Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1251 of 12 July 2016 adopting a multiannual Union programme for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors for the period 2017-2019 (notified under document C(2016) 4329)
Date: 2016-07-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, common fisheries policy, data collection, fishery management, fishery resources, fishing industry, sustainable development




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1.8.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 207/113








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2016/1251
of 12 July 2016
         
adopting a multiannual Union programme for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors for the period 2017-2019


(notified under document C(2016) 4329)




THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 of 25 February 2008 concerning the establishment of a Community framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008, a multiannual Union programme for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector is to be adopted for a period of three years for the purpose of ensuring uniform application of the obligation to collect and manage data.












(2)


The current multiannual Union programme is based on the multiannual programme for the period 2011-2013, that was prolonged by Commission Implementing Decision C(2013)5243 in order to bridge the period between the adoption of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) and 31 December 2016. It is therefore necessary to establish a multiannual Union programme for a three-year period starting 1 January 2017.












(3)


Pursuant to Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the Member States shall collect biological, environmental, technical and socioeconomic data necessary for fisheries management. The multiannual Union programme is necessary for Member States to specify and plan their data collection activities in their national work plans. In accordance with Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) these national work plans have to be submitted to the Commission by 31 October preceding the year from which the work plan is to apply.












(4)


The multiannual Union programme should define data collection requirements in accordance with Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008. It should contain the elements needed for the implementation of the common fisheries policy in as far as they are not already required under other legislative frameworks.












(5)


In order to achieve the objectives of the reformed common fisheries policy set out in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, it is necessary to update the Union data requirements for sound scientific advice for the period starting from 1 January 2017.












(6)


Moreover, new international obligations and commitments imposed upon Member States and the Union by multilateral and bilateral agreements with regard to fisheries require incorporation of certain requirements concerning data collection into the multiannual Union programme, in particular those stemming from Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs).












(7)


Evaluation of the current framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and subsequent stakeholder consultations have indicated that the multiannual Union programme should focus on what data are required from Member States, rather than on the methods to collect them. Methodological requirements shall be described in Member States' work plans to be approved by the Commission, following close cooperation between Member States at the level of marine regions.












(8)


The Union programme for the period 2017-2019 should therefore take account of all these elements and of the objectives of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, in particular Articles 2 and 25 thereof, to the extent possible within the current legal framework provided by Regulation (EC) No 199/2008. Where new data requirements go beyond the current legislative framework, they should be optional. Once a new legal framework amending Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 will enter into force, the Commission may amend the multiannual Union programme, if necessary, to reflect any new data collection requirements.












(9)


The Commission has taken account of the recommendations resulting from consultation with the Regional Coordination Meetings referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 and the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF). Other appropriate consultative scientific bodies such as the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) have also been consulted, as well as representatives of Member States gathered in dedicated expert groups.












(10)


For reasons of legal certainty, Implementing Decision C(2013)5243 should be repealed.












(11)


The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The multiannual Union programme for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector for the period 2017-2019, as referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008, is set out in the Annex to this Decision.


Article 2
Implementing Decision C(2013)5243 is repealed with effect from 1 January 2017.


Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.




Done at Brussels, 12 July 2016.


For the Commission

Karmenu VELLA
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 60, 5.3.2008, p. 1.

(2)  Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22).

(3)  Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2328/2003, (EC) No 861/2006, (EC) No 1198/2006 and (EC) No 791/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1255/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 149, 20.5.2014, p. 1).




ANNEX

CHAPTER I


Definitions

For the purpose of this Annex, definitions in Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (1), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 (2), and Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) shall apply. In addition, the following definitions shall also apply:
(1)   
Active vessels
: vessels that have been engaged in any fishing operation (one day or more) during a calendar year. A vessel that has not been engaged in fishing operations during a year is considered ‘inactive’.
(2)   
Anadromous species
: living aquatic resources with lifecycle starting by hatching in freshwater, migrating to saltwater, returning and finally spawning in freshwater.
(3)   
Catadromous species
: living aquatic resources with lifecycle starting by hatching in saltwater, migrating to freshwater, returning and finally spawning in saltwater.
(4)   
Catch fraction
: a part of the total catch, such as the part of the catch landed above the minimum conservation reference size, the part landed below the minimum conservation reference size, the part discarded below the minimum conservation reference size, de minimis discards or discards.
(5)   
Days at sea
: any continuous period of 24 hours (or part thereof) during which a vessel is present within an area and absent from port.
(6)   
Fishing days
: any calendar day at sea in which a fishing operation takes place, without prejudice to the international obligations of the Union and its Member States. One fishing trip can contribute to both the sum of the fishing days for passive gears and the sum of the fishing days for active gears on that trip.
(7)   
Fishing ground
: (group of) geographical units where fishing takes place. These units shall be agreed at marine region level on the basis of existing areas defined by regional fisheries management organisations or scientific bodies.
(8)   
Fleet segment
: group of vessels with the same length class (LOA, length overall) and predominant fishing gear during the year.
(9)   
Metier
: a group of fishing operations targeting a similar (assemblage of) species, using similar gear (4), during the same period of the year and/or within the same area and which are characterised by a similar exploitation pattern.
(10)   
Research surveys at sea
: trips carried out on a research vessel, or a vessel dedicated to scientific research for stock and ecosystem monitoring, and designated for this task by the body in charge of the implementation of the national work plan established in accordance with Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014.

CHAPTER II


Data collection methods

Data collection methods and quality shall be appropriate for the intended purposes defined in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 and shall follow the best practices and relevant methodologies advised by the relevant scientific bodies. To this end, the methods and the result of the application of the methods shall be examined at regular intervals by independent scientific bodies in order to verify their appropriateness with respect to the management of the common fisheries policy.

