Venetian Wild Harvested Striped Clam(Chamelea gallina) 2nd surveillance 1 Marine Stewardship Council fisheries assessments Venetian Wild Harvested Striped Clam(Chamelea gallina) 2nd surveillance 2nd Surveillance Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) DNV GL-Business Assurance Assessment team Giuseppe Scarcella, Lucia Revenga Fishery client OP BIVALVIA VENETO SOCIETA COOPERATIVA Assessment Type 2nd Surveillance Report Author name Giuseppe Scarcella, Lucia Revenga Date 1st February 2021 DNV GL – Business Assurance assurance.dnvgl.com Venetian Wild Harvested Striped Clam(Chamelea gallina) 2nd surveillance 2 Introduction Covid 19 derogation 02.09.2020 The surveillance audit was carried out as an off-site activity as allowed by the MSC 2nd September 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic Derogation 1.3.1, as DNV-GL policy promotes the use of remote audits when possible (see https://intranet.dnvgl.com/Organization/Pages/2019-nCoV-acute-respiratory-disease.aspx#travel and https://www.internationalsos.com/MasterPortal/default.aspx?membnum=14ACPA000054 “Due to the COVID-19 situation, DNV GL has introduced Essential Travel Only (ETO) for the entire organization. This means that non-business- critical travel shall not be undertaken”. IAF MD4:2018 requirements on: “The use of information and communication technology (ICT) for auditing/assessment purposes” have been followed. A joint stakeholder/client meeting was held using Microsoft Teams application on the 4th November 2020. Further details are given in Section 6.1. DNV GL – Business Assurance assurance.dnvgl.com Venetian Wild Harvested Striped Clam(Chamelea gallina) 2nd surveillance 3 1 Contents 1 Contents .......................................................................................................... 3 2 Glossary .......................................................................................................... 5 3 Executive summary ......................................................................................... 6 3.1 The assessment process ........................................................................................... 6 3.2 History of the assessment.......................................................................................... 7 3.2.1 Summary of the original assessment .............................................................................. 7 3.2.2 First annual surveillance- Year 2019 ............................................................................... 8 3.2.3 Second annual surveillance – Year 2020........................................................................ 8 3.3 Summary of surveillance audit findings ..................................................................... 8 3.4 Conclusion ................................................................................................................. 8 4 Report details ................................................................................................ 10 4.1 Surveillance information ........................................................................................... 10 4.2 Background .............................................................................................................. 11 4.2.1 Stock Status .................................................................................................................. 12 4.2.2 Impact on the ecosystem .............................................................................................. 14 4.2.3 Changes to the management system ........................................................................... 15 4.2.4 Changes to personnel involved in science, management or industry. .......................... 16 4.2.5 Changes that impact Traceability .................................................................................. 16 4.2.6 Status of Inseparable or practically inseparable stocks (IPI) ........................................ 16 4.2.7 Enhanced fisheries ........................................................................................................ 16 4.3 Version details ......................................................................................................... 16 5 Results .......................................................................................................... 17 5.1 Surveillance results overview................................................................................... 17 5.1.1 Summary of conditions .................................................................................................. 17 5.1.2 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and catch data ................................................................ 18 5.1.3 Recommendations ........................................................................................................ 18 5.2 Re-scoring Performance Indicators ......................................................................... 18 5.3 Conditions ................................................................................................................ 18 5.3.1 Closed Conditions ......................................................................................................... 18 5.3.2 Progress against conditions .......................................................................................... 18 Recommendations ................................................................................................................. 25 5.4 Client Action Plan ..................................................................................................... 25 6 Appendices ................................................................................................... 26 6.1 Evaluation processes and techniques ..................................................................... 26 6.1.1 Site visits ....................................................................................................................... 26 6.1.2 Stakeholder participation ............................................................................................... 26 6.2 Stakeholder input ..................................................................................................... 26 6.3 Revised surveillance program ................................................................................. 26 6.4 Harmonised fishery assessments ............................................................................ 27 6.5 References ............................................................................................................... 27 DNV GL – Business Assurance assurance.dnvgl.com Venetian Wild Harvested Striped Clam(Chamelea gallina) 2nd surveillance 4 6.6 Vessel list ................................................................................................................. 27 6.7 List of landing sites .................................................................................................. 27 7 Template information and copyright .............................................................. 28 DNV GL – Business Assurance assurance.dnvgl.com Venetian Wild Harvested Striped Clam(Chamelea gallina) 2nd surveillance 5 2 Glossary Abbreviations & acronyms AIS Automatic identification system CA Consequence Analysis (RBF) CFP Common Fisheries Policy CPU Catch per Unit of Effort CSA Consequence Spatial Analysis (RBF) EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone EFCA European Fisheries Control Agency ETP Endangered, threatened and protected species EU European Union FCR Fisheries Certification Requirements GES Good Environmental Status GFCM General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean GSA Geographical Sub-Area LTL Low Trophic Level MCRS Minimum Conservation Reference Size MEDAC Mediterranean Advisory Concil MIPAAF Italian Ministry of Agricolture and Forestry MLS Minimum Landing Size MSC Marine Stewardship Council PI Performance indicator PISG Performance Indicator Scoring Guidepost PRI Point of Recruitment Impairment PSA Productivity-Susceptibility Analysis (RBF) RBF Risk-Based Framework SG Scoring Guidepost SI Scoring Issue SIC Sites of Important Communities SPZ Special Protection Zone STECF Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries TAC Total allowable catch UoA Unit of Assessment VME Vulnerable marine ecosystems Stock assessment reference points B0 The (spawning) biomass expected if there had been no fishing (assuming recruitment as estimated through stock assessment). Blim Spawning biomass limit reference point, sometimes used as a trigger within harvest control rules, or defined as the point below which recruitment is expected to be impaired or the stock dynamics are unknown Bmsy Spawning Biomass at which the maximum sustainable yield is expected (sometimes expressed as SBmsy) Btarg Spawning biomass target reference point Flim Exploitation rate limit reference point, often taken as Fmsy based on UNFSA Fmsy Fishing mortality rate associated with the achieving maximum sustainable yield Ftarg Fishing mortality target reference point MSY Maximum Sustainable Yield DNV GL – Business Assurance assurance.dnvgl.com Venetian Wild Harvested Striped Clam(Chamelea gallina) 2nd surveillance 6 3 Executive summary Table 1 General Information CAB name DNV GL Business Assurance Via Energy Park, 14 20871 Vimercate ( MB ) Address Italy http://www.dnvgl.com CAB contact details Phone +34 687827738 [email protected] Email Contact name(s) Lucia Revenga Client OP BIVALVIA VENETO SOCIETA COOPERATIVA Address Via Traghete, 68 C/1 Caorle, Venice, Italy Client contact Phone/Fax +39 3357885696 details Email