MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.2 August 2020 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. Irikla Reservoir Perch and Pikeperch Gillnet Fishery Announcement Comment Draft Report Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) MRAG Americas, Inc. Assessment team Amanda Stern-Pirlot and Dmitry Sendek Fishery client Followfood GmBH Assessment type 1st Reassessment Date 5 January 2021 1 MRAG Americas, Inc. Irikla perch and pikeperch-ACDR MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.2 August 2020 Document Control Record Document Draft Submitted By Date Reviewed By Date ACDR ASP, DS 25 Dec 2020 ASP 4 Jan 2021 2 MRAG Americas, Inc. Irikla perch and pikeperch-ACDR MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.2 August 2020 1 Contents Contents 1 Contents .......................................................................................................... 3 2 Executive summary ......................................................................................... 5 3 Report details .................................................................................................. 5 3.1 Authorship and peer review details ............................................................................ 5 3.2 Version details ........................................................................................................... 6 4 Unit(s) of Assessment and Unit(s) of Certification and results overview ......... 6 4.1 Unit(s) of Assessment and Unit(s) of Certification ..................................................... 6 4.1.1 Unit(s) of Assessment ..................................................................................................... 6 4.1.2 Unit(s) of Certification .................................................................................................... 12 4.1.3 Scope of assessment in relation to enhanced or introduced fisheries – delete if not applicable 12 4.2 Assessment results overview .................................................................................. 13 4.2.1 Determination, formal conclusion and agreement ........................................................ 13 4.2.2 Principle level scores ..................................................................................................... 13 4.2.3 Summary of conditions .................................................................................................. 13 4.2.4 Recommendations ........................................................................................................ 13 5 Traceability and eligibility .............................................................................. 14 5.1 Eligibility date ........................................................................................................... 14 5.2 Traceability within the fishery ................................................................................... 14 5.3 Eligibility to enter further chains of custody ............................................................. 15 5.4 Eligibility of Inseparable or Practicably Inseparable (IPI) stock(s) to enter further chains of custody 15 6 History and context of the fishery .................................................................. 16 6.1.1 Irikla Reservoir .............................................................................................................. 16 6.1.2 Vessels and fishing gear ............................................................................................... 17 7 Scoring .......................................................................................................... 18 7.1 Summary of Performance Indicator level scores ..................................................... 18 7.2 Principle 1 ................................................................................................................ 19 7.2.1 Principle 1 background .................................................................................................. 19 7.2.2 Catch profiles ................................................................................................................ 25 7.2.3 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and catch data ................................................................ 36 7.2.4 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales.............................................. 37 PI 1.1.1 – Stock status ............................................................................................................. 37 PI 1.1.2 – Stock rebuilding Not relevant. All UoAs. ................................................................. 41 PI 1.2.1 – Harvest strategy ...................................................................................................... 42 PI 1.2.2 – Harvest control rules and tools ................................................................................ 49 PI 1.2.3 – Information and monitoring...................................................................................... 52 PI 1.2.4 – Assessment of stock status ..................................................................................... 56 7.3 Principle 2 ............................................................................................................... 61 7.3.1 Principle 2 background .............................................................................................. 61 7.3.2 Principle 2 definitions .................................................................................................... 61 3 MRAG Americas, Inc. Irikla perch and pikeperch-ACDR MRAG-MSC-F13-v1.2 August 2020 7.3.3 Primary and secondary species .................................................................................... 62 Endangered, Threatened and Protected species .................................................................... 71 Habitats .................................................................................................................................... 72 Ecosystems .............................................................................................................................. 74 7.3.4 Fish kills in Irikla Reservoir ............................................................................................ 76 7.3.5 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ....................................... 79 PI 2.1.1 – Primary species outcome ........................................................................................ 79 PI 2.1.2 – Primary species management strategy ................................................................... 81 PI 2.1.3 – Primary species information .................................................................................... 83 PI 2.2.1 – Secondary species outcome ................................................................................... 85 PI 2.2.2 – Secondary species management strategy .............................................................. 88 PI 2.2.3 – Secondary species information ............................................................................... 91 PI 2.3.1 – ETP species outcome ............................................................................................. 93 PI 2.3.2 – ETP species management strategy ........................................................................ 95 PI 2.3.3 – ETP species information ......................................................................................... 98 PI 2.4.1 – Habitats outcome .................................................................................................. 100 PI 2.4.2 – Habitats management strategy ............................................................................. 102 PI 2.4.3 – Habitats information .............................................................................................. 104 PI 2.5.1 – Ecosystem outcome .............................................................................................. 106 PI 2.5.2 – Ecosystem management strategy ......................................................................... 108 PI 2.5.3 – Ecosystem information .......................................................................................... 110 7.4 Principle 3 ............................................................................................................. 113 7.4.1 Principle 3 background ............................................................................................ 113 7.4.2 Particulars of the recognised groups with interests in the fishery ............................... 113 7.4.3 Particulars of the recognised groups with interests in the fishery ............................... 119 7.4.4 Details of consultations leading for the formulation of the management plan ............ 119 7.4.5 Arrangements for ongoing consultation with interest groups ...................................... 119 7.4.6 Details of non-fishery users or activities, which could affect the fishery, and arrangements for liaison and co-ordination ............................................................................................................................. 120 7.4.7 Objectives for the fishery ............................................................................................. 121 7.4.8 Description of measures agreed for the regulation of fishing...................................... 122 7.4.9 Particulars of arrangements and responsibilities for monitoring, control and surveillance and enforcement 123 7.4.10