COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 29.03.1995 
COM(95) 106 final 
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION 
TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 
on progress 
towards and outlook for the common fisheries system in the Mediterranean 
Commission communication to the Council and the European Parliament on progress 
towards and outlook for the common fisheries system in the Mediterranean 
Ï. INTRODUCTION 
When the texts that form the basis of the common fisheries policy in the EC were 
adopted in 1983, it was decided not to include the Mediterranean for the time being in 
the aspects relating to the conservation and management of fishery resources, in view of 
the special features of the fishery sector in the area. 
The introduction of a fisheries policy for the Mediterranean should thus be designed in 
such a way that the policy can be brought into operation smoothly and progressively, as 
provided for in the discussion paper presented by the Commission in July 1990.' 
At present, fisheries policy in the Mediterranean is also part of the overall cooperation 
policy introduced for the region by the Commission, the next major event in which will 
be the Euro-Mediterranean diplomatic conference to be held in Barcelona at the end of 
1995. 
With this in mind, a set of measures have been undertaken in various fields described 
below. 
2. HARMONIZATION OF TECHNICAL MEASURES AT COMMUNITY LEVEL 
The first stage in this undertaking was to concentrate on rationalization of Community 
fisheries. After the discussion paper mentioned above, and exchanges of views on this 
matter at the Council, the Commission began work including in particular a comparative 
study of national laws in the four Member States concerned, with a view to harmonizing 
them at Community level; the results of this study are given in the Commission 
communication to the Council of 12 February 1992.2 
A proposal for a Regulation to harmonize certain technical measures was sent to the 
Council in December 1992.3 
After lengthy discussions in the Council, an agreement in principle was reached on 10 
June 1994 on the wording of the Regulation, which was formally adopted on 27 June.4 
Commission of the European Communities, SEC (90) 1136 final, 10 July 1990, 
"Outline of a common fisheries system in the Mediterranean: discussion paper." 
Commission of the European Communities, SEC (92) 183 final of 12 February 
1992 "Commission communication to the Council on the progress made since 
presentation of the discussion paper on the outline of a common fisheries system 
in the Mediterranean." 
OJC 5, 9.1.1993. 
Council Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 of 27 June 1994 laying down certain 
technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean 
(OJL 171,6.7.1994). 
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This Regulation, which entered into force on 1 January 1995, is a first step towards the 
introduction of a common policy for the conservation and management of fishery 
resources in the Mediterranean. In particular, it includes specific provision for: 
prohibiting gear which, when used in the Mediterranean, contributes excessively 
to the degradation of the marine environment or to the running-down of certain 
stocks; 
defining minimum mesh sizes for the main types of fishing gear used in the 
Mediterranean, and minimum sizes for certain species of fish, crustaceans, 
molluscs and other fishery products specific to the Mediterranean in order to 
ensure reproduction and thus avoid overfishing; 
reserving part of the coastal zone for the most selective gear used by small-scale 
fishermen; 
protecting certain zones where juveniles congregate, taking account of the local 
biological conditions in these various zones. 
The Regulation provides for adjustment periods of varying length (the longest coming to 
an end in 2002) for particularly sensitive activities at present legal under national 
legislation. 
The application of the Regulation should be monitored and assessed in close cooperation 
with the Member States concerned, so that the specific problems it entails for fishermen 
can be examined and taken into account, for any measure to reinforce arrangements for 
the conservation of resources imposes further constraints on the exercise of their 
activities, while the benefits of the measure emerge only in the longer term. It has been 
brought to the Commission's attention that the application of certain of the measures 
provided for in the Regulation raises difficulties for Italian fishermen, in particular in the 
Adriatic. Meetings have been arranged at various levels to consider the problems, and 
possible measures to deal with them. 
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 
A. Background 
The 1990 discussion paper saw cooperation between Mediterranean coastal States as a 
possible second stage in setting up a comprehensive policy for conservation and rational 
management of resources in the Mediterranean. 
In this framework, the Commission has been in regular contact with several 
Mediterranean countries to find out their views on the problems in the region, so as to 
set in train discussions on the system of international cooperation provided for in the 
above-mentioned paper. 
