MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 March 2019 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. Koryakmoreprodukt Karaginsky Bay Salmon Fisheries Announcement Comment Draft Report Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) MRAG Americas Assessment team Raymond Beamesderfer, Dmitry Lajus Fishery client Koryakmoreprodukt, LLC Assessment Type Initial Assessment 1 MRAG Americas – Koryakmoreprodukt Karaginsky Bay Salmon Fisheries MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 March 2019 Document Control Record Document Draft Submitted By Date Reviewed By Date ACDR DL, RB 28 April 2019 ASP 29 April 2019 2 MRAG Americas – Koryakmoreprodukt Karaginsky Bay Salmon Fisheries MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 March 2019 1. Executive summary ................................................................................................................... 2. Report details ............................................................................................................................. 2.1 Authorship and peer review details ........................................................................................... 2.2 Version details ............................................................................................................................. 3. Unit(s) of Assessment and Certification and results overview ............................................. 3.1 Unit(s) of Assessment and Unit(s) of Certification ................................................................... 3.1.1 Scope of assessment in relation to enhanced or introduced fisheries ......................................... 3.2 Assessment results overview ..................................................................................................... 3.2.1 Determination, formal conclusion and agreement ........................................................................ 3.2.2 Principle level scores .................................................................................................................... 3.2.3 Summary of conditions ................................................................................................................. 3.2.4 Recommendations ....................................................................................................................... 4. Traceability and eligibility ......................................................................................................... 4.1 Eligibility date ............................................................................................................................... 4.2 Traceability within the fishery .................................................................................................... 4.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ............................................................................. 4.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) to enter further chains of custody ........................................................................................................................ 5. Scoring ....................................................................................................................................... 5.1 Summary of Performance Indicator level scores ..................................................................... 6. Principle 1 ................................................................................................................................... 6.1.1 Principle 1 background ................................................................................................................. Overview of the fishery ........................................................................................................ 21 Pink Salmon ......................................................................................................................... 30 Chum Salmon ....................................................................................................................... 36 Sockeye Salmon ................................................................................................................... 39 Char ..................................................................................................................................... 41 6.1.2 Catch ............................................................................................................................................ 6.1.3 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ............................................................. PI 1.1.1 – Stock status .......................................................................................................... 45 PI 1.1.2 – Stock rebuilding ................................................................................................... 49 PI 1.2.1 – Harvest strategy .................................................................................................. 52 PI 1.2.2 – Harvest control rules and tools ............................................................................ 56 PI 1.2.3 – Information and monitoring ................................................................................ 60 PI 1.2.4 – Assessment of stock status .................................................................................. 63 PI 1.3.1 – Enhancement outcomes ...................................................................................... 68 PI 1.3.2 – Enhancement management ................................................................................ 69 PI 1.3.3 – Enhancement information ................................................................................... 71 6.2 Principle 2 ..................................................................................................................................... 6.2.1 Principle 2 background ................................................................................................................. Primary Species .................................................................................................................... 73 Secondary Species ................................................................................................................ 77 ETP Species .......................................................................................................................... 78 Habitats ............................................................................................................................... 80 Ecosystem Structure and Function ...................................................................................... 81 6.2.2 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ............................................................. PI 2.1.1 – Primary species outcome ..................................................................................... 84 PI 2.1.2 – Primary species management strategy ............................................................... 87 3 MRAG Americas – Koryakmoreprodukt Karaginsky Bay Salmon Fisheries MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 March 2019 PI 2.1.3 – Primary species information ................................................................................ 90 PI 2.2.1 – Secondary species outcome ................................................................................. 92 PI 2.2.2 – Secondary species management strategy ........................................................... 94 PI 2.2.3 – Secondary species information ............................................................................ 97 PI 2.3.1 – ETP species outcome ............................................................................................ 99 PI 2.3.2 – ETP species management strategy .................................................................... 102 PI 2.3.3 – ETP species information ..................................................................................... 105 PI 2.4.1 – Habitats outcome .............................................................................................. 107 PI 2.4.2 – Habitats management strategy......................................................................... 109 PI 2.4.3 – Habitats information ......................................................................................... 112 PI 2.5.1 – Ecosystem outcome ........................................................................................... 115 PI 2.5.2 – Ecosystem management strategy ..................................................................... 117 PI 2.5.3 – Ecosystem information ...................................................................................... 119 6.3 Principle 3 ....................................................................................................................................1 6.3.1 Principle 3 background ................................................................................................................1 Legal & Customary Framework ......................................................................................... 123 Management Structure - Consultation, Roles & Responsibilities ...................................... 124 Fishery Objectives & Measures .......................................................................................... 130 Enforcement ...................................................................................................................... 133 Research