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j.!iro Brussels, 11.07.1997 
COM(97) 352 final 
ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 
on the results of the 
multi-annual guidance programmes for the fishing fleets 
at the end of 1996 
(presented by the Commission) 
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1. Subject of the Communication and legal base 
For each Member State in the Union, a multi-annual guidance programme (MGP) fixes objectives for 
reducing the size of the fishing fleet. 
The third generation of MGPs were adopted in December 19921 and fix objectives for the period 1992 -1996. 
These objectives were subsequently revised on the basis of more up to date information during a mid term 
review of the programmes2 in 1995. 
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 fifth in the 
series 6 7 8 9 and the final report on the results of the third generation of programmes (MGP III). 
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. The objectives of the programmes should have been achieved for all the 
segments by 31.12.96. 
For each Member State, annual intermediate objectives were also set for the global fleet capacity, that is, the 
sum of the capacities of all the segments of the fleet. These were intended to ensure that the fleet reductions 
required were achieved progressively during the period of the programme. 
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 MGPs. 
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. 
9 COM (96) 305 final 
The objectives that are currently in force are those described in the MGP Decisions adopted at the time of the 
mid term review of the programmes. In many cases, footnotes to the tables of objectives indicated that 
certain revisions to these objectives would be required at a later date. The present report incorporates 
several such revisions, so there may be some discrepancies between the objectives presented here and 
those published in the Official Journal. In the case of the United Kingdom and Ireland, other possible 
revisions to the objectives have been described at the request of these Member States. Any difference 
between the published objectives and those presented in the present report are explained in the text, but it 
must be emphasised that they are subject to a formal proposal from the Commission for modification and the 
approval of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture when the starting objectives for the 
fourth generation of programmes (MGP IV) are discussed. 
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 tharrone 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. They also 
simplify the definition of GT for vessels less than 15 metres in length and specify formulae to estimate the GT 
of vessels between 15 and 24 metres length pending full remeasurement. 
Although it was intended to express the tonnage objectives of the MGP III in units of 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. After consultations with the Member States, it was agreed that the 
conversion of tonnages to units of GT would be done at the time the MGP IV was adopted, and that the 
results of the MGP III would be assessed purely in terms of GRT Or national measures of tonnage, depending 
on the units used to fix the objectives. In this report, the term GRT is used to refer to all of these units, even if 
the definition of GRT varies from Member State to Member State. 
This approach does not remove all of the difficulties of measuring the tonnage of the fleet. Not all countries 
have GRT values available for every vessel in their fleets, some vessels being measured only in GT. 
Estimates of GRT are therefore required for these vessels. A Decision of the Commission12 was adopted in 
April of this year specifying the estimation formulae to be used to estimate the GRT for the countries 
concerned. 
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 GRT days and the other in kW 
days. 
10 O J No L 339, 29.12.94, p.11 
11 O J No L67, 25.3.95, p33 
12 Commission Decision 97/259/EC of 1.4.97 (OJ L104 of 22 April 1997 p 28) 
4. The fishing vessel register of the Community. 
The multi-annual guidance programmes are monitored using the declarations to the fishing vessel register of 
the Community13. These declarations were originally sent on a monthly basis, but are now sent weekly. 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 MGP III, 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 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 adopted14 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. 
5. Results 
5.1 Results for each of the Member States 
The detailed results by Member State are described in this section. In each case a table shows the evolution 
of capacity by segment for each of the years 1991 -1996, together with the objectives to be met by the end of 
1996. In these tables the situation at the end of 1996 is also expressed as a percentage of the objectives, so 
a percentage greater than 100 indicates that the objectives have not been met. Histograms show the 
evolution of the capacity of the whole fleet compared with the global annual intermediate objectives and the 
global objective for 1996 
The data for the tables and histograms are taken from the fishing vessel register of the Community, or "fleet 
register". The fleet register is intended to be the definitive source of information on the capacity of the fishing 
fleets. Where these data are considered unreliable or incomplete, or where they show any discrepancies with 
the reports on the results of the MGP III submitted by the Member States themselves, this is clearly stated in 
the text. 
The MGPs 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 have been met purely in terms of capacity. 
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 by segment to the fleet register. For each of the 
countries that have submitted effort data, a table shows the evolution of effort by segment. Total fishing effort 
each year is also 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. 
13 Articles 4 and 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 109/94 (O J L19 of 22.1.94). 
14 Commission Regulation (EC) No 493/96 of 20.3.96 (O J L72 of 21.3.96 p. 12) 
Belgium 
a) Fleet register 
The data in the fleet register are up to date. GT measures or estimates are available for 99% of the fleet, but 
no effort data have been provided by Belgium. 
The evolution of the fleet based on the data in the fleet register is shown in Figure 1 and Table 1. 
b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by Belgium. 
The situation by segment at 31.12.96 based on the report from Belgium on the results of the MGP III is shown 
in the table below: 
Segment 
Netters & Beam trawlers 
Demersal trawlers 
TOTAL MGP 
category 
C10, C17, 
E10 
E13, G14 Situation 31.12.96 
GRT kW 
18490 
1688 
20178 59343 
4197 
63540 
The results are almost identical to those based on the data in the fleet register. The minor discrepancies that 
exist are within the limits expected from a combination of rounding errors in the GRT estimations and the time 
delays involved in communicating changes to the fleet to the fleet register. 
c) Results 
When the MGP III was first adopted, the 1996 objectives fixed for the Belgian fleet were calculated by the 
same formula as for other Member States, namely a reduction from the objectives set by MGP II. However in 
1993 Belgium successfully argued that its fleet was already at the minimum viable capacity. The Belgian 
objectives for 1996 were therefore set independently of the 1991. objectives, and called for global reductions 
of just 3% in tonnage and power over the period of the programme. 
From Figure 1 and Table 1 it can be seen that Belgium has achieved the global objectives for both tonnage 
and power, but the objectives were not met for the demersal trawler segment, with the tonnage 44% above 
the 1996 objective and the power 8% above the 1996 objective. However, it should be recognised that the 
objectives for this segment were particularly severe, requiring decreases of about 70% in tonnage and power 
over the period of the programme, and that the absolute capacity involved is small. 
Figure 1 
BELGIUM MGP HI : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Tonnage (GRT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 1991 
21551 
25524 1992 
21120 
23704 1993 
23007 
22204 1994 
22309 
21844 1995 
21612 
20648 1996 
20914 
20118 
30000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 199o 
D Objectives 
•Situation Fleet Register 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 1991 
70069 
80770 1992 
68668 
75201 1993 
73365 
70925 1994 
71529 
68599 1995 
69693 
65965 1996 
67857 
63840 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
O Objectives 
• Situation Fleet Register 
Note : Following the revision to the Belgian programme adopted in 1993, the objectives for 1996 were fixed 
independently of the objectives that were previousiyftxed for 1991. The annual intermediate objectives for 
1993 -1996 have therefore been calculated starting from the situation at the end of 1992. 
Table 1 
BELGIUM Evolution of capacity by segment 
The GRT values shown in the table include estimates of GRT based on the formulae given in Commission Decision 97/259/EC. The percentage 
contributions of these estimates are shown in brackets. 
Segment 
Netters & Beam trawlers 
Demersal trawlers 
Unclassified 
TOTAL MGP category 
C10, C17, E10 
E13.G14 End of yea 1991 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 20935 (55%) 
68881 
4421 (14%) 
11074 
168 (81%) 
815 
25524 (48%) 
80770 1992 
20085 (58%) 
65867 
3389 (19%) 
8241 
230 (51%) 
1093 
23704 (53%) 
75201 1993 
. 19585 (60%) 
63872 
2385 (22%) 
5831 
234 (68%) 
1222 
22204 (56%) 
70925 1994 
19573 (60%) 
63111 
2271 (27%) 
5488 
21844 (57%) 
68599 1995 
18959 (63%) 
61768 
1689 (36%) 
4197 
20648 (61%) 
65965 1996 
18429 (67%) 
59643 
1689 (36%) 
4197' 
20118 (64%) 
63840 Objectives 
19744 
63987 
1170 
3870 
20914 
67857 Sit./Obj. 
93% 
93% 
144% 
108% 
96% 
94% 
Denmark 
a) Fleet Register 
The data in the fleet register are up to date, but GT measures or estimates have been provided for only 54% 
of the fleet-
There are 30 vessels that have not yet been allocated to segment, but the power and tonnage has been 
declared for just one of them. It is possible that some of these vessels belong to segment B08, which are in 
many cases without an engine. This will be clarified with the Danish authorities. 
Figure 2 and Table 2a show the evolution of the fleet based on the data in the fleet register. Denmark has 
supplied effort data for all years of the programme (Table 2b). 
b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by Denmark. 
According to the report from Denmark on the results of the MGP, the situation at the end of 1996 is as 
follows: 
Segment 
Netters 
Trawlers and seiners 
Trawlers Greenland 
Purse seiners 
Vessels <5GRT 
TOTAL MGP 
category 
B13 
B12 
B10 
B17+B19 
B08 Situation 31.12. 
GRT 
11922 
58288 
498 
6225 
4354 
81287 96 
kW 
77006 
270275 
1308 
15821 
47424 
411834 
This in line with but not identical to the data in the fleet register. The power figures in the Danish report are 
somewhat higher than those indicated in the fleet register. A more substantial difference is the presence of 
the trawler belonging to segment B10. This is not present in the fleet register, or has been mis-allocated to 
another segment. 
c) Results 
Figure 2 and Table 2a show that Denmark is well within its objectives for all segments of the fleet. No vessel 
has been declared as belonging to the segment B10 (Greenland Trawlers), though one vessel is indicated in 
the Danish.report. Assuming the capacity of the vessel in the report is accurate, the objectives for segment 
B10 have still been achieved. 
