COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 01.07.1996 
COM(96) 305 final 
REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL 
AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 
on the progress of the 
multi-annual guidance programmes for the fishing fleets 
at the end of 1995 

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ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE PARLIAMENT 
on the progress of the 
multi-annual guidance programmes for the fishing fleets 
at the end of 1995 
1. Subject of the Communication and legal base 
For each Member State in the Union, a multi-annual guidance programme fixes objectives 
for reducing the size of the fishing fleet. 
The third generation of multiannual guidance programmes were adopted in December 
19921 and fix objectives for the period 1992 - 1996. A mid term review of the 
programmes has recently been completed2 in which the situation of the fleet and the 
objectives for 1996 were revised on the basis of more up to date information. 
For reasons of transparency, when the programmes were adopted in 1992 the Commission 
undertook to transmit annually to the Council a report on the progress towards these 
objectives3. The Council made this annual communication obligatory in its decision of 
1993 on the restructuring of the fisheries sector4 and this obligation was extended to report 
to the European Parliament5. The present report is the fourth in the series6 7 8. 
2. The objectives set by the multi-annual guidance programmes. 
The fleets of each Member State are classified into segments, and objectives for the 
tonnage and power are set for each of these segments. By 31 December 1996, the 
objectives must be achieved for all the segments. In addition, annual intermediate 
objectives have been set for the global fleet capacity, that is, the sum of the capacities of 
all the segments of the fleet of a Member State. 
1 Commission Decisions 92/588/EEC to 92/598/EEC of 21.12.92 (O J L401 of 31.12.92 p.3) 
2 Commission Decisions 95/238/EC - 95/248/EC (O J L166 of 15.7.95, pp.1-46). 
3 Declaration of the Commission annexed to the minutes of the Standing Committee for the Fishing Industry of 1.12.92. 
4 Article 4 of Decision 94/15/CE (O J L10 of 14.1.94, p.20). „ 
5 Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3699/93 of 21.12.93 (O J L346 of 31.12.93) 
6 SEC(93) 881 final and SEC(93) 881 final/2. 
7 COM (94) 208 final. 
8 COM (95) 463 final. 
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The reduction rates applied to the fleet segments depend on the species targeted and on 
the gear used. Generally, any segment targeting demersal species is subject to a 20% 
reduction rate, whereas segments targeting benthic or pelagic species are subject to 
reduction rates of 15% and 0% respectively. The global reductions required for the fleets 
of different Member States will therefore differ according to the structure of the fleet. In 
all cases, the reductions are calculated from the objectives for 1991 that were set by the 
previous generation of multi-annual guidance programmes. 
The annual intermediate objectives ensure that the fleet reductions required are achieved 
progressively. These intermediate objectives are important for the application of the 
structural policy in the fisheries sector, and in particular the Financial Instrument for 
Fisheries Guidance9. Member States cannot take measures in aid of vessel construction 
unless the global annual intermediate objectives are respected. 
3. Measurement of capacity and fishing effort 
3.1 Tonnage 
When the programmes were adopted, the objectives for tonnage were expressed in gross 
registered tonnes (GRT). This disguised the fact that in almost all Member States a 
mixture of tonnage measurements were used, some vessels being measured in GRT, others 
in gross tonnes (GT) and others in nationally defined units of tonnage. For some vessels, 
tonnage measurements were available in more than one of these units. To calculate the 
total tonnage of the fleet, the units were therefore selected in order of priority, namely 
GRT, GT or other. 
In order to harmonise tonnage measurements, Council Regulation (EC) No 3259/9410, and 
Commission Decision No. 95/84/EC11 were adopted. These require that all fishing vessels 
be measured in GT, simplifying its definition for small vessels and specifying formulae to 
estimate GT while awaiting full remeasurement. 
Although it was intended to express the objectives of the multiannual guidance 
programmes in GT at the time of the mid term review of the programmes, many Member 
States were unable to comply with the deadlines to submit the GT values or estimates. The 
services of the Commission therefore postponed the recalculation of the objectives in 
terms of GT to a later date. 
Most Member States have now declared GT or estimated GT values for at least part of 
the fleet, and it is now appropriate to change the order of priority for the tonnage 
measurements. The tonnage of the fleet is now calculated by taking the GT where 
available, or failing that GRT, or failing that another measure of tonnage. This means that 
9 Article 10 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3699/93 of 21.12.93 (O J L346 of 31.12.93). 
10 O J No L 339, 29.12.94, p.ll 
nO J No L67, 25.3.95, p33 
when all the vessels will have been declared in GT the total tonnage will no longer be a. 
mixture of units. 
Unfortunately not all vessels have been measured in GT, and in the present report the total 
tonnage figures represent a mixture of units different to that used in the published MGP 
decisions. In most cases, changing the units from GRT to GT results in an apparent 
increase in capacity, because for large vessels the tonnage in GT is a larger value than the 
tonnage in GRT. The objectives must be adjusted to take into account this apparent 
increase in tonnage. 
For the purpose of the present report, this adjustment has been done by calculating the 
situation at 1.1.92 for a given segment using the old mixture of units, (ignoring all 
remeasurements in GT since the adoption of the decisions at the time of the mid term 
review) and comparing this with the situation at 1.1.92 using the new mixture of units. 
The ratio of the two represents the increase in tonnage at 1.1.92 that arises purely as a 
result of the remeasurement. The objectives for that segment for 31.12.96 were then raised 
by the same ratio. 
The revised global objectives for 1996 were calculated by summing the revised 1996 
objectives over all segments. The revised objectives for 31.12.91 and the annual 
intermediate objectives were calculated by raising by the same factor as that for the 1996 
global objectives. 
The tonnage measurements so obtained have been re-labelled "GT", but it should be 
remembered that they still represent a mixture of units. It should also be noted that the 
adjustment of the objectives in terms of GT is approximate, since the method used 
implicitly assumes that the new mixture of units at 1.1.92 is valid for the subsequent years 
of the programme. There is therefore a certain amount of uncertainty which must be borne 
in mind when comparing the situation in tonnes to the annual intermediate objectives, 
especially when the values are very close. 
