Bratsk Reservoir Perch Fishery MSC Public Comment Draft Report
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12 Petra Alekseeva str., PO Box 132 Moscow, Russia, 121471 Tel./fax: (495) 640-84-92 E-mail: [email protected] URL: http://marcert.ru Bratsk Reservoir Perch Fishery MSC Public Comment Draft Report Co-clients: Bratsk Fish ltd., Bernard Wolf SA Conformance Assessment Body: Marine certification LLC Authors: Steve Nelson, Dmitry Sendek and Dmitry Lajus 22 December 2015 Document: MSC Full Assessment Reporting Template V2.0 page 1 Date of issue: 8 October 2014 © Marine Stewardship Council, 2014 Table of Contents English-Russian Glossary ................................................................................................... 3 1. Executive Summary ........................................................................................................ 4 2. Authorship and Peer Reviewers .................................................................................... 6 3. Description of the Fishery .............................................................................................. 8 3.1 Unit(s) of Assessment (UoA) and Scope of Certification Sought ................................. 8 3.1.1 UoA and Unit of Certification (UoC) ...................................................................... 8 3.3 Principle One: Target Species Background .............................................................. 12 3.4 Principle Two: Ecosystem Background ..................................................................... 27 3.5 Principle Three: Management System Background .................................................. 49 4. Evaluation Procedure .................................................................................................... 66 4.2 Previous assessments ............................................................................................... 66 4.3 Assessment Methodologies ....................................................................................... 66 4.4 Evaluation Processes and Techniques ...................................................................... 66 4.4.1 Site Visits .............................................................................................................. 66 4.4.2 Consultations ........................................................................................................ 67 4.4.3 Evaluation Techniques ........................................................................................ 68 5. Traceability ..................................................................................................................... 69 5.1 Eligibility Date ............................................................................................................. 69 5.2 Traceability within the Fishery ..................................................................................... 69 5.3 Eligibility to Enter Further Chains of Custody ............................................................ 71 6. Evaluation Results ......................................................................................................... 72 6.1 Principle Level Scores ............................................................................................... 72 6.2 Summary of PI Level Scores ..................................................................................... 72 6.3 Summary of Conditions .............................................................................................. 74 6.4 Recommendations ..................................................................................................... 75 6.5 Determination, Formal Conclusion and Agreement ................................................... 75 7. References ...................................................................................................................... 76 Appendix 1 Scoring and Rationales ................................................................................. 80 Appendix 1.1 Performance Indicator Scores and Rationales ........................................... 80 Appendix 1.3 Conditions and Cient Action Plans .......................................................... 142 Appendix 2 Peer Reviewer reports…………………………………………………………..162 Appendix 3 Stakeholder submissions and Announcement.…………………………...184 Appendix 4 Surveillance Frequency ............................................................................... 