COMMISSION STAFF WORKING PAPER Technical Annex
Date: 2011-06-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, fishery management, fishery resources, fishing statistics, sustainable development

EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 22.6.2011 
SEC(2011) 759 final 

COMMISSION STAFF WORKING PAPER 

Technical Annex 

Accompanying the document 

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND 
THE COUNCIL 

on Member States' efforts during 2009 to achieve a sustainable balance between fishing 
capacity and fishing opportunities 

{COM(2011) 354 final} 
{SEC(2011) 760 final} 

 
 
 
 
  
 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 

1. 

1.1. 

1.2. 

1.3. 

1.4. 

1.5. 

1.6. 

2. 

Fishing capacity management under the Common Fisheries Policy ........................... 3 

The entry-exit regime................................................................................................... 3 

Prohibition to replace capacity withdrawn with public aid.......................................... 3 

Reference levels ........................................................................................................... 4 

Management of the fleets registered in the outermost regions .................................... 4 

Use of the guidelines.................................................................................................... 4 

European Union fishing fleet register .......................................................................... 5 

Summary Tables and graphs ........................................................................................ 6 

Table 1: Compliance with the entry-exit ceiling at 31 December 2009 (Except outermost 

regions)......................................................................................................................... 6 

Figure 1: Overall trend of the EU fishing fleet capacity ceiling (except outermost regions) .... 7 

Table 2: Compliance with reference levels at 31 December 2009 (except outermost regions). 8 

Figure 2: Overall trend of the EU fishing fleet reference levels (only for the Member States 

concerned, except the outermost regions).................................................................... 9 

Table 3: Fleet fishing capacity variations between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2009 

(except outermost regions)......................................................................................... 10 

Figure 3: Trend in the number of EU fishing vessels between 1992 and 2009 ....................... 11 

Figure 4: Trend in the EU fishing fleet capacity in terms of tonnage between 1992 and 200911 

Figure 5: Trend in the EU fishing fleet capacity in terms of power between 1992 and 2009 . 12 

Table 4: Fleet capacity variations between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2009 in the 

outermost regions of the EU ...................................................................................... 13 

Table 5: Vessels withdrawn from the fleet with public aid over the period 2003-2009 .......... 14 

Table 6: Use by MS of the indicators for assessment of the balance between fleet capacity and 
fishing opportunities................................................................................................... 15 

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1. 

FISHING CAPACITY MANAGEMENT UNDER THE COMMON FISHERIES POLICY 

The present document presents data in the form of tables and graphs to illustrate the trend in 
fishing  capacity,  the  compliance  of  the  Member  States'  fleet  with  the  fishing  capacity 
management  rules  and  the  application  of  the  guidelines  for  the  assessment  of  the  balance 
between  fishing  capacity  and  fishing  opportunities.  A  short  description  of  the  applicable 
provisions is given next. 

1.1. 

The entry-exit regime 

The  entry-exit  regime,  which  applies  to  the  fleet  of  each  Member  State,  excluding  the  fleet 
registered  in  the  outermost  regions  since  1  January  2003  is  one  of  the  main  pillars  of  the 
fishing  capacity  management  system  (Article  13  of  the  basic  regulation).  The  entry-exit 
regime applies separately to the capacity measured in terms of tonnage and power. Any entry 
of capacity into the fleet of a Member State has to be compensated by the previous exit of at 
least the same amount of capacity (entry to exit ratio of 1:1). 

Two  exceptions  to  this  rule  allow  capacity  increases  exempted  from  the  entry-exit  regime 
when they result from improvements in safety, hygiene or living and working conditions on 
board: 

•  Article  11(5)  gives  Member  States  the  possibility  to  increase  the  tonnage  of 
existing vessels which are at least 5 years old and when the increases of volume 
result from works above the main deck 

•  Article  11(6)  allows  Member  States  to  re-allocate  4%  of  the  capacity  scrapped 
with  public  aid  to  increase  the  tonnage  of  some  vessels;  in  this  case  Member 
States  are  obliged  to  give  priority  to  small  scale  coastal  vessels.  This  provision 
was  adopted  in  2007  and  has  resulted  in  slightly  increased  tonnage  ceilings  for 
most Member States. 