CHAPTER III


Data requirements

1.   Data sets









1.1.


Member States shall establish, as part of the work plans drawn up in accordance with Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014, the data to be collected amongst the following sets as specified in points 2 to 7 of this Chapter:






(a)


biological data, by catch fraction, on stocks caught by Union commercial fisheries in Union and outside Union waters and by recreational fisheries in Union waters;










(b)


data to assess the impact of Union fisheries on the marine ecosystem in Union waters and outside Union waters;










(c)


detailed data on the activity of Union fishing vessels in Union waters and outside Union waters as reported under Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;










(d)


social and economic data on fisheries (5);










(e)


social, economic and environmental data on aquaculture;
















1.2.


The data to be collected shall be established in accordance with Articles 3, 4 and 5 of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 and taking into account the thresholds set out in Chapter V of this Annex.












1.3.


Data shall be collected to enable valid estimates to be derived for the type of fisheries, temporal periods and areas based on end-user needs agreed at marine region level. The frequency of data collection is to be coordinated at marine region level, unless stated otherwise in this Annex and corresponding tables.




2.   Biological data on stocks caught by Union commercial fisheries in Union and outside Union waters and by recreational fisheries in Union waters.

Those data shall consist of the following:






(a)


Catch quantities by species and biological data from individual specimens enabling the estimation of:






(i)


For commercial fisheries, volume and length frequency of all catch fractions (including discards and unwanted catches) for the stocks listed in Tables 1A, 1B and 1C, reported at the aggregation level 6 as set out in Table 2. The temporal resolution shall be coordinated at marine region level based on end-user needs;










(ii)


For commercial fisheries, mean-weight and age distribution of catches of the stocks listed in Table 1A, 1B and 1C. The selection of stocks from which these variables have to be collected and the temporal resolution shall be coordinated at marine region level based on end-user needs;










(iii)


For commercial fisheries, sex-ratio, maturity and fecundity data for stocks listed in Tables 1A, 1B and 1C of catches at frequencies needed for scientific advice. The selection of stocks from which these variables have to be collected and the temporal resolution shall be coordinated at marine region level based on end-user needs;










(iv)


For recreational fisheries, annual volume (numbers and weights or length) of catches and releases for the species listed in Table 3 and/or the species identified at marine region level as needed for fisheries management purposes End-user needs for age or other biological data as specified in paragraphs (i)-(iii) shall be evaluated for recreational fisheries at marine region level.














(b)


In addition to data collected under point (a), data on anadromous and catadromous species listed in Table 1E caught by commercial fisheries during the freshwater part of their lifecycle, irrespective of the way these fisheries are undertaken, as follows:






(i)


stock-related variables (for individual specimens, on age, length, weight, sex, maturity and fecundity, by life stage, but further specified on a species and regional basis); and










(ii)


annual catch quantities by age class or life stage.














(c)


In addition:
as regards eel, information (e.g. data, estimates, relative trends, etc.) collected annually in at least one river basin per eel management unit on:






(i)


the abundance of recruits;










(ii)


the abundance of the standing stock (yellow eel); and










(iii)


the number or weight and sex ratio of emigrating silver eels;




and as regards all wild salmon: information collected annually — unless agreed otherwise at regional level — on the abundance of smolt and parr and number of ascending individuals.
The designation of rivers to be monitored for eel and salmon shall be defined at regional level. The selection of stocks from which these variables have to be collected shall be coordinated at regional level based on end-user needs.




3.   Data to assess the impact of Union fisheries on marine ecosystems in Union waters and outside Union waters

Those data shall consist of the following:






(a)


For all types of fisheries, incidental by-catch of all birds, mammals and reptiles and fish protected under Union legislation and international agreements, including the species listed in Table 1D, including absence in the catch, during scientific observer trips on fishing ships or by the fishers themselves through logbooks.
Where data collected during observer trips are not considered to provide sufficient data on incidental by-catch for end-user needs, other methodologies, shall be implemented by Member States. The selection of these methodologies shall be coordinated at marine region level and be based on end-user needs.










(b)


Data to assist in the assessment of the impact of fisheries in Union waters and outside Union waters on marine habitats.
The variables used for assessing the impact of fisheries on marine habitat shall be those recorded under Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. Data shall be disaggregated at fishing activity level 3 (6), unless a lower level of aggregation is required at regional level, in particular in the case of marine protected areas.
When data recorded under Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 are not at the correct resolution or are not of sufficient quality or coverage for the intended scientific use, they shall be collected in an alternative way by using appropriate sampling methods. Data as recorded under Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 are to be made available at the appropriate level of aggregation to the national institutions implementing the work plans.










(c)


Data for estimating the level of fishing and the impact of fishing activities on marine biological resources and on marine ecosystems, such as effects on non-commercial species, predator-prey relationships and natural mortality of fish species in each marine region.
These data shall be first assessed within pilot studies. Based on the outcomes of these pilot studies, Member States shall determine future data collection specific for each marine region, coordinated at marine region level and based on end-user needs.




4.   Detailed data on the activity of Union fishing vessels (7)
in Union waters and outside Union waters as recorded under Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

Data to assess the activity of Union fishing vessels in Union waters and outside Union waters consist of the variables as indicated in Table 4. Data as recorded, reported and transmitted under Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 are to be made available in the form of primary data to the national institutions implementing the work plans. When these data are not to be collected under Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 or when data collected under Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 are not at the correct resolution or are not of sufficient quality or coverage for the intended scientific use, they shall be collected in an alternative way by using appropriate sampling methods. These methods shall allow for the estimation of variables listed in Table 4 at the lowest relevant geographic level by fleet segment (Table 5a) and metier level 6 (Table 2).
5.   Social and economic data on fisheries to enable the assessment of the social and economic performance of the Union fisheries sector.

