Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Final Draft Report Southern Indian Ocean Saint Paul Rock Lobster Fishery On behalf of SAPMER Prepared by Control Union Pesca Ltd April 2020 Authors: Chrissie Sieben Dr. Johan Groeneveld Dr. Sophie des Clers Control Union Pesca Ltd 56 High Street, Lymington Hampshire SO41 9AH United Kingdom Tel: 01590 613007 Fax: 01590 671573 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cupesca.com Contents CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................................... I QA AND QC CPRDR STAGE .......................................................................................................................... 1 QA AND QC PCDR STAGE ............................................................................................................................ 1 QA AND QC FR STAGE ................................................................................................................................. 1 GLOSSARY .................................................................................................................................................. 2 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................... 4 2 REPORT DETAILS.................................................................................................................................. 8 2.1 Authorship and Peer Reviewers .............................................................................................. 8 2.2 Version details ......................................................................................................................... 9 4 UNIT(S) OF ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION ........................................................................................ 10 4.1 Unit(s) of Assessment (UoA) ................................................................................................. 10 4.2 Unit(s) of Certification (UoC) ................................................................................................ 10 5 ASSESSMENT RESULTS OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................... 12 5.1 Determination, formal conclusion and agreement .............................................................. 12 5.2 Principle level scores ............................................................................................................. 12 5.3 Summary of conditions ......................................................................................................... 12 5.4 Recommendations ................................................................................................................ 13 6 TRACEABILITY AND ELIGIBILITY .............................................................................................................. 14 6.1 Eligibility date ........................................................................................................................ 14 6.2 Traceability within the fishery .............................................................................................. 14 6.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ......................................................................... 17 6.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) to enter further chains of custody .............................................................................................................................................. 18 7 SCORING .......................................................................................................................................... 19 7.1 Summary of PI Level Scores .................................................................................................. 19 7.2 Fishery overview ................................................................................................................... 21 7.2.1 The Client fishery ............................................................................................................................ 21 7.2.2 Gear and operation of the fishery .................................................................................................. 23 7.2.3 Data availability and catch profile .................................................................................................. 26 7.3 Principle 1.............................................................................................................................. 29 7.3.1 Biology and Ecology ........................................................................................................................ 29 7.3.2 Fisheries and Biological Data .......................................................................................................... 32 7.3.3 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and landings data .............................................................................. 33 7.3.4 Fishing effort ................................................................................................................................... 34 7.3.5 CPUE standardization ..................................................................................................................... 35 7.3.6 Stock assessment ............................................................................................................................ 37 3394R04A Control Union Pesca Ltd i MSC Full Assessment Reporting Template FCR v2.0 (8th October 2014) Pesca V1.2 (2nd October 2017) 7.3.7 Harvest Control Rules and Tools ..................................................................................................... 40 7.3.8 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ............................................................... 41 7.4 Principle 2.............................................................................................................................. 60 7.4.1 Designation of species under Principle 2 ........................................................................................ 60 7.4.2 Primary and Secondary species ...................................................................................................... 61 7.4.3 ETP species ...................................................................................................................................... 62 7.4.4 Habitats ........................................................................................................................................... 66 7.4.5 Ecosystem ....................................................................................................................................... 70 7.4.6 Ghost fishing ................................................................................................................................... 72 7.4.7 Scoring elements ............................................................................................................................ 73 7.4.8 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ............................................................... 74 7.5 Principle 3............................................................................................................................ 122 7.5.1 Vessel, Fishing areas and access rights ......................................................................................... 122 7.5.2 Jurisdictions and management framework .................................................................................. 122 7.5.3 Organisations, roles and responsibilities ...................................................................................... 122 7.5.4 Management and Fishery-specific Objectives .............................................................................. 124 7.5.5 TAAF RNN Management Plan (2018-2027) ................................................................................... 126 7.5.6 Stakeholders and disputes ............................................................................................................ 126 7.5.7 Compliance and enforcement ...................................................................................................... 127 7.5.8 Management performance evaluation ......................................................................................... 127 7.5.9 Principle 3 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ............................................................. 129 8 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................... 148 APPENDICES ........................................................................................................................................... 152 APPENDIX 1 ASSESSMENT INFORMATION .............................................................................................. 153 Appendix 1.1 Small-scale fisheries ............................................................................................ 153 APPENDIX 2 EVALUATION PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES .......................................................................... 154 Appendix 2.1 Site visit and Stakeholder participation .............................................................. 154 Appendix 2.2 Evaluation techniques ......................................................................................... 155 APPENDIX 3 PEER REVIEW REPORTS