Before the end of 1996 the objectives of the programme will be expressed purely in terms 
of GT, not a mixture of GT and other units. It will then be possible to determine 
unequivocally whether or not each of the Member States has reached its targets in terms of 
tonnage. This requires that all Member States forward to the Commission the capacity of 
all their vessels in units of GT. The method that will be used to recalculate the objectives 
in terms of GT will take into account ail the entries and exits from the fleet during the 
period of the programme, and the GT of vessels which left the fleet without being 
remeasured will be estimated from the ratio of GT to GRT of other vessels in the same 
segment and length class. 
3.2 Power 
The power of the vessels refers to the main engine power, though the way in which this is 
measured differs between Member States. The figures presented in the report may not 
therefore be comparable between Member States, but nevertheless indicate the evolution of 
power in relation to the objectives for any one Member State. 
The objectives for power are not affected by the remeasurement procedures described 
above. 
3.3 Fishing Effort 
The fishing effort of a vessel is measured as the product of capacity and the number of 
days spent at sea during the year. There are therefore two measures of effort, one 
measured in GT days and the other in kW days. 
4. The fishing vessel register of the Community. 
The multi-annual guidance programmes are monitored using monthly declarations to the 
fishing vessel register of the Community12. The register is meant to be a record of the 
physical characteristics of all the commercial marine fishing vessels in the European fleets. 
In practise, the data for some countries are incomplete. This is discussed more fully in the 
annex describing the results in each of the Member States. 
Following the adoption of the third generation of multiannual guidance programmes, the 
data contained in the register was extended to include, amongst others, the segment of the 
fleet to which the vessel belongs and the fishing effort in power x days and in tonnage x 
days. In addition, the register is used to record the real or estimated gross tonnages of the 
fishing vessels following the recently adopted Council Regulation (EC) No 3259/94 and 
Commission Decision No. 95/84/EC. 
In their monthly declarations, the Member States must notify the Commission of any 
changes to the fleet, such as new constructions, withdrawals, modifications or changes in 
activity. Erroneous data can also be corrected using these declarations. All such changes 
are recorded, but the existing information is not discarded. This makes it possible to 
reconstruct the situation of the fleet at any given date. 
The register is continually being updated and the reliability of the information improved. 
An amendment to the regulation was recently adopted13 which both extends and simplifies 
the information to be communicated, and also puts in place the procedures for direct 
access to the database by the Member States. This will greatly speed up the exchange of 
information and allow the register to be used to monitor the access of vessels to the 
various fisheries. Numerous missions to the Member States have been made or are planned 
for 1996 to discuss the implementation of these new procedures. 
5. Results 
5.1 Global results 
12 Articles 4 and 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 109/94 (O J L19 of 22.1.94). 
13 Commission Regulation (EC) No 493/96 of 20.3.96 (O J L72 of 21.3.96 p.12) 
The fleet register is intended to be the definitive source of information on the capacity of 
the fishing fleets. The present report therefore presents the progress of the multi-annual 
guidance programmes as indicated by the data in the fleet "register. Where these data are 
considered unreliable or incomplete, this is clearly stated in the text describing the results 
in each Member State (annexed). 
The global situations of the Community fleet at the end of each year compared with the 
sum of the intermediate objectives for all Member States (excluding Finland and Sweden) 
are illustrated in the attached histograms. 
During the period 1991 - 1995 the fleet was reduced by approximately 263,000 GT and by 
approximately 807,333 kW, or by about 11.5% and 9.7% respectively. These reductions 
mean that the global objectives for 1996 in tonnage and power have already been 
achieved. 
5.2 Results for each of the Member States 
The multi-annual guidance programmes were formulated in a way that allowed the 
objectives to be reached by a combination of capacity and activity reductions. However no 
Member State submitted a proposal to limit fishing activity. The objectives must therefore 
be met purely in terms of capacity. 
Detailed results by Member State are summarised in the Annex by a table showing the 
evolution of capacity by segment for each of the years 1991 - 1995, together with the 
objectives to be met by the end of 1996. Histograms show the evolution of the capacity of 
the whole fleet compared with the global annual intermediate objectives and the global 
objective for 1996. 
Even though the objectives of the programme must be met purely in terms of capacity, 
there must be no compensatory increase in the activity of the vessels remaining in the 
fleet. For this reason, the Member States are required to submit aggregated fishing effort 
data to the fleet register. Denmark, Greece, Italy, and Portugal have submitted effort data 
for the years 1991 - 1994 and Germany has submitted effort data for the years 1991 -
1993. Other Member States have collected the effort data, but since they have not been 
submitted to the fleet register they have not been included in the present report. 
The fishing effort data are shown on the same diagram as the capacity data, scaled such 
that the points for effort and capacity coincide for 1991. Any decrease or increase in effort 
relative to the intermediate objectives can therefore be clearly seen. Other Member States 
have effort data available at a national level, but these figures have not been included in 
the present report. 
6. Conclusions: Quality of the data and the reliability of the results. 
One of the main difficulties encountered when compiling this report was the estimation of 
the tonnage of the fleet. The difficulty arises because vessel tonnage is still measured in 
more than one unit, and demonstrates the importance of the Community legislation to 
harmonise tonnage measurements. During the transition period from a heterogeneous set of 
tonnage measurements to measurements purely in GT there are inevitably problems of 
comparability from one year to another and with the objectives of the programme, but 
these problems will be resolved when the GT of all Community vessels have been 
forwarded to the fleet register. The deadlines to do so have already passed, and Member 
States are urged to complete the remeasurement of the fleets without delay. 
The results presented in this report are satisfactory with respect to the global targets of the 
programme, and demonstrate the multi-annual guidance programmes have been effective in 
reducing the overcapacity of the European fleets. However, as noted in previous reports, 
the global results conceal the varying degrees of success of the Member States in reaching 
their targets. Some Member States have contributed to the global reduction in the 
European fleet by exceeding their intermediate targets, while others have failed to reach 
these targets or even increased the capacity of their fleets. 
The results also illustrate the utility of the fishing vessel register monitor the multiannual 
guidance programmes, notwithstanding the data collection and communication problems in 
some Member States. Such problems are in the process of being resolved and the 
reliability of the data in the register is constantly improving. An extension of the 
Community register is envisaged to include new fishing licence and fishing effort 
management applications, the success of which will depend in part on the success of the 
new instruments of the Common Fisheries Policy. 