Among the suggestions made in that paper was the idea of a diplomatic conference 
comprising all countries with a Mediterranean coastline. 
To this end, consultations with non-Community countries began in 1991. Technical 
consultations have been held with Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Israel, Turkey, Syria and 
Egypt. All these countries support the Commission's initiative. 
In the context of international cooperation, a seminar was organized by the Commission 
at Palma de Mallorca in 1993 with scientists and officials from the Community, from 
some of the countries that fish in the Mediterranean, and from international organizations 
involved in managing Mediterranean resources. The purpose of the seminar was to 
analyse technical measures applicable to the management of shared stocks in the 
Mediterranean. 
All the participants recognized the value of a harmonized approach to this matter. 
B. Diplomatic conference on the management of fishery resources in the 
Mediterranean 
The consultation process described above eventually led to a diplomatic conference, 
organized by the Commission, on the management of fishery resources in the 
Mediterranean; it was held in Crete in December 1994. The purpose of the conference 
was to prepare the basis for concertation between the Union and the coastal States of the 
Mediterranean and States whose nationals fish in that sea. 
The rate of participation was very high. Most of the participants were Member States,5 
States, whether or not Mediterranean coastal States, whose nationals are involved in 
fishing in the Mediterranean,6 the FAO, the General Fisheries Council for the 
Mediterranean (GFCM), non-governmental organizations,7 and occupational organizations, 
in particular Europêche (Association of National Organisations of Fishing Enterprises in 
the EC), as well as scientific experts and advisers. 
The participants adopted a solemn declaration on the conservation and management of 
the fishery resources of the Mediterranean, under which all States which benefit, in 
whatever capacity, from the biological wealth of the Mediterranean marine environment, 
share in the duty to ensure that its fishery resources are preserved and developed. 
The objective of this cooperation is to set up a system of conservation and management, 
harmonized at Mediterranean level, on the basis of the best available scientific advice and 
the most beneficial existing practices, with the purpose of ensuring effective protection 
for the fishery resources of the Mediterranean and their rational exploitation under the 
most favourable circumstances. 
The declaration calls on the states concerned to examine the legal instruments and other 
measures to be implemented in order to ensure conservation of resources. It is planned 
to continue periodic contacts with the various countries, with a view to holding another 
diplomatic conference on the management of fisheries resources in the Mediterranean in 
1996, so as to confirm concrete measures on the subject. 
5 Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, 
Sweden, Finland, Austria. 
6 Albania, Algeria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Korea, Malta, Morocco, 
Palestine National Authority, Slovenia, Turkey. 
7 Greenpeace, WWF, EBCD. 
C. Strengthening the GFCM 
The participants in the Crete conference expressed interest in reinforcing international 
cooperation within existing organizations responsible for conservation and management 
of resources in the Mediterranean. 
The General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean (GFCM), a regional FAO 
organization in which the EC has so far participated as an observer, was considered the 
most appropriate structure for the achievement of this objective. 
But if the GFCM is to take a more active role once more, the Community must join as 
a full member; this is appropriate in view of the Community's membership of the FAO. 
The Commission's initial recommendation8 for opening Community membership 
negotiations with the GFCM was not followed up, because the four Mediterranean 
Member States did not wish to withdraw. This was seen as a problem in the light of 
experience in the FAO, where the Community and the Member States must deposit 
declarations of their respective competence for each meeting, an obligation that 
considerably hampers the effectiveness of the Community's work within the organization. 
This type of situation should not be reproduced. 
The Commission is prepared to agree that, in view of the wide-ranging scope of the 
GFCM's activities, the continued presence of the Member States alongside the 
Community is justified. However, as matters of national competence will not be dealt 
with very frequently in its meetings, it might be possible, to avoid a situation like that in 
the FAO, to arrange that the Community's exclusive competence should be presumed at 
meetings unless national or mixed competence were explicitly specified for a given 
agenda item. This approach would take account of the specific features of fisheries 
organizations and of the Community's exclusive competence for fisheries policy, while 
protecting the interests of the Member States concerned, enabling them to continue as 
members of the GFCM without setting up a formalistic system for the preparation of 
meetings like that at the FAO, which creates continual controversy. 
