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The role of science in the MSC Fisheries Standard Dr Rohan Currey | Fisheries Standard Director | 5 October 2018 1 Outline Introduction to the MSC Science and the MSC Fisheries Standard Science and MSC fisheries assessments Whats next
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Dr Rohan Currey | Fisheries Standard Director | 5 October 2018
Introduction to the MSC Science and the MSC Fisheries Standard Science and MSC fisheries assessments What’s next for the MSC? Fisheries Standard Review
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Collapse of the Grand Banks cod fishery. Concern about overfishing grows among Conservationists and industry.
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MSC is formally registered as a charity at Companies House, London. The first fisheries – Western Australia rock lobster, Thames Blackwater herring and Alaska salmon – are certified. The first labelled MSC products hit the shops.
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UK’s Thames herring fishery becomes the first to renew its MSC certificate. Alaska pollock, the world’s largest whitefish fishery, achieves MSC certification 100 fisheries are now MSC certified
The Vietnamese Ben Tre clam fishery is the first in Southeast Asia to receive MSC certification. China’s first MSC certified fishery is the Zoneco scallop fishery in Zhangzidao. IKEA commits to only sell certified sustainable seafood to its 650 million visitors in 49 markets.
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The MSC becomes the first global seafood certification to achieve GSSI recognition for credibility and rigour.
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McDonald’s announces it will serve MSC certified fish in all its restaurants across Europe – its US and Canadian operations follow in 2013 and 2014. The blue MSC label appears on Iglo’s entire cod and haddock fishfinger range WWF and Unilever conceive the idea of the MSC.
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1998 - MSC Fisheries Standard 2001 - MSC CoC Standard
200 staff 15 offices covering 30 countries Independent & multi stakeholder led 3rd party certification system Global leading ecolabel for wild fish
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MSC certified fisheries in 36 countries
wild-caught seafood supply is engaged
Fisheries growth Market growth
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*The testing sampled 256 unique products and 13 species of fish, sourced from retailers across 16 countries
DNA testing and trace backs are part of the
Data from the MSC is used by the UN Environment Programme to track progress towards international goals to end overfishing and protect biodiversity. The more fisheries are MSC certified, the more the UN knows oceans are being fished sustainably. MSC works with fisheries, retailers, scientists and
SDG 14 and support progress towards Goals 2, 8, 12 and 17. The global indicator produced through MSC’s monitoring and evaluation is a valuable tool for understanding progress towards sustainable fisheries globally.
UN Environment Program
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ISEAL
Compliant and independently verified against all three ISEAL Codes
FAO
Compliant with FAO Guidelines for ecolabeling of fish and fishery products from wild capture fisheries
GSSI
Recognised by GSSI as being aligned with all essential criteria in all three sections
ISO
ISO 59 Code of good practice for standardisation ISO 19011 (Guidelines for Audit Management Systems) and ISO 17065 (Conformity assessment -- Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services)
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Identify areas for improvement
Research and development Stakeholder consultation. We gather and consider feedback The process is guided and informed by the technical expertise of the MSC Technical Advisory Board and Stakeholder Advisory Council The MSC Board of Trustees makes the final decision
changes The MSC evaluates the changes to make sure they have the intended
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Prior to 2011, the Standard required that target stock management take into account the role of the species in the ecosystem, but was not specific about how to do this. Over three years, the MSC undertook extensive consultation and commissioned specific research to understand the most appropriate management approach for key low trophic species. This work was combined with results of other international research and in 2011, new requirements on how to identify whether a species was of key importance to an ecosystem, and what management of these species would be required were incorporated into the Standard.
MSC requirement: Determining key and non-key LTL stocks
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Based on ecological significance of the species To achieve certification: All LTL stocks need to be assessed against their ecosystem importance Specific higher management requirements (e.g. <0.5Fmsy) only apply to KEY LTL stocks MSC requirements distinguish between key LTL stocks and non-key LTL stocks The MSC has developed criteria for determining whether an LTL stock Is 'key'. Key LTL meet at least 2 of the following criteria: 1. Connectivity: It is highly connected in the food web, leading to significant predator dependency 2. Energy Transfer: A high proportion of energy is being channelled through the species 3. Wasp waisted: The species forms an integral part of a 'wasp-waisted' food web, meaning only one or a few LTL species dominate the entire trophic level
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including Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs)
approach to bycatch mitigation
through the Peer Review College
Fewer than 50 fisheries are certified to V2.0 but we are already seeing stronger protection for habitats.