TOTAL MGP III : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Excluding Finland and Sweden 
Tonnage (GT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 1991 
2253957 
2250726 1992 
2208878 
2180616 1993 
2186032 
2098581 1994 
2147573 
2045722 1995 
2109114 
1987810 1996 
2071856 
2500000 T 
2000000 + 
1500000 + 
1000000 
500000 + 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
D Objectives 
• Situation Fleet Regist 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 1991 
8290422 
8340950 1992 
8124614 
8169985 1993 
8023693 
7928386 1994 
7900357 
7726553 1995 
7777020 
7533617 1996 
7653684 
9000000 j 
8000000 --
7000000 --
6000000 
5000000 --
4000000 --
3000000 
2000000 -f 
1000000 
0 P 
m 
1991 ft 
m ill 
II 
1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
• Objectives 
Q Situation Fleet Regist 
ANNEX 
Results for each of the Member States 
BELGIUM MGP III : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Tonnage (GT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 1991 
21727 
27732 1992 
21292 
26072 1993 
24825 
24769 1994 
23578 
24439 1995 
22332 
23262 1996 
21085 
30000 T 
25000 4-
20000 4-
5 15000 4-
10000 
5000 
1991 >S 
1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
• Objectives 
E3 Situation Fleet Register 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 1991 
70069 
81431 1992 
68668 
75862 1993 
73861 
71586 1994 
71860 
69260 1995 
69858 
66626 1996 
67857 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
D Objectives 
Q Situation Fleet Register 
* Last update on 31/08/95 (Based on treatment of data sent by the Member States) 
Note : Following the revision to the Belgian programme adopted in 1993, the objectives for 1996 are now fixed independently 
of the objectives that were previously fixed for 1991. The annual intermediate objectives for 1993 -1996 have therefore been 
calculated starting from the situation at the end of 1992. 
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BELGIUM 
The data used are those from the fishing vessel register as at 31/08/95. 
The objectives for 1996 have been set independently of the objectives for 1991 and are much less severe than would 
have been the case had they been calculated using the standard formula. This was agreed by a majority of Member 
States in order to safeguard the viability of the fishing industry in Belgium and adopted by a Commission Decision of 
22/11/93 revising the original Belgian programme. 
Over the last four years, Belgium has reduced the power of its fleet by 18%. This reduction already meets the 1996 global 
objective, but the power of the demersal trawlers segment must be reduced by a further 8% in order to meet the 1996 
objective for this segment. 
The data suggest that the tonnage of the fleet remains above the intermediate objective for the end of 1995, but this may 
be an artefact of the procedures used to recalculate the tonnage objectives (see section 3.1). Belgium has communicated 
the GT of more than 90% of its fleet to the fleet register, and preliminary calculations show that the tonnage figures are 
probably much closer to the intermediate objective for 1995 expressed purely in GT, and may be within this objective. 
No effort data have been provided. Power and tonnage by year and segment are shown in the table below. 
Changes in capacity by segment 
Segment 
Netters & Beam trawlers 
Demersal trawlers 
TOTAL MGP category 
C10, C17, E10 
(and unclassified) 
E13.G14 End of year 1991 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 23112 
70357 
4620 
11074 
27732 
81431 1992 
22446 
67621 
3626 
8241 
26072 
75862 1993 
22157 
65755 
2612 
5831 
24769 
71586 1994 
21914 
63772 
2525 
5488 
24439 
69260 1995 
21330 
62429 
1932 
4197 
23262 
66626 Objectives 
1996 
19887 
63987 
1198 
3870 
21085 
67857 
A\ 
DENMARK MGP III : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Excludes vessels <5GT 
Tonnage (GT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 
Effort 1991 
119188 
114950 
22715198 1992 
116804 
106608 
21675835 1993 
114583 
92872 
19410740 1994 
112362 
94394 
18005316 1995 
110141 
93201 1996 
107920 
140000 T 
120000 
100000 + 
80000 4-
60000 + 
40000 
20000 4-25000000 
20000000 
4- 15000000 -c 
10000000 
4- 5000000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
] Objectives 
[£££2 Situation Fleet Register 
—B- Effort 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 
Effort 1991 
514716 
473827 
89511045 1992 
504422 
436177 
84747531 1993 
487131 
385665 
73590546 1994 
469840 
375000 
68115326 1995 
452550 
362871 1996 
435259 
600000 T 
500000 4-
400000 
§ 300000 X 
200000 
100000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 100000000 
4- 80000000 
60000000 £ 
4- 40000000 
20000000 
1996 
Objectives 
S3 Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 
* Last update on 10/02/96 (Based on treatment of data sent by the Member States) 
12. 
DENMARK 
The data used are those taken from the fishing vessel register as at 10/02/96. These correspond to the data in the table of 
objectives multiannual guidance programme, except that segment B09 (vessels of less than 5 GRT) has been omitted. 
These vessels were previously unregistered and therefore are not included in the figures for 1991 -1995. Figures on the 
capacity of this segment have not yet been transmitted to the fleet register. 
Denmark was within the objectives for 1991 set by the previous programme and needed to reduce its fleet by just 6% in 
tonnage and 8% in power from the situation at 1/1/92 in order to meet the objectives for 1996. These objectives have 
already been met, Denmark having reduced its fleet by 23% in tonnage and 30% in power by the end of 1995. 
Effort data have been provided for the years 1991 to 1994. From the line superimposed on the histogram for the total fleet 
it can be seen that the decrease in effort closely corresponds to the decrease in capacity, indicating that activity has 
remained more or less constant. 
Denmark has already achieved its 1996 objectives in all segments of the fleet. 
