MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 March 2020 Shark Bay Prawn Managed Fishery Public Certification Report Prepared for the Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Certificate Number: MSC-F-31208 10 December 2020 Conformity Assessment Body MRAG Americas, Inc. (CAB) Richard Banks (TL/P3), Kevin McLoughlin (P1) and Mihaela Zaharia Assessment team (P2) Fishery client Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Assessment Type First Reassessment 1 MRAG Americas – US2733 Shark Bay Prawn Managed Fishery PCR MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 March 2020 Document Control Record Document Draft Submitted By Date Reviewed By Date ACDR RB, MZ, KM 8 March 2020 ASP 9 March 2020 CDR/PRDR RB, MZ, KM 8 June 2020 RB 9 June 2020 PCDR RB, MZ,KM 10 July 2020 RB 13 July 2020 ASP 12 August 2020 FRD RB, MZ,KM 29 Sept 2020 RB and ASP 13 Nov 2020 PCR RB, MZ, KM 8 December 2020 EW 9 Dec 2020 2 MRAG Americas – US2733 Shark Bay Prawn Managed Fishery PCR MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 March 2020 1 Contents 1 Contents ..................................................................................................................... 3 2 Glossary ..................................................................................................................... 6 3 Executive summary .................................................................................................... 8 4 Report details ........................................................................................................... 10 4.1 Authorship and peer review details ............................................................... 10 Peer Reviewers .................................................................................................................... 11 4.2 Version details .............................................................................................. 12 5 Unit(s) of Assessment and Certification and results overview................................... 12 5.1 Unit(s) of Assessment and Unit(s) of Certification ........................................ 12 5.1.1 Unit(s) of Assessment ..................................................................................... 12 5.1.2 Unit(s) of Certification ................................................................................... 13 5.2 Assessment results overview ........................................................................ 14 5.2.1 Determination, formal conclusion and agreement ........................................... 14 5.2.2 Principle level scores ...................................................................................... 14 5.2.3 Summary of conditions ................................................................................... 14 5.2.4 Recommendations .......................................................................................... 15 6 Traceability and eligibility ....................................................................................... 15 6.1 Eligibility date .............................................................................................. 15 6.2 Traceability within the fishery ...................................................................... 15 6.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ................................................. 16 6.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) to enter further chains of custody ............................................................................... 18 7 Scoring .................................................................................................................... 18 7.1 Summary of Performance Indicator level scores ........................................... 18 7.2 Principle 1 .................................................................................................... 21 7.2.1 Principle 1 background ................................................................................... 21 7.2.2 Catch profiles ................................................................................................. 21 Summary of performance against Harvest Strategy indicators for 2018 .................... 35 7.2.3 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and catch data .................................................. 36 7.2.4 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales .................................. 37 .................................................................. 37 .............................................................................................. 37 ....................................................................................... 39 ....................................................................................... 40 ................................................................. 43 ..................................................................... 45 3 MRAG Americas – US2733 Shark Bay Prawn Managed Fishery PCR MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 March 2020 ....................................................................... 47 .............................................................................................. 50 ....................................................................................... 52 ....................................................................................... 53 ................................................................. 56 ....................................................................... 60 7.3 Principle 2 .................................................................................................... 63 7.3.1 Ecosystem background ................................................................................... 63 7.3.2 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ................................ 116 PI 2.1.1 – Primary species outcome ........................................................................ 116 PI 2.1.2 – Primary species management strategy .................................................... 119 PI 2.1.3 – Primary species information ................................................................... 122 PI 2.2.1 – Secondary species outcome .................................................................... 126 PI 2.2.2 – Secondary species management strategy ................................................ 129 PI 2.3.1 – ETP species outcome ............................................................................. 135 PI 2.3.2 – ETP species management strategy .......................................................... 140 PI 2.3.3 – ETP species information ........................................................................ 144 PI 2.4.1 – Habitats outcome ................................................................................... 146 PI 2.4.2 – Habitats management strategy ................................................................ 150 PI 2.4.3 – Habitats information .............................................................................. 152 PI 2.5.1 – Ecosystem outcome ............................................................................... 155 PI 2.5.2 – Ecosystem management strategy ............................................................ 158 PI 2.5.3 – Ecosystem information .......................................................................... 160 7.4 Principle 3 .................................................................................................. 164 7.4.1 Principle 3 Background ................................................................................ 164 7.4.2 Decision making processes (PI 3.2.2) ........................................................... 183 7.4.3 Compliance and enforcement (PI 3.2.3) ........................................................ 189 ........................................................ 203 .................................................. 207 .............................................................................. 210 ..................................................................... 212 ................................................................. 216 ............................ 219 8 References ............................................................................................................. 221 9 Appendices ............................................................................................................ 226 9.1 Assessment information .............................................................................. 226 9.1.1 Previous assessments .................................................................................... 226 9.2 Evaluation processes and techniques ........................................................... 230 4 MRAG Americas – US2733 Shark Bay Prawn Managed Fishery PCR MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 March 2020 9.2.1 Site visits ...................................................................................................... 230 9.2.1 Stakeholder participation .............................................................................. 230 9.2.2 Evaluation techniques ................................................................................... 231 9.3 Peer Review reports .................................................................................... 233 9.4 Stakeholder input ........................................................................................ 245 9.4.1 MSC Technical Oversight ............................................................................ 245 9.5 Conditions .................................................................................................. 246