Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Reassessment Announcement Comment Draft Report Scapêche, Euronor and Compagnie des Pêches Saint Malo saithe fishery On Behalf of Scapêche, Euronor and Compagnie des Pêches Saint Malo Prepared by Control Union (UK) Limited May 2021 Authors: Dr. Lisa Borges Chrissie Sieben Dr. Sophie des Clers Henry Ernst Control Union (UK) Limited. 56 High Street, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9AH United Kingdom Tel: 01590 613007 Fax: 01590 671573 Email: [email protected] Website: http://uk.controlunion.com CU MSC Full Assessment Reporting Template v3.3 (25th September 2020) (based on MSC Reporting Template v1.2) QA: 3511R01C CONTENTS QA ............................................................................................................................................... 8 GLOSSARY ...................................................................................................................................... 9 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................. 10 2 REPORT DETAILS ..................................................................................................................... 13 2.1 Authorship and Peer Reviewers ............................................................................................ 13 2.2 Version details ....................................................................................................................... 13 3 UNIT(S) OF ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION ................................................................................. 14 3.1 Unit(s) of Assessment (UoA) ................................................................................................. 14 3.2 Unit(s) of Certification (UoC) ................................................................................................ 15 4 ASSESSMENT RESULTS OVERVIEW ................................................................................................ 17 4.1 Determination, formal conclusion and agreement .............................................................. 17 4.2 Principle level scores ............................................................................................................. 17 4.3 Summary of conditions ......................................................................................................... 17 4.4 Recommendations ................................................................................................................ 18 5 SCORING ............................................................................................................................... 19 5.1 Summary of Performance Indicator level scores .................................................................. 19 5.2 Fishery overview ................................................................................................................... 21 5.2.1 The Client fishery ................................................................................................................................ 21 5.2.2 Gear and operation of the fishery ....................................................................................................... 21 5.2.3 Fishing areas and seasons ................................................................................................................... 23 5.2.4 Catch profiles and data availability. .................................................................................................... 25 6 TRACEABILITY AND ELIGIBILITY .................................................................................................... 36 6.1 Eligibility date ........................................................................................................................ 36 6.2 Traceability within the fishery .............................................................................................. 36 6.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ......................................................................... 37 6.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) to enter further chains of custody .............................................................................................................................................. 38 6.5 Principle 1.............................................................................................................................. 39 6.6 Biology and ecology .............................................................................................................. 39 6.7 Saithe in subareas 4 (north Sea) and 6 (Rockall and West of Scotland), and in Division 3.a (Skagerrak and Kattegat) ...................................................................................................................... 39 6.7.1 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and Catch Data ...................................................................................... 39 6.7.2 Catch and landings .............................................................................................................................. 40 6.7.3 Stock Status and Assessment .............................................................................................................. 40 6.7.4 Stock management ............................................................................................................................. 41 6.8 Saithe in subareas 1 and 2 (Northeast Artic) ........................................................................ 42 6.8.1 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and Catch Data ...................................................................................... 42 CU MSC Full Assessment Reporting Template v3.3 (25th September 2020) (based on MSC Reporting Template v1.2) QA: 3511R01C 5 6.8.2 Catch and landings .............................................................................................................................. 42 6.8.3 Stock Status and Assessment .............................................................................................................. 43 6.8.4 Stock management ............................................................................................................................. 44 6.8.5 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ................................................................... 45 6.9 Principle 2.............................................................................................................................. 73 6.9.1 Designation of species under Principle 2 ............................................................................................ 73 6.9.2 Primary and Secondary species ........................................................................................................... 74 6.9.3 ETP species .......................................................................................................................................... 76 6.9.4 Habitats ............................................................................................................................................... 80 6.9.5 Ecosystem ........................................................................................................................................... 95 6.9.6 Scoring elements ................................................................................................................................. 99 6.9.7 Cumulative impacts ........................................................................................................................... 100 6.9.8 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ................................................................. 102 6.10 Principle 3............................................................................................................................ 182 6.10.1 Jurisdictions and customary framework ....................................................................................... 182 6.10.2 Consultation, roles and responsibilities ........................................................................................ 192 6.10.3 Long term objectives .................................................................................................................... 192 6.10.4 Fishery specific objectives ............................................................................................................ 193 6.10.5 Decision making processes ........................................................................................................... 194 6.10.6 Compliance and enforcement ...................................................................................................... 194 6.10.7 Management performance evaluation ......................................................................................... 195 6.10.8 Principle 3 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ............................................................. 198 7 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................... 218 8 APPENDICES ......................................................................................................................... 226 APPENDIX 1 ASSESSMENT INFORMATION ..................................................................................... 227 Appendix 1.1 Previous assessments ............................................................................................