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
Date: 1996-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common fisheries policy, development plan, fishery management, fishing fleet, report

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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è, 

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  C OM  (94)  208  final. 

8  C OM  (95)  463  final. 

2 

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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 
terms  of  GT  to  a  later  date. 

the  objectives  in 

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, 
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. 

the  segment  of  the 

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 

1995 

End of year 

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 

ft 

m 

ill 

II 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

End of year 

•  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 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

Objectives 

Situation Fleet Register * 

21727 

27732 

21292 

26072 

24825 

24769 

23578 

24439 

22332 

23262 

21085 

30000 T 

25000 4-

20000 4-

5  15000 4-

10000 

5000 

>S 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

End of year 

•  Objectives 
E3 Situation Fleet Register 

Engine power (kW) 

End of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 

70069 
81431 

68668 
75862 

73861 
71586 

71860 
69260 

69858 
66626 

67857 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

End of year 

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. 

/to 

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 

MGP category 

End of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

Objectives 
1996 

Netters  & Beam trawlers 

C10, C17, E10 
(and unclassified) 

Demersal  trawlers 

E13.G14 

TOTAL 

kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

23112 
70357 

4620 
11074 

22446 
67621 

22157 
65755 

21914 
63772 

21330 
62429 

3626 
8241 

2612 
5831 

2525 
5488 

1932 
4197 

27732 
81431 

26072 
75862 

24769 
71586 

24439 
69260 

23262 
66626 

19887 
63987 

1198 
3870 

21085 
67857 

A\ 

DENMARK 

MGP  III  : Comparison  between  situations  and  objectives 

Excludes vessels <5GT 

Tonnage (GT) 

End of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

Objectives 

Situation Fleet Register * 

Effort 

119188 

114950 

116804 

106608 

22715198 

21675835 

114583 

112362 

110141 

107920 

92872 
19410740 

94394 
18005316 

93201 

140000 T 

120000 

100000 + 

80000 4-

60000 + 

40000 

20000 4-

25000000 

20000000 

4- 15000000 -c 

10000000 

4- 5000000 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

End of year 

] 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 

100000000 

4- 80000000 

60000000  £ 

4- 40000000 

20000000 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

End of year 

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 

MGP  c a t e g o ry 

End  of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

Objectives 

Nets  etc 

B13 

Trawlers  +  Danish  Seine 

B12 
+  unclassified 

Pelagic  f i s h i ng 

B09 

Trawlers  (Greenland) 

B10 

Purse  seiners 

Vessels  <  5GT 

B17 

B08 

T O T AL  ( Except  B08) 

GT 

kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

15048 

88239 

14407 

85325 

13783 

82988 

13584 

81683 

12842 

77863 

89975 
366110 

82274 
331374 

71837 
286200 

73948 
277649 

72596 
268591 

3480 
3810 

3480 
3810 

390 
809 

0 
0 

0 
0 

6447 
15668 

6447 
15668 

6862 
15668 

6862 
15668 

7763 
16417 

1996 

16433 

93998 

77894 
314439 

2300 
5700 

3480 
3810 

7813 
17312 

3718 
36503 

114950 
473827 

106608 
436177 

92872 
385665 

94394 
375000 

93201 
362871 

107920 
435259 

13 

GERMANY 

MGP  III  : Comparison  between  situations  and  objectives 

Tonnage  (GT) 

End of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 

92402 
89861 

90554 
78519 

88158 
80936 

85763 
76519 

83367 
75974 

80972 

Effort 

15578437 

16197079 

14817410 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

End of year 

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 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

End of year 

I- 0 

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) 

h 

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 

MGP category 

End of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

Objectives 
1996 

Beam trawlers  (crustaceans) 

C11 

Beam trawlers  (flatfish) 

C12 

Fixed  nets 

C19 

Beam trawlers  (flatfish) 

G11 + G13 

Bottom trawlers  (cutters) 

G16 + G17 

Pelagic  trawlers 

G19 

Pelagic trawlers  (cutters) 

G20 

Longliners  (cutters) 