The objectives shown in the present report differ from those published in the MGP Decision for Denmark. 
There are two reasons for this. The first is that Denmark had requested an adjustment to the 1996 tonnage 
objectives to take into account that the situation of the fleet was measured as a mixture of GRT and GT. 
Based on a sample of the fleet, Denmark calculated that the situation at 1.1.92 measured purely in GRT was 
about 93% of the situation measured in the mixture of units, and the 1996 objectives were increased by a 
corresponding amount. A similar situation existed for many Member States, but Denmark was the only 
country that specifically requested such a correction to the 1996 objectives. However this means that the 
published 1996 tonnage objectives for Denmark represent a mixture of GT and GRT units, and now that the 
results of the MGP III are to be assessed purely in units of GRT the adjustment is no longer appropriate.,The 
tonnage objectives for. 1996 used in this report have therefore been recalculated so that they are purely in 
units of GRT. 
The second change to the published objectives concerns the segment B08 (vessels <5GRT). These vessels 
were in the process of being registered when the MGP III for Denmark was adopted, and a footnote to the 
programme envisages the revision of the 1996 objectives for this segment to the actual capacity in December 
1994. This revision has been included in the results presented in this report. The capacity of the segment in 
December 1994 has been taken from the fleet register (4459 GT and 44784 kW) rather than from the Danish 
report (4577 GT and 48047 kW). This segment is the only one in the Danish fleet where the tonnage 
objectives are expressed purely in terms of GT. However the declaration of GT values for all of the vessels 
concerned still needs to be completed, so these objectives could be subject to further adjustment at the time 
of the adoption of the MGP IV 
No vessels have been declared as belonging to the segment B09 (pelagic fishing). This segment was created 
with the intention of identifying vessels in segment B12 that were engaged in pelagic fishing. The estimated 
capacity of the vessels concerned was subtracted from the objectives of segment B12 to create the 
objectives of B09, without any adjustment of the reduction rate applied to reflect the change from a demersal 
segment to a pelagic segment. The vessels have yet to be identified and removed from segment B12, the 
objectives of which have nevertheless been comfortably achieved. 
Effort data have been provided for all years of the programme. These show that the evolution of fishing effort 
has closely paralleled that of capacity (Table 2b), indicating that activity has remained fairly constant 
throughout the period. 
Figure 2 
DENMARK MGP HI : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Tonnage (GRT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 1991 
119188 
109406 
22716 1992 
116804 
101458 
21676 1993 
112766 
88546 
19410 1994 
108727 
87368 
18005 1995 
104689 
84386 
19126 1996 
105109 
81148 
18808 
140000 
120000 
100000 4-
60000 
60000 + 
40000 
20000 4-4- 25000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 1991 
514716 
496690 
89512 1992 
504422 
460634 
84747 1993 
487131 
410245 
73593 - 1994 
469840 
418346 
68116 1995 
452550 
404941 
68781 1996 
480043 
390226 
67192 
600000 
500000 4-
400000 
5 300000 4-
200000 
100000 4-
1991 100000 
80000 
4-60000 
4- 40000 
20000 
1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 
Vessels belonging to segment B08 were introduced into the objectives in the final year of the programme. 
Table 2a 
DENMARK Evolution of capacity by segment 
The GRT values shown in the table include estimates of GRT based on the formulae given in Commission Decision 97/259/EC. The percentage 
contributions of these estimates are shown in brackets. The capacity of vessels in segment B08 is measured in units of GT. 
Segment 
Nets etc 
Trawlers + Danish Seine 
Pelagic fishing 
Trawlers (Greenland) 
Purse seiners 
Vessels < 5GRT 
Unclassified 
TOTAL MGP category 
B13 
B12 
B09 
B10 
B17 
B08 End of yea 1991 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT/GT 
kW 14977 (4%) 
88265 
83085 (8%) 
364476 
2001 
3810 
6258 (30%) 
15668 
3003 
23919 
82 (6%) 
552 
109406 (8%) 
496690 1992 
14310 (4%) 
85359 
75838 (9%) 
330671 
2001 
3810 
6258 (30%) 
15668 
2969 
24574 
82 (6%) 
552 
101458 (9%) 
460634 1993 
13678 (5%) 
83030 
65350 (11%) 
285356 
256 
809 
6207 (51%) 
15668 
2973 
24830 
82 (6%) 
552 
88546 (12%) 
410245 1994 
13417 (5%) 
81717 
63203 (11%) 
275625 
6207 51%) 
15668 
4459 
44784 
82 (6%) 
552 
87368 (12%) 
418346 1995 
12677 (6%) 
77840 
61102 (13%) 
266946 
t 
6207 (51%) 
15668 
4394 
44457 
6 
' 30 
84386 (14%) 
404941 1996 
12021 (6%) 
74759 
58775 (13%) 
257606 
6225 (51%) 
15668 
4121 
42163 • 
6 
30 
81148 (14%) 
390226 Objectives 
15656 
93998 
71979 
314439 
2300 
5700 
3480 
3810 
7235 
17312 
4459 
44784 
105109 
480043 Sit. / Obj. 
77% 
80% 
82% 
82% 
0% 
0% 
86% 
91% 
92% 
94% 
77% 
81% 
Table 2b 
DENMARK Fishing effort by segment ( +1000) 
Segment 
Nets etc 
Trawlers + Danish Seine 
Pelagic fishing 
Trawlers (Greenland) 
Purse seiners 
Vessels < 5GRT 
TOTAL MGP category 
B13 
B12 
B09 
B10 
B17 
B08 Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GTxt 
kWxt 
GRT/GTxt 
kWxt 1493 
8918 
19015 
74963 
593 
735 
1484 
3400 
131 
1496 
22716 
89512 1547 
9495 
17597 
69540 
1066 
1139 
1333 
3060 
133 
1513 
21676 
84747 1354 
8343 
15821 
59569 
264 
446 
1871 
4050 
100 
1185 
19410 
73593 1451 
8933 
14361 
53549 
396 
627 
1685 
3632 
112 
1375 
18005 
68116 1461 
9107 
15580 
54133 
25 
131 
294 
445 
1661 
3465 
130 
1631 
19126 
68781 1447 
9133 
15297 
52719 
285 
432 
1657 
3424 
122 
1484 
18808 
67192 
Germany 
a) Fleet Register 
The fleet register data for the German fleet are up to date and complete, though there are currently 18 
vessels that have not been allocated to a segment. GT measures or estimates are available for all vessels.. 
The evolution of the-fleet as indicated by the fleet register data is shown in Figure 3 and Table 3a. Fishing 
effort data have been declared for the years 1991 -1996 (Table 3b). 
b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by Germany. 
The situation of the fleet at 31.12.96, shown below, as indicated by the report from Germany on the results of 
the MGP III is almost identical to that indicated by the fleet register. 
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 Situation 31.12. 
GRT 
8505 
1997 
6691 
1515 
8684 
1189 
745 
12784 
17045 
59155 96 
kW 
42585 
7749 
30936 
6724 
31156 
3279 
2643 
11749 
25495 
162316 
c) Results 
Table 3a shows that Germany is comfortably within its global objectives for 1996, and also within its 
objectives for all segments except C11, where there has been some increase in capacity over the period of 
the programme resulting in a 10% excess of tonnage over the objective for 1996. 
The fishing effort data show close parallels with the evolution of capacity, indicating that activity has remained 
relatively constant. 
A3 
Figure 3 
GERMANY MGP HI : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Tonnage (GRT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 1991 
85336 
79141 
15578 1992 
83629 
70581 
16197 1993 
81417 
71823 
14817 1994 
79205 
67942 
13658 1995 
76992 
65831 
12022 1996 
74780 
59115 
13226 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 1991 
206465 
189762 
34414 1992 
202336 
170432 
33818 1993 
198237 
170283 
31309 1994 
194138 
166722 
29618 1995 
190039 
163623 
27907 1996 
185940 
161844 
30924 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 IBftft 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 
Ak 
Table 3a 
GERMANY Evolution of 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 
Unclassified 
TOTAL MGP category 
C11 
C12 
C19 
G11+G13 
G16 + G17 
G19 
G20 
G21 
G22 End of yea 1991 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
^RT 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 7203 
40230 
2417 
9474 
7497 
31698 
1860 
7310 
12858 
40925 
11918 
11805 
1461 
4636 
1034 
2857 
32893 
40827 
79141 
189762 1992 
7575 
40637 
2347 
9236 
7468 
29866 
1169 
4818 
10906 
34236 
7721 
6706 
1210 
3651 
1161 
3279 
31024 
38003 
70581 
170432 1993 
7636 
40559 
2294 
8497 
7395 
29920 
1828 
7725 
10251 
32311 
11918 
11805 
110.1 
3479 
1189 
3279 
28211 
32708 
71823 
170283 1994 
7761 
41193 
2185 
8027 
7182 
29296 
1685 
6948 
9419 
30686 
12050 
11805 
878 
2780 
1189 
3279 
25593 
32708 
67942 
166722 1995 
8215 
41589 
2018 
7575 
7000 
29703 
1685 
6948 
8904 
29020 
11918 
11805 
878 
2760 
1189 
3279 
24024 
30944 
65831 
163623 1996 
8578 
42585 
1997 
7749 
6688 
30887 
1515 
6724 
8229 
27822 
12784 
11749 
745 
2643 
1061 
2856 
17045 
25495 
473 
3334 
59115 
161844 Objectives 
7765 
43762 
2215 
8760 
8098 
34523 
1704 
6759 
11090 
35614 
12849 
12841 
1575 
5043 
1115 
3108 
28369 
35529 
74780 
185940 Sit. / Obj. 
110% 
97% 
90% 
88% 
83% 
89% 
89% 
99% 
74% 
78% 
99% 
91% 
47% 
52% 
95% 
92% 
60% 
72% 
79% 
87% | 
Table 3b 
GERMANY Fishing effort by segment ( +1000) 
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 Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRT x t 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 881 
5185 
592 
2852 
1009 
4242 
352 
1405 
2302 
7195 
2824 
2865 
164 
504 
198 
579 
7256 
9587 
15578 
34414 766 
4703 
767 
3196 
897 
3928 
444 
1739 
2124 
6390 
3414 
3412 
145 
365 
248 
688 
7392 
9397 
16197 
33818 922 
5000 
603 
2402 
770 
4146 
419 
1790 
1758 
5516 
3220 
3247 
177 
507 
251 
698 
6697 
8003 
14817 
31309 937 
5107 
675 
2697 
931 
3964 
279 
1051 
1639 
5213 
3386 
3340 
119 
372 
239 
640 
5453 
7234 
13658 
29618 1123 
5415 
476 
2030 
984 
4162 
354 
1475 
1606 
5014 
2667 
2645 
136 
422 
233 
614 
4443 
6130 
12022 
27907 1119 
5914 
484 
2296 
904 
4078 
289 
1144 
1953 
6312 
3321 
.3152 
201 
694 
207 
541 
4748 
6793 
13226 
30924 
Greece 
a) Fleet Register 
The communication of data to the fleet register has generally been satisfactory and the register regularly 
brought up to date. However GT values are available for only 19% of the fleet. There are also 154 vessels 
that have not been allocated to segment and 462 vessels for which no tonnage has been communicated. 
