Multispecies Management Plans for Fisheries

Baltic Sea - putting in place the LandingObligation and Technical Measures

European ParliamentCommittee on Fisheries

Public Hearing - Brussels, 22 September 2015

Ireneusz WójcikNational Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Gdynia, Poland

References:

Baltic Sea - Multispecies Management Plans for FisheriesLanding Obligation and Technical Measures

CFP - Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11.12.2013

Discard Plan for Baltic - Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1396/2014 of 20.10.2014

Multiannual Plan for Baltic - Proposal 2014/0285 (COD) – October 2014

Supporting Activities - EFCA / BALTFISH / BSAC

Common Fisheries PolicyRegulation (EU) no 1380/2013

of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 11 December 2013

CFP - Landing Obligation

Article 15

Introduction of Landing Obligation for species subject to catch limits types of fisheries, time-frame, fishing areas,

Derogations/exceptions protected species, species with high survival rate, De minimis exemptions

Article 15 – cont.

LO implementation details – in Multiannual Plans (acc. To Art. 9-10)

Regional coordination (acc. to Art. 18), specific fisheries or species, specific exemptions, provisions for de minimis exemptions,

Species subject to LO and under MCRS – not for human consumption

Species NOT subject to LO and under MCRS - discards

Compliance monitoring Detailed and accurate documentation of all fishing trips, Adequate capacity and means – observers/CCTV, etc.

CFP - Landing Obligation

Landing Obligation (LO)

• from 1 January 2015 – fisheries for HER, SPR, SAL, COD• from 1 January 2017 – fisheries for PLE

Survivability Exemption – SAL and COD from trap nets, pots,fyke-nets and pound nets

MCRS for COD – 35 cm (from 1 January 2015)

Discard Plan for Baltic SeaDiscard Plan for Baltic Sea

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1396/2014of 20 October 2014

establishing a discard plan in the Baltic Sea

Multiannual Plan for Baltic Sea

Multispecies management

ICES Advice 2013, Book 8

Multiannual Plan for Baltic Sea

Multiannual Plan for Baltic Sea

Main objectives

1. Contributing to the objectives of the CFP, and in particular:

Achieving and maintaining MSY for cod, herring and sprat stocks, Ensuring conservation of the stocks of plaice, brill, flounder and turbot

2. Contributing to the implementation of Landing Obligation for cod, herring,sprat and plaice

Tools

For each stock concerned:

setting the target fishing mortality

setting the minimum spawning biomass levels

Multiannual Plan for Baltic Sea

Need to adapt quickly to changes in fishery

Commission empowered to adoptDelegated Acts

FLEXIBILITY

Multiannual Plan for Baltic Sea

Delegated Acts

Multiannual Plan for Baltic Sea

Delegated Acts

hfhgggDelegated Acts may derogate from someprovisions of Regulation (EC) 2187/2005 ontechnical measures

Multiannual Plan for Baltic Sea

Multiannual Plan for Baltic fish stocks - SUMMARY

Obviouslyneeded

contribution to- Achieving CFP objectives

- Implementation of LO

contribution toHighly

desired byindustry

Flexibility in fisheriesmanagement & stocks’

conservation

Multiannual Plan for Baltic Sea

Multiannual Plan for Baltic fish stocks - SUMMARY

October 2014 – Proposal from the Commission

March 2015 – adoption by the Committee on Fisheries (EP)

April 2015 – adoption by the European Parliament

April 2015 – adoption by the Council

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Multiannual Plan for Baltic Sea

Multiannual Plan for Baltic fish stocks - SUMMARY

June 2015 - Failure of the Trilogue negotiations !!!

Landing Obligation vs legal and structural environment

ProblemsLO implemented in the Baltic from 1.01.2015

No Multiannual Plan

no flexibility

no tools forsmooth adaptation

Contradictory measures(Reg. 2187/2005)until June 2015

i.a.- discards of fish under MCRS,- catch composition limits

Landing Obligation vs legal and structural environment

„Omnibus” Regulation(2015/812 of 20 May 2015)

Eliminates direct conflictsbetween LO and Technical &

Conservation Measures

Does not eliminate anumber of redundant

provisions

Problems

Landing Obligation vs legal and structural environment

Problems

Missing infrastructureand logistics

in ports / vessels

sorting on board (not always possible)

who is in charge of landed „discards”?

whose cost?

what about small quantities (few boxes)?

……………

???

the Law, Industry and landing sites not preparedfor LO implementation on 1 January 2015

Supporting Activities

EFCA - European Fisheries Control AgencySeries of activities to promote :

compliance with implementation of landing obligation,

a level playing field between MS,

efficiency and the proportionality of control measures, basedon regional risk assessment.

Acting in close cooperation with MS, BALTFISH and the Industry

Supporting Activities

EFCA - European Fisheries Control Agency

Examples of Activities in support of LO implementation

Landing obligation seminar (Dubrovnik, January 2014),

Project to improve the accurate recording of discards (March 2014)

Campaign for raising awarness on the obligation to record discards (June2014)

Meeting beetween EFCA / BALTFISH / INDUSTRY on Implementation of theLanding Obligation (Copenhagen, 2 June 2015),

Seminar fo Monitoring the Landing Obligation (Roskilde, 24-25 June 2015)

MS / EFCA cooperation - program : “Last haul inspection”

an uniform report form,

used by control authorities in the Baltic Sea region,

launched late 2014,

reports sent to EFCA

purpose - to get detailed information on the catch composition inthe last haul of randomly selected fishing vessels during at seainspection

Supporting Activities

EFCA - European Fisheries Control Agency

Supporting Activities

BALTFISH expert group on control

The guidelines for the industry regarding Landing Obligation,

The risk assessment for the different fleets done jointly with EFCA ,

The guidelines for MS inspectors done jointly with EFCA.

Supporting Activities

Supporting Activities

Baltic Sea Advisory Council

Representatives from the fishing sector and other interest groupsaffected by the CFP (producer organisations, processors, marketorganisations, NGOs, consumers)

Liaison and cooperation with EP / EC / EFCA / BALTFISH / ICES

A number of meetings/consultations, i.a. on LO and Technical andConservation Measures

Recommendations on key aspects of the Baltic fisheries

Technical Measures

Regulation (EC) 2187/2005 on technical measures in the Baltic

With Landing Obligation in placeRedundant and inappropriate

A set of complex and very detailed measures, including:

Detailed specification of fishing gear construction

Required catch composition (in %) in relation to mesh sizes,target species and fishing areas

Technical Measures

With Landing Obligation in force:

Need for thorough revision of Reg. 2187/2005 on technical measures

Redundant and inappropriate measures shall be deleted, in particular: restrictions in fishing gear design and construction, provisions on catch composition;

Technical & Conservation Measures – decided at the regional level;

More freedom to fisherman in construction of fishing gears;

Full documentation of catch required;

Fishermen responsibility and accountability for what they catch;

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Resolving key fisheriesissues through targeted

communication”Brussels 30.1.2015

http://www.eusem.com/main/ComFish/comfish

Strengthening the impact of fisheries related research throughdissemination, communication and technology transfer

FP7-KBBE.2011.1.4-02:

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Management

• flexibility

• simple rules

• regionalknowledge

• open dialogue(EC/RACs/MS)

Communication Politics

selection ofappropriateplatform for aneffective dialogue

• transparency

• simple = clearrules

Outcome of the Baltic Sea regional participatory ComFish meeting(April 2012)

ComFish Final Event - Brussels, 30 January 2015

Key Message

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