Marine Stewardship Council Fishery Announcement Name of Fishery North Sea Brown Shrimp Fishery Assessment Initial Assessment number Reduced re- N assessment (Y/N) Statement that the The North Sea Brown Shrimp Fishery has been through preliminary checks and fishery is within is confirmed as meeting the scope requirements in CR2.0 FCR 7.4. scope Unit Of Assessment Species: Brown shrimp (NL: Noordzee garnalen, D: Nordseekrabben, DK: Hesterejer) Crangon crangon Stock: North Sea Continental Brown Shrimp Geographic Area North Sea (FAO Statistical Area 27/ ICES Area IVb and IVc) Harvest Method: Brown shrimp lightweight beam trawl, with bobbin/roller groundrope. 20 mm minimum mesh. 10 m maximum beamlength. Client Group: Danish Fishermen PO (DFPO) German Brown Shrimp Steering Group GbR Coöperatieve Visserij Organisatie (CVO) Other Eligible Belgian and French NSBS fishers Fishers: Certificate sharing Any fishers wanting to take part in the NSBS have to comply with the rules statement and regulations of the Management plan (e.g. the Harvest Control Rule, ETP registration, sievage, etc.). Additionally, auctions/PO’s have to be compliant with the rules and regulations in the Management plan too. In order for those fishers to join they have to pay a start-up fee that still has to be determined. Estimated Length The predicted date by which the assessment is expected to be completed and of Full Assessment certification awarded is 15th March 2017. The timeline for the project is entered & Timeline in MSCs eCert system. Name of proposed Julian Addison P1 Expert. Team Leader Dr Julian Addison is an independent fisheries consultant with 30 years’ experience of stock assessment and provision of management advice on shellfish fisheries, and a background of scientific research on shellfish biology and population dynamics and inshore fisheries. Until December 2010 he worked at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) in Lowestoft, England where he was Senior Shellfish Advisor to Government policy makers, which involved working closely with marine managers, legislators and stakeholders, Government Statutory Nature Conservation Organisations and environmental NGOs. He has experienced shellfish management approaches in North America as a visiting scientist at DFO in Halifax, Nova Scotia and at NMFS in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. For four years he was a member of the Scientific Committee and the UK delegation to the International Whaling Commission providing scientific advice to the UK Commissioner. He has worked extensively with ICES and was Chair of the Working Group on the Biology and Life History of Crabs, a member of the Working Group on Crangon Fisheries and Life History and a member of the Steering Group on Ecosystems Function. He has recently completed or is currently undertaking MSC full assessments for the Newfoundland and Labrador snow crab fishery, the Ireland and Northern Ireland bottom grown mussel fisheries, both the Estonia and Faroe Islands Barents Sea cold water prawn fisheries, the Nephrops fishery in the Skagerrak and Kattegat, the Swedish shrimp fishery in the Skagerrak and Norwegian Deep and the Eastern Canada offshore lobster fishery. He has also undertaken various MSC pre-assessments and surveillance audits and has carried out peer reviews of MSC assessments in both Europe and North America of lobster, cold water prawn, razorfish, cockle and scallop fisheries. Other recent work includes a review of the stock assessment model for blue crabs in Chesapeake Bay, USA, and an assessment of three Alaskan crab fisheries under the FAO-based Responsible Fisheries Management scheme. Name(s) of Gudrun Gaudian P2 Expert. proposed Dr Gudrun Gaudian is an experienced marine ecologist and taxonomist, assessors including coastal and marine surveys, EIA’s for development and tourism, and research projects in tropical and temperate seas. Work experience also includes coastal and marine management issues, such as identifying sustainable coastal development projects, as well as addressing conservation issues, including selection and planning of marine parks and reserves, sustainable utilisation of natural resources and community based management programmes. Projects have been undertaken in temperate, polar and tropical marine regions. For some years now, Dr Gaudian has been working in fisheries certification applying the Marine Stewardship Council standard for sustainable fisheries, currently concentrating on Principle 2 of the Standard. Furthermore, Dr Gaudian holds an LLM degree in Environmental Law and Management, giving a deeper understanding of law and policy dealing with such relevant issues as the Common Fisheries Policy, water and waste management, and international environmental law including EU environmental policy. Paul Knapman P3 Expert