge and understanding of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Chain of Custody (CoC) and fishery requirements, including over 150 CoC assessments • Fully trained MSC fishery team leader • Conducted site visit for tuna MSC pre-assessment in the Marshall Islands, Mauritius and Federated States of Micronesia including research and report writing • Fishery assessment team member on Walkers Seafood MSC full assessment for yellowfin and albacore tuna and swordfish and mahi mahi longline fishery, UK Fisheries/Doggerbank and DFFU saithe, cod and haddocks assessments (Two surveillance, one re-assessment) • Fishery Improvement Plan (FIP) company co-ordinator and team member conducting site visit/stakeholder meeting facilitator functions. • Field work for habitat and diet study of two juvenile species of shark in D’arros and St Joseph atoll, Seychelles with Save Our Seas Foundation • Field work at Bimini Biological Field Station – mainly for PhD student, telemetry, tagging sharks, PIT survey team, boat driving, college course supervision, general maintenance of the daily lab duties.
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