Surveillance NFA NORWAY LING & TUSK AND NFA NORWAY LUMPFISH FISHERIES Marine Stewardship Council fisheries assessments Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) DNV Business Assurance Assessment team Hans J. Lassen, Jodi Bostrom & Sandhya Chaudhury Fishery client Norges Fiskarlag (Norwegian Fishermen's Association) Assessment Type 3rd Surveillance Report Author name Hans J. Lassen, Jodi Bostrom & Sandhya Chaudhury Date 07.06.2021 NFA Norway ling & tusk and NFA Norway lumpfish Fisheries- 3rd Surveillance report 07.06.2021 2 Introduction Covid 19 derogation 27.03.2020 The surveillance report timeline is subject to a 6-month extension in accordance with Covid-19 Derogation 27 March 2020 DNV dnv.com NFA Norway ling & tusk and NFA Norway lumpfish Fisheries- 3rd Surveillance report 07.06.2021 3 1 Contents 1 Contents .......................................................................................................... 3 2 Glossary .......................................................................................................... 5 3 Executive summary ......................................................................................... 7 3.1 The assessment process ........................................................................................... 8 3.2 History of the assessment ......................................................................................... 8 3.2.1 Summary of the original assessment .............................................................................. 8 3.2.2 First annual surveillance- February 2019 ........................................................................ 9 3.2.3 Second annual surveillance – December 2019 .............................................................. 9 3.2.4 Third annual surveillance – Year 2021 .......................................................................... 10 3.3 Summary of surveillance audit findings ................................................................... 10 3.4 Conclusion ............................................................................................................... 10 4 Report details ................................................................................................ 12 4.1 Surveillance information ........................................................................................... 12 4.2 Background .............................................................................................................. 18 4.2.1 Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) Norwegian Coast ........................................................ 18 4.2.2 Ling (Molva molva) in subareas 1 and 2 (Northeast Arctic) .......................................... 20 4.2.3 St Tusk (Brosme brosme) in subareas 1 and 2 (Northeast Arctic) ............................... 22 4.2.4 Impact on the ecosystem .............................................................................................. 23 4.2.5 Bait for long line fishery ................................................................................................. 34 4.2.6 Impact on habitats ......................................................................................................... 34 4.2.7 Changes to the management system ........................................................................... 35 4.2.8 Changes to relevant regulations ................................................................................... 37 4.2.9 Changes to personnel involved in science, management or industry. .......................... 37 4.2.10 Changes that impact Traceability .................................................................................. 37 4.2.11 Status of Inseparable or practically inseparable stock (IPI) .......................................... 38 4.2.12 Enhanced fisheries ........................................................................................................ 38 4.3 Version details ......................................................................................................... 38 5 Results .......................................................................................................... 39 5.1 Surveillance results overview .................................................................................. 39 5.1.1 Summary of conditions .................................................................................................. 39 5.1.2 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and catch data ................................................................ 45 5.1.3 Recommendations ........................................................................................................ 46 5.2 Re-scoring Performance Indicators ......................................................................... 47 5.3 Conditions ................................................................................................................ 49 5.3.1 Closed Conditions ......................................................................................................... 49 5.3.2 Progress against conditions .......................................................................................... 50 5.4 Client Action Plan ..................................................................................................... 66 6 Appendices ................................................................................................... 72 6.1 Evaluation processes and techniques ..................................................................... 72 6.1.1 Site visits ....................................................................................................................... 72 6.1.2 Stakeholder participation ............................................................................................... 74 DNV dnv.com NFA Norway ling & tusk and NFA Norway lumpfish Fisheries- 3rd Surveillance report 07.06.2021 4 6.2 Stakeholder input ..................................................................................................... 74 6.3 Revised surveillance program ................................................................................. 75 6.4 Harmonised fishery assessments ............................................................................ 76 6.5 References ............................................................................................................... 78 6.6 Variation Request and MSC response .................................................................... 80 6.7 Vessel list ................................................................................................................. 86 6.8 List of landing sites ................................................................................................ 122 7 Template information and copyright ............................................................ 150 Figure 1 IESSNS Survey results. Number of Lumpfish. Left Panel estimates based on STOX software. ..................... 19 Figure 2 Results from BESS survey. Number of Lumpfish. Left panel estimates based on STOX software. ................ 19 Figure 3 Ling in ICES 1+2. Stock status and stock trends. Source: ICES (2019) Advice on Ling 1+2 .......................... 21 Figure 4 Tusk in ICES 1+2. Stock status and stock trends. Source: ICES (2020) Advice on tusk in 1+2 ...................... 23 Figure 5 Hooded seal distribution. Source: https://nammco.no/topics/hooded-seal/ ...................................................... 33 Figure 6 Ringed seal distribution. Source: https://nammco.no/topics/ringed-seal/ ......................................................... 33 Figure 7 Areas fished (green) by the UoCs for tusk and ling in 2019 and 2020. Source: Fiskeridirektoratet................. 35 Table 1 General Information 7 Table 2 Principle scores – initial assessment (PCR 2017) ............................................................................................... 8 Table 3 Status of conditions at this audit (GN: gillnets; LL: longline) .............................................................................. 10 Table 4 Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Table 5 Surveillance information ..................................................................................................................................... 12 Table 6 Norwegian Catch of Lumpfish Roe (tons) 2008-2020. Source Durif (2020) ...................................................... 18 Table 7 Tusk catch composition (in MT) for Norwegian vessels for 2019 and 2020 ...................................................... 24 Table 8 Ling catch composition (in MT) for Norwegian vessels for 2019 and 2020 ....................................................... 26 Table 9 Lumpfish catch composition (in MT) for Norwegian vessels for 2019 and 2020 ............................................... 28 Table 10 Redfish catch as percentage of total catch for each UoC ......................................................................... 30 Table 11 The protection measures and status (where relevant) of the ETP species overlapping with the UoCs. ......... 30 Table 12 ETP species’ percentage of catch ................................................................................................................... 30 Table 13 Estimated bycatch of seabirds per trip in the lumpfish fishery. ........................................................................ 31 Table 14 Total