For  entries  of  new  vessels  of  more  than  100  GT  built  with  public  aid  on  the  basis  of  an 
administrative  decision  adopted  after  1  January  2003,  Member  States  had  to  withdraw  35% 
more  capacity  than  they  introduced,  i.e.  apply  an  entry  to  exit  ratio  of  1:1,35  (Article 
13(1)(b)).  The  effects  of  this  transitional  measure  are  reflected  in  the  value  of  the  capacity 
ceilings,  but  this  provision  no  longer  applies,  since  aid  for  vessels  construction  was  only 
permitted until the end of 2004. 

All  of  this  means  that,  as  a  general  rule,  the  capacity  of  the  national  fleets  cannot  increase 
with respect to its levels on 1 January 2003, for 'EU 15' Member States and on the accession 
date  for  the  Member  States,  which  acceded  to  the  Community  after  2003.  However,  in 
accordance  with  Articles  6,  6a,  7  and  7a  of  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  1277/2007 
amending  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  1438/2003,  the  implementing  rules  for  the  fleet 
policy allowed for the registration of vessels outside the framework of the entry-exit regime if 
administrative decisions have been adopted by the national authorities. 

1.2. 

Prohibition to replace capacity withdrawn with public aid 

The second pillar of the fishing capacity management system is the rule that capacity leaving 
the fleet with public aid cannot be replaced (Article 11(3)). Such capacity, expressed both in 

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tonnage and power, is subtracted directly from the maximum fleet capacity of each Member 
State.  Capacity  reductions  supported  with  public  aid  are  therefore  permanent.  The  total 
amount of fishing capacity withdrawn with public aid during the period 2003-2009 is shown 
in table 5. 

1.3. 

Reference levels 

The reference levels for the fleets of Member States are the sum of the global final objectives 
of the Fourth Multi-annual Guidance Programme (MAGP IV) as established by Article 12 of 
Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. Since the reference levels are a legacy of MAGP IV1 
(period 1997- 2002), the Council decided that they would not apply to the 'EU 10' Member 
States  (Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  1242/20042).  Member  States  may  not  exceed  their 
reference levels at any time. 

In the same way as it is done for the entry exit regime, the reference levels are revised to take 
into account the amount of capacity scrapped, the increase in tonnage under the provisions of 
Article  11(5)  and  (6)  of  Regulation  2371  and  the  35%  extra  capacity  withdrawn  for  new 
vessels of 100 GT or more built with public aid after 1 January 2003.  

For the 'EU 15' Member States, the comparison between the capacity of their fleets and the 
reference levels on 31 December 2009 is shown in Table 2. It can be seen that for all these 
Member  States  the  reference  levels  are  greater,  and  for  most  Member  States  much  greater, 
than  the  capacity  ceilings  resulting  from  the  entry-exit  regime,  which  makes  the  reference 
levels irrelevant. 

1.4.  Management of the fleets registered in the outermost regions 

The  fishing  fleets  registered  in  the  outermost  regions  of  the  European  Union,  namely  the 
French  Overseas  Departments,  the  Spanish  Canary  Islands  and  the  Portuguese  Azores  and 
Madeira  have  to  comply  with  specific  rules  for  the  management  of  fishing  capacity.  These 
fleets  are  divided  into  fleet  'segments',  according  to  their  region  of  registration,  vessel 
characteristics,  fishing  areas  or  target  species.  For  each  fleet  segment,  reference  levels  are 
fixed in terms of tonnage and power. The capacity of the vessels decommissioned with public 
aid is deducted from the reference levels of the corresponding fleet segment. 

The  specific  regime  for  the  fleets  registered  in  the  outermost  regions  is  defined  by  Council 
Regulation  (EC)  No  639/2004  and  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  2104/2004.  The  latter 
includes the definition of fleet segments and their reference levels. 

The variations in the capacity of the outermost regions' fleets are shown in Table 4. Detailed 
calculations per segment are published on the Fleet Register website. 

1.5. 

Use of the guidelines 

With  a  view  to  helping  the  Member  States  to  carry  out  a  harmonised  and  well-founded 
analysis  of  the  balance  between  their  fleet  and  the  available  fishing  opportunities,  the 
Commission produced in cooperation with the STECF guidelines for an improved analysis of 
the balance between fishing capacity and fishing opportunities. The 'guidelines' were prepared 

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in March 2008. They contain a set of indicators (technical, biological, economic and social) 
on the basis of which Member States could better assess the balance between fishing capacity 
and  fishing  opportunities.  For  the  third  time,  Member  States  were  requested  to  apply  the 
guidelines to their fleets. A summary of the indicators provided by Member States is shown in 
Table 6. Its values can be consulted in the Member States' reports. 

