MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 March 2019 8950 Martin Luther King Jr. Street N. #202 St. Petersburg, Florida 33702-2211 Tel: (727) 563-9070 Fax: (727) 563-0207 Email: [email protected] President: Andrew A. Rosenberg, Ph.D. Announcement Comment Draft Report Vyvenskoe LLC, RA Belorechensk LLC Karaginsky Bay Salmon Fisheries Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) MRAG Americas, Inc. Raymond Beamesderfer, Dmitry Lajus, Amanda Stern- Assessment team Pirlot Fishery client Vyvenskoe Ltd, Belorechensk Ltd Assessment Type Initial Assessment 1 MRAG Americas – Vyvenskoe, Belorechensk Karaginsky Bay Salmon Fisheries MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 March 2019 Document Control Record Document Draft Submitted By Date Reviewed By Date ACDR DL,RB 4/30/19 ASP, MC 5/1/19 MRAG Americas – Vyvenskoe, Belorechensk Karaginsky Bay Salmon Fisheries 2 MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 March 2019 1. Executive summary .........................................................................................5 2. Report details ..................................................................................................6 2.1. Authorship and peer review details ......................................................................... 6 2.2. Version details ........................................................................................................... 6 3. Unit(s) of Assessment and Certification and results overview ..................7 3.1. Unit(s) of Assessment and Unit(s) of Certification ................................................ 7 3.1.1. Scope of assessment in relation to enhanced or introduced fisheries ............ 9 3.2. Assessment results overview .................................................................................. 9 3.2.1. Determination, formal conclusion and agreement ........................................... 9 3.2.2. Principle level scores ....................................................................................... 9 3.2.3. Summary of conditions .................................................................................... 9 3.2.4. Recommendations ........................................................................................... 9 4. Traceability and eligibility ........................................................................... 10 4.1. Eligibility date .......................................................................................................... 10 4.2. Traceability within the fishery ................................................................................ 10 4.3. Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ........................................................ 12 4.4. Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) ..................... 12 5. Scoring .......................................................................................................... 13 5.1. Summary of Performance Indicator level scores ................................................. 13 5.2. Principle 1 ................................................................................................................ 21 5.2.1. Principle 1 background .................................................................................. 21 Overview of the fishery ............................................................................................................ 21 Pink Salmon .............................................................................................................................. 33 Chum Salmon ........................................................................................................................... 39 Sockeye Salmon........................................................................................................................ 43 5.2.2. Catch ............................................................................................................. 46 5.2.3. Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales .............................. 48 PI 1.1.1 – Stock status .............................................................................................................. 48 PI 1.1.2 – Stock rebuilding ........................................................................................................ 51 PI 1.2.1 – Harvest strategy ....................................................................................................... 54 PI 1.2.2 – Harvest control rules and tools ................................................................................ 58 PI 1.2.3 – Information and monitoring ..................................................................................... 62 PI 1.2.4 – Assessment of stock status ....................................................................................... 64 PI 1.3.1 – Enhancement outcomes ........................................................................................... 71 PI 1.3.2 – Enhancement management ..................................................................................... 72 PI 1.3.3 – Enhancement information ....................................................................................... 73 5.3. Principle 2 ................................................................................................................ 75 5.3.1. Principle 2 background .................................................................................. 75 Primary Species ........................................................................................................................ 75 Secondary Species .................................................................................................................... 82 ETP Species ............................................................................................................................... 85 Habitats.................................................................................................................................... 87 Ecosystem Structure and Function ........................................................................................... 88 5.3.2. Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales .............................. 90 PI 2.1.1 – Primary species outcome ......................................................................................... 90 PI 2.1.2 – Primary species management strategy .................................................................... 91 MRAG Americas – Vyvenskoe, Belorechensk Karaginsky Bay Salmon Fisheries 3 MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.1 March 2019 PI 2.1.3 – Primary species information..................................................................................... 94 PI 2.2.1 – Secondary species outcome ..................................................................................... 95 PI 2.2.2 – Secondary species management strategy ................................................................ 97 PI 2.2.3 – Secondary species information ................................................................................. 99 PI 2.3.1 – ETP species outcome .............................................................................................. 101 PI 2.3.2 – ETP species management strategy ........................................................................ 103 PI 2.3.3 – ETP species information ......................................................................................... 106 PI 2.4.1 – Habitats outcome ................................................................................................... 108 PI 2.4.2 – Habitats management strategy ............................................................................. 110 PI 2.4.3 – Habitats information .............................................................................................. 112 PI 2.5.1 – Ecosystem outcome ................................................................................................ 114 PI 2.5.2 – Ecosystem management ........................................................................................ 116 PI 2.5.3 – Ecosystem information ........................................................................................... 118 5.4. Principle 3 .............................................................................................................. 122 5.4.1. Principle 3 background ................................................................................ 122 Legal & Customary Framework .............................................................................................. 122 Management Structure - Consultation, Roles & Responsibilities ........................................... 123 Fishery Objectives and Measures ........................................................................................... 127 In-season process ................................................................................................................... 130 Enforcement ........................................................................................................................... 132 Protected, Endangered, or Threatened Species ..................................................................... 134 Research plan ......................................................................................................................... 135 International Management ................................................................................................... 136 5.4.2. Principle 3 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ............................ 137 PI 3.1.1 – Legal and/or