MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 April 2020 8950 Martin Luther King Jr. Street N. #202 St. Petersburg, Florida 33702-2211 Tel: (727) 563-9070 Fax: (727) 563-0207 Email: [email protected] President: Andrew A. Rosenberg, Ph.D. Karaginsky Bay Salmon Fisheries Kolkhoz im Bekereva, Ukinskij Liman, Belorechensk & Vyvenskoe Public Comment Draft Report 15 April 2020 Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) MRAG Americas Amanda Stern-Pirlot, Raymond Beamesderfer, Dmitry Assessment team Lajus Kolkhoz im. Bekereva JSC, Ukinskij Liman LLC, Fishery client Vyvenskoe Ltd, Belorechensk Ltd Assessment Type Initial Assessment MRAG Americas – Kolkhoz Bekereva, Ukinskij Liman, Vyvenskoe, & Belorechensk Karaginsky Bay Salmon Fisheries 1 MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 April 2020 Document Control Record Document Draft Submitted By Date Reviewed By Date ACDR DL, RB 4/30/19 ASP, MC 5/1/19 CDR/PRDR RB, DL, ASP 2 Jan 20 ASP 15 Jan 20 PCDR RB, DL, ASP 14 April 2020 ASP 14 April 2020 MRAG Americas – Kolkhoz Bekereva, Ukinskij Liman, Vyvenskoe, & Belorechensk Karaginsky Bay Salmon Fisheries 2 MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 April 2020 1 Executive summary ................................................................................................. 6 2 Report details ........................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Authorship and peer review details ............................................................................. 7 2.2 Version details ............................................................................................................... 9 3 Unit(s) of Assessment and Certification and results overview ............................ 9 3.1 Unit(s) of Assessment and Unit(s) of Certification ..................................................... 9 3.1.1 Scope of assessment in relation to enhanced or introduced fisheries ................... 11 3.2 Assessment results overview..................................................................................... 12 3.2.1 Determination, formal conclusion and agreement ................................................. 12 3.2.2 Principle level scores ............................................................................................ 12 3.2.3 Summary of conditions ......................................................................................... 12 3.2.4 Recommendations ............................................................................................... 13 4 Traceability and eligibility ..................................................................................... 13 4.1 Eligibility date .............................................................................................................. 13 4.2 Traceability within the fishery .................................................................................... 13 4.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ............................................................. 15 4.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) .......................... 16 5 Scoring ................................................................................................................... 17 5.1 Summary of Performance Indicator level scores ...................................................... 17 5.2 Principle 1 ....................................................................................................................18 5.2.1 Principle 1 background ......................................................................................... 18 Overview of the fishery ................................................................................................... 18 Pink Salmon .................................................................................................................... 47 Chum Salmon .................................................................................................................. 56 5.2.2 Catch ...................................................................................................................65 5.2.3 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ...................................... 68 PI 1.1.1 – Stock status ..................................................................................................... 68 PI 1.1.2 – Stock rebuilding ............................................................................................... 73 PI 1.2.1 – Harvest strategy .............................................................................................. 75 PI 1.2.2 – Harvest control rules and tools ......................................................................... 79 PI 1.2.3 – Information and monitoring ............................................................................. 82 PI 1.2.4 – Assessment of stock status ............................................................................... 85 PI 1.3.1 – Enhancement outcomes ................................................................................... 89 PI 1.3.2 – Enhancement management ............................................................................. 91 PI 1.3.3 – Enhancement information ............................................................................... 92 5.3 Principle 2 .................................................................................................................... 94 5.3.1 Principle 2 background ......................................................................................... 94 Primary Species ............................................................................................................... 94 Secondary Species ......................................................................................................... 109 ETP Species ................................................................................................................... 110 MRAG Americas – Kolkhoz Bekereva, Ukinskij Liman, Vyvenskoe, & Belorechensk Karaginsky Bay Salmon Fisheries 3 MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 April 2020 Habitats ........................................................................................................................ 112 Ecosystem Structure and Function ................................................................................. 116 5.3.2 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales .................................... 118 PI 2.1.1 – Primary species outcome ............................................................................... 118 PI 2.1.2 – Primary species management strategy .......................................................... 120 PI 2.1.3 – Primary species information ........................................................................... 122 PI 2.2.1 – Secondary species outcome............................................................................ 124 PI 2.2.2 – Secondary species management strategy ....................................................... 126 PI 2.2.3 – Secondary species information ....................................................................... 129 PI 2.3.1 – ETP species outcome ...................................................................................... 130 PI 2.3.2 – ETP species management strategy ................................................................. 133 PI 2.3.3 – ETP species information ................................................................................. 135 PI 2.4.1 – Habitats outcome .......................................................................................... 137 PI 2.4.2 – Habitats management ................................................................................... 139 PI 2.4.3 – Habitats information ..................................................................................... 141 PI 2.5.1 – Ecosystem outcome ....................................................................................... 143 PI 2.5.2 – Ecosystem management ................................................................................ 145 PI 2.5.3 – Ecosystem information .................................................................................. 147 5.4 Principle 3 .................................................................................................................. 151 5.4.1 Principle 3 background ....................................................................................... 151 Legal & Customary Framework ..................................................................................... 151 Management Structure - Consultation, Roles & Responsibilities .................................... 152 Fishery Objectives & Measures ...................................................................................... 158 Enforcement ................................................................................................................. 161 International Management ........................................................................................... 163 5.4.2 Principle 3 Performance Indicator scores and rationales .................................... 165 PI 3.1.1 – Legal and/or customary framework ............................................................... 165 PI 3.1.2 – Consultation, roles and responsibilities .......................................................... 167 PI 3.1.3 – Long term objectives ...................................................................................... 169 PI 3.2.1 – Fishery-specific objectives .............................................................................