Acoura Marine Public Comment Draft Report Suriname Atlantic Seabob Shrimp MSC SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES CERTIFICATION Suriname Atlantic Seabob Shrimp Public Comment Draft Report October 2016 Prepared For: Heiploeg, Member of the PP Group Prepared By: Acoura Marine Ltd Acoura Marine Full Assessment Template per MSC V2.0 02/12/2015 Acoura Marine Public Comment Draft Report Suriname Atlantic Seabob Shrimp Public Comment Draft Report October 2016 Authors: Tristan Southall, Rob Blyth-Skyrme and John Tremblay Certification Body: Client: Acoura Marine Heiploeg, Member of the PP Group Address: Address: 6 Redheughs Rigg Heiploeg Edinburgh Member of the PP Group, Heiploeg International BV EH12 9DQ P.O. Box 2 Scotland, UK NL – 9974 ZG Zoutkamp Netherlands Name: Fisheries Department Name: Mark Nijhof Tel: +44(0) 131 335 6601 Tel: +31 (0)595 40 55 55 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.Acoura.com Page 2 of 168 version 3.0(24/03/15) Acoura Marine Public Comment Draft Report Suriname Atlantic Seabob Shrimp Contents Glossary ................................................................................................................................................. 5 1. Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................... 7 2. Authorship and Peer Reviewers .................................................................................................. 9 2.1 Assessment Team .................................................................................................................. 9 2.1.1 Peer Reviewers ................................................................................................................... 10 2.1.2 RBF Training ........................................................................................................................ 10 3. Description of the Fishery .......................................................................................................... 11 3.1 Unit(s) of Certification and scope of certification sought ....................................................... 11 3.2 Overview of the fishery .......................................................................................................... 11 3.2.1 Area Under Evaluation .................................................................................................. 11 3.2.2 The Fishery Client ......................................................................................................... 12 3.2.5 The Target Species ....................................................................................................... 14 3.3 Principle One: Target Species Background .......................................................................... 16 3.3.1 Biology and ecology in Suriname waters ...................................................................... 16 3.3.2 Trophic status of seabob in Suriname waters ............................................................... 17 3.3.3 Stock Status & Assessment Methodology .................................................................... 18 3.3.4 History of fishing and management............................................................................... 20 3.4 Principle Two: Ecosystem Background ................................................................................. 22 3.4.1 Retained species ........................................................................................................... 23 3.4.2 Bycatch species ............................................................................................................ 23 3.4.3 ETP Species .................................................................................................................. 24 3.4.4 Habitat ........................................................................................................................... 25 3.4.5 Ecosystem ..................................................................................................................... 27 3.5 Principle Three: Management System Background.............................................................. 29 3.5.1 Jurisdiction .................................................................................................................... 29 3.5.2 Recognised Groups ...................................................................................................... 29 3.5.3 Management Plan ......................................................................................................... 29 3.5.4 Decision-making process .............................................................................................. 30 3.5.5 Objectives ...................................................................................................................... 31 3.5.6 Monitoring Control & Surveillance ................................................................................. 31 4. Evaluation Procedure ................................................................................................................. 32 4.1 Harmonised Fishery Assessment ......................................................................................... 32 4.2 Previous assessments .......................................................................................................... 32 4.3 Assessment Methodologies .................................................................................................. 33 4.3.1 Assessment Tree ................................................................................................................. 33 4.4 Evaluation Processes and Techniques ................................................................................. 33 4.4.1Site Visits............................................................................................................................... 33 4.4.2 Consultation outcomes......................................................................................................... 34 Page 3 of 168 version 3.0(24/03/15) Acoura Marine Public Comment Draft Report Suriname Atlantic Seabob Shrimp 4.4.3 Evaluation Techniques ......................................................................................................... 35 4.4.4 RBF Use ............................................................................................................................... 36 5. Traceability .................................................................................................................................. 37 5.1 Eligibility Date ........................................................................................................................ 37 5.2 Traceability within the Fishery ............................................................................................... 37 5.2.1 Tracking, Tracing and Segregation Systems ....................................................................... 37 5.2.2 Evaluation of Risk of Vessels Fishing Outside of UoC ........................................................ 37 5.2.3 Risk of Substitution of Mixing Certified / Non-Certified Catch prior to point of landing ........ 37 5.2.4 At-Sea Processing ............................................................................................................... 37 5.2.5 Trans-Shipment .................................................................................................................... 37 5.3 Eligibility to Enter Further Chains of Custody ....................................................................... 37 5.3.1 Eligible points of landing ...................................................................................................... 38 5.3.2 Parties eligible to use the fishery certificate ......................................................................... 38 6. Evaluation Results ...................................................................................................................... 39 6.1 Principle Level Scores ........................................................................................................... 39 6.2 Summary of Scores ............................................................................................................... 39 6.3 Summary of Conditions ......................................................................................................... 40 6.3.1 Recommendations .............................................................................................................. 40 6.4 Determination, Formal Conclusion and Agreement .................................................................... 41 7. References ................................................................................................................................... 42 Appendix 1. Scoring & Rationale ...................................................................................................... 44 MSC Principles & Criteria .................................................................................................................. 44 Appendix 1.1 Performance Indicator Scores and Rationale ............................................................ 47 Principle 1 ...................................................................................................................................... 47 Principle 2 ...................................................................................................................................... 67 Principle