MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 April 2020 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. Karaginsky Bay Salmon Fisheries Vostochny Bereg, Maksimovsky, Koryakmoreprodukt, Nachikinskoe & Severo Vostochnaya Final Report and Determination 9 June 2020 Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) MRAG Americas Amanda Stern-Pirlot, Raymond Beamesderfer, Dmitry Assessment team Lajus Vostochny Bereg LLC, Maksimovsky LLC, Fishery client Koryakmoreproduct LLC, Nachikinskoe LLC, Severo- Vostochnaya LLC Assessment Type Initial Assessment MRAG Americas – US2667 Karaginsky CRG VBMaks and KMP salmon fisheries FRD 1 MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 April 2020 Document Control Record Document Draft Submitted By Date Reviewed By Date ACDR DL, RB 28 April 2019 ASP 29 April 2019 CDR/PRDR DL, RB, ASP 20 Sept 2019 ASP 25 Nov 2019 PCDR DL, RB, ASP 16 April 2020 ASP 17 April 2020 FRD DL, RB, ASP 1 June 2020 EW 3 June 2020 MRAG Americas – US2667 Karaginsky CRG VBMaks and KMP salmon fisheries FRD 2 MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 April 2020 1 Executive summary ........................................................................................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 .................8 3.1 Unit(s) of Assessment and Unit(s) of Certification ................................................ 8 3.1.1 Scope of assessment in relation to enhanced or introduced fisheries ................ 9 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 .................................................................................... 10 3.2.4 Recommendations ........................................................................................... 11 4 Traceability and eligibility .......................................................................... 11 4.1 Eligibility date ........................................................................................................ 11 4.2 Traceability within the fishery ............................................................................... 11 4.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ....................................................... 13 4.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) ..................... 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 Overview of the fishery .................................................................................................. 16 Pink Salmon .................................................................................................................... 42 Chum Salmon ................................................................................................................. 48 5.2.2 Catch ............................................................................................................... 52 5.3 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ................................... 56 PI 1.1.1 – Stock status .................................................................................................... 56 PI 1.1.2 – Stock rebuilding .............................................................................................. 60 PI 1.2.1 – Harvest strategy ............................................................................................. 62 PI 1.2.2 – Harvest control rules and tools ...................................................................... 66 PI 1.2.3 – Information and monitoring ........................................................................... 68 PI 1.2.4 – Assessment of stock status ............................................................................ 71 PI 1.3.1 – Enhancement outcomes ................................................................................. 75 PI 1.3.2 – Enhancement management ........................................................................... 76 PI 1.3.3 – Enhancement information ............................................................................. 77 5.4 Principle 2 .............................................................................................................. 79 5.4.1 Principle 2 background .................................................................................... 79 5.4.2 Primary Species .............................................................................................. 79 5.4.3 Secondary Species .......................................................................................... 90 5.4.4 ETP Species .................................................................................................... 91 5.4.5 Habitats ........................................................................................................... 93 Ecosystem Structure and Function................................................................................. 94 5.5 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ................................... 96 MRAG Americas – US2667 Karaginsky CRG VBMaks and KMP salmon fisheries FRD 3 MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 April 2020 PI 2.1.1 – Primary species outcome ............................................................................... 96 PI 2.1.2 – Primary species management strategy .......................................................... 98 PI 2.1.3 – Primary species information ........................................................................ 100 PI 2.2.1 – Secondary species outcome ......................................................................... 103 PI 2.2.2 – Secondary species management strategy .................................................... 105 PI 2.2.3 – Secondary species information .................................................................... 107 PI 2.3.1 – ETP species outcome .................................................................................... 109 PI 2.3.2 – ETP species management strategy ............................................................... 111 PI 2.3.3 – ETP species information ............................................................................... 114 PI 2.4.1 – Habitats outcome ......................................................................................... 115 PI 2.4.2 – Habitats management .................................................................................. 117 PI 2.4.3 – Habitats information .................................................................................... 119 PI 2.5.1 – Ecosystem outcome ..................................................................................... 121 PI 2.5.2 – Ecosystem management .............................................................................. 123 PI 2.5.3 – Ecosystem information ................................................................................. 125 6 Principle 3 .................................................................................................. 129 6.1.1 Principle 3 background .................................................................................. 129 6.1.2 Legal & Customary Framework ..................................................................... 129 6.1.3 Management Structure - Consultation, Roles & Responsibilities .................... 130 6.1.4 Fishery Objectives & Measures ..................................................................... 136 6.1.5 Enforcement .................................................................................................. 139 6.1.6 Research plan ............................................................................................... 140 6.1.7 International Management ............................................................................. 141 6.2 Principle 3 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ................................. 142 PI 3.1.1 – Legal and/or customary framework ............................................................. 142 PI 3.1.2 – Consultation, roles and responsibilities ....................................................... 144 PI 3.1.3 – Long term objectives .................................................................................... 146 PI 3.2.1 – Fishery-specific objectives ............................................................................ 147 PI 3.2.2 – Decision-making processes .......................................................................... 148 PI 3.2.3 – Compliance and enforcement .....................................................................