PUBLIC COMMENT DRAFT REPORT (PCDR) 10 September 2015 Western Asturias Octopus Traps fishery of Artisanal Cofradias CLIENT: COFRADIA DE PESCADORES DE PUERTO DE VEGA (ASTURIAS) CAB: BUREAU VERITAS IBERIA Edificio Caoba Valportillo Primera 22-24. Pol. Ind. La Granja ALCOBENDAS MADRID 28108 AUTHORS: Angel F. González González Gonzalo Macho Rivero Jacobo de Novoa Macarena Garcia Silva Table of Contents Glossary................................................................................................................................ 4 1 Executive Summary ....................................................................................................... 6 2 Authorship and Peer Reviewers ..................................................................................... 8 3 Description of the Fishery ............................................................................................ 11 3.1 Unit of Assessment (UoA) and Scope of Certification Sought ............................... 11 3.1.1 UoA and Proposed Unit of Certification (UoC) ............................................... 11 3.1.2 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and Catch Data ................................................ 13 3.2 Overview of the fishery ......................................................................................... 14 3.3 Principle One: Target Species Background ........................................................... 16 3.4 Principle Two: Ecosystem Background ................................................................. 27 3.5 Principle Three: Management System Background............................................... 35 4 Evaluation Procedure ................................................................................................... 44 4.1 Harmonised Fishery Assessment .......................................................................... 44 4.2 Previous assessments .......................................................................................... 44 4.3 Assessment Methodologies .................................................................................. 44 4.4 Evaluation Processes and Techniques ................................................................. 44 4.4.1 Site Visits ....................................................................................................... 44 Tuesday, 2 February 2015 .............................................................................................. 45 Wednesday, 3 February 2015 ........................................................................................ 45 Thrusday, 4 February 2015 ............................................................................................ 46 4.4.2 Consultations ................................................................................................. 46 4.4.3 Evaluation Techniques ................................................................................... 48 5 TRACEABILITY ........................................................................................................... 53 5.1 Eligibility Date ....................................................................................................... 53 5.2 Traceability within the Fishery ............................................................................... 53 5.3 Eligibility to Enter Further Chains of Custody ........................................................ 55 6 Evaluation Results ....................................................................................................... 57 6.1 Principle Level Scores .......................................................................................... 57 6.2 Summary of PI Level Scores ................................................................................. 57 6.3 Summary of Conditions ......................................................................................... 58 7 References .................................................................................................................. 59 8 Appendix 1. Scoring and Rationales ............................................................................ 65 Appendix 1.1 Performance Indicator Scores and Rationale .......................................... 65 Appendix 1.2 Risk Based Framework (RBF) Outputs ........................................................ 131 Appendix 1.2.1 Consequence Analysis (CA) for Principle 1 ....................................... 131 Appendix 1.2.2 Productivity-Susceptibility Analysis (PSA) ......................................... 133 Public Comment Draft Report: Western Asturias Octopus Traps fishery of Artisanal Cofradias page 2 10 September 2015 Appendix 1.2.3 Consequence Spatial Analysis (CSA) ................................................ 141 Appendix 1.2.4 Scale Intensity Consequence Analysis (SICA) ................................... 146 Appendix 1.3 Conditions ................................................................................................ 147 8.1 Appendix 2. Peer Review Reports ...................................................................... 155 Public Comment Draft Report: Western Asturias Octopus Traps fishery of Artisanal Cofradias page 3 10 September 2015 Glossary Blim Limit biomass reference point, below which recruitment is expected to be impaired. Bmsy Biomass achieving maximum sustainable yield BOPA Official Gazette of the Principality of Asturias Bpa Precautionary reference point for spawning stock biomass CA Consequence Analysis CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna CEP Fisheries Experimentation Centre (Centro Experimentación Pesquera) CFP Common Fisheries Policy CMS Convention on Migratory Species CPUE Catch per unit effort DGPM Directorate General of Maritime Fisheries (Dirección General de Pesca Marítima) EC European Commission EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone ETP Endangered, threatened and protected species EU European Union F Fishing Mortality FCR Fishery Certification Requirements FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN Flim Limit reference point for fishing mortality that is expected to drive the stock to the biomass limit FMSY Fishing mortality achieving maximum sustainable yield Fpa Precautionary reference point of fishing mortality expected to maintain the SSB at the precautionary reference point HCR Harvest Control Rules IEO Spanish Institute of Oceanography (Instituto Español de Oceanografía) MAGRAMA Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación, y Medio Ambiente) MP Management Plan MSC Marine Stewardship Council MSE Management Strategy Evaluation MSY Maximum Sustainable Yield P1 MSC Principle 1 Public Comment Draft Report: Western Asturias Octopus Traps fishery of Artisanal Cofradias page 4 10 September 2015 P2 MSC Principle 2 P3 MSC Principle 3 PSA Productivity Susceptibility Analysis RBF MSC’s risk based framework SGP General Secretariat for Fishing (Secretaría General de Pesca) TAC Total Allowable Catch UoA Unit of Assessment UoC Unit of Certification Public Comment Draft Report: Western Asturias Octopus Traps fishery of Artisanal Cofradias page 5 10 September 2015 1 Executive Summary This Prelimary Draft Report provides details of the MSC assessment of the fishery process for the Western Asturias Octopus Traps fishery of Artisanal Cofradias prepared by the team and the CAB provided to the client. The client group covered by the certificate are four guilds from Asturias named: Cofradía Puerto de Vega, Ortiguera, Viavélez and Tapia de Casariego. Additionally, the 27 vessels included in the Octopus Manament Plan members of the refered fishing guilds. Henceforth, the term client will be used to refer to them. The audit team that conducted the assessment against to MSC standard was comprised of the following members from the Certification Body, Bureau Veritas Iberia: Macarena Garcia Silva, Seafood auditor and Scheme Manager for MSC fisheries from Bureau Veritas Iberia, in the role of project coordinator and team leader. Jacobo de Novoa, Director of the Fishery and Aquaculture Department, as team member in charge of the traceability section and to support the team leader. The expert team, selected for their stock assessment, ecosystem interactions, and fishery management experience, comprised Ángel Francisco González González as expert assessor under Principle 1 and 2 and Gonzalo Macho Rivero as expert assessor under Principle 2 and 3. The assessment process began in December 2014.Public notice regarding to the launch of the MSC Certification Programme for the fishery was published the 11 th of December 2014 . The announcement and timeline were published on the MSC website to report all the steps carried out to get the MSC certification. The announcement template included the names and CVs of the assessment team members, the use of the default assessment tree included in V 2.0 of the MSC Fishery Certification Requirements (FCR). The tasks schedule, is identified as Preliminary Assessment timeline and was also published at first. One of the main steps when assessing fishery compliance with the International MSC Standard involves meeting with the stakeholders in order to gather all the relevant information and become aware of any potential issues. The site was performed for the week starting February 2, 2015 with selected organisations and individuals with a direct interest in this fishery. The stakeholders involved in the fishery were contacted by telephone and dropping an email to schedule the site visit to