Changes in capacity by segment 
Segment 
Nets etc 
Trawlers + Danish Seine 
Pelagic fishing 
Trawlers (Greenland) 
Purse seiners 
Vessels < 5GT 
TOTAL ( Except B08) MGP category 
B13 
B12 
+ unclassified 
B09 
B10 
B17 
B08 End of year 1991 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 15048 
88239 
89975 
366110 
3480 
3810 
6447 
15668 
114950 
473827 1992 
14407 
85325 
82274 
331374 
3480 
3810 
6447 
15668 
106608 
436177 1993 
13783 
82988 
71837 
286200 
390 
809 
6862 
15668 
92872 
385665 1994 
13584 
81683 
73948 
277649 
0 
0 
6862 
15668 
94394 
375000 1995 
12842 
77863 
72596 
268591 
0 
0 
7763 
16417 
93201 
362871 Objectives 
1996 
16433 
93998 
77894 
314439 
2300 
5700 
3480 
3810 
7813 
17312 
3718 
36503 
107920 
435259 
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GERMANY MGP III : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Tonnage (GT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 
Effort 1991 
92402 
89861 
15578437 1992 
90554 
78519 
16197079 1993 
88158 
80936 
14817410 1994 
85763 
76519 1995 
83367 
75974 1996 
80972 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
I Objectives 
EEE23 Situation Fleet Register 
—H— Effort 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 
Effort 1991 
206465 
189801 
34413524 1992 
202336 
170476 
33818105 1993 
198237 
170327 
31309652 1994 
194138 
166766 1995 
190039 
165726 1996 
185940 
-- 35000000 
30000000 
25000000 
r 
-- 20000000g 
ai 
15000000 
4- 10000000 
5000000 
I- 0 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
I Objectives 
E2E3 Situation Fleet Register 
—B- Effort 
Last update on 31/12/95 (Based on treatment of data sent by the Member States) 
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GERMANY 
The data on capacity and effort are taken from the fishing vessel register as at 31/12/95. 
Germany has already more than met its global capacity objectives for 31/12/96. 
In terms of power, Germany has also met the objectives for 31/12/96 for all segments except the Beam trawlers (flatfish) 
segment programme categories G11 and G13), where a further 3% reduction is required, and the longliners segment 
(programme category G21), where a further 5% reduction is required. The tonnage figures suggest that further reductions 
are required in segments C11 and G19 and in segments C12 and G21, but owing to the inaccuracies involved in the 
recalculation of the objectives to take into account remeasurement in GT (see section 3.1) it is only for the latter two that 
this can be stated with any degree of certainty. 
Changes in capacity by segment 
Segment 
Beam trawlers (crustaceans) 
Beam trawlers (flatfish) 
Fixed nets 
Beam trawlers (flatfish) 
Bottom trawlers (cutters) 
Pelagic trawlers 
Pelagic trawlers (cutters) 
Longliners (cutters) 
Freezer vessels 
+ wetfish trawlers 
TOTAL MGP category 
C11 
C12 
C19 
G11 + G13 
G16 + G17 
G19 
G20 
G21 
G22 End of year 1991 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 8209 
40230 
2982 
9474 
5210 
31737 
2335 
7310 
14861 
40925 
14992 
11805 
1761 
4636 
1430 
2857 
38081 
40827 
89861 
189801 1992 
8801 
40637 
2899 
9236 
5089 
29910 
1501 
4818 
12717 
34236 
9851 
6706 
1409 
3651 
1609 
3279 
34643 
38003 
78519 
170476 1993 
8912 
40559 
2844 
8497 
5044 
29964 
2424 
7725 
12080 
32311 
14992 
11805 
1326 
3479 
1609 
3279 
31705 
32708 
80936 
170327 1994 
9188 
41193 
2702 
8027 
4895 
29340 
2255 
6948 
11236 
30686 
14992 
11805 
1062 
2780 
1609 
3279 
28580 
32708 
76519 
166766 1995 
9890 
41854 
2507 
7424 
4788 
29715 
2028 
6948 
10518 
29233 
14992 
11805 
1062 
2760 
1609 
3279 
28580 
32708 
75974 
165726 Objectives 
1996 
8579 
43762 
2467 
8760 
6315 
34523 
2114 
6759 
11605 
35614 
14522 
12841 
1707 
5043 
1166 
3108 
32497 
35529 
80972 
185939 
/is 
GREECE MGP ill : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Tonnage (GT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 
Effort 1991 
124662 
129474 
39041992 1992 
122169 
128761 
38541357 1993 
120458 
120883 
35443307 1994 
118747 
119375 
35120411 1995 
117036 
118332 1996 
115326 
140000 T 
120000 -f 
100000 + 
80000 
60000 + 
40000 
20000 4--- 40000000 
-- 35000000 
-- 30000000 
-- 25000000 
•e 
o 
20000000 £ 
-- 15000000 
-- 1O00O000 
5000000 
0 1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
I Objectives 
E2S3 Situation Fleet Register 
-B-Effort 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 
Effort 1991 
688203 
710701 
225575863 1992 
674439 
700220 
221849517 1993 
670308 
670244 
212053968 1994 
666176 
666459 
211335112 1995 
662045 
657285 1996 
657914 
657547 
-I- 250000000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
I Objectives 
EES3 Situation Fleet Register 
—H—Effort 
Last update on 28/02/96 (Based on treatment of data sent by the Member States) 
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GREECE 
The data are taken from the fishing vessel register as at 28/02/96. Greece has met the 1996 global objectives in terms of 
power but in terms of tonnage the data suggest that the situation remains above the intermediate objective for 1995. The 
margin is small, and given the uncertainties in the recalculation of the objectives (see section 3.1) should not be regarded 
as precise. 
Fishing effort data were provided up until the end of 1994. The decrease in fishing effort corresponds very closely to the 
decrease in capacity. 
Greece has already met the 1996 objectives for the segment "Fixed Gear and Seiners" (categories E20 and Z14). The 
capacity of the "trawlers" segment (category G18) is also close to the 1996 objectives, but the capacity of the bottom 
trawlers (category E14) must be reduced by a further 22% in tonnage and 18% in power. 
Changes in capacity by segment 
Segment 
Fixed Gear and seiners 
Bottom trawlers 
Trawlers 
TOTAL MGP category 
E20+Z14 
E14 
+ unclassified 
G18 End of year 1991 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 71649 
536017 
28112 
121756 
29713 
52928 
129474 
710701 1992 
71035 
525067 
28637 
123041 
29089 
52112 
128761 
700220 1993 
68822 
507248 
27978 
119564 
24083 
43432 
120883 
670244 1994 
69411 
508978 
27659 
117989 
22305 
39492 
119375 
666459 1995 
69056 
504161 
27088 
113849 
22188 
39275 
118332 
657285 Objectives 
1996 
71037 
523820 
22191 
95976 
22097 
37751 
115326 
657547 
Al 
SPAIN MGP III : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Tonnage (GT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 1991 
823021 
786584 1992 
806561 
764254 1993 
793829 
727679 1994 
781097 
702461 1995 
768365 
654561 1996 
755633 
M 
mm wm 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
• Objectives 
E Situation Fleet Register 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 1991 
1955372 
1915572 1992 
1916265 
1849708 1993 
1888180 
1756492 1994 
1860096 
1711538 ,1995 
1832012 
1628384 1996 
1803927 
1991 tim 
pa 
1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
• Objectives 
0 Situation Fleet Register 
Last update on 29/02/96 (Based on treatment of data sent by the Member States) 
•12 
SPAIN 
The data for tonnage and power are taken from the fishing vessel register as at 29.02.96. 