Those data shall consist of the following:






(a)


Economic variables as indicated in Table 5A according to the sector segmentation of Table 5B and according to the supraregions as defined in Table 5C.
The population shall be all active and inactive vessels registered in the Union Fishing Fleet Register as defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 (8) on 31 December of the reporting year and vessels that do not appear on the Register at that date but have fished at least one day during the reporting year
For inactive vessels only capital value and capital cost shall be collected.
In cases where there is a risk of natural persons and/or legal entities being identified clustering may be applied to report economic variables in order to ensure statistical confidentiality. Clustering may also be used if necessary to design a statistically sound sampling plan. Such a clustering scheme shall be consistent over time.
Economic data shall be collected on an annual basis.










(b)


Social variables as indicated in Table 6.
Social data shall be collected every three years starting in 2018.
Data on employment by education level and employment by nationality may be collected on the basis of pilot studies.




6.   Social, economic and environmental data on marine aquaculture, and optionally on freshwater aquaculture, to enable the assessment of the social, economic and environmental performance of the Union aquaculture sector.

Those data shall consist of the following:






(a)


Economic variables as indicated in Table 7 according to the sector segmentation set out in Table 9.
The population shall be all enterprises whose primary activity is defined according to the European classification of economic activities NACE (9) codes 03.21 and 03.22 and who operate for profit.
Economic data shall be collected on an annual basis.










(b)


Social variables as indicated in Table 6.
Social data shall be collected every three years starting in 2018.
Data on employment by education level and employment by nationality may be collected on the basis of pilot studies.










(c)


Environmental data on aquaculture as indicated in Table 8 to enable the assessment of aspects of its environmental performance.
Environmental data may be collected on the basis of pilot studies and extrapolated to indicate totals relevant to the total volume of fish produced in the Member State.
Environmental data shall be collected every two years.





CHAPTER IV


Research surveys at sea









1.


At least all research surveys at sea listed in Table 10 shall be carried out, unless a review of surveys leads to the conclusion that a survey is no longer appropriate for informing stock assessment and fisheries management. Based on the same scientific review criteria, new surveys can be added to this table.












2.


Member States shall set out, as part of the work plans defined in Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014, the research surveys at sea to be carried out and shall be responsible for these surveys.












3.


Member States' respective contribution to international research surveys shall be coordinated within the same marine region.












4.


Member States shall guarantee within their national work plans continuity with previous survey designs.





CHAPTER V


Thresholds









1.


This Chapter shall apply to Union fisheries.












2.


No biological data need to be collected if, for a certain fish stock or species:






(a)


a Member State's share of the related total allowable catch (TAC) is less than 10 % of the total of the Union; or










(b)


in case no TAC is fixed, the total landings of a Member State of a stock or species are less than 10 % of the average total EU landings in the previous 3 years; or










(c)


the total annual landings of a Member State of a species is less than 200 tonnes. For species with a specific management need, a lower threshold may be defined at marine region level.




When the sum of the relevant quotas of several Member States, whose share of a TAC is less than 10 %, is higher than 25 % of the share of the TAC for a certain stock, the 10 % threshold referred to under (a) shall not apply and Member States shall ensure task-sharing at regional level in order to ensure that the stock is covered by sampling in concordance with end-user needs.
No threshold shall apply to large pelagic species and anadromous and catadromous species.












3.


Without prejudice to more specific provisions relating to international obligations under RFMOs, no biological data need to be collected if, for a certain internationally exploited fish stock other than stocks of large pelagic or highly migratory species, the Union's share is less than 10 %.












4.


Member States shall provide catch estimates from existing recreational fishery surveys, including those carried out under the data collection framework or from an additional pilot study, within two years from the date on which this Decision takes effect. These surveys shall allow assessment of the share of catches from recreational fisheries in relation to commercial catches for all species in a marine region for which recreational catch estimates are required under this multiannual Union programme. The subsequent design and extent of national surveys of recreational fisheries, including any thresholds for data collection, shall be coordinated at marine region level and shall be based on end-user needs.
No threshold shall apply to recreational catches of fish stocks which are subject to recovery or multiannual management plans such as those applying to large pelagic species and highly migratory species.












5.


No social and economic data on aquaculture need to be collected if the total production of the Member State is less than 1 % of the total Union production volume and value. No data need to be collected on aquaculture for species accounting for less than 10 % of the Member State's aquaculture production by volume and value. Additionally, Member States with a total production of less than 2,5 % of the total Union aquaculture production volume and value may define a simplified methodology such as pilot studies with a view to extrapolate the data required for species accounting for more than 10 % of the Member States' aquaculture production by volume and value.
The reference data shall be the Member States' latest submission under Regulation (EC) No 762/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (10) and the corresponding data published by Eurostat.












6.


No environmental data on aquaculture need to be collected where the total aquaculture production of the Member State is less than 2,5 % of the total Union aquaculture production volume and value.
The reference data shall be the Member States' latest submission under Regulation (EC) No 762/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and corresponding data published by Eurostat.












7.


A Member State's participation (physical or financial) in research surveys at sea listed in Table 10 is not mandatory when its share of a Union TAC of the survey target species is below a threshold of 3 %. Where no TAC is set, a Member State's participation (physical or financial) in research surveys at sea is not mandatory when its share of the total Union landings of the preceding 3 years of a stock or species is below a threshold of 3 %. Thresholds for multispecies and ecosystem surveys may be defined at marine region level.