G21 

Freezer  vessels 
+ wetfish  trawlers 

G22 

TOTAL 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

8209 
40230 

8801 
40637 

8912 
40559 

9188 
41193 

9890 
41854 

2982 
9474 

2899 
9236 

2844 
8497 

2702 
8027 

2507 
7424 

5210 
31737 

5089 
29910 

5044 
29964 

4895 
29340 

4788 
29715 

2335 
7310 

14861 
40925 

14992 
11805 

1761 
4636 

1430 
2857 

1501 
4818 

12717 
34236 

9851 
6706 

1409 
3651 

1609 
3279 

2424 
7725 

12080 
32311 

14992 
11805 

1326 
3479 

1609 
3279 

2255 
6948 

11236 
30686 

14992 
11805 

1062 
2780 

1609 
3279 

2028 
6948 

10518 
29233 

14992 
11805 

1062 
2760 

1609 
3279 

38081 
40827 

34643 
38003 

31705 
32708 

28580 
32708 

28580 
32708 

89861 
189801 

78519 
170476 

80936 
170327 

76519 
166766 

75974 
165726 

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 

End of year 

1991 

Objectives 

Situation Fleet Register * 
Effort 

124662 

129474 

39041992 

140000 T 

120000 -f 

100000 + 

80000 

60000 + 

40000 

20000 4-

Tonnage (GT) 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

1992 
122169 

120458 

118747 

128761 
38541357 

120883 
35443307 

119375 
35120411 

117036 

118332 

115326 

-- 40000000 

-- 35000000 

-- 30000000 

-- 25000000 

•e 
o 

20000000 £ 

-- 15000000 

-- 1O00O000 

5000000 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

End of year 

1996 
I Objectives 

0 

E2S3 Situation Fleet Register 
- B - E f f o rt 

Engine power (kW) 

End of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

Objectives 

688203 

674439 

670308 

666176 

662045 

Situation Fleet Register * 
Effort 

710701 
225575863 

700220 
221849517 

670244 
212053968 

666459 
211335112 

657285 

657914 

657547 

-I- 250000000 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

End of year 

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) 

A 

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 

M GP category 

End  of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

Objectives 
1996 

Fixed Gear and seiners 

E20+Z14 

Bottom trawlers 

E14 
+ unclassified 

Trawlers 

G18 

TOTAL 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

71649 
536017 

71035 
525067 

68822 
507248 

69411 
508978 

69056 
504161 

71037 
523820 

28112 
121756 

28637 
123041 

27978 
119564 

27659 
117989 

27088 
113849 

29713 
52928 

29089 
52112 

24083 
43432 

22305 
39492 

22188 
39275 

22191 
95976 

22097 
37751 

129474 
710701 

128761 
700220 

120883 
670244 

119375 
666459 

118332 
657285 

115326 
657547 

Al 

SPAIN 

MGP III  : Comparison between situations and objectives 

Tonnage (GT) 

End of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

Objectives 

823021 

806561 

793829 

781097 

768365 

755633 

Situation Fleet Register * 

786584 

764254 

727679 

702461 

654561 

M 

mm 

1992 

1991 

1993 

1994 

End  of  year 

wm 
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 

tim 

pa 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

End  of  year 

•  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 

MGP  category 

End of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

Trawlers &  Polyvalent 
Dredgers 

D10 
+  unclassified 

Pelagic  seiners, Netters etc 
&  Canaries 

D11 

Trawlers &  Polyvalent 

G12 

Pelagic  seiners, Netters etc 

G26 

Tuna  fleet 

G28 

TOTAL 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

173843 
496640 

171833 
485825 

162310 
459940 

157542 
449631 

151480 
430307 

159122 
619644 

153452 
601374 

151136 
588612 

149730 
583247 

150457 
585523 

335551 
572344 

312044 
523421 

288840 
475518 

270999 
449008 

238465 
407591 

37963 
99264 

45314 
109832 

46416 
110516 

45213 
107746 

36182 
84747 

80105 
127680 

81611 
129256 

78977 
121906 

78977 
121906 

77977 
120216 

Objectives 
1996 

160460 
442193 

166752 
628246 

296093 
494264 

39562 
101092 

92767 
138133 

786584 
1915572 

764254 
1849708 

727679 
1756492 

702461 
1711538 

654561 
1628384 

755633 
1803928 

AQ 

FRANCE 

MGP  III  : Comparison  between  situations  and  objectives 

Excluding French Overseas  Departments 

Tonnage  (GT) 