Spain had already reached its 1996 global objectives in tonnage and power by the end of 1993, and has now reached its 
1996 targets in all segments. 
According to a footnote to the Decision adopted following the mid term review of the programmes, the vessels under 
article 158 of the Treaty of Accession will be fully integrated into the objectives of the programme. The objectives shown in 
the present report have not yet been adjusted to take these vessels into account. 
No effort data have been provided by Spain. 
Changes in capacity by segment 
Segment 
Trawlers & Polyvalent 
Dredgers 
Pelagic seiners, Netters etc 
& Canaries 
Trawlers & Polyvalent 
Pelagic seiners, Netters etc 
Tuna fleet 
TOTAL MGP category 
D10 
+ unclassified 
D11 
G12 
G26 
G28 End of year 1991 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 173843 
496640 
159122 
619644 
335551 
572344 
37963 
99264 
80105 
127680 
786584 
1915572 1992 
171833 
485825 
153452 
601374 
312044 
523421 
45314 
109832 
81611 
129256 
764254 
1849708 1993 
162310 
459940 
151136 
588612 
288840 
475518 
46416 
110516 
78977 
121906 
727679 
1756492 1994 
157542 
449631 
149730 
583247 
270999 
449008 
45213 
107746 
78977 
121906 
702461 
1711538 1995 
151480 
430307 
150457 
585523 
238465 
407591 
36182 
84747 
77977 
120216 
654561 
1628384 Objectives 
1996 
160460 
442193 
166752 
628246 
296093 
494264 
39562 
101092 
92767 
138133 
755633 
1803928 
AQ 
FRANCE MGP III : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Excluding French Overseas Departments 
Tonnage (GT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 1991 
210067 
198657 1992 
205865 
191067 1993 
201433 
187515 1994 
197000 
182576 1995 
192568 
178678 1996 
188135 
250000 
200000 
150000 4 
100000 4 
50000 4- $m 
wssa 
H 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
D Objectives 
H Situation Fleet Register 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 1991 
1055050 
1088949 1992 
1033949 
1054358 1993 
1012609 
1034034 1994 
991270 
1010791 1995 
969930 
990509 1996 
948591 
1200000 
1000000 
800000 4 
2 600000 4 
400000 4-
200000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
D Objectives 
• Situation Fleet Register 
* Last update on 29/02/96 (Based on treatment of data sent by the Member States) 
FRANCE 
The data are taken from the fishing vessel register as at 29/02/96. 
The segments operating in the French Overseas Departments are not yet incorporated into the fishing vessel register. 
They were not included in the 1991 objectives and have therefore been excluded from the comparisons of the fleet 
capacity and the annual intermediate objectives. 
France has met its 1995 intermediate objective in terms of tonnage, but not in terms of power. No effort data have been 
supplied. 
France has increased the tonnage of the "Polyvalent, static gears and canners" segment (category A10) beyond that 
envisaged by the 1996 objective, and has to a lesser degree increased the power of this segment. Similarly the capacity of 
the "Polyvalent (trawlers)" segment (category M11 ) has increased while the objectives for 1996 call for a substantial 
decrease in the capacity. For the other segments, the objectives for 1996 have already been achieved in terms of tonnage 
or in terms of both tonnage and power. 
Changes in capacity by segment 
Segment 
Polyval.,static gears 
+ canners 
Polyvalent (trawlers) 
Polyvalent static+Dredgers 
Polyvalent (trawlers) 
Pelagic trawl, seiners (tuna) 
+ static gears 
Seiners (tuna) 
Coastal fleet (DOM) 
Tuna fleet (DOM) 
TOTAL (Excluding DOM) MGP category 
A10 
A11+ unclassified 
A12 
M11 
M13 
H10 
110 End of year 1991 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 25530 
225606 
117211 
561120 
3734 
38190 
8079 
49012 
9542 
127527 
34561 
87494 
198657 
1088949 1992 
25465 
227481 
111192 
534642 
3225 
33600 
8155 
48881 
9828 
126528 
33202 
83226 
191067 
1054358 1993 
26730 
229883 
105774 
512808 
2998 
31811 
8543 
50359 
9660 
124328 
33810 
84845 
187515 
1034034 1994 
30669 
232246 
98201 
490224 
3212 
33055 
8517 
49391 
9906 
125446 
32071 
80429 
182576 
1010791 1995 
30416 
229941 
94933 
473891 
3269 
34705 
8470 
48957 
9662 
123106 
31928 
79909 
178678 
990509 Objectives 
1996 
26893 
222352 
102411 
442421 
3343 
31993 
6808 
38644 
10052 
125687 
38629 
87494 
18990 
165387 
1200 
6500 
188136 
948591 
3.1 
IRELAND MGP III : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Tonnage (GT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 1991 
52039 
56236 1992 
50998 
58638 1993 
57641 
55259 1994 
56643 
56110 1995 
55646 
58769 1996 
54649 
60000 
50000 4-
40000 
30000 
20000 4 
10000 SSBB Mie 
». 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year im 
m 
1995 1996 
D Objectives 
H Situation Fleet Register 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 1991 
197011 
184629 1992 
193071 
193792 1993 
190277 
191092 1994 
186762 
193447 1995 
183247 
193168 1996 
179732 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
D Objectives 
E Situation Fleet Register 
Last update on 31/12/95 (Based on treatment of data sent by the Member States) 
Note : The objectives for 1996 are fixed independently of the objectives that were previously 
fixed for 1991. The annual intermediate objectives for 1993 -1996 have therefore been calculated 
starting from the situation at the end of 1992. 
oU 
IRELAND 
The fishing vessel register was last brought up to date on 31/12/95. 
Ireland has not submitted data on fleet segmentation to the fleet register. The tonnage objectives could not therefore be 
revised to take into account the remeasurement of vessels in GT using the procedure described in section 3.1. Instead, the 
tonnage objectives in the programme were raised using the ratio of the global situation at 1.1.92 with remeasurement to 
the global ratio at 1.1.92 without remeasurement. 
