Vottunarstofan Tún ehf. Sustainable Fisheries Scheme Marine Stewardship Council Fisheries Assessment ISF Iceland Haddock Fishery Public Comment Draft Report Report on the 1 st re-assessment of the fishery Conformity Assessment Body: Vottunarstofan Tún ehf. Client: Iceland Sustainable Fisheries ehf. January 2017 Page 1 of 218 ISF Iceland Haddock fishery re-assessment – Public Comment Draft Report January 2017 Assessment Team Members / Authors: Paul A. H. Medley, Ph.D. Team Leader Geir Hønneland, Ph.D. Timothy Huntington, M.Sc. Assessment Coordinator and Secretary: Lovísa Ó. Guðmundsdóttir, M.Sc. Conformity Assessment Body: Client: Vottunarstofan Tún ehf. Iceland Sustainable Fisheries ehf. Þarabakki 3 Grandagarður 16 IS-109 Reykjavík IS-110 Reykjavík Iceland Iceland Tel.: +354 511 1330 Tel: +354 892 6628 & +354 840 6886 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Page 2 of 218 ISF Iceland Haddock fishery re-assessment – Public Comment Draft Report Contents 1 Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................... 8 1.1 Scope of the Assessment ........................................................................................................ 8 1.2 Assessment Team Members and Coordinator ....................................................................... 8 1.3 Outline of the Assessment ...................................................................................................... 8 1.4 Main Strengths and Weaknesses of the Assessed Fishery ..................................................... 9 1.5 Overall Conclusion .................................................................................................................. 9 1.6 Draft Determination, Conditions and Recommendations .................................................... 10 2 Authorship and Peer Reviewers .................................................................................................... 12 2.1 Team Members and Assessment Coordinator ..................................................................... 12 2.2 Peer Reviewers...................................................................................................................... 13 3 Description of the Fishery ............................................................................................................. 15 3.1 Unit(s) of Assessment (UoA) and Proposed Scope of Certification ...................................... 15 3.1.1 Units of Assessment and Proposed Units of Certification (UoC) .................................. 15 3.1.2 Final Units of Certification ............................................................................................ 16 3.1.3 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and Catch Data ................................................................ 17 3.2 Overview of the fishery ......................................................................................................... 17 3.3 Principle One: Target Species Background ........................................................................... 19 3.3.1 Fishery Resources.......................................................................................................... 19 3.3.2 Status of the stock......................................................................................................... 19 3.3.3 Harvest Strategy ............................................................................................................ 21 3.3.4 Data and Stock Assessment .......................................................................................... 22 3.4 Principle Two: Ecosystem Background ................................................................................. 24 3.4.1 Description of the Ecosystem ....................................................................................... 24 3.4.2 Species Allocation ......................................................................................................... 26 3.4.3 Landings Profiles ........................................................................................................... 26 3.4.4 Primary Species ............................................................................................................. 36 3.4.5 Bait Species ................................................................................................................... 41 3.4.6 Secondary Species ......................................................................................................... 42 3.4.7 Endangered, Threatened and Protected Species .......................................................... 52 3.4.8 Habitats ......................................................................................................................... 55 3.4.9 Ecosystem ..................................................................................................................... 64 3.5 Principle Three: Management System Background .............................................................. 67 3.5.1 Jurisdiction .................................................................................................................... 67 3.5.2 Objectives ...................................................................................................................... 67 3.5.3 Legal basis and management set-up ............................................................................. 67 Page 3 of 218 ISF Iceland Haddock fishery re-assessment – Public Comment Draft Report 3.5.4 Stakeholders and consultation processes ..................................................................... 68 3.5.5 Enforcement and compliance ....................................................................................... 68 4 Evaluation Procedure .................................................................................................................... 70 4.1 Harmonised Fishery Assessment .......................................................................................... 70 4.2 Previous assessments ........................................................................................................... 70 4.3 Assessment Methodologies .................................................................................................. 70 4.4 Evaluation Processes and Techniques .................................................................................. 70 4.4.1 Site Visits .............................................................................................................................. 70 4.4.2 Consultations ....................................................................................................................... 70 4.4.3 Evaluation Techniques ......................................................................................................... 71 5 Traceability .................................................................................................................................... 73 5.1 Eligibility Date ....................................................................................................................... 73 5.2 Traceability within the Fishery .............................................................................................. 73 5.3 Eligibility to Enter Further Chains of Custody ....................................................................... 75 6 Evaluation Results ......................................................................................................................... 77 6.1 Principle Level Scores ............................................................................................................ 77 6.2 Summary of PI Level Scores .................................................................................................. 78 6.3 Summary of Conditions ......................................................................................................... 79 6.4 Recommendations ................................................................................................................ 80 6.5 Determination, Formal Conclusion and Agreement ............................................................. 81 7 References .................................................................................................................................... 82 Appendix 1: Scoring and Rationales ...................................................................................................... 89 Appendix 1.1: Performance Indicator Scores and Rationale ............................................................ 89 Appendix 1.2: Risk Based Framework (RBF) Outputs ..................................................................... 163 Appendix 1.3: Conditions, Recommendations and Client Action Plan ........................................... 164 Appendix 2: Peer Review Reports ....................................................................................................... 175 Appendix 3: Stakeholder submissions ................................................................................................ 214 Appendix 4: Surveillance Frequency ................................................................................................... 215 Appendix 5: Objections Process .......................................................................................................... 218 Page 4 of 218 ISF Iceland Haddock fishery re-assessment – Public Comment Draft Report Glossary ACOM ICES´s Advisory Committee ADCAM Catch