8.


Notwithstanding points 2 to 7, within the same marine region, Member States may agree on alternative thresholds.




BIOLOGICAL DATA

Table 1A


Stocks in Union waters








Species (common name)


Species (scientific name)


Area (ICES (11), IBSFC (12) or FAO (13) area code) where the stock is located/stock code




East Arctic, Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea





European eel



Anguilla anguilla



I, II




Tusk



Brosme brosme



I, II




Atlanto-Scandian herring



Clupea harengus



I, II,




Cod



Gadus morhua



I, II




Capelin



Mallotus villosus



I, II




Haddock



Melanogrammus aeglefinus



I, II




Blue whiting



Micromesistius poutassou



I-II




Northern shrimp



Pandalus borealis



I, II




Saithe



Pollachius virens



I, II




Greenland halibut



Reinhardtius hippoglossoides



I, II




Salmon



Salmo salar



I, II




Mackerel



Scomber scombrus



II,




Golden redfish



Sebastes marinus.



I, II




Deep sea redfish



Sebastes mentella.



I, II




Horse mackerel



Trachurus trachurus



IIa,




Skagerrak and Kattegat





Sand eel



Ammodytidae



IIIa




European eel



Anguilla anguilla



IIIa




Herring



Clupea harengus



IIIa/22-24, IIIa




Roundnose grenadier



Coryphaenoides rupestris



IIIa




Grey gurnard



Eutrigla gurnardus



IIIa




Red gurnard



Aspitrigla cuculus



IIIa,




Cod



Gadus morhua



IIIaN




Cod



Gadus morhua



IIIaS




Witch flounder



Glyptocephalus cynoglossus



IIIa




Dab



Limanda limanda



IIIa




Haddock



Melanogrammus aeglefinus



IIIa




Whiting



Merlangius merlangus



IIIa




Hake



Merluccius merluccius



IIIa,




Blue whiting



Micromesistius poutassou



IIIa




Norway lobster



Nephrops norvegicus



Functional unit




Northern shrimp



Pandalus borealis



IIIa




Plaice



Pleuronectes platessa



IIIa




Saithe



Pollachius virens



IIIa




Salmon



Salmo salar



IIIa




Turbot



Psetta maxima



IIIa




Mackerel



Scomber scombrus



IIIa




Brill



Scophthalmus rhombus



IIIa




Sole



Solea solea



IIIa




Sprat



Sprattus sprattus



IIIa




Norway pout



Trisopterus esmarki



IIIa




All commercial sharks, rays & skates (14)




Selachii, Rajidae



IIIa




Baltic Sea —





European eel



Anguilla anguilla



22-32




Herring



Clupea harengus



22-24/25-29, 32/30/31/Gulf of Riga




Common whitefish/houting



Coregonus lavaretus



IIId




Vendace



Coregonus albula



22-32




Cod



Gadus morhua



22-24/25-32




Dab



Limanda limanda



22-32




Perch



Perca fluviatilis



IIId




Flounder



Platichthys flesus



22-32




Plaice



Pleuronectes platessa



22-32




Turbot



Psetta maxima



22-32




Salmon



Salmo salar



22-31/32




Sea trout



Salmo trutta



22-32




Pike-perch



Sander lucioperca



IIId




Brill



Scophthalmus rhombus



22-32




Sole



Solea solea



22




Sprat



Sprattus sprattus



22-32




North Sea and Eastern Channel





Sand eel



Ammodytidae



IV




Catfish



Anarhichas spp.


IV




European eel



Anguilla anguilla



IV, VIId




Argentine



Argentina spp.


IV




Grey gurnard



Eutrigla gurnardus



IV




Tusk



Brosme brosme



IV




Herring



Clupea harengus



IV, VIId




Common shrimp



Crangon crangon



IV, VIId




Sea bass



Dicentrarchus labrax



IV, VIId




Grey gurnard



Eutrigla gurnardus



IV




Cod



Gadus morhua



IV, VIId




Witch flounder



Glyptocephalus cynoglossus



IV




Blue-mouth rockfish



Helicolenus dactylopterus



IV




Four-spot megrim



Lepidorhombus boscii



IV, VIId




Megrim



Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis



IV, VIId




Dab



Limanda limanda



IV, VIId




Black-bellied angler



Lophius budegassa



IV, VIId




Anglerfish



Lophius piscatorius



IV




Roughhead grenadier



Macrourus berglax



IV




Haddock



Melanogrammus aeglefinus



IV




Whiting



Merlangius merlangus



IV, VIId




Hake



Merluccius merluccius



IV VII




Blue whiting



Micromesistius poutassou



IV, VIId




Lemon sole



Microstomus kitt



IV, VIId




Blue ling



Molva dypterygia



IV




Ling



Molva molva



IV




Red mullet



Mullus barbatus



IV, VIId




Striped red mullet



Mullus surmuletus



IV, VIId




Norway lobster



Nephrops norvegicus



all functional units




Northern shrimp



Pandalus borealis



IVa East/IVa/IV




Common scallop



Pecten maximus



VIId




Greater forkbeard



Phycis blennoides



IV




Forkbeard



Phycis phycis



IV




Flounder



Platichthys flesus



IV




Plaice



Pleuronectes platessa



IV




Plaice



Pleuronectes platessa



VIId




Saithe



Pollachius virens



IV




Turbot



Psetta maxima



IV, VIId




Greenland halibut



Reinhardtius hippoglossoides



IV




Salmon



Salmo salar



IV, VIId




Mackerel



Scomber scombrus



IV, VIId




Brill



Scophthalmus rhombus



IV, VIId




Redfish



Sebastes mentella.



