MAC ALISTER ELLIOTTAND PARTNERS LTD FinalReport NormandyandJerseylobster( Homarusgammarus ) fishery 28APRIL 2010 MacAlisterElliottandPartnersLtd 56HighStreet,Lymington HampshireSO419AH UnitedKingdom Tel:015906790 16 Fax:01590671573 E-mail:[email protected] Website: www.macalister-elliott.com Tableofcontents Reportsummary...........................................................................................................1 Résumédurapport.......................................................................................................3 1.Introduction..............................................................................................................5 1.1Generalbackground...........................................................................................5 1.2Client..................................................................................................................5 1.3UnitofCertification...........................................................................................5 1.4Assessmentteamandpeerreviewers.................................................................7 1.5PreviousassessmentsbyMEP...........................................................................8 1.6Reportstructure..................................................................................................9 2.Thefishery..............................................................................................................10 2.1Targetspeciesandpopulation..........................................................................10 2.2Fishingoperations............................................................................................10 2.3Fishingeffort....................................................................................................12 2.3.1Licencedpots.............................................................................................12 2.3.2Othermetricsofeffort...............................................................................13 2.4Landings...........................................................................................................15 2.4.1BasseNormandie.......................................................................................15 2.4.2Jersey.........................................................................................................15 2.4.3Recreationallandings................................................................................16 2.5Retainedspecies,by-catchandprotectedspecies............................................16 2.6Ecosystemcontext............................................................................................18 2.6.1Oceanographiccontext..............................................................................18 2.6.2Benthos......................................................................................................18 2.6.3Protectedanddesignatedareas..................................................................18 2.7Interactionswithotherfisheriesandnon-fisheriesactivities...........................20 3.Stockstatusandassessment...................................................................................21 3.1Fisheries-dependentdataandanalysis.............................................................21 3.2Fisheries-independentdataandanalysis..........................................................22 3.3Sizestructure....................................................................................................23 4.ManagementSystem..............................................................................................25 4.1Organisationsinvolvedinmanagement...........................................................25 4.2Legislativeandadministrativecontext.............................................................26 4.2.1National/regionalframeworks.................................................................26 4.2.2Co-managementframework......................................................................26 2147R02BApril2011 4.3Managementplanandobjectives,rulesandtools............................................27 5.Fisheryevaluationprocess.....................................................................................29 5.1MSCstandard...................................................................................................29 5.2Risk-BasedFramework(RBF).........................................................................30 5.3PSAforlobster.................................................................................................30 5.4Assessmentprocess..........................................................................................30 5.5AssessmentofNormandyandJerseylobsterfishery.......................................31 5.6Stakeholderconsultations.................................................................................32 6.Scoring...................................................................................................................33 6.1Scoringmethodology.......................................................................................33 6.2Weighting.........................................................................................................33 7.Assessmentresults..................................................................................................35 7.1Overallresults..................................................................................................35 7.2Principle1........................................................................................................35 7.3Principle2........................................................................................................36 7.4Principle3........................................................................................................36 7.5Conditions........................................................................................................37 7.5.1TimetableforConditions..........................................................................37 7.5.2FormalConditions.....................................................................................37 7.5.3Defactoconditions....................................................................................39 7.5.4Recommendations.....................................................................................40 7.5.5ClientActionPlan.....................................................................................40 8.Chainofcustody.....................................................................................................41 8.1VesselsintheUnitofCertification..................................................................41 8.2Pointsoflanding...............................................................................................41 8.3Processingonboard.........................................................................................41 8.4Traceabilitywithinthefishery.........................................................................41 8.4.1Jersey.........................................................................................................41 8.4.2BasseNormandie.......................................................................................42 8.5Eligibilitydate..................................................................................................42 Annex1–Assessmenttree........................................................................................43 Annex2:SICAandPSATableswithscoresandjustifications.................................98 1.Principle1(targetspecies)SICAtables.............................................................98 2.Principle1(targetspecies)PSAtables............................................................107 3.Principle2(retainedandby-catchspecies)SICAtables.................................111 2147R02BApril2011 Annex3–ClientActionPlan..................................................................................117 Annex4–Summaryofstakeholdercomments.......................................................126 Annex4–Summaryofstakeholdercomments.......................................................126 Annex5–Peerreviewercommentswithresponses................................................128 Annex6-References...............................................................................................161 2147R02BApril2011 Report summary ThisistheFinalReportfortheMSCassessmentofthefisheryforEuropeanlobster (Homarusgammarus )co-managedbytheBailiwickofJersey(UK)andtheregionof BasseNormandie(lowerNormandy,France).Co-managementofthefisheryisalso shared by the region of Bretagne (Brittany, France) whose fishermen land a small proportionofthecatch;however,theydidnotchoosetoparticipateintheassessment. The assessment was carried out by the Certification Body MacAlister Elliott and PartnersLtd.onbehalfofthetwoclients:theComitéRegionaldePêcheMaritime (CRPM)deBasseNormandieandtheDepartmentofFisheries,StatesofJersey. Co-managementofthefisherytakesplacewithintheframeworkoftheGranvilleBay Treaty(betweentheUKandFrance),whichallowsforsharedaccesstoFrenchand Jerseywatersin GranvilleBay,withsharedmanagement of marine resources. The Granville Bay Treaty sets out objectives for fisheries in the shared Granville Bay Treatyarea.AgreementsmadeattheGranvilleBayTreatylevelareimplementedat the national or regional level via existing institutional structures. Enforcement is tackledatnationalorregionallevel,butdiscussedattheGranvilleBayTreatylevel.