Marine Stewardship Council fisheries assessments UCSL United Certification Systems Limited Office 003, Pamelva Court, 1 Anastasi Shoukri Street, 3035, Limassol, Cyprus Mobile phone: +7-960-242-4845 Ostrovnoy-Crab LLC Sea of Okhotsk crab trap Photo obtained from an article about the client Announcement Comment Draft Report Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) UCSL United Certification Systems Limited Assessment team Geir Honneland, Jo Gascoigne and Petr Vasilets Ostrovnoy-Crab LLC, Russian Federation, 694520, Sakhalin Region, Yuzhno- Fishery client Kurilskiy District, Malokurilskoye village, Sovetskaya Street, 8, office 3 Assessment type Initial Assessment Date April 2021 UCSL United Certification Systems Limited: Ostrovnoy-Crab LLC Sea of Okhotsk crab trap ACDR 1 Contents 1 Contents.................................................................................................................................................................... 2 List of Tables ................................................................................................................................................................... 6 List of Figures.................................................................................................................................................................. 8 List of Symbols and Reference Points ....................................................................................................................... 10 2 Glossary .................................................................................................................................................................. 11 3 Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................... 13 4 Report details ......................................................................................................................................................... 15 4.1 Authorship and peer review details .................................................................................................................. 15 4.2 Version details .................................................................................................................................................. 16 5 Unit(s) of Assessment and Unit(s) of Certification and results overview ........................................................ 17 5.1 Unit(s) of Assessment and Unit(s) of Certification ............................................................................................ 17 5.1.1 Unit(s) of Assessment ............................................................................................................................... 17 5.1.2 Unit(s) of Certification ................................................................................................................................ 19 5.1.3 Scope of assessment in relation to enhanced or introduced fisheries – delete if not applicable .............. 20 5.2 Brief overview of the fishery, and the gear type ............................................................................................... 20 5.2.1 Brief description of the client ..................................................................................................................... 20 5.2.2 Vessel Details ............................................................................................................................................ 20 5.2.3 Gear Description ........................................................................................................................................ 20 5.3 Assessment results overview ........................................................................................................................... 23 5.3.1 Determination, formal conclusion and agreement ..................................................................................... 23 5.3.2 Principle level scores ................................................................................................................................. 23 5.3.3 Summary of conditions .............................................................................................................................. 23 5.3.4 Recommendations..................................................................................................................................... 24 6 Traceability and eligibility ..................................................................................................................................... 24 6.1 Eligibility date .................................................................................................................................................... 24 6.2 Traceability within the fishery ........................................................................................................................... 24 6.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ...................................................................................................... 26 6.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) to enter further chains of custody .............. 26 7 Scoring .................................................................................................................................................................... 27 7.1 Summary of Performance Indicator level scores .............................................................................................. 27 7.2 Principle 1 ......................................................................................................................................................... 28 7.2.1 Principle 1 background .............................................................................................................................. 28 7.2.1.1 Red king crab ..................................................................................................................................... 28 7.2.1.1.1 Biology ............................................................................................................................................ 28 7.2.1.1.2 Fishery ............................................................................................................................................ 30 7.2.1.1.3 Stock Status .................................................................................................................................... 33 7.2.1.2 Blue king crab..................................................................................................................................... 37 MSC FCP 2.2 Template CRV2 Page 2 UCSL UCSL United Certification Systems Limited: Ostrovnoy-Crab LLC Sea of Okhotsk crab trap ACDR 7.2.1.2.1 Biology ............................................................................................................................................ 37 7.2.1.2.2 Fishery ............................................................................................................................................ 39 7.2.1.2.3 Stock status .................................................................................................................................... 41 7.2.1.3 Golden king crab ................................................................................................................................ 46 7.2.1.3.1 Biology ............................................................................................................................................ 46 7.2.1.3.2 Fishery ............................................................................................................................................ 48 7.2.1.3.3 Stock status .................................................................................................................................... 51 7.2.2 Reference points ....................................................................................................................................... 52 7.2.3 Harvest Strategy and Control Rules .......................................................................................................... 54 7.2.4 Information and monitoring ........................................................................................................................ 57 7.2.5 Stock assessment ..................................................................................................................................... 60 7.2.6 Catch profiles ............................................................................................................................................. 63 7.2.7 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and catch data ............................................................................................ 64 7.2.8 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales .......................................................................... 65 PI 1.1.1 – Stock status ............................................................................................................................................. 65 PI 1.1.2 – Stock rebuilding ....................................................................................................................................... 68 PI 1.2.1 – Harvest strategy ...................................................................................................................................... 69 PI 1.2.2 – Harvest control rules and tools ...............................................................................................................