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fishery. The formulation of specific management objectives for the Dutch sea bass fishery should also be a condition of certification. Sportvisserij Nederland advocates an increase in the MLS for bass to 42 cm, to give bass the opportunity to grow and to spawn. Sportvisserij Nederland strongly advocates to fill the gaps in scientific research regarding nonquota species such as bass that are subject to growing fishing pressure. There is currently a legal requirement of the Data Collection Framework to provide estimates of the amount of bass landed by recreational fishermen in western waters, but not in the North Sea. The aggregated and raised information provided by recreational anglers‘ questionnaires is not adequate. The current status of the stocks needs to be better investigated to achieve a firm basis for a future management plan for recreational and commercial fisheries, and Sportvisserij Nederland endorses the need for a system of monitoring and evaluation of management measures. During April, May and June schools of bass collect in spawning areas where they are most vulnerable and large quantities are caught and landed. Assuming that the MSC certificate is obtained by the VBHL, will sea bass caught in this vulnerable period have the MSC label, or could this be avoided so that the spawning fish are not targeted? Although the quantity of fish removed from a stock each year can reasonably be determined from landings data, no one knows the abundance of sea bass in the Southern North Sea. In which case, how can one determine whether a fishery is sustainable? The team considers that the issues raised have been adequately debated and addressed as a part of the assessment of this fishery, and that none of these issues require separate attention beyond that represented in this report. 8.4 Interview programme A number of meetings with key stakeholders were scheduled by the team to fill in information gaps and to explore and discuss areas of concern. Meetings were held as follows: Date Name Organisation 31.08.2010 Petra Klapwijk VBHL 31.08.2010 Fred Klapwijk VBHL 31.08.2010 Imre Schep VBHL 31.08.2010 Jan de Jonge VBHL 31.08.2010 Jan Willem Wijnstroom Sportvisserij Nederland 8.4 Other certification evaluations and harmonisation There has been one previous MSC assessment for sea bass in the North Sea. This assessment was for the NESFC sea bass fishery in North-East England. The fishery was Page 37 of 151
certified as sustainable on 3 rd December 2007 and essentially catches sea bass from the same stock unit exploited by the VBHL fleet. It has been subject to three annual surveillance reports. Another sea bass fishery, utilizing trawls in the Bristol Channel, has also been subject to MSC assessment (the draft report is available at http://www.msc.org/track-a-fishery/inassessment/north-east-atlantic/Bristol-Channel-sea-bass/assessment-downloads), but certification has not been recommended. In that case, the RBF was used and gave low scores that reflected concerns about the effect of fishing on the target species‘ population structure and its stock status (local depletion was clearly illustrated by data provided by stakeholders), and also the lack of positive management measures to minimise discards of both bass and by catch species. The quality of information on these fisheries and the scientific basis for assessment of sea bass stock status are similar, and therefore of relevance. 9. OBSERVATIONS AND SCORING 9.1 Introduction to scoring methodology The MSC Principles and Criteria set out the requirements of a certified fishery. These Principles and Criteria have been developed into a standard (Fishery Assessment Methodology) assessment tree - Performance Indicators and Scoring Guideposts - by the MSC, which is used in this assessment. The Performance Indicators (PIs) are presented on the MSC website. In order to make the assessment process as clear and transparent as possible, each PI has three associated Scoring Guideposts (SG) which identify the level of performance necessary to achieve scores 100, 80, or 60 for each Performance Indicator: 100 represents a theoretically ideal level of performance; 80 a pass; and 60 a measurable shortfall. For each Performance Indicator, the performance of the fishery is assessed as a ‗score‘. In order for the fishery to achieve certification, an overall weighted average score of 80 is necessary for each of the three Principles, and no Indicator should score less than 60. It is not considered possible to allocate precise scores, and a scoring interval of five is used in evaluations. As this represents a relatively crude level of scoring, average scores for each Principle are rounded to the nearest whole number. Weights and scores for the UoC are presented in the scoring table (Appendix A). 9.2 Risk Based Framework (RBF) 9.2.1 Introduction to RBF The MSC assessment process is evidence based, in that it seeks to use published (i.e. peer reviewed) scientific information on stock status of target and by catch species and environmental impacts of the fishery wherever possible. Where scientific information is lacking, the MSC have introduced an alternative mechanism by which fisheries can be certified: the Risk-Based Framework (RBF). This scoring method allows stakeholder knowledge and expert opinion to be taken into account in data-deficient situations, particularly for the ―outcome‖ performance indicators (PIs) associated with Principles 1 and 2. Page 38 of 151
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