The evolution of the fleet based on the data in the fleet register is shown in Figure 4 and Table 4a. Greece 
has transmitted fishing effort data for the years 1991 -1994 (Table 4b). Effort data were also supplied for the 
last quarter only of 1995. 
b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by Greece. 
The situation of the fleet at 31.12.96 given in the Greek report on the results of the MGP III is as follows: 
Segment 
Fixed Gear and seiners 
Bottom trawlers 
Trawlers 
TOTAL MGP 
category 
E20+Z14 
E14 
G18 Situation 31.12.96 
GRT kW 
71273 
24411 
15424 
110563 506364 
112017 
36315 
654696 
The results are very close to those based on the data in the fleet register. The minor discrepancies that exist 
are within the limits expected considering the time delays involved in communicating changes or corrections 
to the fleet register. 
c) Results 
Figures 4 and Table 4a show that Greece is within its global objectives for 1996, and within the objectives for 
all segments except for E14 (bottom trawlers). The decrease in global fishing effort corresponds very closely 
to the decrease in capacity, suggesting similar levels of activity during the period of the programme. 
Figure 4 
GREECE MGP III : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Tonnage (GRT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 1991 
126528 
127482 
39042 1992 
123997 
126459 
38542 1993 
122262 
" 118024 
35443 1994 
120527 
116043 
35120 1995 
118791 
112861 1996 
117056 
112917 
140000 
120000 
100000 
80000 4-4- 40000 
60000 
40000 4-
20000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 1991 
688203 
711730 
225576 1992 
674439 
700872 
221849 1993 
670216 
670860 
212053 1994 
665993 
667261 
211335 1995 
661770 
655290 1996 
657547 
656845 
800000 
700000 4-
600000 
500000 4-
5 400000 
300000 4-
200000 4-
100000 3- 250000 
200000 
150000 
4- 100000 
4- 50000 
1991 1992 1993 1995 1996 
End of year Objectives 
I Situation Fleet Register 
•Effort 
Table 4a 
GREECE Evolution of capacity by segment 
Segment 
Fixed Gear and seiners 
Bottom trawlers 
Trawlers 
Unclassified 
TOTAL MGP category 
E20+Z14 
E14 
G18 End of yea 1991 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 73228 
535649 
27096 
120206 
26754 
52928 
404 
2947 
127482 
711730 1992 
72759 
524142 
27053 
120947 
26130 
52112 
517 
3671 
126459 
700872 1993 
70673 
506302 
26161 
117408 
20653 
43432 
537 
3718 
118024 
670860 1994 
71294 
508070 -
25821 
115993 
18394 
39492 
534 
3706 
116043 
667261 1995 
70846 
503480 
24451 
111307 
17064 
36990 
500 
3513 
112861 
655290 1996 
71339 
505773 
24270, 
111296 
16828 
36315 
480 
3461 
112917 
656845 Objectives 
72667 
523820 
22292 
95976 
22097 
37751 
-
117056 
657547 Sit. / Obj. 
98% 
97% 
109% 
116% 
76% 
96% 
96% 
100% 
^ 
Table 4b 
GREECE Fishing effort by segment ( +1000) 
iSegment 
Fixed Gear and seiners 
Bottom trawlers 
Trawlers 
TOTAL MGP category 
E20+Z14 
E14 
G18 Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 24691 
180911 
6393 
28468 
7958 
16197 
39042 
225576 24417 
176977 
6446 
28925 
7679 
15947 
38542 
221849 23707 
170873 
6166 
27889 
5570 
13291 
35443 
212053 23705 
170888 
6099 
> 27666 
5316 
12781 
35120 
211335 / 
• 
Spain 
a) Fleet Register 
The data in the fleet register are regularly updated. GT estimations are available for all but 71 vessels, of 
which 4 are over 24 metres in length. 
Figure 5 and Table 5a show the evolution of the fleet base on the data in the fleet register. Fishing effort data 
have been communicated for all years of the programme and are shown in Table 5b. 
b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by Spain. 
The situation of the fleet at 31.12.96 given in the Spanish report on the results of the MGP III is as follows: 
Segment 
Trawlers & Polyvalent Dredgers 
Pelagic seiners, Netters etc & 
Canaries 
Trawlers & Polyvalent 
Pelagic seiners, Netters etc 
Tuna fleet 
TOTAL MGP 
category 
D10 
D11 
G12 
G26 
G28 Situation 31.12. 
GRT 
113912 
123355 
144948 
28211 
53808 
464234 96 
kW 
409059 
565812 
345091 
85666 
113910 
1519538 
The results are very close to those based on the data in the fleet register. The discrepancies that exist are 
within the limits expected considering the time delays involved in communicating changes or corrections to 
the fleet to the fleet register. 
c) Results 
The objectives shown in Table 5a differ to those in the published'MGP Decision. This is because the vessels 
covered by Article 158 of the Treaty of Accession were not subject to a capacity reduction for the first 4 years 
of the MGP III. A footnote to the table of objectives states that these vessels would be fully integrated into the 
programme on January 1 1996. This means that the capacity concerned was subject to the reduction rates of 
the programme during the final year. This changes the objectives only for segment D10, since it is the only 
segment in which vessels covered by Article 158 are found that is subject to a reduction rate. Applying a 4% 
reduction to the capacity concerned for the final year of the programme (4% over one year being the same 
rate as 20% over 5 years) changes the objectives for segment D10 from the published 136748 GRT and 
442193 kW to those shown in Table 5a. 
Spain is well within its objectives for 1996 for all segments of the fleet. The close parallels between the 
evolution of fishing effort and the evolution of capacity indicates that activity has remained constant. 
3i 
Figure 5 
SPAIN MQP 111 ; Comparison between situations and objectives 
Tonnage (GRT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 1991 
673303 
643231 
203500 1992 
659837 
613603 
181803 1993 
648784 
570819 
176693 1994 
637730 
546509 
168324 1995 
626677 
507190 
156237 1996 
615624 
470263 
145077 
700000 
600000 
5OOOO0 4-
400000 4-
300000 
200000 4-
100000 4- 200000 
4- 150000 
100000' 
4-50000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 
End of year Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 1991 
1955372 
1915279 
598312 1992 
1916265 
1849614 
552456 1993 
1886580 
1756502 
538598 1994 
1856896 
1711660 
524515 1995 
1827211 
1628271 
496999 1996 
1797527 
1536436 
467781 
4-600000 
500000 
4-400000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
Objectives . 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort o 
Table 5a 
SPAIN Evolution of capacity by segment 
Segment 
Trawlers & Polyvalent 
Dredgers 
Pelagic seiners, Netters etc 
& Canaries 
Trawlers & Polyvalent 
Pelagic seiners, Netters etc 
Tuna fleet 
TOTAL MGP category 
D10 
D11 
G12 
G26 
G28 End of year 1991 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 148133 
496509 
139896 
619482 
264695 
572344 
31859 
99264 
58648 
127680 
643231 
1915279 1992 
144363 
485701 
133911 
601426 
239699 
523399 
36018 
109832 
59612 
129256 
613603 
1849614 1993 
133120 
459816 
130532 
588768 
214682 
475496 
36349 
110516 
56136 
121906 
570819 
1756502 1994 
127946 
449514 
128872 
583508 
198780 
448986 
34775 
107746 
56136 
121906 
546509 
1711660 1995 
121557 
430178 
128778 
585689 
173745 
407569 
27824 
84619 
55286 
120216 
507190 
1628271 1996 
114054 
410370 
124260 
569193 
148759 
354889 
28283 
85866 
54907 
116118 
470263 
1536436 Objectives 
134198 
435792 
146742 
628246 
233565 
494264 
33201 
101092 
67918 
138133 
615624 
1797527 Sit. / Obj. 
85% 
94% 
85% 
91% 
64% 
72% 
85% 
85% 
81% 
84% 
76% 
85% 
Table 5b 
SPAIN Fishing effort by segment ( *1000) 
ISegment 
Trawlers & Polyvalent 
Dredgers 
Pelagic seiners, Netters etc 
& Canaries 
Trawlers & Polyvalent 
Pelagic seiners, Netters etc 
Tuna fleet 
TOTAL MGP category 
D10 
D11 
G12 
G26 
G28 Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 35725 
123163 
42325 
193826 
92495 
198831 
11513 
35802 
21442 
46690 
203500 
598312 34894 
121211 
41857 
191486 
72742 
159801 
10534 
32814 
21776 
47144 
181803 
552456 32865 
116023 
40428 
186632 
71506 
156565 
11404 
34887 
20490 
44491 
176693 
538598 31964 
114325 
40122 
187155 
64729 
144152 
11019 
34392 
20490 
44491 
168324 
524515 31300 
111832 
38333 
180813 
56931 
131752 
9494 
28724 
20179 
43878 
156237 
. 496999 29782 
107589 
37059 
174486 
49017 
115301 
9579 
28828 
19640 
41577 
145077 
467781 
France 
a) Fleet Register 
The fleet register has been regularly updated, but no data concerning vessels from the French Overseas 
Departments have been declared. GT measures or values are available for just 85 vessels, representing less 
than 2% of the total fleet. Of the vessels > 24 metres in length, about 50% have been declared in GT. France 
has not submitted fishing effort data. 
