MOODY MARINE LTD Ref: 82007/v5 Assessors: J. Powers, G. Tingley, D. Japp, J. Combes, A. Hough, MSC Reassessment Report for South African Hake Trawl Fishery Certificate No: MML-F-005 Client: SADSTIA - South African Deep Sea Trawling Industry Association Version: 5 Public Certification Report Certification Body: Client Contact: Moody Marine Ltd Mr C A R Bross Moody International Certification South African Deep-Sea Trawling Industry Merlin House Association - SADSTIA Stanier Way Pearl House Wyvern Business Park Heerengracht Derby DE21 6BF PO Box 2066 UK Cape Town 8000 South Africa Tel: +44 (0) 1633 544663 Tel: +27 (0) 21 425 2727 Fax: +44 (0) 1633 675020 Fax: +27 (0) 21 419 0785 FN 82007 v5 Page 1 CONTENTS 1 SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................. 4 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 6 1.1 THE FISHERY PROPOSED FOR CERTIFICATION ............................................................................................ 6 1.2 REPORT STRUCTURE AND ASSESSMENT PROCESS ..................................................................................... 7 1.3 STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS ATTENDED ........................................................................................................ 8 1.4 OTHER INFORMATION SOURCES ................................................................................................................ 8 2 GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS USED IN THE REPORT .................................................................... 11 3 BACKGROUND TO THE FISHERY ..................................................................................................... 12 3.1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 12 3.2 BIOLOGY OF THE TARGET SPECIES .......................................................................................................... 12 3.3 HISTORY OF THE FISHERY ....................................................................................................................... 14 3.4 FLEET AND GEAR DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................................. 16 4 STOCK ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................................................... 17 4.1 MANAGEMENT UNIT ............................................................................................................................... 17 4.2 MONITORING AND OF STOCK STATUS ...................................................................................................... 18 4.2.1 Modelling ...................................................................................................................................... 19 4.2.2 CPUE Standardization ................................................................................................................. 19 4.2.3 Population Models and Parameter Estimation ............................................................................. 20 4.3 ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT STOCK STATUS .............................................................................................. 21 4.4 MANAGEMENT ADVICE ........................................................................................................................... 22 5 FISHERY MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK ....................................................................................... 27 5.1 FISHING RIGHTS, LICENSING ETC ............................................................................................................. 27 5.2 FISHING LOCATIONS ................................................................................................................................ 27 5.3 MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND INTERACTIONS ........................................................................... 27 5.4 ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS AND BOUNDARIES ........................................................................... 27 5.5 MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................................... 27 5.6 LEGISLATION AND REGULATION ............................................................................................................. 28 5.6.1 Legislation .................................................................................................................................... 28 5.6.2 Regulation ..................................................................................................................................... 28 5.7 HARVEST CONTROLS ............................................................................................................................... 29 5.8 MONITORING, CONTROL AND SURVEILLANCE ........................................................................................ 29 5.9 CONSULTATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION ........................................................................................... 29 5.10 REVIEWS OF THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ........................................................................................... 30 6 ECOSYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS .................................................................................................... 31 6.1 ECOSYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS ............................................................................................................... 31 6.2 BY-CATCH AND DISCARDING ................................................................................................................... 31 6.3 ECOSYSTEM IMPACTS .............................................................................................................................. 33 6.4 PROTECTED AREAS ................................................................................................................................. 35 7 OTHER FISHERIES AFFECTING TARGET STOCK ....................................................................... 36 8 STANDARD USED ................................................................................................................................... 36 8.1 PRINCIPLE 1 ............................................................................................................................................ 36 8.2 PRINCIPLE 2 ............................................................................................................................................ 37 8.3 PRINCIPLE 3 ............................................................................................................................................ 37 9 BACKGROUND TO THE EVALUATION ........................................................................................... 39 9.1 EVALUATION TEAM ................................................................................................................................ 39 9.2 PREVIOUS CERTIFICATION EVALUATIONS ................................................................................................ 40 9.3 INSPECTIONS OF THE FISHERY ................................................................................................................. 41 STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION .............................................................................................................. 42 FN 82007 v5 Page 2 9.4 STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION .............................................................................................................. 42 9.5 STAKEHOLDER ISSUES ............................................................................................................................ 42 10 OBSERVATIONS AND SCORING ........................................................................................................ 43 10.1 INTRODUCTION TO SCORING METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................... 43 11 LIMIT OF IDENTIFICATION OF LANDINGS FROM THE FISHERY ......................................... 43 11.1 TRACEABILITY WITHIN THE FISHERY .................................................................................................. 43 11.2 AT-SEA PROCESSING ........................................................................................................................... 43 11.3 POINTS OF LANDING ........................................................................................................................... 44 11.4 ELIGIBILITY TO ENTER CHAINS OF CUSTODY ...................................................................................... 44 11.5 TARGET ELIGIBILITY DATE ................................................................................................................. 44 12 ASSESSMENT RESULTS ....................................................................................................................... 45 12.1 CONDITIONS ....................................................................................................................................... 45 12.2 RECOMMENDATIONS. ......................................................................................................................... 49 13 APPENDICES ........................................................................................................................................... 50 13.1 APPENDIX