Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Public Comment Draft Report CFTO Indian Ocean Purse Seine Skipjack fishery On behalf of Compagnie Française du Thon Océanique S.A.S. (CFTO) Prepared by Control Union UK Ltd. November 2020 Authors: Chrissie Sieben Jo Gascoigne Sophie des Clers Control Union UK Ltd. 56 High Street, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9AH United Kingdom Tel: 01590 613007 Fax: 01590 671573 Email: [email protected] Website: https://uk.controlunion.com Contents CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................................... 1 QA AND QC PCDR STAGE ................................................................................................................. 3 GLOSSARY ...................................................................................................................................... 4 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................ 6 2 REPORT DETAILS ....................................................................................................................... 9 2.1 Authorship and Peer Reviewers .............................................................................................. 9 2.2 Version details ....................................................................................................................... 10 3 UNIT(S) OF ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION ................................................................................. 11 3.1 Unit(s) of Assessment (UoA) ................................................................................................. 11 3.2 Unit(s) of Certification (UoC) ................................................................................................ 12 3.3 Scope of assessment in relation to enhanced fisheries ........................................................ 12 4 ASSESSMENT RESULTS OVERVIEW ................................................................................................ 14 4.1 Determination, formal conclusion and agreement .............................................................. 14 4.2 Principle level scores ............................................................................................................. 14 4.3 Summary of conditions ......................................................................................................... 14 4.4 Recommendations ................................................................................................................ 15 5 TRACEABILITY AND ELIGIBILITY .................................................................................................... 16 5.1 Eligibility date ........................................................................................................................ 16 5.2 Traceability within the fishery .............................................................................................. 16 5.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ......................................................................... 18 5.4 Non-eligible product ............................................................................................................. 18 5.5 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) to enter further chains of custody 19 6 SCORING ............................................................................................................................... 20 6.1 Summary of PI Level Scores .................................................................................................. 20 6.2 Fishery overview ................................................................................................................... 21 6.2.1 Client initiatives towards improved sustainability .............................................................................. 25 6.2.2 Management framework .................................................................................................................... 27 6.2.3 Catch profiles and data availability ..................................................................................................... 28 6.3 Principle 1.............................................................................................................................. 42 6.3.1 Landings and TAC ................................................................................................................................ 42 6.3.2 Biology and stock ................................................................................................................................ 42 6.3.3 Stock status ......................................................................................................................................... 42 6.3.4 Information ......................................................................................................................................... 43 6.3.5 Stock assessment ................................................................................................................................ 44 6.3.6 Stock management ............................................................................................................................. 45 CU UK Full Assessment Reporting Template v3.2 (26th June 2019) QA 3378R03D: 1 6.3.7 Key Low-Trophic Level (LTL) species ................................................................................................... 46 6.3.8 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ................................................................... 47 6.4 Principle 2.............................................................................................................................. 68 6.4.1 Designation of species under Principle 2 ............................................................................................ 68 6.4.2 Principle 2 management framework ................................................................................................... 69 6.4.3 Primary species and secondary species .............................................................................................. 72 6.4.4 ETP species .......................................................................................................................................... 72 6.4.5 Habitats ............................................................................................................................................... 75 6.4.6 Ecosystem ........................................................................................................................................... 77 6.4.7 Scoring elements ................................................................................................................................. 79 6.4.8 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ................................................................... 80 6.5 Principle 3............................................................................................................................ 158 6.5.1 Legal and customary framework ....................................................................................................... 158 6.5.2 Consultation, roles and responsibilities ............................................................................................ 167 6.5.3 Long-term and fishery-specific objectives ........................................................................................ 168 6.5.4 Decision making processes, stakeholders and disputes ................................................................... 170 6.5.5 Compliance and enforcement ........................................................................................................... 171 6.5.6 Management performance evaluation ............................................................................................. 172 6.5.7 Principle 3 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ................................................................. 174 7 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................... 194 8 APPENDICES ......................................................................................................................... 202 APPENDIX 1 ASSESSMENT INFORMATION ..................................................................................... 203 Appendix 1.1 Small-scale fisheries ................................................................................................ 203 APPENDIX 2 EVALUATION PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES ................................................................... 204 Appendix 2.1 Site visit and stakeholder participation .................................................................. 204 Appendix 2.3 Evaluation techniques ............................................................................................. 205 APPENDIX 3 PEER REVIEW REPORTS ............................................................................................ 206 Appendix 3.1 Peer reviewer 1 ....................................................................................................... 206 Appendix 3.2 Peer reviewer 2 ....................................................................................................... 216 APPENDIX 4 STAKEHOLDER INPUT ..............................................................................................