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AgENCy PERFORMANCE � CASE STUDy 1 during the nine-month larval period and for the return to the WA coast of those that survived. The shift back towards more favourable oceanographic conditions, in particular with the end of the strong La Niña weather period as well as the return of a more normal Indian Ocean Dipole pattern of sea surface temperatures, provides a basis for some optimism for a return to normal puerulus (a) Rat Island − Preliminary May (b) Average settlement per collector 20 15 10 5 0 Settlement date (new moon) Recent years Long Term Average 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 MAY JUL SEP NOV JAN−08 MAR MAY JUL SEP NOV JAN−09 MAR MAY JUL SEP NOV JAN−10 MAR MAY JUL SEP NOV JAN−11 MAR MAY JUL SEP NOV JAN−12 MAR Average settlement per collector 20 15 10 5 0 Seven Mile Beach − Preliminary May 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 MAY JUL SEP NOV JAN−08 MAR MAY JUL SEP NOV JAN−09 MAR MAY JUL SEP NOV JAN−10 MAR MAY JUL SEP NOV JAN−11 MAR MAY JUL SEP NOV JAN−12 MAR Settlement date (new moon) Recent years Long Term Average 81 settlement levels. However, even if puerulus settlement returns to more normal levels during 2011/12, it will be three to four years before the first wave of any improved recruitment enters the fishery. On that basis, conservative catch levels will continue to be necessary for the West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery for the next few years. Figure 38. the graphs nearby show the average monthly settlement of rock lobsters that reach the puerulus stage from May 2007 to March 2012 and the actual settlement until May 2011 at (a) Rat Island (Abrolhos Islands) and (b) Seven Mile Beach puerulus collectors.
AgENCy PERFORMANCE � CASE STUDy 1 Marine Stewardship Council certification of the western rock lobster fishery In March 2000 an industry-led initiative resulted in the West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery becoming the first fishery in the world to be certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (www.msc.org) as a sustainable and well-managed fishery. The Marine Stewardship Council certification process is considered to be the most rigorous and comprehensive independent fisheries assessment in the world and the West Coast Rock Lobster industry has demonstrated strong leadership in its willingness to embrace this stringent and transparent process. The industry has completed its requirements for the anticipated Marine Stewardship Council re-certification of the commercial western rock lobster fishery for a further five-year period when its current certification expires in November 2011. More than 300 fisheries are currently engaged in the Marine Stewardship Council program (106 are certified), which together record annual catches of more than seven million tons of seafood, i.e. 12 per cent of the landings for human consumption. Worldwide, over 10,000 seafood products, worth over AUD$2 billion/year at retail, bear the blue Marine Stewardship Council eco-label. 82 The Marine Stewardship Council process provides a rigorous independent expert review under three broad principles: • Stock assessment and harvest strategy (e.g. are the levels of breeding stock and the fishing effort/exploitation sustainable in the long term?) • The impact of the fishery on the wider ecology (e.g. what is the impact of large scale removal of lobsters, of pots on the seabed [including corals], on bycatch species [e.g. octopus and finfish] and endangered species [e.g. sea lions, turtles, whales]?) • Management and consultation arrangements (e.g. how robust and flexible is the management framework; are the decisionmaking processes effective, transparent and inclusive; how are stakeholders – such as commercial and recreational fishers and conservation non-governmental organisations – consulted during the development and implementation of management arrangements?) The latest Marine Steward Council reports on the western rock lobster fishery can be found at: http://www.msc.org/track-a-fishery/certified/southatlantic-indian-ocean/western-australia-rock-lobster
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