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 Certification Report 1 July 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 PCR 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 FRD RB, DL, ASP 3 June 2020 EW 8 June 2020 PCR RB, DL, ASP 29 June 2020 ASP 30 June 2020 MRAG Americas – Kolkhoz Bekereva, Ukinskij Liman, Vyvenskoe, & Belorechensk Karaginsky Bay Salmon Fisheries PCR 2 MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 April 2020 1 Executive summary ................................................................................................. 5 2 Report details ........................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Authorship and peer review details ............................................................................. 6 3 Unit(s) of Assessment and Certification and results overview ........................... 7 3.1 Unit(s) of Assessment and Unit(s) of Certification ..................................................... 7 3.1.1 Scope of assessment in relation to enhanced or introduced fisheries ................... 10 3.2 Assessment results overview..................................................................................... 10 3.2.1 Determination, formal conclusion and agreement ................................................. 10 3.2.2 Principle level scores ............................................................................................ 10 3.2.3 Summary of conditions ......................................................................................... 10 3.2.4 Recommendations ............................................................................................... 11 4 Traceability and eligibility ..................................................................................... 11 4.1 Eligibility date .............................................................................................................. 11 4.2 Traceability within the fishery .................................................................................... 11 4.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ............................................................. 14 4.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) .......................... 14 5 Scoring ................................................................................................................... 15 5.1 Summary of Performance Indicator level scores ...................................................... 15 5.2 Principle 1 ....................................................................................................................16 5.2.1 Principle 1 background ......................................................................................... 16 Overview of the fishery ........................................................................................................ 16 Pink Salmon ......................................................................................................................... 45 Chum Salmon ....................................................................................................................... 54 5.2.2 Catch ...................................................................................................................63 5.2.3 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ...................................... 66 PI 1.1.1 – Stock status .......................................................................................................... 66 PI 1.1.2 – Stock rebuilding ................................................................................................... 71 PI 1.2.1 – Harvest strategy .................................................................................................. 73 PI 1.2.2 – Harvest control rules and tools ............................................................................ 78 PI 1.2.3 – Information and monitoring ................................................................................ 81 PI 1.2.4 – Assessment of stock status .................................................................................. 84 PI 1.3.1 – Enhancement outcomes ...................................................................................... 88 PI 1.3.2 – Enhancement management ................................................................................ 90 PI 1.3.3 – Enhancement information ................................................................................... 91 5.3 Principle 2 ....................................................................................................................93 5.3.1 Principle 2 background ......................................................................................... 93 Primary Species .................................................................................................................... 93 Secondary Species .............................................................................................................. 109 ETP Species ........................................................................................................................ 110 Habitats ............................................................................................................................. 113 Ecosystem Structure and Function .................................................................................... 116 MRAG Americas – Kolkhoz Bekereva, Ukinskij Liman, Vyvenskoe, & Belorechensk Karaginsky Bay Salmon Fisheries PCR 3 MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 April 2020 5.3.2 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales .................................... 119 PI 2.1.1 – Primary species outcome ................................................................................... 119 PI 2.1.2 – Primary species management strategy ............................................................. 121 PI 2.1.3 – Primary species information .............................................................................. 123 PI 2.2.1 – Secondary species outcome ............................................................................... 125 PI 2.2.2 – Secondary species management strategy ......................................................... 127 PI 2.2.3 – Secondary species information .......................................................................... 130 PI 2.3.1 – ETP species outcome .......................................................................................... 132 PI 2.3.2 – ETP species management strategy .................................................................... 134 PI 2.3.3 – ETP species information ..................................................................................... 137 PI 2.4.1 – Habitats outcome .............................................................................................. 139 PI 2.4.2 – Habitats management ....................................................................................... 141 PI 2.4.3 – Habitats information ......................................................................................... 143 PI 2.5.1 – Ecosystem outcome ........................................................................................... 145 PI 2.5.2 – Ecosystem management .................................................................................... 147 PI 2.5.3 – Ecosystem information ...................................................................................... 149 5.4 Principle 3 .................................................................................................................. 153 5.4.1 Principle 3 background ....................................................................................... 153 Legal & Customary Framework ......................................................................................... 153 Management Structure - Consultation, Roles & Responsibilities ...................................... 154 Fishery Objectives & Measures .......................................................................................... 160 Enforcement ...................................................................................................................... 163 International Management ............................................................................................... 165 5.4.2 Principle 3 Performance Indicator scores and rationales .................................... 167 PI 3.1.1 – Legal and/or customary framework .................................................................. 167 PI 3.1.2 – Consultation, roles and responsibilities ............................................................. 170 PI 3.1.3 – Long term objectives .........................................................................................