1993 

1994 

1995 

201433 

187515 

197000 

182576 

192568 
178678 

1996 

188135 

End of year 

1991 

210067 

1992 
205865 

198657 

191067 

Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 

250000 

200000 

150000  4 

100000  4 

50000 4-

$m 

wssa 

H 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

End of year 

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 

1995 

1996 

End of year 

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 

MGP category 

End of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

Objectives 

Polyval.,static  gears 

A10 

+  canners 

Polyvalent  (trawlers) 

A11+  unclassified 

Polyvalent  static+Dredgers 

A12 

Polyvalent  (trawlers) 

M11 

Pelagic trawl, seiners  (tuna) 
+ static  gears 

M13 

Seiners  (tuna) 

H10 

Coastal  fleet  (DOM) 

110 

Tuna  fleet  (DOM) 

TOTAL  (Excluding  DOM) 

GT 

kW 

GT 

kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

25530 

25465 

26730 

30669 

30416 

225606 

227481 

229883 

232246 

229941 

117211 

561120 

111192 

534642 

105774 

512808 

98201 

94933 

490224 

473891 

3734 
38190 

8079 
49012 

3225 
33600 

8155 
48881 

2998 

31811 

8543 
50359 

3212 
33055 

8517 
49391 

3269 
34705 

8470 
48957 

9542 
127527 

9828 
126528 

9660 
124328 

9906 
125446 

9662 
123106 

34561 
87494 

33202 
83226 

33810 
84845 

32071 
80429 

31928 
79909 

198657 
1088949 

191067 
1054358 

187515 
1034034 

182576 
1010791 

178678 
990509 

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 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 

52039 

56236 

50998 

58638 

57641 

55259 

56643 
56110 

55646 

58769 

54649 

60000 

50000 4-

40000 

30000 

20000 4 

10000 

SSBB 
Mie 

». 

im 

m 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

End of year 

D Objectives 
H Situation Fleet Register 

Engine power (kW) 

Objectives 

End of year 

1991 
197011 

1992 
193071 

1993 
190277 

1994 
186762 

1995 
183247 

1996 
179732 

Situation Fleet Register * 

184629 

193792 

191092 

193447 

193168 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

End of year 

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 

MGP  category 

End of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

Beam trawlers 

Pelagic  trawlers 

E11 

E15 

Polyvalent 

E18, E19 

TOTAL 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

56236 
184629 

58638 
193792 

55259 
191092 

56110 
193447 

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 

1991 

Objectives 

Situation Fleet Register * 

Effort 

271857 

273955 

45029950 

1992 
266420 

1993 
262961 

1994 
259501 

269691 
45364600 

267737 
41534726 

262102 
40966552 

1995 

1996 

256041 

260602 

252582 

300000 -r 

250000 4 

200000 4 

150000 

100000 4 

50000 4 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

End of year 

1996 
ii  Objectives 
EE223 Situation  Fleet  Register 
—B-Effort 

End of year 

Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 
Effort 

1991 
1541664 
1524219 
240255834 

Engine power (kW) 

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 

1995 

1996 

End of year 

Objectives 

ESSS3 Situation Fleet Register 
- « - E f f o rt 

* 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 

MGP  c a t e g o ry 

End  of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

O b j e c t i v es 

Pelagic  pair  trawlers 

C13 

Bottom  trawlers'(&Volante) 

C14 

Manual  d r e d g e rs 

C15 

Suction  d r e d g e rs 

C16 

Netters 

C18 

Longliners  &  liners 

C20 

Polyvalent  (trawlers) 

C21 

Polyvalent  (non  trawlers) 

C22 

Seiners  (tuna) 

C23 

B o t t om  t r a w l e rs 

M10 

Polyvalent  (non  trawlers) 

M12 

B o t t om  trawlers 

G15 

Tuna  fleet 

G29 

T O T AL 

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 

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 

273955 
1524219 

269691 
1530476 

267737 
1530927 

262102 
1518508 

260602 
1513677 

252580 
1464680 

NETHERLANDS 

MGP III  : Comparison between situations and objectives 

Tonnage (GT) 

End of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

Objectives 

Situation Fleet Register * 

95496 
138433 

93586 
138065 

95043 

142282 

93307 
153096 

91570 
153694 

91035 

160000  j 

140000 --

120000 --

100000 --

£  80000 --

60000 --

40000 

20000 

m m 
m 

Wm 

Wà 

0 

i%m 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

End of year 

D Objectives 
E3 Situation Fleet Register 

Engine power (kW) 

End of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

Objectives 

Situation Fleet Register * 

412988 

446752 

404728 

439480 

408098 

440846 

396968 

437178 

385837 

436630 

374707 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

End of year 

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 

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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 

MGP  category 

End of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

Cutters  (crust, and  molluscs) 

E12 

Pelagic  trawlers 

E16 

Cutter  fleet  (excl. moll/crust.) 