The evolution of the fleet based on the data in the fleet register is shown in Figure 6 and Table 6. 
b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by France. 
France has not supplied information on the situation of the fleet at 31.12.96. Since for some segments there 
have been large changes in capacity during the first months of 1997, France has indicated the situation at 
12.05.97. 
Segment 
Polyval.,static gears + canners 
Polyvalent (trawlers) 
Polyvalent static+Dredgers 
Polyvalent (trawlers) 
Pelagic trawl, seiners (tuna) + 
static gears 
Seiners (tuna) 
TOTAL MGP 
category 
A10 
A11 
A12 
M11 
M13 
H10 Situation 12.05. 
GRT 
28788 
90583 
2865 
8190 
8883 
33286 
172595 97 
kW 
226334 
454818 
32438 
47510 
120181 
83235 
964516 
c) Results 
From Table 6 it can be seen that in terms of tonnage France is inside its global MGP III (excluding the French 
Overseas Department segments, for which no data are available), but outside the global objectives in terms 
of power. France is also outside its objectives in segments A10, A11 and M11. 
Concerning the segment M11 (Mediterranean trawlers), France has indicated in its report that it will request a 
modification of the objectives under the MAGP III. This is based on a reorientation of the vessels from 
demersal species to pelagic species, which now represent 30% and 70% of the catches respectively. France 
argues that this means that the 20% reduction applied to the whole segment should now be applied only to 
30% of the capacity of the segment. France has also indicated that it would like the effort controls that are in 
effect for this segment be taken into account under the MGP III. 
These modifications have not been included in the present report but could be presented to the Management 
Committee at the time of the adoption of MGP IV. However, it should be noted that under the MGP III there 
was no provision to weight the reductions by segment according to the catch composition. France's request 
would therefore be valid only if different vessels exploited the pelagic and demersal fisheries in the 
Mediterranean. 
Figure 6 
FRANCE MGP HI : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Excluding French Overseas Departments 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 1991 
201604 
198772 1992 
197572 
191167 Tonnage (GRT) 
1993 1994 
193318 
187659 189064 
182720 1995 
184811 
181035 1996 
180557 
179439 
250000 
200000 4-
150000 + 
100000 4-
50000 4-
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995-
O Objectives 
• Situation Fleet Register 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 1991 
1055050 
1088949 1992 
1033949 
1054358 Engine pov 
1993 
1012609 
1034034 ver (kW) 
1994 
991270 
1010791 1995 
969930 
996397 1996 
948591 
986287 
1200000 
1000000 4-
800000 
3; 600000 I 
400000 4-
200000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 
End of year O Objectives 
• Situation Fleet Register 
or 
Table 6 
FRANCE Evolution of 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) 
Unclassified 
TOTAL (Excluding DOM) MGP category 
A10 
A11 
A12 
M11 
M13 
H10 
110 End of year 1991 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 25530 
225606 
113730 
539359 
3734 
38190 
8079 
49012 
9513 
127527 
34561 
87494 
3625 
21761 
198772 
1088949 1992 
25465 
227481 
110363 
528647 
3225 
33600 
8155 
48881 
9784. 
126528 
33202 
83226 
973 
5995 
191167 
1054358 1993 
26730 
229883 
105918 
512808 
2998 
31811 
8543 
50359 
9660 
124328 
33810 
84845 
187659 
1034034 1994 
30669 
232246 
98345 
490224 
3212 
33055 
8517 
49391 
9906 
125446 
32071 
80429 
182720 
1010791 1995 
30362 
229674 
97344. 
480046 
3269 
34705 
8470 
48957 
9662 
123106 
31928 
79909 
181035 
996397 1996 
30444 
229338 
94626 
470600 
3096 
33042 
8412 
48644 
9883 
121804 
32978 
82859 
. i 
179439 
986287 Objectives 
26893 
222352 
98899 
442421 
3343 
31993 
6808 
38644 
10052 
125687 
34561 
87494 
18990 
165387 
1200 
6500 
180557 
948591 Sit. / Obj. 
113% 
103% 
96% 
106% 
93% 
103% 
124% 
126% 
98% 
97% 
95% 
95% 
99% 
104% 
Ireland 
a) Fleet Register 
The data in the register concerning the situation at the end of 1996 are in line with the data in the national 
database and are considered to be reliable. However, much work remains to be done to complete the 
historical data in the fleet register 
For years prior to 1996 the segmentation data are not considered reliable. This is because the allocation of 
capacity to segments was originally done on the basis of vessel activity, the capacity of a single vessel being 
partitioned between more than one segment in some cases. The Commission requested a change in the 
allocation of vessels to segments such that one vessel belongs to just one segment at any one time. The 
work to do the reallocation retrospectively is part of a continuing programme to improve the data in the 
register. 
The change in the way vessels are allocated to segments has also led Ireland to request a reallocation the 
1996 objectives between certain segments. This is explained later. 
GT measures or estimates have been supplied for about 89% of the total fleet. Ireland" has supplied effort 
data for each year of the programme. 
There are currently 26 vessels that have not been allocated to a segment. 
The evolution of capacity and effort according to the data in the fleet register is shown in Figure 7 and Table 
7. 
b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and the report submitted by Ireland. 
The situation of the fleet at 31.12.96 as indicated in the report from Ireland is as follows: 
Segment 
Beam trawlers 
Pelagic trawlers 
Polyvalent 
TOTAL MGP 
category 
E11 
E15 
E18, E19 Situation 31.12. 
GRT 
1114 
13807 
29783 
44704 96 
kW 
5129 
38893 
132785 
176807 
c) Results 
In the MGP Decision for Ireland, a footnote to the table of objectives states that the situation of the fleet at 
1.1.92 and/or the objectives of the programme for 1991 may be revised to take into account an additional 
capacity in the polyvalent segment of vessels that were previously unregistered. These are mainly small 
vessels, and the total capacity amounts to approximately 3000 tonnes and about 10800 kW. Given that the 
objectives of the Irish MGP for 31.12.96 were subsequently set independently of the objectives for 1991; the 
services of the Commission consider that there is a case for adding the capacity of the vessels concerned to 
both the situation and the objectives of the polyvalent segment for 31.12.96. 
The objectives of the programme cannot yet be modified to take into account this additional capacity, 
because the process of registering these vessels is continuing. A total of 55 vessels, amounting to 631 GRT 
and 3093 kW have so far been registered and declared to the fleet register. For the purposes of the present 
report, this capacity has been removed from the situation at 31.12.96 in order to compare the situation of the 
fleet with the published objectives of the programme. Registration of these vessels will be completed before 
the adoption of the MGP IV, when the additional capacity will be added to the objectives for 1996. 
The results based on the fleet register (Figure 7 and Table 7) indicate that Ireland is within the global 
objectives of its MGP III but outside its targets for the polyvalent segment. 
as 
It should be noted that Ireland has requested a modification of the objectives of the programme which, if 
accepted, would change the results of the MGP III. The need for this modification is a result of the 
reallocation of vessels to segments, as mentioned in section (a) above. Prior to the mid term review of the 
programmes, Ireland allocated capacity to segments in such a way that the capacity of an individual vessel 
was partitioned between more than one segment. At the mid term review this procedure was changed at the 
Commission's request, and a certain capacity was consequently moved from the pelagic segment to a newly 
formed polyvalent segment. This capacity represented the dry-hold vessels fishing both demersal and pelagic 
species, leaving just refrigerated seawater vessels in the pelagic segment. However, no corresponding 
adjustment was made to the objectives of the pelagic and polyvalent segments. Ireland has now requested 
that such an adjustment be made before the adoption of the MGP IV. 
The Commission services would in principle support this transfer of objectives provided that it can verify the 
figures concerned. This requires a list of the vessels involved, together with the history of the allocation of 
their capacities to segments throughout the programme. 
Figure 7 
IRELAND MGP III : Comparison between sltuatic. 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 1991 
48750 
54083 1992 
47775 
56255 Tonnage (GRT) 
1993 1994 
54990 
52589 53725 
53536 1995 
52460 
55391 1996 
51195 
47998 
60000 
50000 + 
40000 4-
fc 30000 + 0 
20000 
10000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 
End of year O Objectives 
• Situation Fleet Register 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 1991 
197011 
181027 1992 
193071 
190636 Hngine po\ 
1993 
187910 
187197 ver (kW) 
1994 
185184 
190363 1995 
182458 
187184 1996 
179732 
177954 
1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
D Objectives 
• Situation Fleet Register 
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 
3C 
Table 7 
IRELAND Evolution of capacity by segment 
The GRT values for 1996 shown in the table include estimates of GRT based on the formulae given in Commission Decision 97/259/EC. The percentage 
contributions of these estimates are shown in brackets. For all other years, tonnages are given as a mixture of GT and GRT. 
