European Parliament Committee on Fisheries Public Hearing - Brussels, 22 September 2015 Multispecies Management Plans for Fisheries Baltic Sea - putting in place the Landing Obligation and Technical Measures Ireneusz Wójcik National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Gdynia, Poland
Baltic Sea - Multispecies Management Plans for Fisheries Landing Obligation and Technical Measures References: 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
CFP - Landing Obligation Common Fisheries Policy Regulation (EU) no 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 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
CFP - Landing Obligation 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.
Discard Plan for Baltic Sea Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1396/2014 of 20 October 2014 establishing a discard plan in the Baltic Sea 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)
Multispecies management Multiannual Plan for Baltic Sea 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 FLEXIBILITY Need to adapt quickly to changes in fishery Commission empowered to adopt Delegated Acts
Multiannual Plan for Baltic Sea Delegated Acts
Multiannual Plan for Baltic Sea Delegated Acts hfhggg Delegated Acts may derogate from some provisions of Regulation (EC) 2187/2005 on technical measures
Multiannual Plan for Baltic Sea Multiannual Plan for Baltic fish stocks - SUMMARY Obviously needed contribution to - Achieving CFP objectives - Implementation of LO Highly desired by industry contribution to Flexibility in fisheries management & 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./
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 LO implemented in the Baltic from 1.01.2015 Problems no flexibility No Multiannual Plan no tools for smooth 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 Problems Eliminates direct conflicts between LO and Technical & Conservation Measures Omnibus Regulation (2015/812 of 20 May 2015) Does not eliminate a number of redundant provisions
Landing Obligation vs legal and structural environment sorting on board Problems (not always possible) Missing infrastructure and logistics in ports / vessels??? who is in charge of landed discards? whose cost? what about small quantities (few boxes)? the Law, Industry and landing sites not prepared for LO implementation on 1 January 2015
Supporting Activities EFCA - European Fisheries Control Agency Series of activities to promote : compliance with implementation of landing obligation, a level playing field between MS, efficiency and the proportionality of control measures, based on 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 (June 2014) Meeting beetween EFCA / BALTFISH / INDUSTRY on Implementation of the Landing Obligation (Copenhagen, 2 June 2015), Seminar fo Monitoring the Landing Obligation (Roskilde, 24-25 June 2015)
Supporting Activities EFCA - European Fisheries Control Agency 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 in the last haul of randomly selected fishing vessels during at sea inspection
Supporting Activities
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.
Baltic Sea Advisory Council Supporting Activities Representatives from the fishing sector and other interest groups affected by the CFP (producer organisations, processors, market organisations, NGOs, consumers) Liaison and cooperation with EP / EC / EFCA / BALTFISH / ICES A number of meetings/consultations, i.a. on LO and Technical and Conservation Measures Recommendations on key aspects of the Baltic fisheries
Technical Measures Regulation (EC) 2187/2005 on technical measures in the Baltic 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 With Landing Obligation in place Redundant and inappropriate
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;
Resolving key fisheries issues through targeted communication Brussels 30.1.2015 FP7-KBBE.2011.1.4-02: Strengthening the impact of fisheries related research through dissemination, communication and technology transfer http://www.eusem.com/main/comfish/comfish 26
Outcome of the Baltic Sea regional participatory ComFish meeting (April 2012) ComFish Final Event - Brussels, 30 January 2015 Key Message Management Communication Politics flexibility simple rules regional knowledge open dialogue (EC/RACs/MS) selection of appropriate platform for an effective dialogue transparency simple = clear rules 27
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