Golden king crab
Western Kamchatka
Profile updated on 24 February 2016
SUMMARY
SUMMARY
IDENTIFICATION
SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)
Lithodes aequispinus
SPECIES NAME(s)
Golden king crab
In lack of a clear stock structure of golden king crab in the Russian region 5 management units are considered (MARF 2015): East Sakhalin, North Kurils, South Kurils, N Sea of Okhotsk and Western Kamchatka.
RECOMMENDATIONS
- Ensure that regulators and the CCA regularly undertake and publish official estimates of IUU crab fishing (catch and effort) and trade levels (volumes and value), and evaluate the performance of bilateral agreements between Russia and its trade partners on the eradication of IUU crab fishing and trade.
- Press the government to implement standardized crab stock assessment methodologies and investigate implementation of a precautionary approach to crab fisheries management based on Biological Reference Points (BRPs) and Harvest Control Rules (HCRs).
- Work to enhance public availability of crab stock assessments, and fisheries management data and decisions.
- Ensure that the current FIP continues to make progress, expand to include additional species and management areas, and maximize the scope of planned MSC full assessment.
Fisheries
Within FishSource, the term "fishery" is used to indicate each unique combination of a flag country with a fishing gear, operating within a particular management unit, upon a resource. That resource may have a known biological stock structure and/or may be assessed at another level for practical or jurisdictional reasons. A fishery is the finest scale of resolution captured in FishSource profiles, as it is generally the scale at which sustainability can most fairly and practically be evaluated.
Analysis
OVERVIEW
Last updated on 26 June 2018
- Ensure that regulators and the CCA regularly undertake and publish official estimates of IUU crab fishing (catch and effort) and trade levels (volumes and value), and evaluate the performance of bilateral agreements between Russia and its trade partners on the eradication of IUU crab fishing and trade.
- Press the government to implement standardized crab stock assessment methodologies and investigate implementation of a precautionary approach to crab fisheries management based on Biological Reference Points (BRPs) and Harvest Control Rules (HCRs).
- Work to enhance public availability of crab stock assessments, and fisheries management data and decisions.
- Ensure that the current FIP continues to make progress, expand to include additional species and management areas, and maximize the scope of planned MSC full assessment.
1.STOCK STATUS
2.MANAGEMENT QUALITY
3.ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY
FishSource Scores
MANAGEMENT QUALITY
STOCK HEALTH:
Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs)
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Comments:
Progress rating changed from B to C. No stage 3 or 4 progress over the past 12 months.
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FIP Development
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Dec 15 |
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2.
FIP Launch
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Mar 12 | |
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3.
FIP Implementation
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Jan 18 |
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4.
Improvements in Fishing Practices and Fishery Management
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Jan 18 |
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5.
Improvements on the Water
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Jan 17 | |
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6.
MSC certification (optional)
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— | MSC certificate made public |
Certifications
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
No related MSC certifications
Sources
Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. Order on October 7, 2015; N 465. Approval of the total allowable catch; aquatic biological resources in inland sea waters of the Russian Federation and the Russian territorial sea, on the Russian continental shelf and the exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation, in the Azov and Caspian Sea for 2016 (in Russian; accessed online December 25, 2015) http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=187365;fld=134;dst=1000000001,0;rnd=0.009773221798241138
Comments
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Golden king crab - Western Kamchatka, Russia Western Kamchatka, Russian Federation, Pots