In Iceland, 4 fisheries undergoing re- assessment to V2.0 of the Standard have had to strengthen protection for vulnerable marine ecosystems – deep sea sponge and cold water coral – including the establishment of formalised move-on rules
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Unit of Assessment (UoA)
type/s)
fishery assessment
Unit of Certification (UoC)
vessel/s)
State of the art
Best practice
Minimum acceptable
Unconditional
Conditional
Average score required Conditions that require improvements Assumed pull to motivate improvements
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State of the art
Best practice
Minimum acceptable
engaged with the MSC
Improvements since 2000 incl. habitat protection, bycatch reduction, increased stocks
from acceptable levels of sustainability to global best practice, and to progress with advances in best practice science and management
13% of MSC certified fisheries have improved the way they manage their impacts on marine habitats, making change on the water and funding new scientific research to inform further improvements
From 2007-2013, 60 fisheries made further improvements to their practices in order to reduce
and assessment
practices
28 25 18 13 12 7 3 1 1 Fish Seabird Sharks & Rays Whales & Dolphins Seals & Sea lions Shellfish Turtles Squids & Octopus Sea stars, urchins Improvements made Species
For Scotland’s MSC certified North Sea Haddock fishery reduced bycatch by 60% using innovative selective gear
After a pre-assessment showed that their nets were having significant negative impacts, the Chilean squat lobster and nylon shrimp fishery switched to modern nets that significantly reduced accidental bycatch and minimised damage to the seafloor before entering full assessment
Australian rock lobster fishery reduced the mortality of sea lions to zero using exclusion devices
Toothfish fisheries in the Southern Ocean have effectively eliminated Albatross and grey petrel bycatch
Globally, MSC certified fisheries target stocks with healthy biomass. In many regions of the world, stocks show higher biomass after MSC certification. MSC certified Oregon and Washington pink shrimp catch per unit effort has increased 130% since the stock was initially certified
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now mandatory on all trawling vessels in SA
Drop in seabird bycatch
Jobs safeguarded
To address MSC conditions the fishery has closed part of its footprint so scientists can carry out a unique long-term counterfactual research project to determine the impact of trawling and partnered with WWF on a Fishery Conservation Project to co-manage 10 bycatch species.
communities
The UN FAO’s 2018 State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) report shows sustainability is increasing in developed world fisheries. Sustainability is decreasing in the developing world, where 73% of seafood is now caught and marine fishery resources are in decline.
The MSC provides a global solution for China's growing concerns about sustainability coupled with increasing consumption of imported, wild-caught fish.
China Aquatic Product Processing and Marketing Alliance (CAPPMA)
sustainable in 2015, up from 53% in 2005
sustainable in 2015, up from 27% in 2005
developing world
Global South work towards sustainability
Dutch Postcode Lottery
South Africa, Mexico
(ITM) program and many capacity building tools
Sustainability Fund (GFSF) £400,000 towards fishery improvements & research including in Chile
The social and economic effects that occur as a result of certification are less well understood. We know there can be price premiums, access to markets, but this is not guaranteed. New research in partnership with the University of Seattle & the University of Brest.
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evolving global best practice
Standard (revision)
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REVIEW January 2018 – January 2020 REVISION February 2020 – August 2021 January 2020 MSC Board will decide if change (revise) the Standard
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certification and aid in retention of currently certified fisheries.
for high priority large marine ecosystems and for high priority species.
evidence-based decision-making.
implementation of FCR v2.0.
practice into the Fisheries Standard consistent with MSC policy.
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Workstream 1 Standard Efficiency
Workstream 2 Standard Effectiveness Workstream 3 Standard Evolution Review of the structure and scoring approach of the Fisheries Standard Goal: achieve sustainable outcomes with a simpler standard Review intent and application of the standard for priority topics Goal: ensure the bar is set appropriately to achieve sustainable
Review application of the standard to maintain intent and improve guidance Goal: achieve sustainable outcomes more consistently across fisheries
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ETP species Ecosystems Principle 3 Ensure requirements reflect best practice performance, investigate inter alia
intentional harassment or killing of marine mammals. Ensure requirements reflect best practice, are applicable for jurisdictions prioritised in the ISP, and consider alternative approaches – e.g. checklist, spatial data requirements, scope criteria relating to IUU activities. Ensure requirements reflect best practice performance for outcome, information and management, investigate inter alia an explicit trophic focus and delivery of ecosystem outcomes across Principle 2. Species strategies Consider revisions to default and modified trees and/or new trees to enable assessment of ISP priority species to the same level of sustainability performance as the default tree. Primary species Review the primary species requirements to address inter alia the issue raised by stakeholders that the majority of a certified fishery’s catch should be able to be certified – i.e. meet P1 levels of performance.
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✓ Issues in Issues Log - stakeholder input & MSC identified issues and opportunities ✓ Stakeholder raised issues (e.g. through letters) ✓ Technical Oversight ✓ Assessment and surveillance audit results ✓ MSC’s M&E results ✓ Literature reviews ✓ Interpretations ✓ Objection findings ✓ ASI findings ✓ Expert findings (e.g. international expert working groups on fishery issues)
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There will be many opportunities for stakeholders to engage in the Standard Review How can stakeholders participate in the review?
Our new strategy prioritises those parts of the world, species and markets which can have the most significant impact on the health of our oceans. Our vision remains the same: The world’s oceans teeming with life, and seafood supplies safeguarded for this and future generations. Our goal for this strategy is to increase the proportion of global marine catch that is certified, in- assessment or engaged in the MSC programme from the current 14% to 20% by 2020.