189 Document: MSC Full Assessment Reporting Template V2.0 page 2 Date of issue: 8 October 2014 © Marine Stewardship Council, 2014 English-Russian Glossary Fish names Amur carp – Амурский карп - Cyprinus rubrofuscus Amur catfish – Амурский сом - Parasilurua asotus Baikal cisco - Омуль байкальский – Coregonus migratorius Bream – Лещ – Abramis brama Burbot - Налим – Lota lota Dace - Елец – Leuciscus leuciscus Far-Eastern brook lamprey – дальневосточная ручьевая минога – Lethenteron reissneri Grayling - Хариус – Thymallus arcticus Lenok - Ленок – Brachymystax lenok Peled - Пелядь – Coregonus peled Perch - Окунь – Perca fluviatilis Pike - Щука – Esox lucius Prussian (crucian) carp – Карась- Carassius gibelio Roach - Плотва – Rutilus rutilus Siberian sturgeon - Осетр сибирский – Acipenser baeri Sterlet – Стерлядь – Acipenser ruthenus Taimen - Таймень – Hucho hucho Tugun - Тугун – Coregonus tugun Whitefish - Сиг сибирский – Coregonus lavaretus pidschian (See Table 3.10 for full list of fish in Bratsk Reservoir) Russian fishery management agencies ABTU -- Angara-Baikal Territorial Administration of FAR (ABTU) -- (Ангаро-Байкальское территоральное управление ФАР, АБТУ Baikalrybvod -- Federal state-financed organization “Baikal basin administration of fisheries and conservation of aquatic biological resources” (Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение «Байкальское бассейновое управление по рыболовству и сохранению водных биологических ресурсов» (ФГБУ «Байкалрыбвод») BSCFC -- Baikal Science - Commercial Fisheries Council. (Байкальский научно- промысловый совет) FAR --- Federal Fishery Agency (FAR) (Федеральное агентство по рыболовству или Росрыболовство Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision (Rosselkhoznadzor) (Федеральная служба по ветеринарному и фитосанитарному надзору – Россельхлзнадзор). Gosrybtsentr - Federal State-financed Organization State Science-commercial center for Fisheries - (Федеральное государственное бюджетное научное учреждение Государственный научно- производственный центр рыбного хозяйства - Госрыбцентр), OAO Vostsibrybtsentr - East-Siberian Scientific Commercial Centre for Fisheries (Открытое акционерное Общество «Восточно-Сибирский научно-производственный центр рыбного хозяйства», Востсибрыбцентр) PC -- Public Council for Fisheries (PC) (Общественный совет по рыболовству), State Ecological Expertise (Государственная экологическая экспертиза). VNIRO -- All-Russia Institute for Fisheries Research and Oceanography VNIRO (Всероссийский научно-исследовательский институт Рыболовства и Океанографии, ВНИРО. Document: MSC Full Assessment Reporting Template V2.0 page 3 Date of issue: 8 October 2014 © Marine Stewardship Council, 2014 1. Executive Summary Marine Certification, LLC assigned a three member fishery certification team to conduct a MSC fishery assessment of the Bratsk Reservoir perch fishery in Irkutsk oblast, Russia. Steve Nelson served as team leader and led the assessment for Principle 2: Ecosystem. Dr. Dmitry Sendek led assessment activities for Principle 1 and Dr. Dmitry Lajus for Principle 3. Mr. Nelson is an MSC certified Fishery Team Leader and Drs. Sendek and Lajus have MSC certification experience. All members of the team have worked in Russian fisheries. The certification process started with an MSC Pre-Assessment completed in March 2015. After assembling the assessment team, Marine Certification began the Full Assessment in June with a formal Announcement on the MSC website. The team conducted a site visit from 6 to 10 July in Bratsk and Irkutsk, Russia. During July and August the team reviewed results and scored the fishery according to the MSC Default Assessment Tree. In September the team completed the Prelimiminary Draft Report listing ten conditions. The fishery passed all three MSC principles with scores above 80 for each one. Co-Clients Bernard Wolf, SA in Chevroux, Switzerland Switzerland and Bratsk Fish ltd in Bratsk Russia responded to the ten conditions with a Client Action Plan in November. This Public Comment Draft Report (PCDR) summarizes the assessment process and recommends the Bratsk Reservoir perch fishery for MSC certification. Table 6.5: Final Principle Scores Final Principle Scores Principle Score Principle 1 – Target Species 83.3 Principle 2 – Ecosystem 80.3 Principle 3 – Management System 80.2 The Unit of Assessment is defined as the perch stock in Bratsk Reservoir harvested with trap nets from fishers operating in small boats. The Unit of Certification is defined as the perch stock harvested in trap nets by fishers of Bratsk Fish ltd. in the Bratsk district of Bratsk Reservoir operating in small boats. Scientists consider Bratsk Reservoir perch to be a unit stock and manage it with data and stock assessment models for whole reservoir. The entire Bratsk Reservoir extends 570 kilometers and covers three administrative districts: Bratsk, Balagansk, and Usolsk. In these districts fishers use three types of gear: trap nets, gill nets and beach seines. Fishers in Balagansk and Usolsk districts use more beach seines relative to trap nets and they target roach more often than perch. Fishers in the Bratsk district catch 96% of their perch catch in trap