PUBLIC COMMENT DRAFT REPORT Fishery name: Cancale Bay Atlantic Slipper Limpet Dredge Fishery Report Title: Public Cooment Draft Report CAB name and authors’ names: RIGAUD Arthur, GARCIA Macarena, LE PAPE Olivier, FONTENELLE Guy Client name(s): CLEMENT Pierrick, LE BRAS Quentin Date: April 2016 Public Comment Draft Report: Limpet fishery page 1 Table of Contents Glossary .............................................................................................................................. 4 1 Executive Summary ..................................................................................................... 5 2 Authorship and Peer reviewers .................................................................................. 7 3 Description of the fishery .......................................................................................... 10 3.1 Unit(s) of Assessment (UoA) and scope of certification sought ............................. 10 3.1.1 Scope of Assessment in Relation to Enhanced Fisheries .............................. 11 3.1.2 Scope of Assessment in relation to Introduced Species Based Fisheries (ISBF) 12 3.2 Overview of the fishery ......................................................................................... 13 3.2.1 Background of the fishery .............................................................................. 13 3.2.2 Fishing gear and method of the fishery .......................................................... 14 3.2.3 Fishing area ................................................................................................... 15 3.2.4 Fleet .............................................................................................................. 16 3.2.5 Catch data ..................................................................................................... 16 3.2.6 Discards ......................................................................................................... 18 3.3 Principle One : General information on targeted species ...................................... 18 3.3.1 Biology of the slipper limpet Crepidula fornicata (Walne, 1956 : Blanchard, 2005) 18 3.3.2 Geographical distribution of the slipper limpet in Europe (Figure 9) ............... 19 3.3.3 The Bay of the Mont Saint-Michel slipper limpet stock ................................... 20 3.3.4 Outline of the history and fishery management .............................................. 23 3.3.5 Information and monitoring ............................................................................ 24 3.3.6 Stock assessment .......................................................................................... 25 3.3.7 Key lower trophic level species (LTL) ............................................................. 25 3.4 Principle Two : Ecosystem Background ................................................................ 26 3.4.1 Primary species ............................................................................................. 26 3.4.2 Secondary species ........................................................................................ 34 3.4.3 ETP species interacting with the fishery ........................................................ 35 3.4.4 Habitats ......................................................................................................... 37 3.4.5 Ecosystem ..................................................................................................... 38 3.5 Principle Three: Management System Background............................................... 39 3.5.1 Governance and policy .................................................................................. 39 3.5.2 Management system of the fishery ................................................................ 44 4 Evaluation Procedure ................................................................................................ 48 4.1 Harmonised Fishery Assessment .......................................................................... 48 Public Comment Draft Report: Limpet fishery page 2 4.2 Assessment Methodologies .................................................................................. 48 4.3 Evaluation Processes and Techniques ................................................................. 48 4.3.1 Site Visit ......................................................................................................... 48 4.3.2 Consultations ................................................................................................. 49 4.3.3 Evaluation Techniques ................................................................................... 53 5 Traceability ................................................................................................................. 56 5.1 Eligibility Date ....................................................................................................... 56 5.2 Traceability within the Fishery ............................................................................... 56 5.3 Eligibility to Enter Further Chains of Custody ........................................................ 57 So far, the fishery lands his catch in only one harbour : Le Vivier-sur-mer (see location in Figure 21). So, there is only one eligible landing point. .............................. 57 6 Evaluation results ...................................................................................................... 57 6.1 Principle Level Scores .......................................................................................... 57 6.2 Summary of Scores .............................................................................................. 58 6.3 Summary of Conditions ......................................................................................... 59 6.4 Changes in the fishery before and since the Pre-assessment ............................... 60 7 References ................................................................................................................. 61 Appendix 1 Scoring and Rationales ................................................................................ 64 Appendix 1.1 Evaluation Table for PI 1.1.1 – Stock status ............................................ 64 Appendix 1.2 Risk Based Framework (RBF) Outputs .................................................... 133 Appendix 1.2.1 Consequence Analysis (CA) for Principle 1 ....................................... 133 Appendix 1.2.2 Productivity-Susceptibility Analysis (PSA) ......................................... 135 MSC WORKSHEET TABLE PSA 1.1.1 ...................................................................... 136 Appendix 1.3 Conditions ................................................................................................ 137 Table A1.3: Condition 4 .................................................................................................. 147 Appendix 2 Peer Review Reports .................................................................................. 149 Second Peer Reviewer Opinion ..................................................................................... 156 Appendix 3 Stakeholder submissions ........................................................................... 168 No information received by stakeholders.Appendix 4 Surveillance Frequency ......... 168 Public Comment Draft Report: Limpet fishery page 3 Glossary ALD-SLP: Atlantic Limpet Development - Slipper Limpet Processing CDPMEM 35 : Comité Départemental des Pêches Maritimes et des Elevages Marins 35 CNPMEM : Comité National des Pêches Maritimes et des Elevages Marins CRC : Comité Régional de Conchyliculture CRPMEM : Comité Régional des Pêches Maritimes et des Elevages Marins DDTM 35 : Direction Départementale des Territoires Maritimes 35 DIRM / NAMO : Direction Inter Régionale de la Mer Nord Atlantique Manche ouest DPMA : Direction des pêches maritimes et de l'aquaculture - Fisheries and Aquaculture Directorate of the French Ministry for Agriculture and Fisheries F Fishing Mortality FCR Fisheries Certification Requirement FMSY Target reference point for fishing mortality that is expected to drive the stock to levels consistent with BMSY. Flim Limit reference point for fishing mortality that is expected to drive the stock to the biomass limit Fpa Precautionary reference point of fishing mortality expected to maintain the SSB at the precautionary reference point HCR Harvest Control Rules IFREMER : Institut Français pour l’Exploitation de la Mer ISBF Introduced Species Based Fisheries MSC Marine Stewardship Council MSY Maximum Sustainable Yield NGO Non-Governmental Organisation PCDR Public Comment Draft Report PSA Productivity Susceptibility Analysis P1 Principle 1 (MSC) P2 Principle 2 (MSC) P3 Principle 3 (MSC) PI Performance Indicator (MSC) PME : Fishing permit (French acronym, Permis de Mise en Exploitation) UoA Unit of Assessment UoC Unit of Certification VMS : Vessel Monitoring System (Balise satellite de suivi des navires de pêche) Public Comment Draft Report: Limpet fishery page 4 1 Executive Summary The report provides details of the MSC assessment of the fishery process for the Cancale Bay Atlantic Slipper Limpet Dredge Fishery prepared by the team and the CAB provided to the client and afterwards to the peer reviewers. The fishery meets the MSC scope criteria for Introduced Species Based Fisheries (ISBF). The client covered by the certificate is the client ALD (Atlantic Limpet Development), the “Comité Régional de la Conchyliculture