Paul is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and has recently returned to Fisheries Consultancy. He was the General Manager of Intertek Fisheries Certification a Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) that focused their work on Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) fisheries and chain of custody assessment / certification. He has extensive experience of MSC related work having been the Lead Assessor / Auditor and/or technical reviewer for 50+ client fisheries throughout the world. He was previously Head of an inshore fisheries management organization in the UK, a senior policy advisor to the UK government on fisheries and environmental issues, a British Fisheries Officer and a fisheries consultant to clients in Europe and Canada. Assessment tree to Acoura propose to use the default assessment tree as defined in CR2.0 be used Site visit The team will be visiting the fisheries in beginning in Holland and Germany throughout the week beginning 29th February 2016. The intention is to meet with as many stakeholders (fishers, scientists, conservationists, indigenous representatives, managers, local residents, fish processors) as can be identified or present themselves. We invite Stakeholders to contact Acoura Marine to receive updates on this assessment, to meet with the team during the dates specified above or to organise a call in the event that logistics present complications. Acoura Marine [email protected], tel: 0044 (0)131 335 6662 We also invite written Stakeholder submissions to the email above using the template to be found at (please click here) Submitted by: Billy Hynes Date: 28/Jan/2016 Appendix 1: Client certificate sharing statement [delete if not applicable] Appendix 2: CVs of team leader and team Curriculum Vitae – Julian Addison P1 & Team Lead Full Name: Julian Thomas Addison Relevant Educational History: Institution Date(s) Degree obtained Imperial College of Science and 1978 - 1982 Ph.D. in population ecology and modelling Technology, University of London Kings College, University of London 1975 - 1978 BSc Zoology Employment History: Date(s) Employer Role 2011 - present Self-employed Independent Fisheries Consultant 2000 - 2010 Cefas, Lowestoft Senior Shellfish Advisor to UK Government policy advisors 2007 - 2010 Cefas Head of Coastal and Freshwater Fisheries Group 2005 - 2013 University of Honorary Reader in the School of Environmental Sciences East Anglia 1995 - 1998 Cefas Scientific Advisor to UK Government policy advisors on International Whaling Commission issues 1993 - 2005 University of Honorary Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences East Anglia 1992 (Cefas) Visiting scientist at National Marine Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA 1991 (Cefas) Visiting scientist at Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 1985 - 2000 Cefas Shellfish research and stock assessment scientist 1982 - 1985 Cefas Shellfish stock assessment biologist 1982 MAFF Scientific assistant on bird population biology Current Employment Independent fisheries consultant specialising in shellfish and inshore fisheries. At the end of 2010, after 28 years at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), which is the UK Government’s marine science agency for environment, fisheries and aquatic science, I left the organisation to move to France with my family and to work as a consultant. Relevant skills and experience include 30 years’ experience of stock assessment and provision of management advice on shellfish and inshore fisheries, extensive shellfish research primarily in the field of crustacean population dynamics and assessment, extensive knowledge of the UK shellfish and inshore fisheries industry and liaison with fishers and other stakeholder groups, knowledge of shellfisheries management regimes worldwide, effective oral and written communication skills and winning of contracts under competitive tender. Recent and current contracts as a consultant include: A review of the stock assessment model for blue crabs in Chesapeake Bay, USA as part of the Center for Independent Experts (CIE) peer review panel. Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) full assessments of Ireland and Northern Ireland bottom grown mussel fisheries, Newfoundland and Labrador snow crab fishery, Estonia Barents Sea cold water prawn fishery, Faroe Islands Barents Sea cold water prawn fishery, Nephrops fishery in the Skagerrak and Kattegat, separate assessments for the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian shrimp fisheries in the Skagerrak and Norwegian Deep, Eastern Canada offshore lobster fishery and the DFPO Limfjord mussel and cockle fishery and MSC pre-assessments for various fisheries. Peer reviews of MSC assessments of Eastern Canada offshore lobster, Maine lobster,