Mexican Pacific Shrimp Fishery MSC Fishery Assessment Report Announcement Comment Draft Report Client Contact Authors Manuel Marrufo Enrique Morsan, PhD Jesús Jurado-Molina, PhD Cerrada Tabachines #125 Colonia Arboledas 2 Fovissste Mazatlan, SIN 82132 Alvaro Hernandez, PhD Mexico [email protected] +52 669 1936875 December 20th, 2019 SCS V 4-0 (July 2019) | © SCS Global Services | | MSC V1.1 Page 1 of 204 Table of Contents 1 Executive Summary........................................................................................................................... 7 2 Report Details ................................................................................................................................. 10 2.1 Authorship and peer review details ........................................................................................... 10 2.2 Version details ............................................................................................................................ 11 3 Unit(s) of Assessment and Certification and results overview ....................................................... 12 3.1 Unit(s) of Assessment (UoA) and Unit(s) of Certification ........................................................... 12 3.1.1 Unit(s) of Assessment ............................................................................................................................. 12 3.1.2 Unit(s) of Certification ............................................................................................................................ 14 3.1.3 Scope of Assessment in Relation to Enhanced Fisheries or Introduced Fisheries ................................. 16 3.2 Assessment results overview ..................................................................................................... 17 4. Evaluation Results ............................................................................................................................................. 18 4.1 Traceability within the fishery .................................................................................................... 18 5 Scoring ............................................................................................................................................ 20 5.1 Summary of Performance Indicator level scores ....................................................................... 20 5.2 Principle 1 ................................................................................................................................... 21 5.2.1 Principle 1 background ........................................................................................................................... 21 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ..................................................................................... 55 PI 1.1.1 – Stock Status ........................................................................................................................................... 56 PI 1.1. 2 – Stock rebuilding ................................................................................................................................... 59 PI 1.2.1 – Harvest strategy .................................................................................................................................... 61 PI 1.2.2 – Harvest control rules and tools ............................................................................................................. 66 PI 1.2.3 – Information and monitoring ................................................................................................................. 69 PI 1.2.4 – Assessment of stock status ................................................................................................................... 72 5.3 Principle 2 ................................................................................................................................... 76 5.3.1 Principle 2 background ........................................................................................................................... 76 5.3.2 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ..................................................................... 106 PI 2.1.1 – Primary species outcome .................................................................................................................... 106 PI 2.1.2 – Primary species management strategy ............................................................................................... 108 PI 2.1.3 – Primary species information ............................................................................................................... 111 PI 2.2.1 – Secondary species outcome ............................................................................................................... 113 PI 2.2.2 – Secondary species management strategy .......................................................................................... 117 PI 2.2.3 – Secondary species information ........................................................................................................... 121 PI 2.3.1 – ETP species outcome .......................................................................................................................... 124 SCS V 4-0 (July 2019) | © SCS Global Services | | MSC V1.1 Page 2 of 204 PI 2.3.2 – ETP species management strategy ..................................................................................................... 127 PI 2.3.3 – ETP species information ...................................................................................................................... 131 PI 2.4.1 – Habitats outcome ............................................................................................................................... 134 PI 2.4.2 – Habitats management strategy .......................................................................................................... 136 PI 2.4.3 – Habitats information ........................................................................................................................... 139 PI 2.5.1 – Ecosystem outcome ............................................................................................................................ 142 PI 2.5.2 – Ecosystem management strategy ....................................................................................................... 144 PI 2.5.3 – Ecosystem information ....................................................................................................................... 147 5.4 Principle 3 ................................................................................................................................. 152 5.4.1 Principal 3 Background ......................................................................................................................... 152 5.4.2 Principle 3 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ..................................................................... 156 PI 3.1.1 – Legal and/or customary framework ................................................................................................... 156 PI 3.1.2 – Consultation, roles and responsibilities .............................................................................................. 159 PI 3.1.3 – Long term objectives .......................................................................................................................... 162 PI 3.2.1 – Fishery-specific objectives .................................................................................................................. 164 PI 3.2.2 – Decision-making processes ................................................................................................................. 166 PI 3.2.3 – Compliance and enforcement ............................................................................................................ 169 PI 3.2.4 – Monitoring and management performance evaluation ..................................................................... 172 6 References .................................................................................................................................... 174 7 Appendices ................................................................................................................................... 186 7.2 Harmonised fishery assessments ............................................................................................. 188 Annex 1: Species Table ....................................................................................................................................... 189 Annex 2: RBF Scoring Table ................................................................................................................................ 198 SCS V 4-0 (July 2019) | © SCS Global Services | | MSC V1.1 Page 3 of 204 Glossary ACAP Agreement on Conservation of Albatross and Petrels ACCOBAMS Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area AEWA African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement ALDFG Abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear ASCOBANS Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas B Biomass BCP Baja California Peninsula BMSY Biomass associated to the maximum sustainable yield BRD Bycatch reduction device C Catch 퐶̂ Average catch Cmax Maximum catch CAB Conformity Assessment Body CASA Catch at size analysis CEPA Consejos Estatales