1.6. 

European Union fishing fleet register  

The  European  Union  fleet  register  is  the  main  tool  for  monitoring  the  EU  fishing  fleet.  In 
accordance  with  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  26/2004,  Member  States  are  obliged  to 
keep a register of fishing vessels and transmit electronically to the Commission on a quarterly 
basis  ("snapshots"  are  sent  on  the  first  working  day  of  March,  June,  September  and 
December)  all  relevant  information  on  their  identification  and  characteristics,  together  with 
information on entries to and exits from the fleet. The EU fleet register is managed via a web-
based application, called the Fleet Register On the NeT (FRONT).  

The  FRONT  is  also  available  for  the  general  public  on  the  following  web  page: 
http://ec.europa.eu/comm/fisheries/fleet/index.cfm 

It  is  important  to  note  that  all  information  which  is  provided  in  this  Commission  Staff 
Working  Document  can  be  found  on  the  "Europa"  site3  and  has  been  taken  from  the  CFR, 
with the exception of: 

–  data  on  entries  corresponding  to  administrative  decisions  taken  by  national 
authorities  before  1  January  2003  (or  accession  date  for  Member  States  which 
acceded  after  1  January  2003)  and  for  which  the  special  transitional  provisions 
apply; 

–  data  on  exits  with  public  aid  in  some  cases  where  this  information  was  not 

available.  

Only in these two cases has the information been taken directly from the Member States. 

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2. 

SUMMARY TABLES AND GRAPHS 

Table 1: Compliance with the entry-exit ceiling at 31 December 2009 (Except outermost regions) 

Fleet capacity
A

GT
Entry/Exit ceiling
B
at 31/12/2009

A/B

Fleet capacity
C

kW

Entry/Exit ceiling
D

at 31/12/2009

C/D

   Member State

Belgium
Bulgaria
Denmark
Germany
Estonia
Ireland
Greece
Spain
France
Italy
Cyprus
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovenia
Finland
Sweden
United Kingdom
Total at 31/12/2009

16.048
7.702
67.122
67.620
14.274
63.880
88.209
412.009
170.078
193.672
5.280
41.229
49.289
12.006
137.910
38.244
89.455
1.816
1.004
16.376
38.632
208.018
1.739.876

19.113
8.448
88.528
71.114
22.379
77.222
91.245
422.186
185.414
200.008
11.212
49.287
73.620
15.183
166.384
39.536
96.104
2.428
1.057
18.187
43.981
235.570
1.938.206

NB : Data extracted from the Community Fleet Register on 23/03/2011

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51.590
60.380
243.941
160.235
39.840
181.251
507.835
918.382
745.445
1.136.723
48.461
62.458
56.386
87.071
294.867
90.749
308.310
7.199
10.953
171.176
196.574
833.584
6.213.412

52.719
67.606
313.341
167.089
54.652
210.083
514.198
963.107
806.137
1.184.463
48.658
65.692
74.553
97.953
350.736
97.124
319.361
8.215
10.974
182.385
217.028
924.739
6.730.813

97,86%
89,31%
77,85%
95,90%
72,90%
86,28%
98,76%
95,36%
92,47%
95,97%
99,60%
95,08%
75,63%
88,89%
84,07%
93,44%
96,54%
87,63%
99,82%
93,85%
90,58%
90,14%
92,31%

83,97%
91,18%
75,82%
95,09%
63,79%
82,72%
96,67%
97,59%
91,73%
96,83%
47,09%
83,65%
66,95%
79,08%
82,89%
96,73%
93,08%
74,83%
95,01%
90,04%
87,84%
88,30%
89,77%

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Figure 1: Overall trend of the EU fishing fleet capacity ceiling (except outermost regions) 

Tonnage (GT) of the EU fleet compared to its tonnage ceiling.
Trend between 1/01/2003 and 31/12/2009

2.500

2.250

2.000

1.750

1.500

1.250

1.000

750

500

250

0

1/01/2003

1/07/2003

1/01/2004

1/07/2004

1/01/2005

1/07/2005

1/01/2006

1/07/2006

1/01/2007

1/07/2007

1/01/2008

1/07/2008

1/01/2009

1/07/2009

GT Ceiling

GT capacity (1000)

Engine power (kW) of the EU fleet compared to its power ceiling.
Trend between 1/01/2003 and 31/12/2009