Segment 
Beam trawlers 
Pelagic trawlers 
Polyvalent 
Unclassified 
TOTAL MGP category 
E11 
E15 
E18.E19 End of yea 1991 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 54083 
181027 1992 
56255 
190636 1993 
52589 
187197 1994 
53536 
190363 1995 
55391 
187184 1996 
1114 
5128 
12385 (79%) 
35953 
31940 (2%) 
130855 
2559 
6018 
47998 (21%) 
177954 Objectives 
1140 
6113 
19500 
44359 
30555 
129260 
51195 
179732 Sit. / Obj. 
98% 
84% 
64% 
81% 
105% 
101% 
94% 
99% 
cu 
Italy 
a) Fleet Register 
The last declaration to the fleet register was made in August 1995. The allocation of vessels to segments in 
the register is unreliable and bears little relation to the objectives of the programme. For this reason only the 
evolution of the global situation is presented (Figure 8). Note that in the absence of new declarations the 
situation on 1996 is identical to that in 1995. 
GT measures or estimates have been supplied for 92% of the total fleet, and for 38% of vessels greater than 
24 metres in length. Italy has supplied effort data for the years 1991 -1994 (Table 8) 
b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by Italy. 
Italy has indicated that the capacity of its fleet in at 31.12.96 was as follows: 
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 
Others 
TOTAL MGP 
category 
C13 
C14 
C15 
C16 
C18 
C20 
C21 
C22 
C23 
M10 
M12 
G15 
G29 
-Situation 31.12. 
GRT 
1079 
78657 
72 
2069 
6 
596 
75284 
55286 
4216 
6233 
825 
10154 
0 
11209 
245494 96 
kW 
6825 
390180 
382 
22680 
21 
6406 
499868 
460088 
22570 
18472 
3830 
22093 
0 
69343 
1522756 
The data supplied by Italy includes vessels classified by gears but not by segment. These are shown as 
"others" in the above table. 
c) Results 
The fleet register data suggest that Italy is outside its global MGP III objectives in both tonnage and power, 
with an excess of 2% and 3% respectively. However, this is based on information received in 1995. The data 
supplied by Italy suggest that the objectives for 1996 have been achieved in terms of tonnage but not in 
terms of power. The Commission services cannot verify these data, nor evaluate the results of the 
programme by segment. 
Italy has indicated that a revision of its power objectives may be requested to take into account the derating 
of engines when the baseline levels of power were established. The Commission will examine the case 
presented by Italy when the appropriate data are made available. 
The global effort data suggest that activity has remained constant throughout the period of the programme. 
Figure 8 
ITALY MGP III ; Comparison between situations and oh}prtfYft« 
Tonnage (GRT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 1991 
268198 
270440 
45029 1992 
262834 
265232 
44793 1993 
. 259421 
262385 
41536 1994 
256008 
256246 
40967 1995 
252595 
254607 1996 
249182 
254607 
300000 
250000 4-
200000 
«2 150000 + 
100000 + 
50000 4-
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 1991 
1541664 
1525678 
240254 1992 
1510831 
1532687 
246166 1993 
1499293 
1533170 
231381 1994 
1487755 
1520751 
234610 1995 
1476218 
1515842 1996 
1464680 
1515842 
1800000 
1600000 4-
1400000 4-
1200000 4-
1000000 4-
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 
End of year 4-250000 
4- 200000 
4-150000 t: 
ê 
4-100000 
4-50000 
1996 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 
Table 8 
ITALY Fishing effort by segment ( +1000) 
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 M6P category 
C13 
C14 
C15 
C16 
C18 
C20 
C21 
C22 
C23 
M10 
M12 
G15 
G29 Vear 1991 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 370 
2134 
9609 
47971 
25 
210 
242 
» 2512 
471 
3625 
159 
1251 
293 
2333 
20718 
149317 
454 
2490 
3916 
10628 
571 
1987 
6925 
13276 
1276 
2520 
45029 
240254 1992 
257 
1568 
10114 
50703 
6 
33 
275 
2914 
508 
4014 
138 
1158 
286 
2158 
21403 
154941 
488 
2608 
3971 
10716 
596 
2053 
5866 
11216 
885 
2084 
44793 
246166 1993 
452 
2802 
9365 
47544 
5 
29 
,270 
2878 
561 
4392 
111 
971 
108 
1161 
19809 
144564 
459 
2551 
3757 
10345 
681 
2434 
5221 
9791 
737 
1919 
41536 
231381 1994 
^ 467 
2877 
9660 
50028 
5 
30 
271 
2888 
552 
4407 
118 
1077 
109 
1216 
20008 
146878 
521 
2832 
3595 
10159 
622 
2213 
3965 
7450 
1074 
2555 
40967 
234610 1995 1996 
34-
The Netherlands 
a) Fleet Register 
A number of technical problems concerning the declarations of data to the fleet register have now been 
resolved and the data have now been brought up to date. However, GT measures or estimates are available 
for only 57% of the vessels in the fleet. For vessels greater than 24 metres in length, 78% of the GT values 
have been declared. 
The Netherlands has not submitted effort data over the period of the programme. This is because the Dutch 
definition of time at sea differs from that required under the programmes. 
The evolution of the fleet based on the data in the fleet register is shown in Figure 9 and Table 9. 
b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by the Netherlands. 
The Netherlands did not submit a report giving the situation of the fleet at 31.12.96. However data were 
supplied on the total number of days allocated over the period 1992 -1996, as shown below. 
Year 
Sea-days 1992 
114486 1993 
104783 1994 
109100 1995 
104309 1996 
106982 
These data are not directly comparable with the definition of days at sea used in the MGP, but nevertheless 
indicate that mean activity has decreased over the period of the programme. 
c) Results 
The tonnage objectives shown in Table 9 for the pelagic segment (E16) differ from those published in the 
MGP Decision. In the Decision, a footnote to the Dutch table of objectives points out that the tonnage 
objectives for 1991 for this segment were generated by calculating the ratio (objective in kW for 31.12.91) / 
(situation in kW at 1.1.92 ) and applying the same ratio to the situation in tonnes at 1.1.92 . This procedure 
was adopted because of historical inconsistencies in the tonnage figures for this segment, especially when 
compared to the evolution of the power. When the calculation was done to generate the tonnage objectives 
for 1991, the situation at 1.1.92 was measured in a mixture of GT and GRT. Now that it has been agreed that 
the MGP III will be assessed purely in units of GRT, the objectives for 1996 must be recalculated using the 
situation at 1.1.92 measured purely in units of GRT. The result is a substantial reduction in the objectives, 
from the published 36,465 tonnes to 21,100 GRT. However, it should be noted that this is due to the very high 
proportion of vessels in this segment that had been measured in GT and does not represent a more severe 
objective; the numerical value of the situation of the segment also shows a corresponding decrease. 
From Table 9 it can be seen that the Netherlands has failed to reach its MGP targets in all segments. This is 
particularly marked for the tonnage of segments E16 and E17. However, it has long been recognised that the 
calculation of the tonnage objectives for the Dutch fleet are less than satisfactory. The calculations described 
in the preceding paragraph were necessary in order to establish objectives for the pelagic segment because 
the historical discrepancies in the data were particularly marked, but a similar problem may exist for the cutter 
fleet. 
The Dutch authorities are investigating the source of the inconstancies in the evolution of the tonnage of their 
fleet and have submitted further information to the Commission. Preliminary analyses indicate that the 
objective of segment E16 should be 26807 GRT and that of segment E17 should be 67690 GRT. 
Apart from a possible modification of the tonnage objectives through a revision of the baseline, the Dutch 
authorities have requested that the effort reduction resulting from a reduction in beam length be taken into 
account towards the objectives of its cutter fleet (segment E17). This request is based on the results of 
scientific studies that suggest that a reduction in the length of the beam from 14 metres to 12 metres reduces 
the efficiency, and hence fishing effort, by about 10%. 
The Netherlands will supply further information in support of both requests for the modification of the MGP III 
objectives for examination by the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture at the time of the 
adoption of the MGP IV. 
Figure 9 
NETHERLANDS MGP III ; Comparison between situations and objectives 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 1991 
95496 
109387 1992 
93586 
108616 Tonnage (GRT) 
1993 1994 
92425 
"113383 86870 
117275 1995 
81315 
115829 1996 
75760 
112036 
120000 
100000 4-
80000 4-
5 60000 + 
o 
40000 4-
20000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 
End of year O Objectives 
• Situation Fleet Register 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 1991 
412988 
430090 1992 
404728 
421948 Engine po\ 
1993 
409767 
440405 wer (kW) 
1994 
398080 
434430 1995 
386394 
425860 1996 
374707 
408305 
450000 
400000 4-
350000 
300000 4-
250000 4-
200000 4-
150000 4-
100000 4-
50000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 
End of year 
O Objectives 
• Situation Fleet Register 
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 
Table 9 
NETHERLANDS Evolution of capacity by segment 
The GRT values shown in the table include estimates of GRT based on the formulae given in Commission Decision 97/259/EC. The percentage 
contributions of these estimates are shown in brackets. 
Segment 
Cutters (crust, and molluscs 
Pelagic trawlers 
Cutter fleet (excl. moll/crust. 
TOTAL MGP category 
E12 
E16 
E17 End of yea , 1991 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 4312 (31%) 
16725 
26807 (82%) 
58796 
82580 (54%) 
371294 
113699 (59%) 
446815 1992 
4525 (30%) 
17614 
26807 (82%) 
58796 
81809 (57%) 
363152 
113141 (62%) 
439562 1993 
4658 (30%) 
18193 
24983 (81%) 
- 53943 
83742 (61%) 
368269 
113383 (64%) 
440405 1994 
4596 (30%) 
18280 
29739 (87%) 
57625 
82940 (66%) 
358525 
117275 (70%) 
434430 1995 
4712 (25%) 
18737 
29739 (87%) 
56711 
81378 (68%) 
350412 
115829 (71%) 
425860 1996 
4551 (27%) 
17993 
29739 (87%) 
56711 
77746 (71%) 
333601 
112036 (73%) 
408305 Objectives 
4394 
16725 
21100 
46278 
50176 
311704 
75670 
374707 Sit. / Obj. 
104% 
108% 
141% 
123% 
155% 
107% 
148% 
109% 
u> 
Portugal 
a) Fleet Register 
The data in the fleet register are largely complete. GT values are available for all vessels over 24 metres, and 
for 99% of the fleet as a whole. Portugal has indicated that the remaining 1 % have now been measured in GT 
and will be communicated to the fleet register in the next declaration. 
