Marine Stewardship Council fisheries assessments Lloyd’s Register 6 Redheughs Rigg South Gyle Edinburgh, EH12 9DQ United Kingdom T +44 (0)13 1335 6600 E [email protected] www.lr.org Ross Sea Toothfish Longline Announcement Comment Draft Report February 2020 Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) Lloyd’s Register Assessment team Andy Hough, Paul Medley, Jo Akroyd Argos Froyanes Limited, Sanford Limited, Talley’s Group Limited, Ervik Havfiske AS, Pesquerias Fishery client Georgias SL, Australian Longline Pty Ltd, and Taurus Logistics Group LP Assessment Type Third Reduced Reassessment LR MSC Reduced Reassessment Template 20190419 www.lr.org LR Announcement Comment Draft Report Ross Sea Toothfish Longline Assessment Data Sheet CAB details Lloyd’s Register Address 6 Redheughs Rigg Edinburgh EH12 9DQ Phone/Fax 0131 335 6662 Email [email protected] Contact name(s) Kate Morris Client details Argos Froyanes Limited, Sanford Limited, Talley’s Group Limited, Ervik Havfiske AS, Pesquerias Georgias SL, Australian Longline Pty Ltd, and Taurus Logistics Group LP Address Clarendon House PO Box HM 1022 HM DX Hamilton, Bermuda Phone/Fax +44 (01635) 31525 Email [email protected] [email protected] Contact name(s) Peter Thomson Jack Fenaughty Assessment Team Team leader / Principle 2 Andy Hough Principle 1 Paul Medley Principle 3 Jo Akroyd LR MSC Reduced Reassessment Template 20190419 Page 2 of 120 www.lr.org LR Announcement Comment Draft Report Ross Sea Toothfish Longline 1 Executive summary ......................................................................................... 5 1.1 Changes since previous assessment ........................................................................ 6 1.1.1 Principle 1 ........................................................................................................................ 6 1.1.2 Principle 2 ........................................................................................................................ 6 1.1.3 Principle 3 ........................................................................................................................ 6 2 Report details .................................................................................................. 7 2.1 Authorship and peer review details ............................................................................ 7 2.2 Version details ........................................................................................................... 8 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 Unit(s) of Assessment ..................................................................................................... 9 3.1.2 Unit(s) of Certification .................................................................................................... 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 - TBC ....................................................................................... 11 3.2.4 Recommendations ........................................................................................................ 11 4 Traceability and eligibility .............................................................................. 12 4.1 Eligibility date ........................................................................................................... 12 4.2 Traceability within the fishery ................................................................................... 12 4.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ............................................................. 14 4.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) to enter further chains of custody 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 5.2.2 Catch profiles ................................................................................................................ 22 5.2.3 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and catch data ................................................................ 23 5.2.4 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales .............................................. 24 ............................................................................................................. 24 ....................................................................................................... 26 ...................................................................................................... 26 ................................................................................ 30 ...................................................................................... 32 ..................................................................................... 35 5.3 Principle 2 ............................................................................................................... 38 5.3.1 Principle 2 background .............................................................................................. 38 5.3.2 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales....................................... 46 ........................................................................................ 46 LR MSC Reduced Reassessment Template 20190419 Page 3 of 120 www.lr.org LR Announcement Comment Draft Report Ross Sea Toothfish Longline ................................................................... 48 .................................................................................... 51 ................................................................................... 53 .............................................................. 55 ............................................................................... 58 ............................................................................................. 60 ........................................................................ 62 ......................................................................................... 65 .................................................................................................... 67 ............................................................................... 69 ................................................................................................ 72 ................................................................................................ 74 ........................................................................... 76 ............................................................................................ 78 5.4 Principle 3 ............................................................................................................... 80 5.4.1 Principle 3 background .............................................................................................. 80 5.4.2 Principle 3 Performance Indicator scores and rationales....................................... 83 ......................................................................... 83 ................................................................... 86 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................................................................................................... 108 6.2 Evaluation processes and techniques ................................................................... 109 6.2.1 Site visits ..................................................................................................................... 109 6.2.2 Stakeholder participation ............................................................................................. 109 6.2.3 Evaluation techniques ................................................................................................. 109 6.3 Peer Review reports .............................................................................................