The aim is to enable the EC to become a member of the GFCM at the next plenary 
session, in May 1995. Although that is very soon, the time and situation now seem ripe 
for re-opening the question, for if no decision is taken now within the Community, 
membership of the GFCM will have to be postponed until 1997, when the GFCM next 
meets in plenary session; such delay could have adverse effects on the development of 
the policy of cooperation in the Mediterranean. 
The Commission will amend its 1993 recommendation accordingly, and present a working 
paper with a view to resuming discussions in the Council on membership of the GFCM. 
It is also planned to call a meeting with the members of the GFCM to prepare the next 
plenary session of May 1995. 
To meet this deadline will require diligent and committed work on the part of all the 
Community institutions. 
SEC (93) 258 final, 23 February 1993. 
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D. Other measures 
The Greek authorities have floated the idea of holding an ad hoc meeting in 
Crete of experts to examine matters relating to scientific cooperation and 
coordination of research and gathering of data in the Mediterranean region, this 
meeting could be the first stage in reinforcing cooperation in these areas, with a 
view to creating a scientific observatory including all the Mediterranean States. 
The EC financed a meeting of experts (organized by the GFCM in Malta from 6 
to 8 March 1995) with the purpose of examining the implementation of the 
Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and 
Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas 
Against this background of cooperation, a meeting was held in Brussels on 7 
February 1995 with the Mediterranean coastal States to consider the text by the 
President of the United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly 
Migratory Fish Stocks. 
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
The professional organisations of fishermen (EUROPÊCHE/COGECA) have pressed for 
a common regime for fisheries in the Mediterranean for a long time. 
The Commission has been careful, since the beginning of the preparation of its proposals, 
to maintain a dialogue with the representatives of the professional fishermen, chiefly 
through the Advisory Committee on Fisheries, but also by direct consultation with the 
professional organisations of the countries concerned. 
A. The Advisory Committee on Fisheries 
A special "ad hoc" working group of the Committee, consisting entirely of representatives 
of the Mediterranean fishing industry, was formed in 1991 to consider the question, and 
held its preparatory meeting on 13 May of that year. The Group's attitude was always 
positive towards the principle of the introduction of conservation measures for the 
Mediterranean fisheries. After several meetings it produced a series of suggestions for 
the improvement of the Commission's proposal. 
After the adoption of the proposal by Council, the Committee adopted an opinion (July 
1994) which was not entirely favorable, chiefly on the grounds that the observations made 
through the working group had not been included. An opinion presented by 
EUROPÊCHE/COGECA entirely supported this position; indeed it was to all intents 
identical. 
Observers from the ACF were present at the Diplomatic Conference held in Crete. The 
Committee has pressed the Commission to organise a meeting of the professional 
organisations of fishermen of both Community Member States and third countries to 
discuss the problems of conservation and management of stocks in the Mediterranean. 
A meeting of the "Mediterranean" working group as well as the plenary session of the 
Advisory Committee on Fisheries have been held on 1 and 9 March 1995, including in 
their respective agenda the examination of the resource management policy in the 
Mediterranean. 
B. Direct consultation with the professional organisations 
It was realised by the Commission at a very early stage that the professional organisations 
of fishermen in the Mediterranean exercised considerable powers in the management of 
resources in their own areas. The studies made by the Commission in the course of 
preparing its proposal included the collection directly from these professional 
organisations of their own rules and regulations, along with their comments and 
descriptions of their operations. This work was described in the report made to the 
Council March 1992. 
5. MULTIANNUAL GUIDANCE PROGRAMMES (MAGPs) 
A. Community background and application to the Mediterranean 
In view of the excess production capacity of a large part of the Community fleet, the 
Commission first decided in 1983, by virtue of its exclusive competence in matters of 
fishery resources management in Community waters, to adopt measures to adjust fishing 
efforts. This is the origin of the Multiannual Guidance Programmes (MAGPs) intended 
to ensure compliance in the medium term by each Member State concerned, and by each 
segment of the fleet, with ceilings expressed in terms of fleet capacity: engine power (in 
kW) and tonnage (in GT). Up to 45% of the objective may be reached by reductions in 
activity. Programmes are national, and vessels using static gear are exempt from the 
capacity reductions prescribed by the Union, since the capacity measurements do not 
accurately reflect the fishing effort of the vessels. Measures to reduce the effort of vessels 
using such gear have been or will be adopted in the framework of technical rules. 