E17 

TOTAL 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

4394 
16725 

46328 
58796 

4648 
17614 

4962 
18657 

4883 
18381 

46328 
58796 

43099 
53943 

53396 
57625 

4819 
17368 

53396 
57625 

92105 
371231 

91737 
363070 

r 

94221 
368246 

94817 
361172 

95479 
361637 

142827 
446752 

142713 
439480 

142282 
440846 

153096 
437178 

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 

1991 

1992 

1993 

Objectives 

215146 

210843 

206920 

1994 
202996 

1995 

1996 

199073 

195150 

Situation Fleet Register * 
Effort 

182243 
55320900 

166726 
52394815 

147082 
46968929 

130550 
41365255 

123539 

250000 T 

200000 + 

150000 + 

100000 4-

50000 4-

70000000 

4- 10000000 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

End of year 

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-

ffff. 

1 

-- 160000000 

140000000 

-- 120000000 

-- 100000000 

80000000 

60000000 

+ 40000000 

20000000 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

End of year 

-0-
^Objectives 

E 2 23 Situation  Fleet  Register 

— • - E f f o rt 

*  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 

M GP  c a t e g o ry 

End  of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

O b j e c t i v es 
1996 

Trawlers 

B11+  unclassified 

Polyvalent  (non  trawlers) 

B15 

Purse  seine  (sardines) 

B19 

P o l y v a l e n t,  Trawlers  & 
Purse  seine  (tuna) 

G24  +  G27 

Polyvalent  (non  trawlers) 

B16 

Purse  seiners 

B18 

Polyvalent  (tuna) 

G25 

Polyvalent 

Polyvalent 

B14 

G23 

T O T AL 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kw 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

22331 
73627 

21910 
71808 

20029 
65597 

18374 
58579 

16914 
54355 

42637 
203191 

39591 
194395 

35651 
186085 

31653 
176377 

31312 
172641 

11756 
53056 

85421 
108313 

3788 

15222 

199 
916 

715 
1670 

11476 
52598 

73449 
97057 

3616 
14598 

199 
916 

715 
1670 

9774 
45151 

62709 
83788 

4151 
16056 

199 
916 

715 
1670 

8505 
39392 

54486 
73140 

3974 
15089 

199 
916 

715 
1670 

8440 
39168 

49910 
66045 

4045 
15743 

199 
916 

715 
1670 

10039 
42642 

11640 
47591 

11183 
46699 

11228 
47264 

10588 
44926 

5357 
5017 

4130 
4024 

2671 
3053 

1416 
2354 

1416 
2354 

19630 
62749 

50754 
216388 

12904 
56527 

88905 
103390 

4747 
19438 

250 
1170 

1200 
2550 

12169 
53397 

4592 
4264 

182243 
503654 

166726 
484657 

147082 
449015 

130550 
414781 

123539 
397818 

195150 
519873 

JS 

UNITED 
KINGDOM 

MGP  HI  : Comparison  between  situations  and  objectives 

Tonnage (GT) 