8.000

7.000

6.000

5.000

4.000

3.000

2.000

1.000

0

1/01/03

1/07/03

1/01/04

1/07/04

1/01/05

1/07/05

1/01/06

1/07/06

1/01/07

1/07/07

1/01/08

1/07/08

1/01/09

1/07/09

kW Ceiling

kW capacity (1000)

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Table 2: Compliance with reference levels at 31 December 2009 (except outermost regions) 

Fleet capacity
A

GT
Reference level
B

at 31/12/2009

A/B

Fleet capacity
C

kW
Reference level
D

at 31/12/2009

C/D

16.048

67.122

67.620

63.880

88.209

412.009

170.078

193.672

137.910

89.455

16.376

38.632

208.018

19.113

117.871

84.259

77.222

104.973

647.740

202.374

205.333

179.181

157.929

21.587

49.452

267.459

83,97%

56,95%

80,25%

82,72%

84,03%

63,61%

84,04%

94,32%

76,97%

56,64%

75,86%

78,12%

77,78%

51.590

243.941

160.235

181.251

507.835

918.382

745.445

1.136.723

294.867

308.310

171.176

196.574

833.584

52.719

405.902

175.839

210.083

575.553

1.463.273

811.965

1.219.800

417.302

374.445

208.380

250.690

1.071.409

97,86%

60,10%

91,13%

86,28%

88,23%

62,76%

91,81%

93,19%

70,66%

82,34%

82,15%

78,41%

77,80%

   Member State

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Ireland

Greece

Spain

France

Italy

Netherlands

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

Total at 31/12/2009

1.569.029

2.134.494

73,51%

5.749.915

7.237.360

79,45%

NB : Data extracted from the Community Fleet Register on 23/03/2011

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Figure 2: Overall trend of the EU fishing fleet reference levels (only for the Member States 

concerned, except the outermost regions) 

Tonnage (GT) of the EU fleet compared to its reference level.
Trend between 1/01/2003 and 31/12/2009

2.500

2.000

1.500

1.000

500

0

1/01/2003

1/07/2003

1/01/2004

1/07/2004

1/01/2005

1/07/2005

1/01/2006

1/07/2006

1/01/2007

1/07/2007

1/01/2008

1/07/2008

1/01/2009

1/07/2009

GT Reference Level

GT capacity (1000)

Engine power (kW) of the EU fleet compared to its reference level.
Trend between 1/01/2003 and 31/12/2009

9.000

8.000

7.000

6.000

5.000

4.000

3.000

2.000

1.000

0

1/01/03

1/07/03

1/01/04

1/07/04

1/01/05

1/07/05

1/01/06

1/07/06

1/01/07

1/07/07

1/01/08

1/07/08

1/01/09

1/07/09

kW Reference Level

kW capacity (1000)

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Table 3: Fleet fishing capacity variations between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2009 (except outermost regions) 

Member States

N° of 
vessels

GT

kW

N° of 
vessels

GT

kW

N° of 
vessels

∆ GT

∆ GT in %

∆ kW

∆ kW in %

EU-15
BE
DK
DE
IE
EL
ES
FR
IT
NL
PT
FI
SE
UK

Total

EU-10
EE
CY
LV
LT
MT
PL
SI

Total

EU-2
BG
RO

Total

01/01/2003
24.363
103.364
66.844
87.279
101.655
466.071
212.406
217.259
183.669
99.734
19.803
45.651
240.940
1.869.038

01/05/2004
26.625
11.994
44.449
76.738
15.318
58.880
1.057
235.061

132
3.816
2.244
2.086
19.110
13.637
5.745
15.771
779
8.209
3.573
1.813
7.435
84.350

1054
901
898
307
1431
1283
176
6.050

01/01/2007
8.147
2.312
10.458

2545
438
2.983

68.304
366.965
161.045
242.977
590.908
1.147.596
913.082
1.278.302
418.521
333.318
190.200
224.777
943.143
6.879.139

64.967
53.066
74.283
80.702
99.206
160.984
10.974
544.182

64.923
7.748
72.672

31/12/2009
16.048
67.122
67.620
63.880
88.209
412.009
170.078
193.672
137.910
89.455
16.376
38.632
208.018
1.569.029

31/12/2009
14.274
5.280
41.229
49.289
12.006
38.244
1.004
161.328

89
2.826
1.767
2.029
17.291
10.149
4.833
13.587
731
7.269
3.271
1.417
6.490
71.749