From the figures it can be seen that the capacity of the Irish fleet has increased by 2533 GT and 8539 kW over the period 
1991 -1995. This results partly from the introduction of 20 offshore whitefish vessels following the Council declaration that 
fixed the objectives for 1996 independently of the objectives for 1991. Moreover data in the fleet register includes the 
capacity of some, but not all, vessels that were unregistered at the time that the objectives for 1996 were fixed. The 
objectives were adjusted to take into account the capacity of the whitefish vessels, but no decision has yet been made on 
whether the objectives for 1996 should be modified to take into account the capacity of the previously unregistered 
vessels, which amounts to approximately 3000 tonnes. 
The data indicate that Ireland is outside the 1995 intermediate objectives in both tonnage and power, with reductions of 
7% in required to meet the targets for the end of 1996. 
Changes in capacity by segment 
Segment 
Beam trawlers 
Pelagic trawlers 
Polyvalent 
TOTAL MGP category 
E11 
E15 
E18, E19 End of year 1991 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 56236 
184629 1992 
58638 
193792 1993 
55259 
191092 1994 
56110 
193447 1995 
58769 
193168 Objectives 
1996 
1217 
6113 
20815 
44359 
32616 
129260 
54649 
179732 
& 
ITALY MGP III : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Tonnage (GT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 
Effort 1991 
271857 
273955 
45029950 1992 
266420 
269691 
45364600 1993 
262961 
267737 
41534726 1994 
259501 
262102 
40966552 1995 
256041 
260602 1996 
252582 
300000 -r 
250000 4 
200000 4 
150000 
100000 4 
50000 4 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
ii Objectives 
EE223 Situation Fleet Register 
—B-Effort 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 
Effort 1991 
1541664 
1524219 
240255834 1992 
1510831 
1530476 
246166212 1993 
1499293 
1530927 
231379895 1994 
1487755 
1518508 
257609616 1995 
1476218 
1513677 1996 
1464680 
4 250000000 
200000000 
4 150000000 "g 
100000000 
50000000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
Objectives 
ESSS3 Situation Fleet Register 
-«-Effort 
* Last update on 31/08/95 (Based on treatment of data sent by the Member States) 
Jk 
ITALY 
The data for Italy used in this report are taken from the fleet register, last updated on 31/08/95. 
Italy has declared the information on fleet segmentation to the fleet register, but the indicated capacity of each segment 
bears no relation to the capacity of the same segments shown in the published decisions. It is therefore not possible to 
compare the evolution of the capacity by segment objectives for 1996 set by the programme. This also means that the 
tonnage objectives could not be revised to take into account the remeasurement of vessels in GT using the procedure 
described in section 3.1. Instead, the tonnage objectives in the programme were raised using the ratio of the global 
situation at 1.1.92 with remeasurement to the global ratio at 1.1.92 without remeasurement. 
The data in the fleet register indicate that Italy is outside the global intermediate target for the end of 1995, but the 
reliability of these data are questionable. 
Italy has provided effort data for the years 1991 -1994. These suggest that there has been a small increase in the mean 
activity per kW in 1994, though there is no evidence that this is anything other than variability around a constant long term 
mean. 
Changes in capacity by segment 
Segment 
Pelagic pair trawlers 
Bottom trawlers'(&Volante) 
Manual dredgers 
Suction dredgers 
Netters 
Longliners & liners 
Polyvalent (trawlers) 
Polyvalent (non trawlers) 
Seiners (tuna) 
Bottom trawlers 
Polyvalent (non trawlers) 
Bottom trawlers 
Tuna fleet 
TOTAL MGP category 
C13 
C14 
C15 
C16 
C18 
C20 
C21 
C22 
C23 
M10 
M12 
G15 
G29 End of year 1991 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 273955 
1524219 1992 
269691 
1530476 1993 
267737 
1530927 1994 
262102 
1518508 1995 
260602 
1513677 Objectives 
1996 
1999 
11390 
46509 
229200 
246 
2007 
2387 
24475 
3715 
28197 
1264 
9807 
1643 
12915 
143247 
1019163 
3722 
20150 
14027 
37582 
3415 
11729 
21140 
40008 
9266 
18057 
252580 
1464680 
NETHERLANDS MGP III : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Tonnage (GT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 1991 
95496 
138433 1992 
93586 
138065 1993 
95043 
142282 1994 
93307 
153096 1995 
91570 
153694 1996 
91035 
160000 j 
140000 --
120000 --
100000 --
£ 80000 --
60000 --
40000 
20000 
0 m m 
m 
Wm 
Wà 
i%m 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
D Objectives 
E3 Situation Fleet Register 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 1991 
412988 
446752 1992 
404728 
439480 1993 
408098 
440846 1994 
396968 
437178 1995 
385837 
436630 1996 
374707 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
D Objectives 
• Situation Fleet Register 
* Last update on 31/10/95 (Based on treatment of data sent by the Member States) 
Note: The capacity of shrimp trawlers (MGP category E12) are excluded from the objectives and 
the situations for 1991 and 1992 but are included for the years 1993 -1996 
.V 
NETHERLANDS 
The data are taken from the fishing vessel register and were last updated on 31/10/95. 
For the years 1991 and 1992, the capacity of the shrimp trawlers (category E12) has been excluded, since they were not 
included in the objectives for 1991 nor in the objectives of the transitional programme. The apparent increase in capacity 
between 1992 and 1993 is therefore partly explained by the inclusion of these vessels from that date. 
The Netherlands has failed to meet the objectives of the programme by a substantial margin. From the table showing the 
situation by segment it can be seen that tonnage has been increasing in all segments, whereas power has been reduced 
only slightly. 
It should however be noted that the comparison of the situation and the objectives in terms of tonnage may be misleading. 
As noted in the published decisions, the historic data on the development of fleet capacity show major discrepancies with 
previously published data, especially for the pelagic trawlers segment. These discrepancies have not been satisfactorily 
explained and may require a revision of the tonnage objectives following a reassessment of the baseline situation. 
Changes in capacity by segment 
Segment 
Cutters (crust, and molluscs) 
Pelagic trawlers 
Cutter fleet (excl. moll/crust.) 
