Marine Stewardship Council fisheries assessments Gaspésie lobster trap fishery Final Draft Report and Determination Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) SAI Global Assessment team Lead Assessor, Dr. Géraldine Criquet Assessor, Dr. Jean-Claude Brêthes Assessor, Mr. Bob Allain Fishery client Regroupement des Pêcheurs Professionnels du Sud de la Gaspésie (RPPSG) Assessment Type First Reduced Reassessment Report Code MSC015/02 Report Date 13 January 2021 Form 13d Issue 3 April 2019 Page 1 of 183 1 Contents 1 Contents ............................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 List of Figures ........................................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 List of Tables ............................................................................................................................................ 4 2 Glossary ................................................................................................................................ 6 3 Executive summary ............................................................................................................... 7 3.1 Changes since previous assessment ........................................................................................................ 7 3.1.1 Principle 1 ........................................................................................................................................... 7 3.1.2 Principle 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 7 3.1.3 Principle 3 ........................................................................................................................................... 8 3.1.4 Main strengths and weaknesses ........................................................................................................ 8 3.1.5 Draft determination reached by the assessment team ...................................................................... 9 3.1.6 Condition ............................................................................................................................................ 9 4 Report details ...................................................................................................................... 10 4.1 Authorship and peer review details ...................................................................................................... 10 4.1.1 Assessment team .............................................................................................................................. 10 4.1.2 Peer Reviewers ................................................................................................................................. 10 4.2 Version details ....................................................................................................................................... 11 5 Confirmation of scope ......................................................................................................... 12 6 Unit of Assessment and Certification and results overview .................................................. 12 6.1 Unit of Assessment and Unit of Certification ........................................................................................ 12 6.1.1 Unit of Assessment ........................................................................................................................... 12 6.1.2 Unit(s) of Certification ...................................................................................................................... 12 6.2 Assessment results overview................................................................................................................. 13 6.2.1 Determination, formal conclusion and agreement .......................................................................... 13 6.2.2 Principle level scores ......................................................................................................................... 13 6.2.3 Summary of conditions ..................................................................................................................... 13 6.2.4 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................ 13 7 Evaluation results ................................................................................................................ 15 7.1 Eligibility date ........................................................................................................................................ 15 7.2 Traceability within the fishery ............................................................................................................... 15 7.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ......................................................................................... 15 8 Scoring ................................................................................................................................ 17 8.1 Summary of Performance Indicator level scores .................................................................................. 17 8.2 Principle 1 .............................................................................................................................................. 18 8.2.1 Principle 1 background ..................................................................................................................... 18 8.2.2 Catch profiles .................................................................................................................................... 29 8.2.3 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and catch data .................................................................................... 30 8.2.4 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ................................................................. 32 PI 1.1.1 – Stock status ................................................................................................................................... 32 PI 1.1.2 – Stock rebuilding ............................................................................................................................. 34 PI 1.2.1 – Harvest strategy ............................................................................................................................ 36 PI 1.2.2 – Harvest control rules and tools ..................................................................................................... 40 PI 1.2.3 – Information and monitoring ......................................................................................................... 43 PI 1.2.4 – Assessment of stock status ........................................................................................................... 46 8.3 Principle 2 .............................................................................................................................................. 48 8.3.1 Principle 2 background ..................................................................................................................... 48 8.3.2 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ................................................................. 66 PI 2.1.1 – Primary species outcome .............................................................................................................. 66 Form 13d Issue 3 April 2019 Page 2 of 183 PI 2.1.2 – Primary species management strategy ........................................................................................ 69 PI 2.1.3 – Primary species information ......................................................................................................... 74 PI 2.2.1 – Secondary species outcome .......................................................................................................... 78 PI 2.2.2 – Secondary species management strategy .................................................................................... 80 PI 2.2.3 – Secondary species information ..................................................................................................... 84 PI 2.3.1 – ETP species outcome ..................................................................................................................... 87 PI 2.3.2 – ETP species management strategy ............................................................................................... 92 PI 2.3.3 – ETP species information ................................................................................................................ 99 PI 2.4.1 – Habitats outcome ........................................................................................................................ 101 PI 2.4.2 – Habitats management strategy .................................................................................................. 103 PI 2.4.3 – Habitats information ................................................................................................................... 107 PI 2.5.1 – Ecosystem outcome .................................................................................................................... 110 PI 2.5.2 – Ecosystem management strategy ............................................................................................... 112 PI 2.5.3 – Ecosystem information...............................................................................................................