945
1162
794
193
1112
807
185
5.198

31/12/2009
7.702
1.816
9.519

2206
444
2.650

51.590
243.941
160.235
181.251
507.835
918.382
745.445
1.136.723
294.867
308.310
171.176
196.574
833.584
5.749.915

39.840
48.461
62.458
56.386
87.071
90.749
10.953
395.918

60.380
7.199
67.579

-43
-990
-477
-57
-1.819
-3.488
-912
-2.184
-48
-940
-302
-396
-945
-12.601

-109
261
-104
-114
-319
-476
9
-852

-339
6
-333

Total EU fishing fleet at 31/12/2009

79.597

1.739.876

6.213.412

NB : Data extracted from the Community Fleet Register on 23/03/2011

Fleet capacity variations
-8.315
-36.242
776
-23.399
-13.447
-54.062
-42.328
-23.586
-45.759
-10.279
-3.427
-7.019
-32.922
-300.009

-16.714
-123.024
-810
-61.726
-83.073
-229.214
-167.637
-141.579
-123.653
-25.008
-19.024
-28.203
-109.559
-16,05% -1.129.224

-34,13%
-35,06%
1,16%
-26,81%
-13,23%
-11,60%
-19,93%
-10,86%
-24,91%
-10,31%
-17,31%
-15,38%
-13,66%

Fleet capacity variations

-12.351
-6.714
-3.219
-27.449
-3.312
-20.636
-53
-73.733

-46,39%
-55,98%
-7,24%
-35,77%
-21,62%
-35,05%
-4,99%

-25.127
-4.605
-11.825
-24.316
-12.136
-70.235
-20
-31,37% -148.264

-24,47%
-33,52%
-0,50%
-25,40%
-14,06%
-19,97%
-18,36%
-11,08%
-29,55%
-7,50%
-10,00%
-12,55%
-11,62%
-16,42%

-38,68%
-8,68%
-15,92%
-30,13%
-12,23%
-43,63%
-0,18%
-27,25%

Fleet capacity variations

-444
-495
-939

-5,45%
-21,42%
-8,98%

-4.544
-549
-5.093

-7,00%
-7,09%
-7,01%

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Community Fishing Fleet register of the vessels registered in the French Outermost Regions

Figure 4: Trend in the EU fishing fleet capacity in terms of tonnage between 1992 and 2009 

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1997-2002

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systems to the Community system. In average, the GT tonnage of a vessel is greater than its its tonnage measured in the national units. 

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Table 4: Fleet capacity variations between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2009 in the outermost regions of the EU 

Member 
State

Segment 
code*

Number of 
vessels

GT

kW

Number of 
vessels

GT

kW

Number of 
vessels

∆ GT

∆ GT in %

∆ kW

∆ kW in %

01/01/2003

31/12/2009

Fleet capacity variations

Spain

France

Portugal

CA1
CA2
CA3

Total

4FC
4FD
4FF
4FG
4FH
4FJ
4FK
4FL
4FM

Total

4K6
4K7
4K8
4K9
4KA

Total
Total EU RUP

1.082
104
131
1.317
266
48
89
63
7
1.153
8
944
2
2.580
423
51
5
1475
115
2.069
5.966

2.110
4.243
45.996
52.349
362
4.321
349
7.199
355
2.167
848
2.553
124
18.279
411
3.622
193
2.267
10.047
16.542
87.169

16.386
15.387
83.667
115.441
11.535
14.049
4.739
20.172
1.429
61.946
2.598
99.676
551
216.695
2.808
12.840
1.006
20.461
29.622
66.737
398.873

832
78
60
970
235
51
115
40
5
1.090
8
902
1
2.447
405
51
5
712
114
1.287
4.704

1.819
2.468
23.077
27.365
404
4.970
500
4.253
211
1.811
460
2.629
112
15.349
483
3.542
208
2.011
8.348
14.593
57.307

16.936
9.507
35.027
61.470
12.834
16.628
5.891
12.496
1.017
84.778
2.642
125.543
331
262.160
3.863
12.953
1.170
28.057
25.472
71.515
395.144

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-26
-71
-347
-31
3
26
-23
-2
-63
0
-42
-1
-133
-18
0
0
-763
-1
-782
-1.262

-291
-1.775
-22.918
-24.984
42
648
150
-2.946
-144
-356
-388
76
-12
-2.930
72
-80
15
-256
-1.700
-1.949
-29.862

NB : Data extracted from the Fleet Register on : 23/03/2011

* Description of the outermost regions fleets segmentation codes are given in the Commission Regulation (EC) No 2104/2004