IV




Sole



Solea solea



IV




Sole



Solea solea



VIId




Sprat



Sprattus sprattus



IV/VIId




Horse mackerel



Trachurus trachurus



IV, VIId




Tub gurnard



Trigla lucerna



IV




Norway pout



Trisopterus esmarki



IV




John Dory



Zeus faber



IV, VIId




All commercial sharks, rays & skates (14)




Selachii, Rajidae



IV, VIId




North-East Atlantic and Western Channel





Smoothhead



Alepocephalus bairdii



VI, XII




Sand eel



Ammodytidae



VIa




Boarfish



Capros aper



V, VI,VII




Scallop



Pecten maximus



IV, VI, VII




Queen scallop



Aequipecten opercularis



VII




Spider crab



Maja squinado



V, VI,VII




European eel


Anguilla anguilla


all areas




Scabbardfish



Aphanopus spp.



all areas




Argentine



Argentina spp.


all areas




Meagre



Argyrosomus regius



all areas




Red gurnard



Aspitrigla cuculus



all areas




Alfonsinos



Beryx spp.


all areas, excluding X and IXa




Alfonsinos



Beryx spp.


IXa and X




Edible crab



Cancer pagurus



all areas




Herring



Clupea harengus



VIa/VIaN/
VIa S, VIIbc/VIIa/VIIj




Conger



Conger conger



all areas, excluding X




Conger



Conger conger



X




Roundnose grenadier



Coryphaenoides rupestris



all areas




Kitefin shark



Dalatias licha



All areas




Common stingray



Dasyatis pastinaca



VII, VIII




Birdbeak dogfish



Deania calcea



V, VI, VII, IX, X, XII




Sea bass



Dicentrarchus labrax



all areas, excluding IX




Sea bass



Dicentrarchus labrax



IX




Wedge sole



Dicologlossa cuneata



VIIIc, IX




Anchovy



Engraulis encrasicolus



IXa (only Cádiz)




Anchovy



Engraulis encrasicolus



VIII




Velvet belly



Etmopterus spinax



VI, VII, VIII




Grey gurnard



Eutrigla gurnardus



VIId,e




Cod



Gadus morhua



Va/Vb/VIa/VIb/VIIa/VIIe-k




Witch



Glyptocephalus cynoglossus



VI, VII




Bluemouth rockfish



Helicolenus dactylopterus



all areas




Lobster



Homarus gammarus



all areas




Orange roughy



Hoplostethus atlanticus



all areas




Silver scabbardfish



Lepidopus caudatus



IXa




Four-spot megrim



Lepidorhombus boscii



VIIIc, IXa




Megrim



Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis



VI/VII, VIIIabd/VIIIc, IXa




Dab



Limanda limanda



VIIe/VIIa,f-h




Common squid



Loligo vulgaris



all areas, excluding VIIIc, IXa




Common squid



Loligo vulgaris



VIIIc, IXa




Black-bellied angler



Lophius budegassa



IV, VI/VIIb-k, VIIIabd




Black-bellied angler



Lophius budegassa



VIIIc, IXa




Anglerfish



Lophius piscatorious



IV, VI/VIIb-k, VIIIabd




Anglerfish



Lophius piscatorious



VIIIc, IXa




Capelin



Mallotus villosus



XIV




Haddock



Melanogrammus aeglefinus



Va/Vb




Haddock



Melanogrammus aeglefinus



VIa/VIb/VIIa/VIIb-k




Whiting



Merlangius merlangus



VIII/IX, X




Whiting



Merlangius merlangus



Vb/VIa/VIb/VIIa/VIIe-k




Hake



Merluccius merluccius



IIIa, IV, VI, VII, VIIIab/VIIIc, IXa




Wedge sole



Microchirus variegatus



all areas




Blue whiting



Micromesistius poutassou



I-IX, XII, XIV




Lemon sole



Microstomus kitt



all areas




Blue ling



Molva dypterygia



all areas, excluding X




Spanish ling



Molva macrophthalma



X




Ling



Molva molva



all areas




Striped red mullet



Mullus surmuletus



all areas




Starry smooth-hound



Mustelus asterias



VI, VII, VIII, IX




Smooth-hound



Mustelus mustelus



VI, VII, VIII, IX




Blackspotted smooth-hound



Mustelus punctulatus



VI, VII, VIII, IX




Norway lobster



Nephrops norvegicus



VI Fuctional unit




Norway lobster



Nephrops norvegicus



VII Functional unit




Norway lobster



Nephrops norvegicus



VIII, IX Functional unit




Common octopus



Octopus vulgaris



all areas, excluding VIIIc, IXa




Common octopus



Octopus vulgaris



VIIIc, IXa




Blackspot sea bream



Pagellus bogaraveo



IXa, X




Pandalid shrimps



Pandalus spp.


all areas




Deepwater rose shrimp



Parapenaeus longirostris



IXa




Greater forkbeard



Phycis blennoides



all areas




Forkbeard



Phycis phycis



all areas




Plaice



Pleuronectes platessa



VIIa/VIIe/VIIfg




Plaice



Pleuronectes platessa



VIIbc/VIIh-k/VIII, IX, X




Pollack



Pollachius pollachius



all areas except IX, X




Pollack



Pollachius pollachius



IX, X




Saithe



Pollachius virens



Va/Vb/IV, IIIa, VI




Saithe



Pollachius virens



VII, VIII




Wreckfish



Polyprion americanus



X




Turbot



Psetta maxima



all areas




Greenland halibut



Reinhardtius hippoglossoides



V, XIV/VI




Atlantic halibut



Hippoglossus hippoglossus



V, XIV




Salmon



Salmo salar



all areas




Sardine



Sardina pilchardus



VIIIabd/VIIIc, IXa




Spanish mackerel



Scomber colias



VIII, IX, X




Mackerel



Scomber scombrus



II, IIIa, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX




Brill



Scophthalmus rhombus



all areas




Golden redfish



Sebastes marinus



ICES sub-areas V, VI, XII, XIV & NAFO SA 2 + (Div. 1F + 3K).




