MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 May 2021 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. Vityaz-Avto, Delta, Kamber, Pymta West Kamchatka Salmon Fisheries Public Comment Draft Report May 2021 Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) MRAG Americas, Inc. Assessment team Raymond Beamesderfer and Dmitry Lajus Fishery client Vityaz-Avto Co Ltd, Delta Co Ltd, Pymta Co Ltd, Kamber Co Ltd Assessment Type First reassessment MRAG Americas—VA-Delta Kamchatka salmon fisheries PCDR 1 MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 May 2021 Document Control Record Document Draft Submitted By Date Reviewed By Date ACDR RB, DL 28 August 2020 ASP 22 Sept 2020 CDR/PRDR RB, DL 23 February 2021 MC 2 March 2021 PRD RB, DL 10 May 2021 MC 13 May 2021 MRAG Americas—VA-Delta Kamchatka salmon fisheries PCDR 2 MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 May 2021 Contents 1 Executive summary ........................................................................................... 5 2 Report details .................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Authorship and peer review details ................................................................................. 6 2.2 Version details ................................................................................................................ 7 3 Unit(s) of Assessment and Certification, and Results Overview .......................... 7 3.2 Assessment results overview..........................................................................................11 4 Traceability and eligibility ................................................................................ 13 4.1 Eligibility date ................................................................................................................13 4.2 Traceability within the fishery ........................................................................................13 4.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ...................................................................14 4.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) ....................................15 5 Scoring ............................................................................................................ 17 5.1 Summary of Performance Indicator level scores .............................................................17 5.2 Principle 1 ......................................................................................................................18 Fishery Description ................................................................................................... 18 Reference Points ....................................................................................................... 40 Sockeye Salmon ........................................................................................................ 45 Pink Salmon .............................................................................................................. 56 Chum Salmon ........................................................................................................... 67 Coho.......................................................................................................................... 77 PI 1.1.1 – Stock status .............................................................................................. 88 PI 1.1.2 – Stock rebuilding ........................................................................................ 96 PI 1.2.1 – Harvest strategy ....................................................................................... 98 PI 1.2.2 – Harvest control rules and tools ............................................................... 102 PI 1.2.3 – Information and monitoring ................................................................... 106 PI 1.2.4 – Assessment of stock status ..................................................................... 110 PI 1.3.1 – Enhancement outcomes ......................................................................... 116 PI 1.3.2 – Enhancement management ................................................................... 117 PI 1.3.3 – Enhancement information ...................................................................... 118 5.3 Principle 2 .................................................................................................................... 120 Primary Species ...................................................................................................... 121 Secondary Species .................................................................................................. 125 ETP Species ............................................................................................................. 130 Habitats .................................................................................................................. 133 Ecosystem Structure and Function ......................................................................... 134 MRAG Americas—VA-Delta Kamchatka salmon fisheries PCDR 3 MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 May 2021 PI 2.1.1 – Primary species outcome ........................................................................ 137 PI 2.1.2 – Primary species management strategy .................................................. 138 PI 2.1.3 – Primary species information ................................................................... 141 PI 2.2.1 – Secondary species outcome .................................................................... 143 PI 2.2.2 – Secondary species management strategy .............................................. 144 PI 2.2.3 – Secondary species information ............................................................... 147 PI 2.3.1 – ETP species outcome .............................................................................. 149 PI 2.3.2 – ETP species management strategy ......................................................... 151 PI 2.3.3 – ETP species information.......................................................................... 154 PI 2.4.1 – Habitats outcome ................................................................................... 156 PI 2.4.2 – Habitats management strategy ............................................................. 158 PI 2.4.3 – Habitats information .............................................................................. 160 PI 2.5.1 – Ecosystem outcome ................................................................................ 162 PI 2.5.2 – Ecosystem management strategy .......................................................... 164 PI 2.5.3 – Ecosystem information ........................................................................... 167 5.4 Principle 3 .................................................................................................................... 171 Legal & Customary Framework .............................................................................. 171 Management Structure - Consultation, Roles & Responsibilities ........................... 172 Fishery Objectives & Measures .............................................................................. 176 Enforcement ........................................................................................................... 180 Protected, Endangered, or Threatened Species ..................................................... 181 Environmental Protection ....................................................................................... 181 Research ................................................................................................................. 182 International Management .................................................................................... 183 PI 3.1.1 – Legal and/or customary framework ....................................................... 184 PI 3.1.2 – Consultation, roles and responsibilities .................................................. 186 PI 3.1.3 – Long term objectives .............................................................................. 189 PI 3.2.1 – Fishery-specific objectives ...................................................................... 190 PI 3.2.2 – Decision-making processes ..................................................................... 191 PI 3.2.3 – Compliance and enforcement ................................................................. 195 PI 3.2.4 – Monitoring and management performance evaluation ........................ 198 6 References .................................................................................................... 201 7 Appendices .................................................................................................... 210 7.1 Evaluation processes and techniques ........................................................................... 210 7.2 Peer Review reports ..................................................................................................... 213 7.3 Stakeholder input ........................................................................................................ 258 7.4 Conditions & Client Action Plan .................................................................................... 258 7.5 Surveillance.................................................................................................................. 262 7.6 Harmonised fishery assessments .................................................................................