MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 August 2019 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. Australia Orange Roughy—Eastern Zone Trawl Fishery Final Report and Determination June 23, 2020 Conformity Assessment Body MRAG Americas (CAB) Assessment team Amanda Stern-Pirlot, Richard Banks, Cameron Dixon Atlantis Fisheries Consulting Group on Behalf of Orange Roughy Fishery client Quota Holding Companies. Assessment Type Initial Assessment 1 MRAG Americas – US2620 Australia Orange Roughy—Eastern Zone Trawl Fishery FRD MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 August 2019 Document Control Record Document Draft Submitted By Date Reviewed By Date ACDR ASP, RB, CD 26 Sept 2019 ASP 30 Sept 2019 CR/PRDR ASP, RB, CD 8 April 2020 ASP 11 April 2020 PCDR ASP, RB, CD 8 May 2020 EW and ASP 18 May 2020 FRD ASP, RB, CD 19 June 2020 GP 22 June 2020 2 MRAG Americas – US2620 Australia Orange Roughy—Eastern Zone Trawl Fishery FRD MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 August 2019 1 Contents 1 Contents ..................................................................................................................... 3 List of Tables ......................................................................................................................... 6 List of Figures ....................................................................................................................... 7 2 Glossary of Abbreviations .......................................................................................... 8 3 Executive summary .................................................................................................... 9 4 Report details ........................................................................................................... 10 4.1 Authorship and peer review details ............................................................ 10 4.2 Version details ........................................................................................... 11 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 ................................................................................... 17 5.2 Assessment results overview ...................................................................... 18 5.2.1 Determination, formal conclusion and agreement ........................................... 18 5.2.2 Principle level scores ...................................................................................... 18 5.2.3 Summary of conditions ................................................................................... 18 5.2.4 Recommendations .......................................................................................... 18 6 Traceability and eligibility ....................................................................................... 18 6.1 Eligibility date ........................................................................................... 18 6.2 Traceability within the fishery ................................................................... 19 6.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ............................................... 20 6.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) to enter further chains of custody 21 7 Scoring .................................................................................................................... 21 7.1 Summary of Performance Indicator level scores......................................... 21 8 Principle 1 ................................................................................................................ 23 8.1 Background Information ............................................................................ 23 8.1.1 Distribution and stock structure .................................................................. 23 8.1.2 Life History ................................................................................................... 23 8.1.3 Fishery history .............................................................................................. 23 8.1.4 Abundance estimates .................................................................................... 24 8.1.5 Age composition data ................................................................................... 25 8.1.6 Stock assessment modelling and assessment of stock status ....................... 25 8.1.7 Harvest Strategy and Harvest Control Rules .............................................. 27 8.1.8 Management Strategy Evaluation................................................................ 29 3 MRAG Americas – US2620 Australia Orange Roughy—Eastern Zone Trawl Fishery FRD MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 August 2019 8.1.9 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and catch data ............................................. 30 8.2 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ............................. 30 .............................................................................................. 30 ............................................ 33 ....................................................................................... 34 ................................................................. 38 ..................................................................... 41 ....................................................................... 44 9 Principle 2 ................................................................................................................ 48 9.1 Background Information ............................................................................ 48 9.1.1 Principle 2 definitions ..................................................................................... 48 9.1.2 Primary and Secondary species ....................................................................... 49 9.1.3 ETP species .................................................................................................... 55 9.1.4 Marine mammals ............................................................................................ 57 9.1.5 Habitats .......................................................................................................... 68 9.1.6 Ecosystems ..................................................................................................... 78 9.1.7 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ........................... 80 .......................................................................... 81 ...................................................... 84 ..................................................................... 88 ...................................................................... 90 .................................................. 92 ................................................................. 95 ............................................................................... 97 .......................................................... 100 ........................................................................ 105 ................................................................................... 107 ................................................................ 110 .............................................................................. 112 ............................................................................... 115 ............................................................ 116 .......................................................................... 119 10 Principle 3: Management System Background........................................................ 122 10.1 Background Information .......................................................................... 122 10.1.1 Legal and Customary Framework (PI 3.1.1) .......................................... 122 10.1.2 Roles and Responsibilities and Consultation (PI 3.1.2) .......................... 124 10.1.3 Long Term Objectives (PI 3.1.3) ........................................................... 127 10.1.4 Fishery Specific Management Objectives (PI 3.2.1) ............................... 131 4 MRAG Americas – US2620 Australia Orange Roughy—Eastern Zone Trawl Fishery FRD MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 August 2019 10.1.5 Decision-Making Processes (PI 3.2.2) ................................................... 134 10.1.6 Compliance and enforcement (PI 3.2.3) ................................................. 134 10.1.7 Monitoring and Management Performance Evaluation (PI 3.2.4) ........... 140 10.2 Principle 3 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ........................... 143 ........................................................ 143 .................................................. 147 .............................................................................. 152 ..................................................................... 157 .................................................................... 162 ................................................................. 166 ............................ 169 11 References ............................................................................................................. 173 12 Appendices ...........................................................................................................