The third-generation MAGPs (MAGP III) set targets for the reduction of fishing efforts 
in the period 1992-95 of 20%, 15% and 0% respectively for demersal, benthic and pelagic 
stocks. 
In view of the available information on the state of resources in the Mediterranean, the 
Union has been led to adopt measures to adjust fishing efforts equivalent in scope to 
those recommended for the multiannual guidance programmes as a whole. 
B. Features of the MAGPs applicable in the Mediterranean 
The Member States' fleets operating in the Mediterranean represent 2.7 million kW 
(accounting for 22% of the total engine power of the Community fleet) and 423 000 GT 
(32% of the total tonnage). Vessels using static gear represent two thirds of installed 
capacity. 
Consequently, the impact of multiannual guidance programmes in terms of the reduction 
in overcapacity will be halved in the Mediterranean in comparison with other Community 
seas (5% instead of 10%). 
STRUCTURAL MEASURES 
A. General remarks 
Community structural measures in the fisheries sector, which were introduced over twelve 
years ago, have been included since 1 January 1994 in the general arrangements for the 
Structural Funds,9 supplemented by the specific rules of the Financial Instrument for 
Fisheries Guidance (FIFG).10 Moreover, socio-economic measures to back up the 
restructuring of the fishing industry can be taken in the context of the territorial objectives 
of the Structural Funds,11 or under the PESCA Community initiative.12 
The basic Structural Fund rules, including specific FIFG rules and the accompanying 
measures, do not provide for any special conditions for the Mediterranean regions. 
However, many of them are covered by Objective l,13 which entitles them to preferential 
status (higher rates of Community aid, higher level and concentration of financial 
resources). 
B. Situation bv country 
The programming of structural operations depends on whether the regions concerned are 
eligible under Objective 1 of the Structural Funds. Thus while there is only one fisheries 
programme for Greece, the other three coastal States of the Mediterranean have two 
separate programmes (one for the Objective 1 regions, and one for the other regions). 
Programming does not distinguish between the various maritime ranges, so that it is not 
possible to calculate financial data specifically for the Mediterranean aspects of the 
Spanish programmes or the continental mainland programme for France. The 
Mediterranean percentage of the total of each programme can be very roughly estimated 
as follows: Spain Objective 1 (Andalusia, Ceuta and Melilla, Murcia, Valencia): 10%; 
Spain other man Objective 1 (Catalonia, Balearic Islands): 20%; France (Languedoc-
Roussillon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur): 15%. 
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12 
13 Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 amended by Regulation (EEC) NO 
2081/93 of 20 July 1993 - "Framework Regulation" - and Regulation (EEC) No 
4253/88 of 19 December 1988 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2082/93 of 20 
July 1993 - "Coordination Regulation" (OJ L 193, 31.7.1993). 
Regulation (EEC) No 2080/93 of 20 July 1993 (OJ L 193, 31.7.1993) and 
Regulation (EC) No 3699/93 of 21 December 1993 (OJ L 346, 31.12.1993). 
Objective 1: development and structural adjustment of the regions whose 
development is lagging behind; Objective 2: converting the regions seriously 
affected by industrial decline; Objective 5(b): rural development. In 1993 the 
impact of restructuring of the fisheries sector was introduced as an explicit 
criterion of eligibility for Objectives 2 and 5(b). 
Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88; Commission Communication to the 
Member States (OJ C 180, 1.7.1994). 
Spain, except Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, Corsica; the Italian Mezzogiorno; 
all of Greece. 
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The following table summarizes financial data for the various programmes approved in 
December 1994 (in million ecus at 1994 prices): 
Member State 
OR 
BS Obj.l* 
FR Obj.l 
(Corsica) 
FR other than 
Obj.l* 
IT Obj.l 
IT other than 
Obj.l total 
311.7 
2158.5 
381.8 
17.8 
842.7 
584.4 
456.4 State aid 
total 
200.0 
1354.5 
20L6 
13.4 
334.7 
487.1 
298.2 European Union 
total 
150.0 
995.0 
119.6 
7.5 
190.0 
257.4 
134.4 FIFO 
130.0 
995.0 
119.6 
7.5 
190.0 
233.0 
134.4 BRDF 
20.0 
-
-
-
. 