End of year 

1991 

1992 

Objectives 

Situation Fleet Register * 

228353 

252601 

223786 

252215 

1993 
220182 

1994 
216578 

251567 

244100 

1995 

212974 

247198 

1996 
209370 

300000  T 

250000  4 

200000  4 

150000  4 

100000 

50000 

m 

1991 

&m 
1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

End of year 

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 

Œ 

1000000 

800000 

600000 --

400000 --

200000 

m 

M 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

End of year 

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 

M GP category 

End  of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

Objectives 
1996 

Beam trawl 

F10 

Demersal Trawl & Seiners 

F11 + F20 
+ unclassified 

Pelagic trawl 

Shellfish fixed 

Shellfish mobile 

F12 

F13 

F14 

Netters, 
Liners + other static gears 

F15 

Nephrops trawl 

Distant water 

Others >10 m 

F16 

F17 

F18 

Mixed (non trawlers) <10 m 

F19 

*  TOTAL 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

25193 
112493 

29581 
129098 

29923 
129872 

29339 
126061 

27076 
114631 

110733 
422762 

106112 
396562 

99072 
363395 

104648 
369012 

104793 
366775 

23453 
76965 

20996 
66133 

25071 
73297 

23572 
70821 

23625 
62191 

3525 
27946 

3597 
28947 

3892 
29666 

3768 
28653 

3575 
26683 

5966 
27782 

6253 
29031 

6276 
29212 

6018 
27569 

6289 
28915 

13707 
56539 

14945 
59464 

15375 
60730 

15008 
56148 

15035 
53553 

20751 
90377 

20786 
90437 

20921 
91005 

19162 
82776 

19262 
82494 

GT > 
kW 

8842 
20873 

8842 
20873 

8842 
20873 

8433 
18021 

6952 
14770 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

19273 
92040 

19618 
95236 

20259 
99094 

13770 
69949 

21722 
82486 

21158 
293638 

21485 
318998 

21936 
331014 

20382 
313815 

18869 
288425 

252601 
1221415 

252215 
1234779 

251567 
1228158 

244100 
1162825 

247198 
1120923 

209370 
1015203 

18957 
81465 

74455 
262505 

23481 
72060 

2442 
16395 

7057 
30947 

11881 
52137 

21305 
89246 

9876 
21236 

20238 
117728 

19679 
271484 

FINLAND 

MGP  HI  : Comparison  between  situations  and  objectives 

Tonnage (GT) 

End of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

Objectives 

Situation Fleet Register * 

22510 

22510 

22517 

22661 

22523 

25000 T 

20000 4 

150O0 4 

10000 

5000 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

End of year 

Q Objectives 
•  Situation Fleet Register 

Engine power  (kW) 

End of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 

1994 
213179 
213214 

1995 
213179 
216025 

1996 
213179 

250000 -r 

200000 

150000 

100000 4 

50000 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

End of year 

•  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 

MGP category 

End of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

Trawlers  (Baltic  Herring) 

F21 

Driftnetters /  Longliners 

F22+F24 

Other  Vessels 

Trawlers  (Baltic  Herring) 
Aaland  Islands 

Driftnetters  /  Longliners 
Aaland  Islands 

Other  Vessels 
Aaland  Islands 

F23 

F25 

F26 

F27 

TOTAL 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

Objectives 
1996 

9040 
47469 

3267 
29059 

7778 
119335 

1267 
4899 

531 
4710 

640 
7707 

9022 
47462 

3268 
29053 

8999 
47257 

3286 
29121 

7782 
119373 

7935 
122273 

1267 
4898 

531 
4712 

640 
7716 

1267 
4898 

531 
4712 

643 
7764 

22510 
213214 

22661 
216025 

22523 
213179 

M 

SWEDEN 

M GP  III  :  C o m p a r i s on  between  situations  and  objectives 

Tonnage (GT) 

End of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

Objectives 

Situation Fleet Register * 

50752 
50752 

50206 
50828 

49660 

60000  -r 

50000  4 

40000 

30000 

20000  4 

10000 

04 

1991 

19=2 

1993 

M 
1994 

End of year 

1995 

1996 

•  Objectives 
H Situation Fleet Register 

Engine  power  (kW) 

End of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

Objectives 
Situation Fleet Register * 

1994 
271409 
261976 

1995 
264354 
267049 

1996 
257298 

300000 -r 

250000 4 

200000 4 

5  150000 X 

100000 

50000 4 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

End of year 

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 

MGP category 

End of year 

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

Trawlers-shellfish 

F28 

Trawlers / Seiners 
>  30 metres 

Polyvalent 

F29 

F30 

Netters/Longliners in  Baltic 

F31 

Others 

F32 

TOTAL 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

GT 
kW 

Objectives 
1996 

6582 
30416 

14223 
42176 

12559 
53797 

5135 
37942 

11161 
92967 

6582 
30416 

14223 
42176 

13651 
58475 

5135 
37942 

11161 
92967 

6223 
28703 

14221 
42176 

13736 
58152 

5211 
38550 

11437 
99468 

50752 
261976 

50828 
267049 

49660 
257298 

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