TOTAL MGP category 
E12 
E16 
E17 End of year 1991 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 4394 
16725 
46328 
58796 
92105 
371231 
142827 
446752 1992 
4648 
17614 
46328 
58796 
91737 
363070 
142713 
439480 1993 
4962 
18657 
43099 
53943 
94221 
r 368246 
142282 
440846 1994 
4883 
18381 
53396 
57625 
94817 
361172 
153096 
437178 1995 
4819 
17368 
53396 
57625 
95479 
361637 
153694 
436630 Objectives 
1996 
4394 
16725 
36465 
46278 
50176 
311704 
91035 
374707 
£ 
PORTUGAL MGP HI : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Tonnage (GT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 
Effort 1991 
215146 
182243 
55320900 1992 
210843 
166726 
52394815 1993 
206920 
147082 
46968929 1994 
202996 
130550 
41365255 1995 
199073 
123539 1996 
195150 
250000 T 
200000 + 
150000 + 
100000 4-
50000 4-70000000 
4- 10000000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
lv'''-,-l Objectives 
E2E23 Situation Fleet Register 
—•—Effort 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 
Effort 1991 
553678 
503654 
140592375 1992 
542604 
484657 
137315515 1993 
536922 
449015 
129464928 1994 
531239 
414781 
121113263 1995 
525556 
397818 1996 
519873 
600000 -r 
500000 4-
400000 
5 300000 4-
200000 + 
100000 4-
1991 ffff. 
1 
1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 ^Objectives -- 160000000 
140000000 
-- 120000000 
-- 100000000 
80000000 
60000000 
+ 40000000 
20000000 
-0-
E223 Situation Fleet Register 
—•-Effort 
* Last update on 30/04/96 (Based on treatment of data sent by the Member States) 
^ 
PORTUGAL 
The data used are those from the fishing vessel register as at 30/04/96. 
Portugal was already well within its 1996 objectives at the start of the programme. It has continued to reduce capacity and 
is now more than 35% below the 1996 objective in terms of tonnage and about 25% below the 1996 objective in terms of 
power. Portugal has also declared fishing effort data for the years 1991 to 1994. These indicate that the fishing effort of 
the fleet has decreased in parallel with the decrease in capacity, indicating that activity has remained fairly constant during 
this period. 
Portugal has already reached its 1996 objectives in all segments of the fleet. 
Changes in capacity by segment 
Segment 
Trawlers 
Polyvalent (non trawlers) 
Purse seine (sardines) 
Polyvalent, Trawlers & 
Purse seine (tuna) 
Polyvalent (non trawlers) 
Purse seiners 
Polyvalent (tuna) 
Polyvalent 
Polyvalent 
TOTAL MGP category 
B11+ unclassified 
B15 
B19 
G24 + G27 
B16 
B18 
G25 
B14 
G23 End of year 1991 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kw 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 22331 
73627 
42637 
203191 
11756 
53056 
85421 
108313 
3788 
15222 
199 
916 
715 
1670 
10039 
42642 
5357 
5017 
182243 
503654 1992 
21910 
71808 
39591 
194395 
11476 
52598 
73449 
97057 
3616 
14598 
199 
916 
715 
1670 
11640 
47591 
4130 
4024 
166726 
484657 1993 
20029 
65597 
35651 
186085 
9774 
45151 
62709 
83788 
4151 
16056 
199 
916 
715 
1670 
11183 
46699 
2671 
3053 
147082 
449015 1994 
18374 
58579 
31653 
176377 
8505 
39392 
54486 
73140 
3974 
15089 
199 
916 
715 
1670 
11228 
47264 
1416 
2354 
130550 
414781 1995 
16914 
54355 
31312 
172641 
8440 
39168 
49910 
66045 
4045 
15743 
199 
916 
715 
1670 
10588 
44926 
1416 
2354 
123539 
397818 Objectives 
1996 
19630 
62749 
50754 
216388 
12904 
56527 
88905 
103390 
4747 
19438 
250 
1170 
1200 
2550 
12169 
53397 
4592 
4264 
195150 
519873 
JS 
UNITED 
KINGDOM MGP HI : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Tonnage (GT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 1991 
228353 
252601 1992 
223786 
252215 1993 
220182 
251567 1994 
216578 
244100 1995 
212974 
247198 1996 
209370 
300000 T 
250000 4 
200000 4 
150000 4 
100000 
50000 m 
1991 &m 
1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
O Objectives 
• Situation Fleet Register 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 1991 
1095206 
1221415 1992 
1073302 
1234779 1993 
1058777 
•1228158 1994 
1044253 
1162825 1995 
1029728 
1120923 1996 
1015204 
1400000 
1200000 4 
1000000 
800000 
600000 --
400000 --
200000 Œ 
m 
1991 M 
1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
O Objectives 
• Situation Fleet Register 
Last update on 01/02/96 (Based on treatment of data sent by the Member States) 
^ 
UNITED KINGDOM 
The data are taken from the fishing vessel register as at 01/02/96 and now include vessels registered in the Isle of Man 
and Channel Islands. The capacity of the United Kingdom fleet has been substantially higher than the series of annual 
intermediate objectives throughout the period of the programme. The global reduction over the period 1991 -1995 has 
been approximately 2% in tonnage and 9% in power compared with decreases of about 20% required to meet the 1996 
objectives. 
The 20% decrease in capacity required to meet the objectives for 1996 requires some qualification, because according to 
the published decisions the requirement was for à 17% reduction. The reason for the increase is that previously 
unregistered vessels have since been added to the fleet register. These vessels and the rights to fishing licences existed at 
the time the objectives for the MAGPs I and II were fixed, and it may therefore be necessary to revise the 1991 and 1996 
objectives accordingly. 
The table of the capacities by segment shows that the 1996 objectives have already been achieved for 3 segments, 
namely Shellfish mobile (category F14), Nephrops Trawl (category F16), and Distant water vessels (category F17). For 
the segment Others >10 metres (category F18) the power is already well within the 1996 objectives, but further reductions 
are required in tonnage. The reduction in capacity in the latter segment has largely been due to the reallocation of vessels 
to other segments rather than a real reduction in capacity. 
