SGS Product & Process Certification - Marine Stewardship Council

CONTENTS
CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................................................... 3
SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 THE UNIT OF CERTIFICATION ..................................................................................................................................... 7
1.2 THE CLIENT ....................................................................................................................................................... 7
1.3 REPORT STRUCTURE AND ASSESSMENT PROCESS ....................................................................................................... 8
1.4 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................................... 10
1. THE ASSESSED FISHERY ............................................................................................................................. 13
2.1 BIOLOGY OF THE TARGET SPECIES ......................................................................................................................... 13
2.2 OVERVIEW OF THE FISHERY .................................................................................................................................... 16
2.2.1 History of the fishery ............................................................................................................................... 16
2.2.2 Fleet and Gear Description ...................................................................................................................... 18
2.2.3 Dutch rod and line fishery ....................................................................................................................... 18
2. TARGET STOCK STATUS AND HARVEST CONTROLS (P1) ............................................................................ 19
3.1 ANALYTICAL ASSESSMENTS ..................................................................................................................................... 20
3.2 STOCK STATUS ..................................................................................................................................................... 22
3.3 HARVEST CONTROLS ............................................................................................................................................. 23
3.3.1 Management unit ................................................................................................................................... 23
3.3.3 Biological reference points ...................................................................................................................... 24
3.3.4 Scientific background to management advice for sea bass .................................................................... 24
4. ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS (P2) ................................................................................................................. 25
4.1 RETAINED SPECIES ................................................................................................................................................ 25
4.2 DISCARDING .................................................................................................................................................... 27
4.3 ENDANGERED, THREATENED AND PROTECTED SPECIES (ETP) .................................................................................... 27
4.4 HABITAT ......................................................................................................................................................... 27
4.5 ECOSYSTEM IMPACTS ........................................................................................................................................ 27
3. FISHERY MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (P3) .............................................................................................. 27
5.1 LEGISLATION AND REGULATION ............................................................................................................................... 27
5.2 ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES .................................................................................................................................... 28
5.4 MONITORING, CONTROL AND SURVEILLANCE ........................................................................................................ 29
5.4 COMPLIANCE ................................................................................................................................................... 30
5.5 DISPUTE RESOLUTION ........................................................................................................................................ 30
7. STANDARD USED ...................................................................................................................................... 32
PRINCIPLE 1 .............................................................................................................................................................. 32
PRINCIPLE 2 .............................................................................................................................................................. 32
PRINCIPLE 3 .............................................................................................................................................................. 33
8. BACKGROUND TO THE EVALUATION ........................................................................................................ 35
8.1 EVALUATION TEAM ........................................................................................................................................... 35
8.2 PUBLIC CONSULTATION ......................................................................................................................................... 36
8.3 STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION ................................................................................................................................ 36
8.4 INTERVIEW PROGRAMME ....................................................................................................................................... 37
8.4 OTHER CERTIFICATION EVALUATIONS AND HARMONISATION ......................................................................................... 37
9. OBSERVATIONS AND SCORING ................................................................................................................. 38
9.1 INTRODUCTION TO SCORING METHODOLOGY ......................................................................................................... 38
9.2 RISK BASED FRAMEWORK (RBF) ......................................................................................................................... 38
9.2.1 Introduction to RBF ................................................................................................................................. 38
9.2.2 SICA ......................................................................................................................................................... 40
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