MSC Pre-assessment of the Trap and Handline Finfish Fishery in El Rosario, Baja California, Mexico Prepared for: Sociedad Cooperativa de Producción Pesquera Ensenada S.C.L. Prepared by: Francisco Fernández Rivera Melo (COBI) Alesa Flores Guzmán (COBI) Jose Francisco Chávez (COBI) Reviewed by: Mónica Valle-Esquivel, Jodi Bostrom, Erin Wilson (MRAG Americas) Report Validated by: MRAG Americas Inc. April, 2020 Comunidad y Biodiversidad, A.C. Calle Isla del Peruano #215 Colonia Lomas de Miramar Guaymas, Sonora, México, CP 85448 Correo electrónico [email protected] (información) Report by Comunidad y Biodiversidad, AC Validated by (CAB) MRAG Americas Inc. Sociedad Cooperativa de Producción Pesquera Ensenada S.C.L. Fishery client Assessment Type Comprehensive pre-assessment Project code US2647_COBI_MX_PA_Validation Version 3.0 Francisco Javier Fernández Rivera-Melo Prepared by Alesa Flores Guzmán José Francisco Chávez Monica Valle-Esquivel, Jodi Bostrom, Erin Wilson (MRAG Reviewed by Americas) Approved by Amanda Stern-Pirlot 2 1 Contents 1 Contents .......................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Tables index .......................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Figures index ......................................................................................................... 6 2 Glossary ........................................................................................................... 7 3 Executive summary .......................................................................................... 9 4 Report details ................................................................................................. 11 4.1 Aims and constraints of the pre-assessment ........................................................ 11 4.2 Version details ..................................................................................................... 12 5 Unit(s) of Assessment .................................................................................... 12 5.1 Unit(s) of Assessment .......................................................................................... 12 6 Traceability .................................................................................................... 15 6.1 Traceability within the fishery ............................................................................... 15 7 Pre-assessment results ................................................................................. 17 7.1 Pre-assessment results overview ......................................................................... 17 7.1.1 Overview .................................................................................................................. 17 7.1.2 Recommendations .................................................................................................... 19 7.2 Summary of potential conditions by Principle ....................................................... 19 7.3 Summary of Performance Indicator level scores................................................... 20 7.4 Principle 1 ........................................................................................................... 28 7.4.1 Principle 1 background.............................................................................................. 28 7.4.2 Catch profiles ............................................................................................................ 43 7.4.3 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and catch data ............................................................. 45 7.4.1 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales............................................ 47 7.5 Principle 2 ........................................................................................................... 60 7.5.1 Principle 2 background.............................................................................................. 60 7.5.2 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales PI 2.1.1 – Primary species outcome 71 7.6 Principle 3 ......................................................................................................... 113 7.6.1 Principle 3 background............................................................................................ 113 7.6.2 Principle 3 Performance Indicator scores and rationales.......................................... 117 7.7 List of references ............................................................................................... 130 8 Appendices .................................................................................................. 136 8.1 Assessment information ..................................................................................... 136 8.1.1 Small-scale fisheries ............................................................................................... 136 3 8.2 Evaluation processes and techniques ................................................................ 137 8.2.1 Site visits ................................................................................................................ 137 8.2.2 Recommendations for stakeholder participation in full assessment .......................... 137 8.3 Risk-Based Framework outputs – delete if not applicable ................................... 138 8.3.1 Consequence Analysis (CA) ................................................................................... 139 8.3.2 Productivity Susceptibility Analysis (PSA) ................................................................ 142 8.3.3 Consequence Spatial Analysis (CSA)...................................................................... 149 4 1.1 Tables index Table 1 – Unit(s) of Assessment (UoA) ............................................................................................ 14 Table 2 – Traceability within the fishery ............................................................................................ 16 Table 3 – Key to likely scoring level in Table 4 and P1, P2, and P3 performance indicators. ............. 17 Table 4 – Summary of Performance Indicator level scores ............................................................... 19 Table 5 – Summary of Performance Indicator level scores ............................................................... 20 Table 6. Northwest Mexico fishery management (CONAPESCA) offices . ........................................ 40 Table 7 – Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and catch data – Common name and species name ............ 45 Ocean Whitefish (Caulolatilus princeps) ........................................................................................... 45 Table 8 – Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and catch data - ................................................................... 46 California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) ............................................................................... 46 Table 9 – Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and catch data – .................................................................. 46 Barred sandbass (Paralabrax nebulifer) ........................................................................................... 46 Table 10 – Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and catch data – ................................................................ 46 Vermillion rockfish (Sebastes constellatus) and Starry rockfish (S. miniatus) .................................... 46 Table 11 – Catch composition of the handline fishery by the Ensenada cooperative- Percentage of target species and bycatch (data form the fishery monitoring program 2018 - 2019). Species under 1% are not included below. .......................................................................... 62 Table 12 – Catch composition of the trap fishery by the Ensenada cooperative- Percentage of target species and bycatch are show. Species under 0.22% are not included. ..................... 62 Table 13 – ETP species in El Rosario, BC (based in the IUCN list, CITES and NOM-059 species with Baja California coast distribution). ................................................................................ 65 Tabla 14 – No-take refuge zones in the concession area of the Ensenada cooperative (Unpublished data, S. C. P. P. Ensenada). .......................................................................... 67 Table 15 – Scoring elements – UoA 1 (Traps) .................................................................................. 69 Table 16 – Scoring elements – UoA 2 (Handline) ............................................................................. 70 Table 17 – Management measures described in the CNP for finfish fishery (handline and trap) in El Rosario (Taken from DOF, 2010)................................................................................... 113 Table 18 – Small-scale fisheries ..................................................................................................... 136 Table 19 – Recommended organizations to consult in a full assessment. ....................................... 138 Table 20 – CA scoring template - Caulolatilus princeps .................................................................. 139 Table 21 – CA scoring template - Semicossyphus pulcher ............................................................. 139 Table 22 – CA scoring template – Paralabrax nebulifer .................................................................. 140 Table 23 – CA scoring template – Sebastes constellatus...............................................................