8950 Martin Luther King Jr. Street N. #202 St. Petersburg, FL 33702 USA Tel: (727) 563-9070 Fax: (727) 563-0207 Email: [email protected] President: Andrew A. Rosenberg, Ph.D. VA-Delta Kamchatka Salmon Fisheries MSC 3rd Surveillance Report Prepared for Delta Co, Ltd. & Vityaz-Avto Co, Ltd. Certificate No: MRAG-F-0061 MRAG Americas, Inc. August 13, 2019 Authors: R Beamesderfer, D. Lajus, & A. Stern-Pirlot Contents 1 General Information ......................................................................................................... 3 2 Background ...................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Update on the fishery since the 2018 surveillance audit ................................................ 4 2.2 Conditions ........................................................................................................................ 5 2.3 Recommendations ........................................................................................................... 6 3 Assessment Process .......................................................................................................... 7 4 Results ............................................................................................................................ 10 4.1 Condition 1 ..................................................................................................................... 10 4.2 Condition 2 ..................................................................................................................... 12 4.3 Condition 3 ..................................................................................................................... 14 4.4 Condition 4 ..................................................................................................................... 17 4.5 Condition 5 ..................................................................................................................... 19 4.6 Condition 6 ..................................................................................................................... 20 4.7 Condition 7 ..................................................................................................................... 22 5 Conclusion ...................................................................................................................... 24 Appendix I – Rescoring Evaluation Table ............................................................................... 24 Appendix II – Fishery Information .......................................................................................... 39 Fishery Area ........................................................................................................................... 39 Gear ....................................................................................................................................... 39 Seasons .................................................................................................................................. 39 Organization .......................................................................................................................... 39 Target Stock ........................................................................................................................... 41 Harvest ................................................................................................................................... 47 Management ......................................................................................................................... 48 Illegal or Unreported Harvest ................................................................................................ 49 Ecosystem Elements .............................................................................................................. 50 Management System ............................................................................................................. 52 Appendix III - Information Received at the 2019 Surveillance ................................................ 55 Report by KamchatNIRO regarding Conditions ..................................................................... 55 Related Anadromous Fisheries Commission Protocols for 2018 .......................................... 79 Sociological estimation of illegally harvested fish in Western Kamchatka and preliminary model of illegal fisheries of in a quantitative regime ............................................................ 91 2 1 General Information Fishery name VA-Delta Western Kamchatka Salmon Fishery Unit(s) of assessment Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)—Ozernaya River only Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Coho Salmon (Onchorynchus kisutch) – Kol River only Date certified 13 Sep 2016 Date of expiry 12 Sep 2021 Surveillance level and type Surveillance level 6, on-site surveillance audit Date of surveillance audit July 3-5, 2019 Surveillance stage 1st Surveillance March 28 - 30, 2017 2nd Surveillance April 2 -4, 2018 3rd Surveillance July 3 – 5, 2019 4th Surveillance Other (expedited etc,) Surveillance team Lead assessor: Amanda Stern-Pirlot Assessor(s): Ray Beamesderfer, Dr. Dmitry Lajus CAB name MRAG Americas CAB contact details Address 8950 Martin Luther King Jr. Street N. #202St. Petersburg, FL 33702 USA Phone/Fax Tel: (727) 563-9070 Fax: (727) 563-0207 Email [email protected] Contact name(s) Amanda Stern-Pirlot Client contact details Address Kamchatka, Russian Federation Phone/Fax +7 (4152) 280538 Email [email protected] Contact name(s) Aleksas Ramanauskas, General Director 3 2 Background This report contains the findings of the 3rd surveillance cycle in relation to the West Kamchatka Salmon fishery. The client’s responses to the conditions of certification were set out in the Client Action Plan (CAP). Progress associated with the actions set forth in the CAP was examined as a part of this surveillance audit. For each condition, the report sets out progress to date. This progress has been evaluated by MRAG Americas Audit Team (set out below as “Progress on Condition”) against the commitments made in the CAP. Principle level scores were revised in following closure of four of seven extant conditions in 2019. Table 1. Principle-level scores (unchanged). Final Principle Scores Principle Pink Salmon Chum Salmon Coho Salmon Principle 1 – Target Species 81.9 86.6 81.9 86.6 81.9 86.6 Principle 2 – Ecosystem 85.7 Principle 3 – Management System 81.9 83.1 2.1 Update on the fishery since the 2018 surveillance audit Changes to Management systems: There were no major changes highlighted for the fishery or management system. Since 2019, KamchatNIRO as well as other regional fishery research institutes (like TINRO, PINRO, etc.) has become a branch of All-Russian Fishery Research Institute (VNIRO). Changes to Relevant regulations: None identified. Changes to personnel involved in science, management or industry: There have been no substantive changes to the organisations managing the fishery. Andrey Zdetovetsky replaced Vladimir Galitsyn as minister of fisheries of Kamchatka. Vladimir Galitsyn became a head of a newly founded (April 2019) Association of salmon catchers of Kamchatka. The person responsible for administration of the certification program within Vityaz-Avto and Delta fishing companies, Andrei Bokov, has been in place for over three years. Changes to scientific base of information – including stock assessments: No significant changes in the scientific base of information regarding this fishery were identified beyond information provided to address conditions. Stock assessments are conducted annually with results detailed in Appendix I. Updates on enhanced fishery’s position in relation to scope criteria: Not applicable Any developments or changes within the fishery which impact traceability or the ability to segregate between fish from the Unit of Certification (UoC) and fish from outside the UoC (non- certified fish): None of the clients in the West Kamchatka region is using MSC logo in product labeling or marketing. The only claim by the Client is that the fishery is MSC certified and is a sustainable fishery. No unsupportable claims are made. The scope of this certification was extended to include the Pymta River in 2019 (scope extension assessment still ongoing). 4 Table 2. TAC and Catch Data for Pink Salmon. TAC Year NAa Amount -- UoA share of TAC Year NAa Amount -- UoC share of (UoA) Year 2018 Amount 27%b Total green weight Year (most recent) 2018 Amount 80,007 mt catch by UoC Year (second most recent) 2017 Amount 964 mt a Not applicable: Fishery managed based on realized annual escapements rather than a prescribed total allowable catch. b Based on West Kamchatka total. Table 3. TAC and Catch Data for Chum Salmon. TAC Year NAa Amount -- UoA share of TAC Year NAa Amount -- UoC share of (UoA) Year 2018 Amount 16% b Total green weight Year (most recent) 2018 Amount 3,067 mt catch by UoC Year (second most recent) 2017 Amount 863 mt a Not applicable: Fishery managed based on realized annual escapements rather than a prescribed total allowable catch. b Based on West Kamchatka total. Table 4. TAC and Catch Data for Coho Salmon (Kol River only). TAC Year NAa Amount -- UoA share of TAC Year NAa Amount -- UoC share of (UoA) Year 2018 Amount 80% Total green weight Year (most recent) 2018 Amount 14 mt catch by UoC Year (second most recent) 2017 Amount 128 mt a Not applicable: