Marine Stewardship Council fisheries assessments UCSL United Certification Systems Limited Office 003, Pamelva Court, 1 Anastasi Shoukri Street, 3035, Limassol, Cyprus Mobile phone: +7-960-242-4845 Email: [email protected] East Kamchatka Alaska (Walleye) pollockWebsite: https://ucsl.eu/ mid-water trawl Photo from website: https://skurilsk.ru/news/skurilsk/153621/ (© Sakhalin.Info, 2018) Announcement Comment Draft Report Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) UCSL United Certification Systems Limited Assessment team Steven Nelson, Dr. Giuseppe Scarcella, Dr. Mohamed Samy-Kamal Fishery client PCA – Pollock Catchers Association (Russian Federation) Assessment type Initial Assessment Date December 2020 UCSL United Certification Systems Limited: East Kamchatka Alaska (Walleye) pollock mid-water trawl ACDR Table of Contents Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................... 2 Table of Tables ............................................................................................................................... 5 Table of Figures ............................................................................................................................. 6 Glossary.......................................................................................................................................... 8 List of symbols and reference points .......................................................................................... 9 1 Executive summary ............................................................................................................... 10 2 Report details ......................................................................................................................... 13 2.1 Authorship and peer review details ............................................................................................ 13 2.2 Version details ............................................................................................................................. 14 3 Unit(s) of Assessment and Unit(s) of Certification and results overview ......................... 15 3.1 Unit(s) of Assessment and Unit(s) of Certification .................................................................... 15 3.1.1 Unit(s) of Assessment ............................................................................................................................... 15 3.1.2 Unit(s) of Certification ................................................................................................................................ 16 3.1.3 Scope of assessment in relation to enhanced or introduced fisheries ...................................................... 16 3.2 Assessment results overview ..................................................................................................... 17 3.2.1 Determination, formal conclusion and agreement ..................................................................................... 17 3.2.2 Principle level scores ................................................................................................................................. 17 3.2.3 Summary of conditions .............................................................................................................................. 18 SI(a) Information adequacy for assessment of impacts on main secondary species. .......... 18 3.2.4 Recommendations..................................................................................................................................... 18 4 Traceability and eligibility ..................................................................................................... 19 4.1 Eligibility date .............................................................................................................................. 19 4.2 Traceability within the fishery ..................................................................................................... 19 4.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ............................................................................. 21 4.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) to enter further chains of custody .................................................................................................................................................. 21 5 Scoring .................................................................................................................................... 22 5.1 Summary of Performance Indicator level scores ...................................................................... 22 6 Principle 1 ............................................................................................................................... 23 6.1 Principle 1 background ............................................................................................................... 23 6.1.1 Spatial distribution and stock unit .............................................................................................................. 23 6.1.2 Life history traits of the target stock ........................................................................................................... 27 6.1.3 History of the fishery and management..................................................................................................... 33 6.1.4 Data collection of target stock ................................................................................................................... 37 6.1.5 Stock assessment and TAC determination of the target stock ................................................................. 39 6.1.6 Catch profiles ............................................................................................................................................. 48 6.1.7 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and catch data ............................................................................................ 48 6.2 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ......................................................... 49 MSC FCP 2.2 Template CRV2 Page 2 of 176 UCSL UCSL United Certification Systems Limited: East Kamchatka Alaska (Walleye) pollock mid-water trawl ACDR PI 1.1.1 – Stock status ................................................................................................................. 49 PI 1.1.2 – Stock rebuilding........................................................................................................... 51 PI 1.2.1 – Harvest strategy ........................................................................................................... 52 PI 1.2.2 – Harvest control rules and tools .................................................................................. 55 PI 1.2.3 – Information and monitoring ........................................................................................ 57 PI 1.2.4 – Assessment of stock status ....................................................................................... 59 7 Principle 2 ............................................................................................................................... 61 7.1 Principle 2 background ............................................................................................................... 61 7.1.1 Primary species ......................................................................................................................................... 61 7.1.2 Secondary species .................................................................................................................................... 65 7.1.3 ETP species .............................................................................................................................................. 66 7.1.4 Habitat ....................................................................................................................................................... 67 7.1.5 Ecosystem ................................................................................................................................................. 69 7.2 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ......................................................... 73 PI 2.1.1 – Primary species outcome ........................................................................................... 73 PI 2.1.2 – Primary species management strategy ..................................................................... 75 PI 2.1.3 – Primary species information ...................................................................................... 77 PI 2.2.1 – Secondary species outcome ...................................................................................... 79 PI 2.2.2 – Secondary species management strategy ................................................................ 82 PI 2.2.3 – Secondary species information.................................................................................. 85 PI 2.3.1 – ETP species outcome .................................................................................................. 87 PI 2.3.2 – ETP species management strategy ............................................................................ 90 PI 2.3.3 – ETP species information ............................................................................................. 93 PI 2.4.1 – Habitats outcome ........................................................................................................