The evolution of the fleet as indicated by the data in the fleet register is shown in Figure 10 and Table 10. 
Effort data has been communicated for all years of the programme (Table 10b). 
b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by Portugal. 
The situation of the fleet at 31.12.96 according to the report from Portugal, shown below, is almost identical to 
that given by the data in the fleet register : 
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 
B15 
B19 
G24 + G27 
B16 
B18 
G25 
B14 
G23 Situation 31.12. 
GRT 
15097 
35443 
7797 
43856 
4297 
256 
715 
11319 
1583 
120363 96 
kW 
53355 
175427 
36342 
65692 
15667 
1093 
1670 " 
43720 
2354 
395320 
c) Results 
Portugal is within its objectives for all segments of the fleet and well below its global objectives. The decrease 
in fishing effort closely parallels that of capacity and indicates that activity has remained constant. 
33 
Figure 10 
PORTUGAL MGP III ; Comparison between situations and objectives 
Tonnage (GRT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 1991 
211530 
182080 
55322 1992 
207299 
166585 
52396 1993 
203442 
147069 
46967 1994 
199585 
130377 
41363 1995 
195727 
122473 
37537 1996 
191870 
121933 
35853 
250000 
200000 4-
150000 4-
100000 4-
50000 4- 70000 
4-60000 
4- 50000 
40000 r 
4- 30000 
4-20000 
4- 10000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 1991 
553678 
503650 
140592 1992 
542604 
484551 
137315 1993 
536922 
448953 
129464 1994 
531239 
414544 
121114 1995 
525556 
396475 
114963 1996 
519873 
396040 
111368 
600000 
500000 
400000 4-
? 300000 I 
200000 4-
100000 4-
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
I . .J Objectives 
••• Situation Fleet Register 
—•—Effort 
Table 10a 
PORTUGAL Evolution of 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 
B15 
B19 
G24 + G27 
B16 
B18 
G25 
B14 
G23 
• . End of yea 1991 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 20520 
73560 
47580 
203232 
11726 
53056 
80676 
108313 
4009 
15222 
208 
916 
715 
1670 
11263 
42664 
5383 
5017 
182080 
503650 1392 
20058 
71741 
44695 
194451 
11445 
52598 
68765 
97057 
3838 
14602 
208 
916 
715 
1670 
12706 
47492 
4155 
4024 
166585 
484551 1993 
18189 
65530 
40807 
186182 
9748 
45151 
. 58025 
83788 
4389 
16060 
208 
916 
715 
1670 
12291 
46603 
2697 
3053 
147069 
448953 1994 
16554 
58512 
36721 
176537 
8488 
39392 
49740 
73140 
4156 
14877 
208 
916 
'715 
1670 
.'. 12353 
47146 
1442 
2354 
130377 
414544 1995 
15200 
54288 
35300 
172276 
8248 
38584 
45468 
66045 
4326 
15534 
208 
916 
715 
1670 
11566 
44808 
1442 
2354 
122473 
396475 1996 
15084 
53270 
34955 
173012 
8259 
38533 
45468 
66045 
4334 
15691 
256 
1093 
715 
1670 
11420 
44372 
1442 
2354 
121933 
396040 Objectives 
18054 
62749 
52227 
216388 
12871 
56527 
83966 
103390 
5024 
19438 
261 
1170 
1200 
2550 
13653 
53397 
4614 
4264 
191870 
519873| Sit. / Obj. 
84% 
85% 
67% 
80% 
64% 
68% 
54% 
64% 
86% 
81% 
98% 
93% 
60% 
65% 
84% 
83% 
31% 
55% 
64% 
76% | 
^ 
Table 10b 
PORTUGAL Fishing effort by segment ( +1000) 
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 . 
B15 
B19 
G24 + G27 
B16 
B18 
G25 
B14 
G23 Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 6531 
23157 
12657 
50404 
3105 
13911 
27128 
36409 
993 
3706 
54 
239 
236 
551 
' 2810 
10559 
1808 
1656 
55322 
140592 6382 
22762 
12170 
49247 
3030 
13751 
24841 
34135 
990 
3655 
54 
239 
236 
- 551 
3072 
11483 
1621 
1492 
52396 
137315 6027 
21531 
11261 
46847 
2830 
12969 
21116 
30295 
1070 
3870 
54 
239 
236 
551 
3196 
11994 
1177 
1168 
46967 
129464 5465 
19454 
10163 
46-1431 
2417 
11202 
18009 
26441 
1149 
4093 
54 
239 
236 
551 
3187 
12061 
683 
892 
41363 
121114 4972 
17656 
9448 
45993 
2204 
, 10260 
-15881 
23422 
1135 
4054 
54 
239 
236 
551 
3131 
"12011 
476 
777 
37537 
114963 4741 
16841 
9269 
45535 
2112 
9839 
14794 
21919 
1127 
4066 
61 
262 
236 
551 
2991 
11578 
522 
777 
35853 
111368 
M 
United Kingdom 
a) Fleet Register 
Up until 1996 there had been large discrepancies between the data contained in the Community fleet register 
and those contained in the UK national database. During 1996 and the early rJart of 1997, a series of 
technical meetings between the services of the Commission and the UK administration succeeded in solving 
the technical difficulties that were causing the problems. 
The fleet register is now broadly in line with the national data, though not all vessels from the Channel Islands 
and the Isle of Man are included. Power has been declared for all but 2 vessels, one belonging to segment 
F18 (average power 220kW), one to F19 (average power 47kW), and one to an unknown segment (vessel 
length 5.03 metres). There are a total of 474 vessels that have not been allocated to segment. 
GT values have been declared for over 90% of the fleet, though for vessels more than 24 metres in length GT 
values have been declared for only 50%. 
The evolution of capacity and effort based on the fleet register data is shown in Figure 11 and Table 11a. The 
United Kingdom has supplied effort data for all years of the MGP III. (Table 11b). 
b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by the United 
Kingdom. 
A direct comparison is not possible between the situation at 31.12.96 by MGP III segment based on the fleet 
register and that based on the report from the UK, since the latter anticipates the disappearance of segment 
F18 and a reallocation of the capacity to other segments. This is explained in more detail later. The situation 
at 31.12.96 as indicated in the UK report is as follows: 
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 
F12 
F13 
F14 
F15 
F16 
F17 
F18 
F19 Situation 31.12. 
GRT 
22104 
64524 
27801 
5387 
8504 
13613 
11036 
12423 
0 
20851 
186252 96 
kW 
117616 
332337 
71876 
44463 
55648 
51977 
67790 
26853 
0 
286367 
1054927 
The capacity of the fleet at 31.12.96 based on the UK report is approximately 2,000 GRT and 20,000 kW 
greater than that indicated by the fleet register, which may be partly explained by the incomplete data for the 
Channel Islands and Isle of Man vessels in the fleet register. 
c) Results 
Figure 11 and Table 11b show that the United Kingdom failed to reach the global objectives of the 
programme in both tonnage and power, and failed to reach the objectives in tonnage, power or both, for 6 of 
the 10 segments of the fleet. Moreover, the evolution of fishing effort diverges somewhat from the evolution of 
capacity. This may indicate that mean activity has have increased over the period of the programme. The 
United Kingdom has however indicated that the fishing effort data are not based on samples but on a 
complete census of the fleet, and that prior to 1993 these data were incomplete. Since 1993 the trend in 
fishing effort more closely parallels that of capacity. Further analysis will be undertaken to ascertain whether 
there has been a real increase in activity since 1991, or whether this is an artefact of improved data 
collection. 
It should be noted that the United Kingdom has argued that several amendments to its MGP III objectives are 
appropriate. These are: 
i) Reallocation of the vessels in segment F18 
When the programme was adopted, segment F18 contained vessels for which there was very little 
information on the fishing activities, or vessels that had belonged to other segments but which had ceased 
fishing activities. As more information became available during the period of the programme, many of the 
vessels were reallocated to more appropriate segments. This is the reason that the objectives for this 
segment appear to have been achieved by a large margin. The UK now wants to redistribute both the 
situation and the objectives for this segment amongst the other segments based on their activity or most 
likely activity. The services of the Commission support this. 
The effect of the reallocation is that the UK is marginally further away from the achievement of its 1996 
objectives, as indicated in the table below (based on the data in the fleet register). 
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 
Unclassified 
TOTAL MGP 
category 
F10 
F11 +F20 
F12 
F13 
F14 
F15 
F16 
F17 
F18 
F19 GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW Situation 
31.12.96 
20966 
109259 
64111 
323184 
27132 
73896 
5839 
36539 
8110 
45558 
14588 
54738 
14350 
83820 
7107 
18120 
19577 
264868 
2760 
24518 
184539 
1034498 Objectives 
31.12.96 
18393 
86467 
57559 
300176 
23541 
77955 
5094 
34054 
8125 
48606 
12712 
63910 
18123 
101018 
9876 
21236 
21968 
271482 
175391 
1004903 Situation / 
Objectives 
114% 
126% 
111% 
108% 
115% 
95% 
115% 
107% 
100% 
94% 
115% 
86% 
79% 
83% 
72% 
85% 
89% 
98% 
105% 
103% 
ii) Revision of the 1991 baseline 
At the time of MGP I, the UK recorded the size of its "active" fleet, but in 1989 at the Commission's request 
changed its database to include all registered vessels. Following a preliminary estimate in 1991 the objectives 
of MGP II were revised to take into account the apparent increase in the size of the fleet as a result of this 
change. 
