Lloyd’s Register Public Comment Draft Report Wash brown shrimp Lloyd’s Register 6 Redheughs Rigg South Gyle Edinburgh, EH12 9DQ United Kingdom MSC SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES CERTIFICATIONT +44 (0)13 1335 6600 E [email protected] www.lr.org Wash brown shrimp Public Comment Draft Report September 2019 Client: Shrimp Producers Organisation Ltd. Assessment Conducted by: Tristan Southall, Gudrun Gaudian, Julian Addison On behalf of Lloyd’s Register QP07 MSC 1-FA Full Assessment Template 2.0 LR 20180517 Lloyd’s Register Public Comment Draft Report Wash brown shrimp Assessment Data Sheet CAB details Lloyd’s Register Address 6 Redheughs Rigg Edinburgh EH12 9DQ Phone/Fax 0131 335 6662 Email [email protected] Contact name(s) Polly Burns Client details Shrimp Producers Organisation Ltd. Address Alexandra Dock, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 2ET Phone/Fax 07980 591631 Email [email protected] Contact name(s) David Guy Assessment Team Team Leader & P3 Assessor Tristan Southall P2 Assessor Gudrun Gaudian P1 Assessor Julian Addison Page 2 of 217 QP07 MSC 1-FA Full Assessment Template 2.0 LR 20180517 www.lr.org Lloyd’s Register Public Comment Draft Report Wash brown shrimp Contents Assessment Data Sheet ........................................................................................................ 2 1 Executive Summary ....................................................................................................... 8 2 Authorship and Peer Reviewers ................................................................................... 11 Assessment Team ................................................................................................ 11 Peer Reviewers ............................................................................................. 12 RBF Training ......................................................................................................... 14 3 Description of the Fishery ............................................................................................ 15 Unit(s) of Assessment (UoA) and Scope of Certification Sought ........................... 15 Proposed Unit of Certification (UoC) ..................................................................... 15 Final UoC(s) .......................................................................................................... 16 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and Catch Data ................................................ 16 Overview of the fishery ......................................................................................... 17 Client Group .................................................................................................. 17 Fishing Operations & Fleet Characteristics .................................................... 17 Fishing location .............................................................................................. 19 Principle One: Target Species Background ........................................................... 20 Biology and Life History of Brown Shrimp (Crangon crangon) ........................ 20 History of the fishery and its management ..................................................... 24 Harvest strategy ............................................................................................. 27 Stock assessment .......................................................................................... 32 Principle Two: Ecosystem Background ................................................................. 37 Ecosystem considerations ............................................................................. 37 Habitat ........................................................................................................... 40 Primary and Secondary species..................................................................... 66 ETPs .............................................................................................................. 76 Principle Three: Management System Background............................................... 82 European Union ............................................................................................. 82 United Kingdom / England ............................................................................. 83 Inshore Waters .............................................................................................. 83 4 Evaluation Procedure ................................................................................................... 85 Harmonised Fishery Assessment .......................................................................... 85 Previous assessments .......................................................................................... 85 Assessment Methodologies .................................................................................. 85 Evaluation Processes and Techniques ................................................................. 85 Site Visits ....................................................................................................... 85 Consultations ................................................................................................. 85 Evaluation Techniques ................................................................................... 86 Page 3 of 217 QP07 MSC 1-FA Full Assessment Template 2.0 LR 20180517 www.lr.org Lloyd’s Register Public Comment Draft Report Wash brown shrimp 5 Traceability .................................................................................................................. 88 Eligibility Date ....................................................................................................... 88 Traceability within the Fishery ............................................................................... 88 Eligibility to Enter Further Chains of Custody ........................................................ 89 Eligibility of IPI stocks to Enter Further Chains of Custody .................................... 89 6 Evaluation Results ....................................................................................................... 90 Principle Level Scores .......................................................................................... 90 Summary of PI Level Scores ................................................................................. 90 Summary of Conditions ......................................................................................... 91 Recommendations ................................................................................................ 91 Determination, Formal Conclusion and Agreement ............................................... 92 References ......................................................................................................................... 93 Appendix 1 Scoring and Rationales .................................................................................. 101 Appendix 1.1 Performance Indicator Scores and Rationale ........................................ 101 Evaluation Table for PI 1.1.1 – Stock status ............................................................... 101 Evaluation Table for PI 1.1.2 – Stock rebuilding ......................................................... 103 Evaluation Table for PI 1.2.1 – Harvest strategy ........................................................ 104 Evaluation Table for PI 1.2.2 – Harvest control rules and tools .................................. 108 Evaluation Table for PI 1.2.3 – Information and monitoring ........................................ 110 Evaluation Table for PI 1.2.4 – Assessment of stock status ....................................... 112 Evaluation Table for PI 2.1.1 Primary species outcome ............................................. 115 Evaluation Table for PI 2.1.2 - Primary species management strategy ....................... 125 Evaluation Table for PI 2.1.3 - Primary species information ....................................... 129 Evaluation Table for PI 2.2.1 - Secondary species outcome ...................................... 131 Evaluation Table for PI 2.2.2 - Secondary species management strategy .................. 134 Evaluation Table for PI 2.2.3 - Secondary species information ................................... 138 Evaluation Table for PI 2.3.1 - ETP species outcome ................................................ 140 Evaluation Table for PI 2.3.2 - ETP species management strategy ............................ 142 Evaluation Table for PI 2.3.3 - ETP species information ............................................. 146 Evaluation Table for PI 2.4.1 – Habitats outcome ....................................................... 148 Evaluation Table for PI 2.4.2 – Habitats management strategy .................................. 151 Evaluation Table for PI 2.4.3 – Habitats information ................................................... 154 Evaluation Table for PI 2.5.1 – Ecosystem outcome .................................................. 157 Evaluation Table for PI 2.5.2 – Ecosystem management strategy .............................. 159 Evaluation Table for PI 2.5.3 – Ecosystem information .............................................. 162 Evaluation Table for PI 3.1.1 – Legal and/or customary framework ............................ 165 Evaluation Table for PI 3.1.2 – Consultation, roles and responsibilities ...................... 168 Evaluation Table for PI 3.1.3 – Long term objectives ................................................. 171 Evaluation Table for PI 3.2.1 Fishery-specific objectives ...........................................