Danish and Swedish Nephrops Fisheries (Danish)
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Food Certification International Ltd Findhorn House Dochfour Business Centre Dochgarroch Inverness IV3 8GY United Kingdom T: +44(0)1463 223 039 F: +44(0)1463 246 380 www.foodcertint.com MSC SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES CERTIFICATION Danish and Swedish Nephrops Fisheries (Danish) Public Comment Draft Report May 2014 Prepared For: Danske Fiskeres Producent Organisation (DFPO) Prepared By: Food Certification International Ltd Food Certification International Public Comment Draft Report Danish and Swedish Nephrops Fisheries (Danish) Public Comment Draft Report May 2014 Authors: Rod Cappell, Julian Addison, Lucia Revenga, Marco Fredericksen Certification Body: Client: Food Certification International Ltd Danske Fiskeres Producent Organisation (DFPO) Address: Address: Findhorn House Nordensvej 3, Taulov, Dochfour Business Centre DK-7000 Fredericia Dochgarroch Denmark Inverness IV3 8GY Scotland, UK Name: Fisheries Department Name: Jonathan Jacobsen Tel: +44(0) 1463 223 039 Tel: +45 7610 9653 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.foodcertint.com i version 2.0(25/06/13) Food Certification International Public Comment Draft Report Danish and Swedish Nephrops Fisheries (Danish) Contents 1. Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................... 1 2. Authorship and Peer Reviewers .................................................................................................. 3 2.1 Assessment Team ....................................................................................................................... 3 2.1.1 Peer Reviewers ...................................................................................................................... 4 2.1.2 RBF Training .......................................................................................................................... 4 3. Description of the Fishery ............................................................................................................ 5 3.1 Unit(s) of Certification and scope of certification sought .............................................................. 5 3.1.1 Scope of Assessment in Relation to Introduced Species Based Fisheries (ISBF) ................ 5 3.2 Overview of the fishery ................................................................................................................. 6 3.2.1 Danske Fiskeres Producent Organisation (DFPO) ............................................................... 6 3.2.2 Species and Fishing Practice ................................................................................................. 7 3.3 Principle One: Target Species Background ................................................................................ 10 3.3.1 Nephrops fishery resources and life history ......................................................................... 10 3.3.2 Status of stocks .................................................................................................................... 11 3.3.3 History of fishing and management ..................................................................................... 23 3.4 Principle Two: Ecosystem Background ...................................................................................... 24 3.5 Principle Three: Management System Background ................................................................... 47 3.5.1 Legislative context................................................................................................................ 47 3.5.2 Consultation, Roles & Responsibilities ................................................................................ 47 4. Evaluation Procedure ................................................................................................................. 51 4.1 Harmonised Fishery Assessment ............................................................................................... 51 4.1.1 Harmonisation Details .......................................................................................................... 51 4.2 Previous assessments ................................................................................................................ 51 4.3 Assessment Methodologies ........................................................................................................ 51 4.3.1 Assessment Tree ................................................................................................................. 51 4.4 Evaluation Processes and Techniques ....................................................................................... 51 4.4.1 Site Visits.............................................................................................................................. 51 4.4.2 Consultations ....................................................................................................................... 52 4.4.3 Evaluation Techniques ......................................................................................................... 53 5. Traceability .................................................................................................................................. 56 5.1 Eligibility Date.............................................................................................................................. 56 5.2 Traceability within the Fishery ..................................................................................................... 56 5.2.1 Description of Tracking, Tracing and Segregation Systems within the Fishery and Management systems in place relating to Traceability ................................................................. 56 5.2.2 Evaluation of Risk of Vessels Fishing Outside of UoC ........................................................ 57 5.2.3 Risk of Substitution of Mixing Certified / Non-Certified Catch prior to point of landing ........ 57 5.2.4 At-Sea Processing ............................................................................................................... 57 5.2.5 Trans-Shipment .................................................................................................................... 57 ii version 2.0(25/06/13) Food Certification International Public Comment Draft Report Danish and Swedish Nephrops Fisheries (Danish) 5.2.6 Robustness of management systems relating to traceability ............................................... 57 5.3 Eligibility to Enter Further Chains of Custody ............................................................................. 57 5.3.1 Eligible points of landing ...................................................................................................... 58 5.3.2 Parties eligible to use the fishery certificate ......................................................................... 58 5.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practically Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) to Enter Further Chains of Custody ............................................................................................................................................. 58 6. Evaluation Results ...................................................................................................................... 59 6.1 Principle Level Scores ................................................................................................................ 59 6.2 Summary of Scores .................................................................................................................... 59 6.3 Summary of Conditions ............................................................................................................... 60 6.3.1 Recommendations ............................................................................................................... 60 6.4 Determination, Formal Conclusion and Agreement .................................................................... 60 7. References ................................................................................................................................... 61 Appendix 1. Scoring & Rationale ...................................................................................................... 67 Appendix 1a – MSC Principles & Criteria ......................................................................................... 67 Appendix 1.1 Performance Indicator Scores and Rationale ............................................................. 70 Appendix 1.2 Risk Based Framework (RBF) Outputs .................................................................... 190 Appendix 1.3 Conditions ................................................................................................................. 191 Condition 1 .................................................................................................................................. 191 Condition 2 .................................................................................................................................. 192 Appendix 2. Peer Review Reports .................................................................................................. 196 Peer Reviewer 1 .............................................................................................................................. 196 Peer Reviewer 2 .............................................................................................................................. 207 Appendix 3. Stakeholder submissions .............................................................................................