SCS Global Services AUSTRALIA BLUE GRENADIER FISHERY MSC FULL-ASSESSMENT PUBLIC CERTIFICATION REPORT Prepared for: Petuna Sealord Deepwater Fishing Pty. Ltd. and Sanford Ltd. ABARES (2012): Line Drawing – Rosalind Poole DATE OF FIELD AUDIT 20-21/01/2014 Public Certification Report: August 2015 Prepared by: Dr. Sabine Daume, SCS Global Services, Team Leader and Principle 2 Kevin McLoughlin, Principle 1 and 2 Sascha Brand-Gardner, Principle 3 Natural Resources Division Sustainable Seafood Certification Program SCS Global Services [email protected] SCSglobalservices.com Table of Contents Glossary ................................................................................................................................................... 4 1. Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................... 6 2. Authorship and Peer Reviewers ...................................................................................................... 7 3. Description of the Fishery ............................................................................................................... 8 3.1 Unit(s) of Certification (UoC) and scope of certification sought ......................................... 8 3.1.1 Scope of Assessment in Relation to Enhanced Fisheries ................................................ 9 3.1.2 Scope of Assessment in Relation to Introduced Species Based Fisheries (ISBF) ............ 9 3.2 Overview of the Fishery ...................................................................................................... 9 3.3 Principle One: Target Species Background ....................................................................... 14 3.4 Principle Two: Ecosystem Background ............................................................................. 18 3.5 Principle Three: Management System Background .......................................................... 29 3.5.12 Details of any planned Education and Training for Interest Groups. ........................... 37 3.5.13 Date of Next Review and Audit of the Management Plan. ........................................... 37 4. Evaluation Procedure .................................................................................................................... 38 4.1 Harmonised Fishery Assessment ...................................................................................... 38 4.2 Previous Assessments ....................................................................................................... 38 4.3 Assessment Methodologies .............................................................................................. 38 4.4 Evaluation Processes and Techniques .............................................................................. 40 4.4.1 Site Visited and People Interviewed ............................................................................. 40 4.4.2 Consultations ................................................................................................................ 40 4.4.3 Evaluation Techniques .................................................................................................. 40 5 Traceability .................................................................................................................................... 44 5.1 Eligibility Date ................................................................................................................... 44 5.2 Traceability within the Fishery .......................................................................................... 44 5.3 Eligibility to Enter Further Chains of Custody ................................................................... 45 6 Evaluation Results ......................................................................................................................... 46 6.1 Principle Level Scores ........................................................................................................ 46 6.2 Summary of Scores ........................................................................................................... 46 6.3 Summary of Conditions ..................................................................................................... 47 6.3.1 Recommendations ........................................................................................................ 47 6.4 Determination, Formal Conclusion and Agreement ......................................................... 47 References ............................................................................................................................................ 48 Appendices ............................................................................................................................................ 52 Appendix 1 Scoring and Rationales ....................................................................................................... 52 Appendix 1.1 Performance Indicator Scores and Rationale ....................................................... 52 Document: MSC Full Assessment Reporting Template V1.3 page 2 Date of issue: 15 January 2013 © Marine Stewardship Council, 2013 Version 1-3 (October 2013) | © SCS Global Services Appendix 1.2 Conditions ................................................................................................................. 142 Appendix 2. Peer Review Reports ....................................................................................................... 147 Appendix 3. Stakeholder Submissions ................................................................................................ 179 3.1 Written Submissions made by Stakeholders during Consultation Opportunities and Explicit Responses from the Assessment Team to Stakeholder Submissions ......................................... 179 3.2 Submissions made by Stakeholders about the Public Comment Draft Report in Full, Together with the Explicit Responses of the Assessment Team ................................................................ 181 Appendix 4. Surveillance Frequency ................................................................................................... 191 Appendix 5. Client Agreement ............................................................................................................ 191 Document: MSC Full Assessment Reporting Template V1.3 page 3 Date of issue: 15 January 2013 © Marine Stewardship Council, 2013 Version 1-3 (October 2013) | © SCS Global Services Glossary AAT Administrative Appeals Tribunal ABARES Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences AFMA Australian Fisheries Management Authority AFZ Australian Fishing Zone ASI Accreditation Services International B and B0 Biomass and un-fished biomass BG Blue Grenadier BLIM Limit Biomass BMEY Maximum Economic Yield Biomass BMSY Maximum Sustainable Yield Biomass BTARG Target Biomass CB Certifying Body CCAMLR Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources CEO Chief Executive Officer CHSP Commonwealth Harvest Strategy Policy CITES Convention on International Trade In Endangered Species CPUE Catch Per Unit Effort CPUETARG Target Catch Per Unit Effort CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization CTS Commonwealth Trawl Sector DAFF Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry DAT Default Assessment Tree DotE Department of the Environment EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone EPBC Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Protection Act ERA Ecological Risk Assessment ERM Ecological Risk Management ETP Endangered, Threatened and Protected species ESD Ecologically Sustainable Development FAA Fisheries Administration Act FAM Fisheries Assessment Methodology v2.1 FAO Food and Agriculture Organization [of the United Nations] FMA Fisheries Management Act FRDC Fisheries Research and Development Corporation FTARG Target Fishing Mortality HSF Harvest Strategy Framework HSP Harvest Strategy Policy ISMP Integrated Scientific Monitoring Program ITQ Individual transferable quota IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature Document: MSC Full Assessment Reporting Template V1.3 page 4 Date of issue: 15 January 2013 © Marine Stewardship Council, 2013 Version 1-3 (October 2013) | © SCS Global Services IUU Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported Km Kilometres LRP Limit Reference Point MAC Management Advisory Committee MEY Maximum Economic Yield MPA Marine Protected Area MR Macquarie Ridge MSC Marine Stewardship Council MSE Management Strategy Evaluation MSY Maximum Sustainable Yield NGO Non-Government Organisation Nm Nautical Miles PI Performance Indicator PSA Productivity and Susceptibility Analysis R Recruitment RAG Resource Assessment Group RBC Recommended Biological Catch SAFE Susceptibility Assessment of Fishing Effects SB Spawning Biomass SCS Scientific Certification Systems, SCS Global Services SEF South East Fishery SEMAC South East Management Advisory Committee SESSF Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery SESSFRAG Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Resource Assessment Group SETFIA South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association SFR Statutory Fishing Right SG Scoring Guidepost SlopeRAG Slope Resource Assessment Group SS Stock Synthesis SSB Spawning Stock Biomass t Metric tonne TAB Technical Advisory Board [of the MSC] TAC Total Allowable Catch TAFE Technical and Further Education TRP Target Reference Point UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and