-13,78%
-41,83%
-49,83%

550
-5.880
-48.640
-47,73% -53.971
1.299
2.579
1.152
-7.676
-412
22.832
44
25.867
-220
45.465
1.055
113
164
7.596
-4.151
4.777
-3.728

11,51%
15,00%
43,03%
-40,93%
-40,56%
-16,44%
-45,71%
2,98%
-9,60%
-16,03%
17,50%
-2,21%
7,63%
-11,30%
-16,91%
-11,78%
-34,26%

3,35%
-38,22%
-58,14%
-46,75%
11,26%
18,36%
24,31%
-38,05%
-28,83%
36,86%
1,69%
25,95%
-39,93%
20,98%
37,55%
0,88%
16,32%
37,12%
-14,01%
7,16%
-0,93%

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Table 5: Vessels withdrawn from the fleet with public aid over the period 2003-2009 

Year 

Vessels 

GT 

kW 

2003 

2004 

2005 

2006 

2007 

2008 

2009 

Total 

1 028 

1 132 

1 020 

797 

630 

648 

527 

67 326 

186 244  

37 539 

134 037  

53 334 

169 016  

42 427 

134 877  

28 756 

94 385  

36 556 

133 803  

39 273 

117 236  

5 782 

305.212 

969.597  

Data extracted from the EU fleet register on 3/2/2011 

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Table 6: Use by MS of the indicators4 for assessment of the balance between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities 

Member State 

Technical5 

Biological6 

Economic7 

social8 

Traffic light-system9 

Belgium 

Bulgaria 

Denmark 

Germany 

Estonia 

Ireland 

Greece 

Spain 

France 

Italy 

Cyprus 

Latvia 

Lithuania 

Malta 

Netherlands 

Poland 

Portugal 

√ 
√ 
√ 
− 
√ 
− 

− 

− 

− 

√ 
√ 
√ 
− 
√ 
√ 
− 
√ 

used 

√ 
√ 
√ 
− 
√ 
− 

− 

− 

− 

√ 
√ 
√ 
√ 
√ 
√ 
√ 
− 

type 

Fest/Ft 

cpue 

cpue 

− 

cpue 

−

−

−

−
cpue 

cpue 

Fest/Ft 

Fest/Ft + cpue 

Fest/Ft + cpue 

Fest/Ft 

Fest/Ft 

−

used 

√ 
√ 
√ 

−

−

−

−

−

−
√ 
√ 
√ 
√ 
√ 
√ 
− 
√ 

type 

ROI 

ROI + CR/BER 

ROI + CR/BER 

ROI + CR/BER 

ROI  

CR/BER 

ROI + CR/BER 

CR/BER 

ROI + CR/BER 

CR/BER 

used 

√ 
√ 
√ 

−

−

−

−

−

−
√ 
− 

√ 
√ 
√ 
√ 
− 
√ 

type 

ACS 

ACS + GVA 

ACS + GVA 

−

−

−

−

−

−
ACS + GVA 

− 

ACS + GVA 

ACS 

ACS 

ACS + GVA 

− 

GVA 

used 

√ 

−
√ 

−

−

−

−

−

−
√ 

−

−

−

−
√ 

−

−

4 

5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

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The indicators are explained in the Commission working document "guidelines for the improved analysis of the balance between fishing capacity and fishing opportunities", 
March 2008. 
Ratio between days at sea and maximum days at sea 
Ratio Estimated fishing mortality / targeted fishing mortality (Fest/Ft) or Catch per unit of effort (cpue) 
Return on Investment (ROI) or Ratio between current revenue and break-even revenue (CR/BER) 
Average crew share per Full-time equivalent (ACS) OR Gross value added (GVA) 
Green: ROI>=0 and F =< Ft, Orange: ROI>=0 and F>=Ft, or ROI=<0 and F=<Ft, Red: ROI=<0 and F>=Ft. 

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Member State 

Technical5 

Biological6 

Economic7 

social8 

Traffic light-system9 

Romania 

Slovenia 

Finland 

Sweden 

United Kingdom 

− 
√ 
− 

√ 
− 

used 

type 

used 

type 

used 

− 

− 

− 

√ 
− 

−

−

−
Fest/Ft 

− 

− 
√ 
− 

√ 
− 

ROI + CR/BER 

ROI + CR/BER 

− 
√ 
− 

√ 
− 

type 

− 

ACS + GVA 

− 

GVA 

− 

used 

−

−

−

−

−

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