Deep sea redfish



Sebastes mentella



ICES sub-areas V, VI, XII, XIV & NAFO SA 2 + (Div. 1F + 3K)




Cuttlefish



Sepia officinalis



all areas




Sole



Solea solea



VIIa/VIIfg




Sole



Solea solea



VIIbc/VIIhjk/IXa/VIIIc




Sole



Solea solea



VIIe




Sole



Solea solea



VIIIab




Sea breams (in plural)



Sparidae



all areas




Mediterranean horse mackerel



Trachurus mediterraneus



VIII, IX




Blue jack mackerel



Trachurus picturatus



VIII, IX, X




Horse mackerel



Trachurus trachurus



IIa, IVa, Vb, VIa, VIIa-c, e-k, VIIIabde/X




Horse mackerel



Trachurus trachurus



VIIIc, IXa




Pouting



Trisopterus spp.


all areas




John Dory



Zeus faber



all areas




All commercial sharks, rays & skates (14)




Selachii, Rajidae



IV, VIId




Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea





European eel



Anguilla anguilla



all areas in the Med




Giant red shrimp



Aristeomorpha foliacea



all areas in the Med




Red shrimp



Aristeus antennatus



all areas in the Med




Bogue



Boops boops



1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2




Dolphinfish



Coryphaena equiselis



all areas in the Med




Dolphinfish



Coryphaena hippurus



all areas in the Med




Sea bass



Dicentrarchus labrax



all areas in the Med




Horned/curled octopus



Eledone cirrhosa



1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1




Musky octopus



Eledone moschata



1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1




Anchovy



Engraulis encrasicolus



all areas in the Med




Anchovy



Engraulis encrasicolus



Black Sea GSA 29




Grey gurnard



Eutrigla gurnardus



2.2, 3.1




Squid



Illex spp., Todarodes spp.


all areas in the Med




Billfish



Istiophoridae



all areas in the Med




Common squid



Loligo vulgaris



all areas in the Med




Black-bellied angler



Lophius budegassa



1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1




Anglerfish



Lophius piscatorius



1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1




Whiting



Merlangius merlangus



Black Sea GSA 29




Hake



Merluccius merluccius



all areas in the Med




Blue whiting



Micromesistius poutassou



1.1, 3.1




Grey mullets



Mugilidae



1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1




Red mullet



Mullus barbatus



all areas in the Med




Red mullet



Mullus barbatus



Black Sea GSA 29




Striped red mullet



Mullus surmuletus



all areas in the Med




Common octopus



Octopus vulgaris



all areas in the Med




Norway lobster



Nephrops norvegicus



all areas in the Med




Pandora



Pagellus erythrinus



all areas in the Med




Deepwater rose shrimp



Parapenaeus longirostris



all areas in the Med




Caramote prawn



Penaeus kerathurus



3.1




Turbot



Psetta maxima



Black Sea GSA 29




Sardine



Sardina pilchardus



all areas in the Med




Mackerel



Scomber spp.


all areas in the Med




Cuttlefish



Sepia officinalis



all areas in the Med




Sole



Solea vulgaris



1.2, 2.1, 3.1




Gilthead sea bream



Sparus aurata



1.2, 3.1




Picarels



Spicara smaris



2.1, 3.1, 3.2




Sprat



Sprattus sprattus



Black Sea GSA 29




Mantis shrimp



Squilla mantis



1.3, 2.1, 2.2




Mediterranean horse mackerel



Trachurus mediterraneus



All areas in the Med




Mediterranean horse mackerel



Trachurus mediterraneus



Black Sea GSA 29




Horse mackerel



Trachurus trachurus



all areas in the Med




Horse mackerel



Trachurus trachurus



Black Sea GSA 29




Tub gurnard



Trigla lucerna



1.3, 2.2, 3.1




Clam



Veneridae



2.1, 2.2




Transparent gobid



Aphia minuta



GSA 9,10,16 and 19




Sand smelt



Atherina spp.


GSA 9,10,16 and 19




Poor cod



Trisopterus minutus



All regions




All commercial sharks, rays & skates (14)




Selachii, Rajidae



All regions




BIOLOGICAL DATA

Table 1B


Stocks of outermost regions of the Union







Species (common name)


Species (scientific name)




French Guyana





Red snapper



Lutjanus purpureus





Prawns



Farfantepenaeus subtilis





Acoupa weakfish



Cynoscion acoupa





Smalltooth weakfish



Cynoscion steindachneri





Green weakfish



Cynoscion virescens





Sea catfishes



Ariidae





Tripletail



Lobotes surinamensis





Torroto grunt



Genyatremus luteus





Snooks



Centropomus spp.




Groupers



Serranidae





Mullets



Mugil spp.




Guadeloupe and Martinique





Snappers



Lutjanidae





Grunters



Haemulidae





Groupers



Serranidae





Lion fish



Pterois volitans





Tuna-like fish



Scombridae





Blue marlin



Makaira nigricans





Dolphinfish



Coryphaena hippurus





Réunion and Mayotte





Snappers



Lutjanidae





Groupers



Serranidae





Tuna-like fish



Scombridae





Swordfish



Xiphias gladius





Other bill fishes



Istiophoridae





Dolphinfish



Coryphaena hippurus





Bigeye scad



Selar crumenophthalmus





Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands





Atlantic chub mackerel



Scomber colias





Sardinella



Sardinella maderensis





Horse mackerel



Trachurus spp.