A much more complete census has now been completed, and suggests that the difference between the 
"active" and "registered" fleet was about 6,000 GRT more than previously supposed. The services of the 
Commission have confirmed that this is likely to be the case. The 6,000 GRT are already recorded in the fleet 
register and are therefore included in the figures for the situation of the UK fleet. The UK have requested that 
the objectives for 1991, and consequently the objectives for 1996, be revised to take this into account. 
The methodology proposed by the UK involves an estimation of the difference between the "active" and the 
"registered" fleet in 1986. No information is available prior to this date. 
The report submitted by the United Kingdom on the results of the MGP III anticipates these changes to the 
objectives and the segmentation. The data and calculations presented in the UK report differ a little from 
those based on the fleet register. The UK calculate the revised global objectives to be 181216 GRT and 
1059212 kW, and the situation of the fleet is stated to be 186251 GRT and 1054927 kW, which are 
respectively 103% and just under 100% of the global objectives. The discrepancies in the situation at 
31.12.96 may be due to some remaining differences between the national and fleet registers and will be 
resolved before any revision of the objectives is proposed to the Management Committee for Fisheries and 
Aquaculture. 
Figure 11 
UNITED 
KINGDOM MGP III : Cnmparison between situations and oby^fv^y 
Tonnage (GRT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 1991 
193027 
210637 
34500 1992 
189166 
211151 
35000 1993 
186120 
209249 
38100 1994 
. 183074 
197223 
37700 1995 
180027 
190422 
37600 1996 
176981 
184539 
36300 
250000 
200000 4-
150000 + 
100000 
50000 4-
1991 4-40000 
35000 
4-30000 
25000 
4- 20000 £ 
4- 15000 
10000 
4-5000 
1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 1991 
1095206 
1223828 
170400 1992 
1073302 
1248003 
178000 1993 
1058777 
1241130 
188800 1994 
1044253 
1174644 
188300 1995 
1029728 
1115163 
188800 1996 
1015204 
1034498 
179000 
1400000 
1200000 
1000000 4-
800000 
600000 
400000 
200000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 
Effort 
UNITED KINGDOM Evolution of capacity by segment 
The GRT values shown in the table include estimates of GRT based on the formulae given in Commission Decision 97/259/EC. The percentage 
contributions of these estimates are shown in brackets. 
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 
Unclassified 
TOTAL MGP category 
F10 
F11 + F20 
F12 
F13 
F14 
F15 
F16 
F17 
F18 
F19 End of yea 1991 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 
GRT 
kW 21733 (18%) 
1*14867 
65832 (2%) 
337885 
23463 (2%) 
77371 
3879 (3%) 
30087 
5531 (2%) 
31790 
12544 (10%) 
59189 • 
17550 
99145 
8350 (14%) 
21074 
17160 (7%) 
96582 
23689 
296516 
10906 (3%) 
59322 
210637 (5%) 
1223828 1992 
24729 (20%) 
129321 
65365 (4%) 
336730 
22386 (2%) 
71702 
3804 
30289 
5444 (2%) 
31818 
13509 (10%) 
60967 
17208 
96724 
8281 (14%) 
20873 
16842 (9%) 
98043 
24674 
324140 
8909 (4%) 
47396 
211151 (6%) 
1248003 1993 
24466 (21%) 
126284 
65983 (3%) 
336947 
25864 (8%) 
80524 
3733 
30526 
5209 (6%) 
32703 
14123 (10%) 
61639 
16502 
95522 
8281 (14%) 
20873 
15746 (9%) 
92643 
25311 
335906 
4031 
27563 
209249 (7%) 
1241130 1994 
23295 (25%) 
122935 
62326 (5%) 
320063 
23885 (20%) 
78907 
3628 
29660 
5774 (11%) 
34207 
14059 (12%) 
58774 
15859 (2%) 
91851 
7002 (20%) 
18021 
9196 (14%) 
62113 
23760 
318823 
8439 
39290 
197223 (10%) 
1174644 1995 
21296 (26%) 
112427 
57914 (5%) 
299013 
23287 (31%) 
72821 
3368 
26944 
5491 (11%) 
35030 
13544 (13%) 
54227 
15330 (1%) 
89297 
5504 (26%) 
14770 
17058 (34%) 
81788 
21392 
290663 
6238 (19%) 
38183 
190422 (14%) 
1115163 1996 
20146 (24%) 
105866 
57549 (5%) 
296044 
26312 (32%) 
70503 
3378 
26361 
5649 (12%) 
35380 
12947 (13%) 
47953 
12709 (2%) 
77035 
7106 (26%) 
18120 
16406 (45%) 
67850 
19577 
264868 
2760 (52%) 
24518 
184539 19%) 
1034498 Objectives 
17621 
81465 
51746 
262505 
22633 
72060 
2370 
16395 
5400 
30947 
10896 
52137 
16306 
89246 
9876 
21236 
18165 
117728 
21968 
271484 
176981 
1015204 Sit. / Obj. 
114% 
130% 
111% 
113% 
116% 
98% 
143% 
161% 
105% 
114% 
119% 
92% 
78% 
86% 
72% 
85% 
90% 
58% 
i 
89% 
98% 
104% 
102% 
<T> 
Table 11b 
UNITED KINGDOM Fishing effort by segment ( +1000) 
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 
F12 
F13 
F14 
F15 
F16 
F17 
F18 
F19 Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 
GRTxt 
kWxt 5200 
23800 
13800 
68500 
4800 
13800 
300 
1200 
600 
2500 
2100 
7300 
2800 
16000 
2400 
5600 
400 
1900 
2100 
29800 
34500 
170400 5500 
26200 
14800 
72200 
3700 
12100 
300 
2400 
600 
3100 
2300 
8400 
2700 
15700 
2600 
6000 
400 
2100 
2100 
29800 
35000 
178000 6200 
29700 
15000 
73500 
5100 
15200 
400 
2700 
600 
2900 
3200 
10800 
2900 
16400 
2000 
4800 
600 
3000 
2100 
29800 
38100 
188800 5700 
28200 
14800 
72500 
5200 
15100 
400 
2600 
800 
4800 
3400 
11200 
3100 
18200 
2000 
5000 
200 
900 
2100 
29800 
37700 
188300 5700 
28400 
14600 
71800 
5400 
15300 
500 
3800 
1000 
5900 
3300 
10900 
2700 
16400 
1800 
4400 
500 
2100 
2100 
29800 
37600 
188800 5100 
26200 
14900 
73100 
4100 
11300 
400 
2800 
1100 
6300 
3400 
10800 
2000 
11800 
3200 
7100 
0 
0 
2100 
29600 
36300 
179000 
Finland 
a) Fleet Register 
The data in the fleet register are up to date and appear to be largely complete. Power figures have been 
declared for all vessels and tonnage figures have been supplied for all but one vessel belonging to segment 
F21 (Trawlers Baltic Herring"), which have an average tonnage of approximately 50 GT 
GT figures are available for more than 99% of the fleet, though for vessels between 15 and 24 metres this is 
reduced to 88%. 
Finland has not submitted effort data to the fleet register. 
The evolution of capacity based on the data in the fleet register is shown in Figure 12 and Table 12. 
b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by Finland. 
The results presented in the Finnish report on the results of the MGP III are shown below. Since the 
objectives for 31.12.96 are based on the situation at 1.1.95, the situation of the fleet on bôfh dates is shown: 
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 Situation 1.1 
GT 
9280 
3527 
9259 
1196 
546 
739 
24547 .95 
kW 
47757 
29059 
130302 
4899 
4710 
8374 
224831 Situation 31. 
GT 
8631 
3336 
9054 
1082 
512 • -
731 
23346 12.96 
kW 
44402 
27718 
127498 
4648 
4810 
8286 
217362 
These are almost identical to those based on the data in the fleet register. The minor discrepancies that exist 
are within the limits expected due to the time delays involved in communicating changes to the fleet to the 
fleet register. 
c) Results 
.15 The 1996 objectives of the Finnish programme were for a stabilisation of the capacities of all segments to 
their capacities as at 1.1.95. At the time the programme was adopted, Finland was still in the process of 
registering its fishing vessels, so a footnote envisaged the revision of the 1996 objectives when the size of 
the fleet at 1.1.95 became more accurately known. Now that this process of registration has been completed, 
the present report has incorporated these changes to the objectives of the programme. 
It should be noted that in the case of Finland the tonnage objectives are considered to be in units of GT. 
However the GT has not been measured for all of the fleet. For the purposes of the present report a mixture 
of GT and GRT has therefore been used, in which the GT of a vessel is taken if krrown, otherwise its GRT is 
used without adjustment. It is important that all the vessels are measured in GT before the adoption of the 
MGP IV. 
15 Commission Decision 96/73/EC of 22.12.95 (O J L14 of 19.1.96 p.27) 
LQ 
Figure 12 and Table 12 indicate that Finland has reached its targets in all segments of the fleet, except for 
segment F26 where there is an excess of 2% in power. This represents just 100 kW. The Finnish authorities 
have indicated that this is caused by the mis-allocation of one trawler to this segment, which will be corrected 
in the next declaration to the fleet register. In any case, the separation of the Aaland islands vessels from the 
remainder of the fleet was not a requirement of the MGP III, so that Finland can be considered to have 
achieved its objectives for the two "driftnetters/longliners" segments combined. 
The data submitted by Finland in its report, though indicating slightly different situations and objectives, do 
not significantly change the results of the MGP III. 
