8950 Martin Luther King Jr. St N., Suite 202 St. Petersburg FL 33702 Tel: (727) 563-9070 Fax: (727) 563-0207 Email: [email protected] President: Andrew A. Rosenberg, Ph.D. Pre-Assessment of the Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) Fishery in the Campeche Bank, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, using Bottom and Vertical Longlines Prepared for: Cooperativa de Producción de Bienes y Servicios Pescadores de Nuevo Campechito SC de RL de CV and Comunidad y Biodiversidad, AC Prepared by: Drs. Mónica Valle-Esquivel, Sara Adlerstein-González, and José Francisco Chávez-Villegas MRAG Americas, Inc. May 22, 2019 CONFIDENTIAL Conformity Assessment Body MRAG Americas Inc. (CAB) Cooperativa de Produccion de Bienes y Servicios Pescadores de Fishery client Nuevo Campechito SC de RL de CV and Comunidad y Biodiversidad, AC Assessment Type Comprehensive pre-assessment Project code US 2624 Version 3.0 Mónica Valle-Esquivel, Sara Adlerstein-González, and Prepared by José Francisco Chávez-Villegas Approved by Amanda Stern-Pirlot MRAG Americas Pre-Assessment of the Red Snapper Fishery in the Campeche Bank, Mexico ii CONFIDENTIAL Table Index ................................................................................................................................. v Figure Index .............................................................................................................................. vii Glossary ................................................................................................................................... viii 1 Executive summary ........................................................................................................ 1 2 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Aims and constraints of the pre-assessment .................................................. 4 2.2 Version details ................................................................................................. 5 3 Unit(s) of Assessment .................................................................................................... 6 3.1 Unit(s) of Assessment ..................................................................................... 6 4 Traceability ..................................................................................................................... 7 4.1 Traceability within the fishery ........................................................................ 7 5 Pre-assessment results ................................................................................................ 10 5.1 Pre-assessment results overview .................................................................. 10 5.1.1 Overview ............................................................................................................ 10 5.1.2 Recommendations ............................................................................................. 13 5.2 Summary of potential conditions by Principle .............................................. 13 5.3 Summary of Performance Indicator level scores .......................................... 14 5.4 Principle 1 ...................................................................................................... 20 5.4.1 Principle 1 background ...................................................................................... 20 5.4.2 Catch profiles ..................................................................................................... 30 5.4.3 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and catch data ...................................................... 31 5.4.4 Principle 1 Performance Indicator scores and rationales .................................. 32 PI 1.1.1 – Stock status .................................................................................................. 32 PI 1.1.2 – Stock rebuilding ........................................................................................... 35 PI 1.2.1 – Harvest strategy ........................................................................................... 37 PI 1.2.2 – Harvest control rules and tools ................................................................... 41 PI 1.2.3 – Information and monitoring ........................................................................ 43 PI 1.2.4 – Assessment of stock status .......................................................................... 46 5.5 Principle 2 ...................................................................................................... 49 5.5.1 Principle 2 background ...................................................................................... 49 5.5.2 Principle 2 Performance Indicator scores and rationales .................................. 67 PI 2.1.1 – Primary species outcome............................................................................. 67 MRAG Americas Pre-Assessment of the Red Snapper Fishery in the Campeche Bank, Mexico iii CONFIDENTIAL PI 2.1.2 – Primary species management strategy ....................................................... 69 PI 2.1.3 – Primary species information ........................................................................ 72 PI 2.2.1 – Secondary species outcome ........................................................................ 74 PI 2.2.2 – Secondary species management strategy ................................................... 77 PI 2.2.3 – Secondary species information ................................................................... 80 PI 2.3.1 – ETP species outcome ................................................................................... 82 PI 2.3.2 – ETP species management strategy .............................................................. 84 PI 2.3.3 – ETP species information .............................................................................. 87 PI 2.4.1 – Habitats outcome ........................................................................................ 89 PI 2.4.2 – Habitats management strategy ................................................................... 91 PI 2.4.3 – Habitats information.................................................................................... 93 PI 2.5.1 – Ecosystem outcome ..................................................................................... 95 PI 2.5.2 – Ecosystem management strategy ............................................................... 96 PI 2.5.3 – Ecosystem information ................................................................................ 98 5.6 Principle 3 .................................................................................................... 100 5.6.1 Principle 3 background .................................................................................... 100 5.6.2 Principle 3 Performance Indicator scores and rationales ................................ 105 PI 3.1.1 – Legal and/or customary framework .......................................................... 105 PI 3.1.2 – Consultation, roles and responsibilities .................................................... 107 PI 3.1.3 – Long term objectives ................................................................................. 109 PI 3.2.1 – Fishery-specific objectives ......................................................................... 111 PI 3.2.2 – Decision-making processes ........................................................................ 113 PI 3.2.3 – Compliance and enforcement ................................................................... 117 PI 3.2.4 – Monitoring and management performance evaluation ........................... 120 6 List of References ....................................................................................................... 122 7 Appendices ................................................................................................................. 127 7.1 Assessment information ............................................................................. 127 7.1.1 Small-scale fisheries ......................................................................................... 127 7.2 Evaluation processes and techniques ......................................................... 127 7.2.1 Site visits .......................................................................................................... 127 7.2.2 Recommendations for stakeholder participation in full assessment .............. 127 7.3 Risk-Based Framework outputs .................................................................. 132 7.3.1 Consequence Analysis (CA) .............................................................................. 132 7.3.2 Productivity Susceptibility Analysis (PSA) ........................................................ 133 MRAG Americas Pre-Assessment of the Red Snapper Fishery in the Campeche Bank, Mexico iv CONFIDENTIAL Table Index Table 1. Relationship between catch (t), total value (MXN Pesos) and price per kg for the red snapper resource in the Gulf of Mexico. Data obtained from the CONAPESCA portal (2018). ............ 8 Table 2. Commercialization of red snapper from the Gulf of Mexico (PROFECO 2011). ...................... 8 Table 3. Traceability within the fishery. ................................................................................................ 8 Table 4. Key to likely scoring level in Table 5 and P1, P2, and P3 performance indicators. ............... 10 Table 5. Summary of Performance Indicator level scores