-
-BSF 
. 
-
-
-
-
24.4 
-MS 
s 
50.0 
359.5 
82.0 
5.9 
144.7 
229.7 
163.8 private 
111.7 
803.9 
180.2 
4.3 
508.0 
97.3 
158.2 
* these amounts relate to the total operational programme: Atlantic seaboard + Mediterranean seaboard. 
Under the PESCA Community initiative, two programmes, Greece and Spain, were 
approved in December 1994, and two others, France and Italy, are still under negotiation. 
By regionalizing the programmes into regional sub-programmes, the financing allocated 
to each maritime range can be specified. 
Member State 
GR 
BS 
FR(**) 
IT(**) total 
54.5 
12.9 
11.5 
82.5 State aid > 
total 
36.9 
10.7 
4.9 
57.6 European Union 
total 
27.1 
5.6 
3.4 
34.2 FIFO 
8.5 
5.6 
1.1 
6.3 ERDF 
18.2 
. 
-
26.5 BSF 
0.3 
. 
2.3 
1.4 MS 
9.8 
5.1 
1.4 
23.4 private 
17.7 
2.6 
6.6 
24.8 
(*) Mediterranean seaboard only; provisional estimate for France 
(**) Million ecus at 1995 prices 
STUDJES AND PILOT PROJECTS FINANCED BY THE COMMUNITY 
A. Background 
In 1991 the European Parliament put at the Commission's disposal a budget heading 
granting ECU 5 million for 1991 and 1992 and ECU 3 million for 1993, to finance 
studies and pilot projects to encourage the establishment of a common policy for the 
conservation and management of fishery resources in the Mediterranean. The 
arrangements for implementing the budget resources were set out in Regulation (EEC) 
No 3499/91.14 
The budget line set aside for specific measures in the Mediterranean disappeared in 1994. 
However, studies can still be financed from budget resources, in particular for biological 
and technical analyses in support of the Common fisheries policy. 
B. Review 
To begin with, studies and projects to be financed were identified on the basis of calls 
for proposals published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. These calls 
led to major resources being devoted to fisheries research in the Mediterranean. Not only 
was a contribution made to financing the construction of a specialized research vessel, but 
also, and especially, research could be carried out into the biological aspects of fisheries, 
including: 
the identification and evaluation of stocks of the main species of commercial 
interest, in particular through experimental trawling surveys using procedures 
harmonized between the four Member States, for demersal species; particular 
attention was paid to specialized fishing in international Mediterranean waters, 
particularly sponge fishing and fishing for migratory high-seas species (swordfish, 
bluefin tuna); 
the selectivity of fishing methods and equipment, which enabled estimates to be 
made of catches of juveniles of commercial species, or of accessory catches of 
species with no commercial value; in certain cases, it was even possible to test 
ways of reducing these catches; 
the impact of certain fishing activities on marine ecosystems. 
The budget resources also enabled studies to be financed into the socio-economic aspects 
of Mediterranean fisheries, in particular: 
mapping of the fisheries frequented by different fleets; 
the role of the professional organizations in the management of fisheries; 
the way the various types of fisheries management measures were perceived by 
fishermen. 
14 Regulation (EEC) No 3499/91 of 28 November 1991 providing a Community 
framework for studies and pilot projects relating to the conservation and 
management of fishery resources in the Mediterranean (OJ L 331, 3.12.1991). 
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They also made it possible to finance: 
work into improving systems of statistical data-gathering, both on biological 
magnitudes and socio-economic variables; 
various working-parties dealing with the harmonization of investigation methods 
and the standardization of data bases; 
several seminars and conferences devoted either to promoting fisheries research 
in the Mediterranean, or to the analysis of technical measures for the management 
of shared stocks in the Mediterranean. 
The following table shows the number of projects financed by year, and the state of work 
on 15 February 1995. 