In order to meet its 1996 objectives, the United Kingdom introduced a package of measures to reduce both capacity and 
activity. A decommissioning scheme was expected to remove about 6% of the total capacity, with further reductions 
achieved by licence aggregation penalties. Activity reductions were to be achieved by a days at sea regime, but 
the implementation of this was delayed when it was challenged by the industry in the European Court. The United 
Kingdom government won the case but decided not to proceed with the measures. Additional funding has now been found 
for the decommissioning scheme. One problem that emerged from the licence aggregation scheme was that the penalties 
were calculated using vessel capacity units (VCUs), which used only the parameters length, breadth and power. The result 
was that the penalty was met by a reduction in power rather than tonnage, and in some cases the tonnage on the 
aggregate licence actually increased. This possibly has now been removed by a revision in the terms of the penalties. 
Changes in capacity by segment 
Segment 
Beam trawl 
Demersal Trawl & Seiners 
Pelagic trawl 
Shellfish fixed 
Shellfish mobile 
Netters, 
Liners + other static gears 
Nephrops trawl 
Distant water 
Others >10 m 
Mixed (non trawlers) <10 m 
* TOTAL MGP category 
F10 
F11 + F20 
+ unclassified 
F12 
F13 
F14 
F15 
F16 
F17 
F18 
F19 End of year 1991 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT > 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 25193 
112493 
110733 
422762 
23453 
76965 
3525 
27946 
5966 
27782 
13707 
56539 
20751 
90377 
8842 
20873 
19273 
92040 
21158 
293638 
252601 
1221415 1992 
29581 
129098 
106112 
396562 
20996 
66133 
3597 
28947 
6253 
29031 
14945 
59464 
20786 
90437 
8842 
20873 
19618 
95236 
21485 
318998 
252215 
1234779 1993 
29923 
129872 
99072 
363395 
25071 
73297 
3892 
29666 
6276 
29212 
15375 
60730 
20921 
91005 
8842 
20873 
20259 
99094 
21936 
331014 
251567 
1228158 1994 
29339 
126061 
104648 
369012 
23572 
70821 
3768 
28653 
6018 
27569 
15008 
56148 
19162 
82776 
8433 
18021 
13770 
69949 
20382 
313815 
244100 
1162825 1995 
27076 
114631 
104793 
366775 
23625 
62191 
3575 
26683 
6289 
28915 
15035 
53553 
19262 
82494 
6952 
14770 
21722 
82486 
18869 
288425 
247198 
1120923 Objectives 
1996 
18957 
81465 
74455 
262505 
23481 
72060 
2442 
16395 
7057 
30947 
11881 
52137 
21305 
89246 
9876 
21236 
20238 
117728 
19679 
271484 
209370 
1015203 
FINLAND MGP HI : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Tonnage (GT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 1991 1992 1993 1994 
22510 
22510 1995 
22517 
22661 1996 
22523 
25000 T 
20000 4 
150O0 4 
10000 
5000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
Q Objectives 
• Situation Fleet Register 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 1991 1992 1993 1994 
213179 
213214 1995 
213179 
216025 1996 
213179 
250000 -r 
200000 
150000 
100000 4 
50000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
• Objectives 
B Situation Fleet Register 
Last update on 14/02/96 (Based on treatment of data sent by the Member States) 
FINLAND 
The data in the fleet register were last updated on 14/02/96. 
The Finnish programme runs for the period 1995 -1996, and uses the situation at 01/01/95 as the baseline on which to 
base the objectives for 1996. In the case of Finland the objectives for 1996 were to stabilise capacity at the baseline level. 
The baseline at 01/01/95 and the objectives for 31/12/96 shown in the present report differ slightly from those shown in the 
published decision, which were provisional. There seems to have been a small increase in tonnage and a more significant 
increase in power during the first year of the programme. The tonnage objectives of the Finnish programme are expressed 
purely in GT and are not affected by the problems of estimation described in section 3.1. 
Changes in capacity by segment 
Segment 
Trawlers (Baltic Herring) 
Driftnetters / Longliners 
Other Vessels 
Trawlers (Baltic Herring) 
Aaland Islands 
Driftnetters / Longliners 
Aaland Islands 
Other Vessels 
Aaland Islands 
TOTAL MGP category 
F21 
F22+F24 
F23 
F25 
F26 
F27 End of year 1991 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 1992 1993 1994 
9022 
47462 
3268 
29053 
7782 
119373 
1267 
4898 
531 
4712 
640 
7716 
22510 
213214 1995 
8999 
47257 
3286 
29121 
7935 
122273 
1267 
4898 
531 
4712 
643 
7764 
22661 
216025 Objectives 
1996 
9040 
47469 
3267 
29059 
7778 
119335 
1267 
4899 
531 
4710 
640 
7707 
22523 
213179 
M 
SWEDEN MGP III : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Tonnage (GT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 1991 1992 1993 1994 
50752 
50752 1995 
50206 
50828 1996 
49660 
60000 -r 
50000 4 
40000 
30000 
20000 4 
10000 
04 
1991 19=2 M 
1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
• Objectives 
H Situation Fleet Register 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 1991 1992 1993 1994 
271409 
261976 1995 
264354 
267049 1996 
257298 
300000 -r 
250000 4 
200000 4 
5 150000 X 
100000 
50000 4 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
D Objectives 
• Situation Fleet Register 
Last update on 01/02/96 (Based on treatment of data sent by the Member States) 
2>r 
SWEDEN 
The data in the fleet register were last updated on 30/11/95. 
The Swedish programme runs for the period 1995-1996, and uses the situation at 01/01/95 as the baseline on which to 
base the objectives for 1996. 
The baseline at 01/01/95 and the objectives for 31/12/96 shown in the present report differ slightly from those shown in the 
published decision, which were provisional. 
There seems to have been a small increase in tonnage and power during the first year of the programme, and is largely 
attributable to an increase in the capacity of the segment "Others" (category F32). 
Changes in capacity by segment 
Segment 
Trawlers-shellfish 
Trawlers / Seiners 
> 30 metres 
Polyvalent 
Netters/Longliners in Baltic 
Others 
TOTAL MGP category 
F28 
F29 
F30 
F31 
F32 End of year 1991 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 1992 1993 1994 
6582 
30416 
14223 
42176 
13651 
58475 
5135 
37942 
11161 
92967 
50752 
261976 1995 
6223 
28703 
14221 
42176 
13736 
58152 
5211 
38550 
11437 
99468 
50828 
267049 Objectives 
1996 
6582 
30416 
14223 
42176 
12559 
53797 
5135 
37942 
11161 
92967 
49660 
257298 
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