Sardine



Sardina pilchardus





Parrotfish



Sparisoma cretense





Limpets



Patellidae





BIOLOGICAL DATA

Table 1C


Stocks in marine regions under regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOS) and Sustainable Fishing Partnership Agreements (SFPAS)

IATTC (Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission)









SPECIES
When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in Chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or regional fisheries organisations (RFOs), shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock.


Frequency of collection of biological variables




Scientific name


Common name


Geographical Area


Priority


The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data must be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.





Thunnus albacares



Yellowfin tuna


East Pacific Ocean


High





Thunnus obesus



Bigeye tuna


East Pacific Ocean


High





Katsuwonus pelamis



Skipjack tuna


East Pacific Ocean


High





Thunnus alalunga



Albacore tuna


East Pacific Ocean


High





Thunnus orientalis



Pacific bluefin tuna


East Pacific Ocean


High





Xiphias gladius



Swordfish


East Pacific Ocean


High





Makaira nigricans (or mazara)



Blue marlin


East Pacific Ocean


High





Makaira indica



Black marlin


East Pacific Ocean


High





Tetrapturus audax



Striped marlin


East Pacific Ocean


High







ICCAT (The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas)









SPECIES
When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in Chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock.


Frequency of collection of biological variables




Scientific name


Common name


Geographical Area


Priority


The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data must be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.





Thunnus albacares



Yellowfin tuna


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


High





Thunnus obesus



Bigeye tuna


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


High





Katsuwonus pelamis



Skipjack tuna


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


High





Thunnus alalunga



Albacore tuna


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


High





Thunnus thynnus



Bluefin tuna


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


High





Xiphias gladius



Swordfish


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


High





Makaira nigricans (or mazara)



Blue marlin


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


High





Istiophorus albicans



Sailfish


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


High





Tetrapturus albidus



White marlin


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


High





Prionace glauca



Blue shark


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


High





Auxis rochei



Bullet tuna


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


High





Sarda sarda



Atlantic bonito


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


High





Euthynnus alleteratus



Atlantic back skipjack


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


Medium





Thunnus atlanticus



Blackfin tuna


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


Medium





Orcynopsis unicolor



Plain bonito


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


Medium





Scomberomorus brasiliensis



Serra Spanish mackerel


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


Medium





Scomberomorus regalis



Cero


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


Medium





Auxis thazard



Frigate tuna


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


Medium





Scomberomorus cavalla



King mackerel


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


Medium





Scomberomorus tritor



West African Spanish mackerel


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


Medium





Scomberomorus maculatus



Atlantic Spanish mackerel


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


Medium





Acanthocybium solandri



Wahoo


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


Medium





Coryphaena hippurus



Dolphinfish


Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas


Medium







NAFO (North Atlantic Fisheries Organisation)









SPECIES
When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in Chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock.


Frequency of collection of biological variables




Scientific name


Common name


Stocks as defined by the RFMO


Priority


The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data must be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.





Gadus morhua



Cod


NAFO 2J 3KL


Low





Gadus morhua



Cod


NAFO 3M


High





Gadus morhua



Cod


NAFO 3NO


High





Gadus morhua



Cod


NAFO 3Ps


High





Gadus morhua



Cod


NAFO SA1


High





Glyptocephalus cynoglossus



Witch flounder


NAFO 3NO


High





Glyptocephalus cynoglossus



Witch flounder


NAFO 2J3KL


Low





Hippoglossoides platessoides



American plaice


NAFO 3LNO


High





Hippoglossoides platessoides



American plaice


NAFO 3M


High





Limanda ferruginea



Yellowtail flounder


NAFO 3LNO


Medium





Coryphaenoides rupestris



Roundnose Grenadier


NAFO SA0 + 1


Low





Macrourus berglax



Roughhead grenadier


NAFO SA2 + 3


High





Pandalus borealis



Northern shrimp


NAFO 3LNO


High





Pandalus borealis



Northern shrimp


NAFO 3M


High





Amblyraja radiata



Thorny skate


NAFO 3LNOPs


High





Reinhardtius hippoglossoides



Greenland halibut


NAFO 3KLMNO


High





Reinhardtius hippoglossoides



Greenland halibut


NAFO SA1


High





Hippoglossus hippoglossus



Atlantic halibut


NAFO SA1


Low





Sebastes mentella



Redfish


NAFO SA1


High





Sebastes spp.


Redfish


NAFO 3LN


High





Sebastes spp.


Redfish


NAFO 3M


High





Sebastes spp.


Redfish


NAFO 3O


High





Urophycis tenuis



White hake


NAFO 3NO


High





Mallotus villosus



Capelin


NAFO 3NO


High





Beryx sp.



Alfonsinos


NAFO 6G


High





Illex illecebrosus



Shortfin squid


NAFO Subareas 3 + 4


Low





Salmo salar



Salmon


NAFO S1 +  ICES Sub-area XIV, NEAF, NASCO


High


 







FAO marine area 34 — Fisheries Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF)









SPECIES
When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock.


Frequency of collection of biological variables




Scientific name


Common name


Geographical Area


Priority


The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.





Brachydeuterus spp.


Grunt


34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Caranx spp.


Jack


34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Cynoglossus spp.


Tongue sole


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Decapterus spp.


Scad


34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Dentex canariensis



Canary dentex


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


medium





Dentex congoensis



Congo dentex


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


medium





Dentex macrophthalmus



Large-eye dentex


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Dentex maroccanus



Morocco dentex


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


medium





Dentex spp.