Year 
1991 
1992 
1993 
1994 
TOTAL Accepted 
19 
24 
25 
21 
89 Concluded 
10 
10 
6 
0 
26 In 
progress 
9 
14 
19 
21 
63 Budget 
ECU 5 million 
ECU 5 million 
ECU 3 million 
ECU 3.2 million 
ECU 16.2 million 
The creation of a specific budget heading for studies of Mediterranean fisheries resources 
has meant that for three years, research structures operating in the Mediterranean have 
been given some measure of protection. This was all the more desirable as fisheries 
research in the Mediterranean had been, until the fairly recent past, less active or less 
attentive to conservation and management than that in other Community waters. The 
phasing out of financing for studies in the Mediterranean meant the end of this protection. 
Research structures in the Mediterranean were thus subject to competition, leading to 
emulation and of collaboration with scientific teams used to working in other regions. 
C. Outlook 
The table above suggests that the level of financing granted for biological studies in the 
Mediterranean has stabilized, despite the disappearance of the specific budgetary heading 
for these studies, and the protection it afforded. Moreover, the resources available for 
support to studies of socio-economic aspects and innovative fisheries research should be 
added. 
However, these means do not suffice to support research and study work by third country 
bodies, although the implementation of an efficient policy of fisheries management in the 
Mediterranean requires that work on assessing and monitoring stock that is shared or 
exploited in common should be supported. 
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MONITORING FISHERIES ACTIVITIES 
The success of the common fisheries policy depends upon the application of efficient 
arrangements for monitoring all aspects of that policy. 
On 12 October 1993, the Council adopted Regulation 2847/93 establishing a control 
system applicable to the common fisheries policy. However, while the policy was 
incompletely applied in the Mediterranean, it was difficult to apply the Regulation fully. 
Consequently, the Regulation provides that certain measures laid down (logbooks, landing 
declarations, validation system) would apply to fishing in the Mediterranean only from 
1999. 
The specific features of fishing in the region and the lack of adequate infrastructure are 
determining factors in establishing an efficient system of controlling fisheries. For these 
reasons, the introduction of the system in the Mediterranean should be conceived in the 
framework of an exchange of views with the Member States concerned, to examine 
possible measures to be taken, with as a background coordination with the non-Member 
countries of the Mediterranean seaboard to ensure efficient management over the whole 
region. 
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ANNEXES 
Situation of the fleet of the European Union in the Mediterranean on 15 January 1995 
engine power 
GT 
ITA 
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Table H 
Situation on 15 Januarv 1995 of Communitv fleet in the Mediterranean fMAGP IIP 
Greece 
Spain 
France 
Italy 
Total 
Médit. Trawlers 
Number 
353 
1 371 
178 
1 849 
3 398 GT 
24 692 
53 575 
8 546 
86 479 
173 292 kW 
103 620 
242 702 
49 707 
380 024 
776 053 Other than trawlers 
Number 
19 930 
3 487 
1 949 
13 587 
19 023 GT 
73 222 
22 260 
9 918 
141 310 
173 488 kW 
519 166 
146 678 
125 178 
1 026 212 
1 298 068 Total 
Number 
20 283 
4 858 
2 127 
15 436 
42 704 GT 
97 914 
75 835 
18 464 
227 789 
420 002 kW 
622 786 
389 380 
174 885 
1 406 236 
2 593 287 
Data for France and Spain are estimates based on data from the fishing vessel register of the Community. 
1* 
Tablera 
Situation of the fleets of Member States fishing in the Mediterranean in relation to objectives of MAGP m 
Greece 
Spain 
France 
Italy 
Total 
Medit Situation of fleets on 
1/1/92 
kW 
652 818 
338 250 
176 539 
1 471 610 
2 639 217 GT 
95 105 
65 460 
17 621 
233 886 
412 072 1996 objectives of 
MAGP m 
kW 
620 166 
303 441 
164 331 
1 406 614 
2 494 552 GT 
94 831 
59 105 
16 860 
219 186 
389 982 Reductions in fishing efforts 1992-96 
kW 
32 652 
34 809 
12 208 
64 996 
144 665 % 
•5.0 
10.3 
69 
4,4 
5.5 GT 
274 
6 355 
761 
14 700 
22 090 % 
0.3 
9.7 
4.3 
6.3 
5.4 
Data for France and Spain are estimates based on data from the fishing vessel register of the Community. 
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