Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) 1st Surveillance Audit Report SARPC Kerguelen and Crozet toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) fishery On behalf of SARPC Prepared by Control Union Pesca Ltd February 2020 Authors: Sophie des Clers Mathias Deleau Control Union Pesca Ltd. 56 High Street, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9AH United Kingdom Tel: 01590 613007 Fax: 01590 671573 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cupesca.com CONTENTS QA ............................................................................................................................................... 2 GLOSSARY ...................................................................................................................................... 3 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................ 5 2 REPORT DETAILS ....................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Surveillance information ......................................................................................................... 6 3 BACKGROUND .......................................................................................................................... 8 3.1 Version details ......................................................................................................................... 8 3.2 Units of Assessment (UoA) ..................................................................................................... 8 3.3 Vessel list ................................................................................................................................. 9 3.4 General remarks ...................................................................................................................... 9 3.5 Principle 1................................................................................................................................ 9 3.5.1 Principle 1 overall conclusion .............................................................................................................. 10 3.6 Principle 2.............................................................................................................................. 10 3.6.1 Primary and secondary species ........................................................................................................... 10 3.6.2 Impacts on Birds and marine mammals .............................................................................................. 12 3.6.3 Principle 2 overall conclusion .............................................................................................................. 14 3.7 Principle 3.............................................................................................................................. 14 3.7.1 Principle 3 overall conclusion .............................................................................................................. 15 3.8 Traceability ............................................................................................................................ 15 3.9 Harmonisation ...................................................................................................................... 15 4 RESULTS ................................................................................................................................ 16 4.1 Surveillance results overview ............................................................................................... 16 4.1.1 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and Catch Data ...................................................................................... 16 4.1.2 Summary of conditions ....................................................................................................................... 16 4.1.3 New Recommendation........................................................................................................................ 17 4.2 Condition ............................................................................................................................... 17 4.3 Client action plan .................................................................................................................. 18 4.4 Recommendations ................................................................................................................ 18 4.5 Principle level scores ............................................................................................................. 19 5 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................... 20 6 APPENDICES ........................................................................................................................... 22 APPENDIX 1 EVALUATION PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES ..................................................................... 22 Appendix 1.1 Site visits ................................................................................................................... 22 Appendix 1.2 Stakeholder participation ......................................................................................... 22 APPENDIX 2 STAKEHOLDER INPUT ................................................................................................ 23 APPENDIX 3 REVISED SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM .................................................................................... 23 CUP MSC Template v2.2 (26th June 2019) (based on MSC Surveillance Reporting Template v2.01) QA: 3191R07A 1 QA Role Signature and date Originator: SDC 23/03/2020 Reviewer: MD 03/04/2020 Approver: TT 03/04/2020 CUP MSC Template v2.2 (26th June 2019) (based on MSC Surveillance Reporting Template v2.01) QA: 3191R07A 2 Glossary Acronym Definition AAMP Agence des Aires Marines Protégées (French MPA Agency) ABC Acceptable Biological Catch ACAP Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels C3P Comité des bonnes pratiques de la pêche palangrière (TAAF Longline fishery Best Practice Committee) CAB Conformity Assessment Body CASAL C++ algorithmic stock assessment laboratory CBC Code de Bonne Conduite (code of conduct) for minimising bycatch CC Conseil Consultatif (TAAF) CCAMLR Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources CEBC-CNRS Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (research on birds and marine mammal fisheries interactions) CEMR Compagnie des Experts Maritimes de la Réunion (catch landing certificates) until December 2019 – Replaced by SGS CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNSP Centre National de Surveillance des Pêches (French national FMC) COLTO Coalition of Legal Toothfish operators COPEC Contrôleur de Pêche CoC Chain of Custody CPUE Catch Per Unit Effort CROMEBA Crozet Marine Ecosystem Based Management CROSS-RU Centre Régional de Surveillance et de Sauvetage de la Réunion (MEDDE) CU Pesca Control Union Pesca DE Direction de l’Environnement (TAAF) DMSOI Direction de la Mer – Sud de l’Océan Indien (MEDDE) DPMA Direction des Pêches Maritimes et de l’Aquaculture (MAA) DPQM Direction des Pêches et des Questions Maritimes (TAAF) EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone ETP Endangered, Threatened, Protected (species) FCR 2.0 Fisheries Certification Requirements (MSC scheme document) FCP 2.1 Fisheries Certification Process (MSC scheme document) FMC Fisheries Monitoring Centre FMP Fishery Management Plan GBP Guide de Bonnes Pratiques (Best practice guide) will replace the CBC in 2020 GRT Gross Tonnage GTPA Groupe de Travail Pêche Australe HCR Harvest Control Rule HIMI Heard Island and MacDonald Islands (Australia) IRCS International Radio Call Sign IUU Illegal, Unreported, Unregulated (fisheries) LRP Limit Reference Point MTES Ministère de la Transition Ecologique et Solidaire CUP MSC Template v2.2 (26th June 2019) (based on MSC Surveillance Reporting Template v2.01) QA: 3191R07A 3 Acronym Definition MAA Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation MNHN Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (in Paris, France) nm Nautical mile MOM Ministère des Outre-Mer MPA Marine Protected Area (= AMP Aire Marine Protégée) MSY Maximum Sustainable Yield (= RMD Rendement Maximum Durable) PCR Public Certification Report PI Performance indicator (of the MSC Standard) RFMO Regional Fisheries Management Organisation RNN Réserve Nationale Naturelle des TAAF SARPC Syndicats des Armements Réunionnais de Palangriers Congélateurs SG Scoring Guidepost SGS - Réunion Quantity surveyors, certify landings (replacing CEMR from November 2019) SSB Spawning Stock Biomass TAAF Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises TAC Total Allowable Catch TRP Target Reference Point UoA Unit of Assessment UoC Unit of Certification VME Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems VMS Vessel Monitoring System WG-FSA CCAMLR Working Group on Fish Stock Assessment WG-SAM CCAMLR Working Group on Statistics, Assessment, Modelling WG-EMM CCAMLR Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management CUP MSC Template v2.2 (26th June 2019) (based on MSC Surveillance Reporting Template v2.01) QA: 3191R07A 4 1 Executive Summary This report is for the first surveillance audit of the SARPC Kerguelen and Crozet toothfish fishery since re-certification undertaken by CU Pesca against the MSC standard (v2.01) and Fishery Certification Process (V2.1). The Kerguelen fishery component was first certified as sustainable on the 29th August 2013 and the Crozet component on the 16th December 2016 through an expedited assessment as an extension of scope of the certified SARPC