Figure 12 
FINLAND MGP IH : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Tonnage (GT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 1991 1992 
\ 1993 1994 
24381 
24381 1995 
24381 
24383 1996 
24381 
23399 
25000 
20000 + 
15000 
10000 + 
5000 + 
1991 1 h 
1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
O Objectives 
• Situation Fleet Register 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 1991 1992 1993 1994 
224454 
224454 1995 
224454 
224384 1996 
224454 
219350 
250000 
200000 + 
150000 + 
100000 + 
50000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 
End of year D Objectives 
• Situation Fleet Register 
Table 12 
FINLAND Evolution of 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 ofyear 1991 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 1992 
-1993 1994 
9145 
47462 
3501 
28904 
9254 
130095 
1196 
4898 
546 
4712 
739 
8383 
24381 
224454 1995 
9122 
47257 
3519 
28972 
9261 
130162 
1196 
4898 
546 
4712 
739 
8383 
24383 
224384 1996 
8641 
45903 
3402 
28213 
9034 
127481 
1082 
4647 
509 
4812 
731 
8294 
23399 
219350 Objectives 
9145 
47462 
3501 
28904 
9254 
130095 
1196 
4898 
546 
4712 
739 
8383 
24381 
224454 Sit. / Obj. 
94% 
97% 
97% 
98% 
98% 
98% 
90% 
95% 
93% 
102% 
99% 
99% 
96% 
98% 
Sweden 
a) Fleet Register 
The data in the fleet register appear to be largely complete, though it seems that some available GT 
measures or estimates have yet to be declared. Tonnage figures have been declared for all vessels and 
power figures have been supplied for all but five vessels. The latter belong to the segment F32 ("Others") 
which have an average power of approximately 60 kW. 
GT figures are available for about 93% of the total fleet. 
Sweden has not submitted effort data to the fleet register. 
The evolution of capacity based on the data in the fleet register is shown in Table 13 and Figure 13. 
b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by Sweden. 
The situation at 1.1.95 and at 31.12.96 presented b'y Sweden in its report are shown below: 
Segment 
Trawlers-shellfish 
Trawlers / Seiners > 30 metres 
Polyvalent 
Netters/Longliners in Baltic 
Others 
TOTAL MGP 
category 
F28 
F29 
F30 
F31 
F32 Situation 1.1 
GT 
6593 
14223 
13916 
6581 
11642 
52955 .95 
kW 
30570 
42176 
58816 
38567 
100415 
270550 Situation 31.12.96 
GT kW 
6395 
14125 
12715 
6631 
10922 
50789 28227 
40689 
53455 
37470 
96475 
256316 
The figures agree very closely with the fleet register. The situation at 1.1.95, which is the baseline from which 
the 1996 objectives have been calculated, shows just one discrepancy concerning the tonnage of segment 
F31 at 1.1.95, given as 5298 GT in the fleet register and 6581 GT in the Swedish report. This is likely to be 
due to the mixture of tonnage units used to measure the capacity, though this needs to be confirmed before 
the adoption of the MGP IV since the figure will be the 1996 objective for the segment. 
The fleet register and the Swedish report are in close agreement concerning the power of the fleet at 
31.12.96, but the report gives somewhat higher tonnage figures for all but one segment. 
c) Results 
.16 The 1996 objectives of the Swedish programme are based on the situation at 1.1.95. As mentioned in the 
case of Finland, a revision to the situation at 1.1.95 therefore justifies a revision to the objectives for 31.12.96. 
Such a revision has been incorporated into the present report. 
As was the case with Finland, the tonnage objectives for Sweden are considered to be in units of GT even 
though this is not available for all vessels in the fleet. The present report therefore uses a mixture of GT and 
GRT. It is important that all the vessels are measured in GT before the adoption of the MGP IV. 
The interpretation of the results is made somewhat complicated by the discrepancies in the tonnage figures 
between the fleet register and those given in the Swedish report, especially since the situation at 1.1.95 is 
used to define the objectives for 31.12.96. According to Table 13 Sweden failed to meet its power objective 
for just one segment (F30, by just 130 kW), and failed to meet its tonnage objective in two segments, namely 
F30 and F31 (by 81 tonnes and 22 tonnes respectively). However, according to the data supplied by Sweden 
the objectives have been met in all segments. 
16 Commission Decision 96/74/EC of 22.12.95 (O J L14 of 19.1.96 p.32) 
Figure 13 
SWEDEN MGP III : Comparison between «itifatfrns and objectives 
Tonnage (GT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 1991 1992 1993 1994 
51671 
51671 1995 
51114 
51126 1996 
50558 
48841 
60000 
50000 + 
40000 
{J 30000 j 
20000 4-
10000 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
O Objectives 
•Situation Fleet Register 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 1991 
-1992 1993 1994 
271409 
270544 1995 
268624 
266205 1996 
265839 
256542 
300000 
250000 + 
200000 
5 150000 
100000 
50000 4-
199t 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 
End of year O Objectives 
• Situation Fleet Register 
Table 13 
SWEDEN Evolution of 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 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 
GT 
kW 1992 
0 
'• 1993 1994 
6593 
30570 
14223 
42176 
13916 
58816 
5298 
38567 
11641 
100415 
51671 
270544 1995 
6241 
28850 
14044 
41322 
13891 
58131 
5339 
38489 
11611 
99413 
51126 
• 266205 1996 
5903 
26922 
13858 
40499 
12884 
54240 
5320 
37830 
10876 
97051 
48841 
256542 Objectives 
6593 
30570 
14223 
42176 
12803 
54111 
5298 
38567 
11641 
100415 
50558 
265839 Sit/Obj. 
90% 
88% 
97% 
96% 
101% 
100% 
100% 
98% ' 
93% 
97% 
97% I 
97% | 
5.2 Global results and conclusions 
Figure 14 compares the global situation of the Community fleet at the end of each year with the sum of the 
intermediate objectives for all Member States excluding Finland and Sweden since the programmes for these 
two countries began only in 1995. 
The multi-annual guidance programmes have been effective in reducing the overcapacity of the European 
fleets. During the period 1991 - 1996 the fleet was reduced by approximately 300 000 GRT and by 
approximately 790 000 kW, or by about 15% and 9.5% respectively. The capacity of the fleet at 31.12.96 was 
11 % below the global objectives for tonnage and 5% below the global objectives for power. 
These global results are very satisfactory, but they have been achieved by some Member States reaching or 
exceeding the reductions required to meet their objectives, while others have failed to reach their objectives. 
The following table and graphs summarise the performance of each of the Member States according to the 
data in the fleet register. These figures should not be interpreted without reference to the explanations given 
in the text for each Member State: 
Member State 
Portugal 
Spain 
Denmark 
Germany 
Finland 
Sweden 
Belgium 
Ireland 
Greece 
France 
United Kingdom 
Netherlands 
Italy * % global situation / global objectives 
GRT 
64% 
76% 
77% 
79% 
96% 
97% 
96% 
94% 
96% 
99% 
104% 
148% 
(98%) kW 
76% 
85% 
81% 
87% 
98% 
97% 
94% 
99% 
100% 
104% 
102% 
109% 
(104%) Number of segments in which the 
objectives were achieved / total 
number of segments 
GRT 
9/9 
5/5 
5/5 
8/9 
6/6 
3/5 
1/2 
2/3 
L2/3 
4/6 
4/10 
0/3 
Not available kW 
9/9 
5/5 
5/5 
9/9 
5/6 
5/5 
1/2 
2/3 
2/3 
2/6 
6/10 
0/3 
Not available 
based on data supplied by Italy 
GRT: % Global situation I global objectives 
160 
140 
120 
100 
80 
60 
40 
20 64 QA 9.6 
76 77 79 ....96.....A6 148 
97 98 104 H 
99 mm m 
P SP DK D IRL GR B FL SW IT* FR UK NL 
* based on data in (he report supplied by Italy 
kW: % Global situation I global objectives 
P SP DK D IRL GR B FL SW IT* FR UK NL 
* based on data in the report supplied by Italy 
For those that failed to reach their objectives there are two main consequences: 
• Aid for fleet renewal and modernisation must be withheld (in accordance with articles 7 and 10 of 
Regulation 3699/93). The Commission is in the process of examining for each of the Member States 
concerned that this requirement is met. 
• The backlog from the MGP III must be made up under the conditions that applied to the MGP III. This 
means that at least 55% of the backlog must be made up by a reduction in capacity. 
There are also marked marked differences between the Member States in the extent to which the information 
in the fleet register has been kept up to date and reliable. This is particularly the case with respect to the 
estimation or remeasurement of vessels in units of GT, which should have been completed in 1995. These 
data will be of vital importance for the successful transition from the GRT objectives of MGP III to the GT 
objectives of MGP IV. 
In accordance with its declaration at the meeting of the Council of Ministers on April 1997, the Commission 
reserves the right to commence with the appropriate procedures concerning the Member States that have not 
respected the multi-annual guidance programmes within the time period envisaged, or have not established 
the means to monitor the programmes or the means to inform the Commission of the exact situation of their 
fleets with respect to the objectives of the programmes. 
S6 
Figure 14 
TOTAL MGP HI : Comparison between situations and objectives 
Excluding Finland and Sweden 
Tonnage (GRT) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 1991 
2044511 
2010183 1992 
2003621 
1934811 1993 
1977951 
1843750 1994 
1936824 
1777083 1995 
1895696 
1710673 1996 
1859028 
1644113 
2500000 
2000000 + 
1500000 + 
1000000 + 
500000 + 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 
a Objectives 
• Situation Fleet Register 
Engine power (kW) 
End of year 
Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register 1991 
8290422 
8347453 1992 
8124614 
8188936 1993 
8020807 
7963704 1994 
7896177 
7778111 1995 
7771547 
7555011 1996 
7691700 
7328117 
1991 1992 1993 1994 
End of year 1995 1996 
Q Objectives 
•Situation Fleet Register 

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