MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 April 2020 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. West Kamchatka Salmon Fisheries Zarya-Kolpakovsky Sobolevo Public Certification Report 7 July 2020 Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) MRAG Americas, Inc. Assessment team Amanda Stern-Pirlot, Raymond Beamesderfer, Dmitry Lajus Fishery client Zarya, LLC and Kolpakovsky rybokombinat, LLC Assessment Type Initial Assessment MRAG Americas – West Kamchatka Salmon Zarya-Kolpakovsky Sobolevo Final Report and Determination 1 MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 April 2020 Document Control Record Document Draft Submitted By Date Reviewed By Date ACDR DL, RB 4/28/19 ASP, MC 5/1/19 CDR/PRDR RB, DL, ASP 28 Oct 19 ASP 17 Dec 19 PCDR RB, DL, ASP 21 April 2020 ASP 21 April 2020 FRD RB, DL, ASP 6 June 2020 EW 10 June 2020 PCR RB, DL, ASP 5 July 2020 ASP 6 July 2020 MRAG Americas –Zarya-Kolpakovsky Sobolevo West Kamchatka Salmon Public Certification Report 2 MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 April 2020 1 Executive summary ............................................................................ 6 2 Report details ..................................................................................... 7 2.1 Authorship and peer review details........................................................................ 7 2.2 Version details .........................................................................................................9 3 Unit(s) of Assessment and Certification and results overview ....... 9 3.1 Unit(s) of Assessment and Unit(s) of Certification ................................................ 9 3.1.1 Scope of assessment in relation to enhanced or introduced fisheries ......... 10 3.2 Assessment results overview ............................................................................... 11 3.2.1 Determination, formal conclusion and agreement ....................................... 11 3.2.2 Principle level scores .................................................................................. 11 3.2.3 Summary of Conditions ............................................................................... 11 3.2.4 Recommendations ...................................................................................... 12 4 Traceability and eligibility ................................................................ 12 4.1 Eligibility date ........................................................................................................ 12 4.2 Traceability within the fishery ............................................................................... 12 4.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ....................................................... 13 4.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) ..................... 14 5 Scoring .............................................................................................. 15 5.1 Summary of Performance Indicator level scores ................................................ 15 5.2 Principle 1 .............................................................................................................. 16 5.2.1 Principle 1 background ................................................................................ 16 Overview of the fishery ............................................................................................. 16 Pink Salmon ............................................................................................................... 43 Chum Salmon ............................................................................................................ 51 5.2.2 Catch .......................................................................................................... 56 5.2.3 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ............................. 59 PI 1.1.1 – Stock status ............................................................................................... 59 PI 1.1.2 – Stock rebuilding ......................................................................................... 64 PI 1.2.1 – Harvest strategy ........................................................................................ 66 PI 1.2.2 – Harvest control rules and tools ................................................................. 69 PI 1.2.3 – Information and monitoring ...................................................................... 72 PI 1.2.4 – Assessment of stock status ........................................................................ 74 PI 1.3.1 – Enhancement outcomes ............................................................................ 79 PI 1.3.2 – Enhancement management ...................................................................... 79 PI 1.3.3 – Enhancement information......................................................................... 80 5.3 Principle 2 .............................................................................................................. 82 5.3.1 Principle 2 background ................................................................................ 82 Primary Species ......................................................................................................... 83 Secondary Species ..................................................................................................... 94 ETP Species .............................................................................................................. 100 Habitats ................................................................................................................... 102 Ecosystem Structure and Function .......................................................................... 104 5.3.2 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ........................... 106 PI 2.1.1 – Primary species outcome ........................................................................ 106 PI 2.1.2 – Primary species management strategy ................................................... 108 MRAG Americas –Zarya-Kolpakovsky Sobolevo West Kamchatka Salmon Public Certification Report 3 MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 April 2020 PI 2.1.3 – Primary species information.................................................................... 112 PI 2.2.1 – Secondary species outcome .................................................................... 114 PI 2.2.2 – Secondary species management strategy ............................................... 116 PI 2.2.3 – Secondary species information................................................................ 119 PI 2.3.1 – ETP species outcome ............................................................................... 121 PI 2.3.2 – ETP species management strategy ......................................................... 124 PI 2.3.3 – ETP species information .......................................................................... 126 PI 2.4.1 – Habitats outcome .................................................................................... 128 PI 2.4.2 – Habitats management strategy .............................................................. 130 PI 2.4.3 – Habitats information ............................................................................... 132 PI 2.5.1 – Ecosystem outcome ................................................................................. 134 PI 2.5.2 – Ecosystem management strategy ........................................................... 136 PI 2.5.3 – Ecosystem information ............................................................................ 138 5.4 Principle 3 ............................................................................................................ 142 5.4.1 Principle 3 background .............................................................................. 142 Legal & Customary Framework ............................................................................... 142 Management Structure - Consultation, Roles & Responsibilities ............................ 143 Fishery Objectives & Measures ............................................................................... 148 Enforcement ............................................................................................................ 152 Protected, Endangered, or Threatened Species ...................................................... 154 Environmental protection ....................................................................................... 155 Research plan .......................................................................................................... 156 International Management ..................................................................................... 157 5.4.2 Principle 3 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ........................... 159 PI 3.1.1 – Legal and/or customary framework ........................................................ 159 PI 3.1.2 – Consultation, roles and responsibilities ................................................... 162 PI 3.1.3 – Long term objectives ............................................................................... 165 PI 3.2.1 – Fishery-specific objectives ....................................................................... 166 PI 3.2.2 – Decision-making processes ..................................................................... 168 PI 3.2.3 – Compliance and enforcement ................................................................