ANABAC ATLANTIC UNASSOCIATED PURSE SEINE YELLOWFIN TUNA FISHERY Public Comment Draft Report 11th February, 2021 Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) Bureau Veritas Certification Holding SAS Assessment team Gemma Quilez, Carmen Morant, Carola Kirchner ANABAC (Asociación Nacional de Armadores de Buques Atuneros Fishery client Congeladores) Assessment Type Initial Assessment 1 Contents 1 Contents .......................................................................................................... 2 2 Glossary .......................................................................................................... 4 3 Executive summary ......................................................................................... 5 4 Report details .................................................................................................. 7 4.1 Authorship and peer review details ............................................................................ 7 4.2 Version details ........................................................................................................... 8 5 Unit(s) of Assessment and Certification and results overview ......................... 8 5.1 Unit(s) of Assessment and Unit(s) of Certification ..................................................... 8 5.1.1 Unit(s) of Assessment ..................................................................................................... 8 5.1.2 Unit(s) of Certification .................................................................................................... 15 5.2 Assessment results overview................................................................................... 15 5.2.1 Determination, formal conclusion and agreement ........................................................ 15 5.2.2 Principle level scores..................................................................................................... 16 5.2.3 Summary of conditions .................................................................................................. 16 5.2.4 Recommendations ........................................................................................................ 17 6 Traceability and eligibility .............................................................................. 17 6.1 Eligibility date ........................................................................................................... 17 6.2 Traceability within the fishery ................................................................................... 17 6.2.1 Traceability and segregation systems on board ........................................................... 17 6.2.2 Determination of risk associated to traceability factors prior to entering CoC .............. 18 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 7.2 Principle 1 ................................................................................................................ 23 7.2.1 Principle 1 background .................................................................................................. 23 7.2.2 Catch profiles ................................................................................................................ 36 7.2.3 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and catch data ................................................................ 36 7.2.4 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales .............................................. 37 PI 1.1.1 – Stock status ............................................................................................................. 37 PI 1.1.2 – Stock rebuilding ....................................................................................................... 40 PI 1.2.1 – Harvest strategy ...................................................................................................... 41 PI 1.2.2 – Harvest control rules and tools ................................................................................ 45 PI 1.2.3 – Information and monitoring...................................................................................... 48 PI 1.2.4 – Assessment of stock status ..................................................................................... 52 7.3 Principle 2 ................................................................................................................ 54 7.3.1 Principle 2 background .................................................................................................. 54 7.3.2 UoC catch composition: species assignment to MSC P2 categories ........................... 54 7.3.3 Primary species impacted by the UoC .......................................................................... 63 ANABAC ATLANTIC UNASSOCIATED PURSE SEINE YELLOWFIN TUNA FISHERY – PCDR 2 7.3.4 Secondary species impacted by the UoC ..................................................................... 79 7.3.5 ETP species impacted by the UoC ............................................................................... 79 7.3.6 Habitats ......................................................................................................................... 84 7.3.7 Ecosystem ..................................................................................................................... 86 7.3.8 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales .............................................. 88 PI 2.1.1 – Primary species outcome ........................................................................................ 88 PI 2.1.2 – Primary species management strategy ................................................................... 95 PI 2.1.3 – Primary species information .................................................................................. 104 PI 2.2.1 – Secondary species outcome ................................................................................. 107 PI 2.2.2 – Secondary species management strategy ............................................................ 109 PI 2.2.3 – Secondary species information ............................................................................. 114 PI 2.3.1 – ETP species outcome ........................................................................................... 116 PI 2.3.2 – ETP species management strategy ...................................................................... 121 PI 2.3.3 – ETP species information ....................................................................................... 126 PI 2.4.1 – Habitats outcome .................................................................................................. 129 PI 2.4.2 – Habitats management strategy ............................................................................. 131 PI 2.4.3 – Habitats information .............................................................................................. 134 PI 2.5.1 – Ecosystem outcome .............................................................................................. 137 PI 2.5.2 – Ecosystem management strategy ......................................................................... 139 PI 2.5.3 – Ecosystem information .......................................................................................... 142 7.4 Principle 3 .............................................................................................................. 145 7.4.1 Principle 3 background ................................................................................................ 145 7.4.2 Principle 3 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ............................................ 175 PI 3.1.1 – Legal and/or customary framework ....................................................................... 175 PI 3.1.2 – Consultation, roles and responsibilities ................................................................. 182 PI 3.1.3 – Long term objectives ............................................................................................. 188 PI 3.2.1 – Fishery-specific objectives .................................................................................... 191 PI 3.2.2 – Decision-making processes .................................................................................. 193 PI 3.2.3 – Compliance and enforcement ............................................................................... 199 PI 3.2.4 – Monitoring and management performance evaluation .......................................... 205 8 References .................................................................................................. 208 9 Appendices ................................................................................................. 214 9.1 Assessment information ......................................................................................... 214 9.1.1 Small-scale fisheries ................................................................................................... 214 9.2 Evaluation processes and techniques ................................................................... 215 9.2.1 Site visits ....................................................................................................................