Dentex


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Engraulis encrasicolus



Anchovy


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Epinephelus aeneus



White grouper


34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Ethmalosa fimbriata



Bonga shad


34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Farfantepenaeus notialis



Southern pink shrimp


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Galeoides decadactylus



Lesser African threadfin


34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high


The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.





Loligo vulgaris



Common squid


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Merluccius polli



Benguela hake


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Merluccius senegalensis



Senegalese hake


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Merluccius spp.


Other hake


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


medium





Octopus vulgaris



Common octopus


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Pagellus acarne



axillary sea bream


34.1.1


high





Pagellus bellottii



Red pandora


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Pagellus bogaraveo



Blackspot sea bream


34.1.1


medium





Pagellus spp.


Pandora


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Pagrus caeruleostictus



Blue spotted sea bream


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Parapenaeus longirostris



Deepwater rose shrimp


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Pomadasys incisus



Bastard grunt


34.1.1


medium





Pomadasys spp.


Grunt


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Pseudotolithus spp.


West African croakers


34.1.1


high





Sardina pilchardus



Sardine


34.1.1, 34.1.3


high





Sardinella aurita



Round sardinella


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Sardinella maderensis



Short-body sardinella


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high


The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.





Scomber japonicus



Chub mackerel


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Scomber spp.


Other Mackerel


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Sepia hierredda



Cuttlefish


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Sepia officinalis



Common cuttlefish


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Sepia spp.


Cuttlefishes


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


medium





Sparidae



Sea bream


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Sparus spp.


Sea bream


34.1.1


high





Trachurus trachurus



Atlantic horse mackerel


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Trachurus trecae



Cunene horse mackerel


34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6


high





Umbrina canariensis



Canary drum


34.3.3-6


medium







SEAFO (South-East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation)









SPECIES
When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in Chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock.


Frequency of collection of biological variables




Scientific name


Common name


Geographical Area


Priority


The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.





Dissostichus eleginoides



Patagonian toothfish


South-East Atlantic



High






Beryx spp.


Alfonsinos


South-East Atlantic



High






Chaceon spp.


Red/Golden crabs


South-East Atlantic



High






Pseudopentaceros richardsoni



Pelagic armourhead/Southern boarfish


South-East Atlantic



High






Helicolenus spp.


Blackbelly rosefishes


South-East Atlantic



High






Hoplostethus atlanticus



Orange roughy


South-East Atlantic



High






Trachurus spp.


Horse mackerel


South-East Atlantic



High






Scomber spp.


Mackerel


South-East Atlantic



High






Polyprion americanus



Wreckfish


South-East Atlantic



Medium






Jasus tristani



Tristan rock lobster


South-East Atlantic



Medium






Lepidotus caudatus



Silver scabbardfish


South-East Atlantic



Medium






Schedophilus ovalis



Imperial blackfish


South-East Atlantic



Low






Schedophilus velaini



Violet warehou


South-East Atlantic



Low






Allocyttus verucossus



Oreo dories


South-East Atlantic



Low






Neocyttus romboidales



 


South-East Atlantic


 





Allocyttus guineensis



 


South-East Atlantic


 





Pseudocyttu smaculatus



 


South-East Atlantic


 





Emmelichthys nitidus



Cape bonnetmouth


South-East Atlantic



Low






Ruvettus pretiosus



Oilfish


South-East Atlantic



Low






Promethichthys prometheus



Roudi escolar


South-East Atlantic



Low






Macrourus spp.


Grenadiers


South-East Atlantic



Low






Antimora rostrata



Blue antimora


South-East Atlantic



Low






Epigonus spp.


Cardinal fish


South-East Atlantic



Low






Merluccius spp.


Hake


South-East Atlantic



Low






Notopogon fernandezianus



Orange bellowfish


South-East Atlantic



Low






Octopodidae and Loliginidae



Octopus and squids


South-East Atlantic



Low



 







WCPFC (Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission)









SPECIES
When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in Chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock.


Frequency of collection of biological variables




Scientific name


Common name


Geographical Area


Priority


The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.





Thunnus albacares



Yellowfin tuna


West Central Pacific Ocean


High





Thunnus obesus



Bigeye tuna


West Central Pacific Ocean


High





Katsuwonus pelamis



Skipjack tuna


West Central Pacific Ocean


High





Thunnus alalunga



Albacore tuna


West Central Pacific Ocean


High





Thunnus orientalis



Pacific bluefin tuna


West Central Pacific Ocean


High





Xiphias gladius



Swordfish


West Central Pacific Ocean


High





Makaira nigricans (or mazara)



Blue marlin


West Central Pacific Ocean


High





Makaira indica



Black marlin


West Central Pacific Ocean


High





Tetrapturus audax



Striped marlin


West Central Pacific Ocean


High





Acanthocybium solandri



Wahoo


West Central Pacific Ocean


Medium





Coryphaena hippurus



Dolphinfish


West Central Pacific Ocean


Medium





Elagatis bipinnulata



Rainbow runner


West Central Pacific Ocean


Medium





Lepidocybium flavobrunneum



Escolar


West Central Pacific Ocean


Medium





Lampris regius



Moonfish (opah)


West Central Pacific Ocean


Medium





Mola mola



Sunfish


West Central Pacific Ocean


Medium





Istiophorus platypterus



Sailfish


West Central Pacific Ocean


Medium





Tetrapturus angustirostris



Spearfish


West Central Pacific Ocean


Medium





Ruvettus pretiosus



Oilfish


West Central Pacific Ocean


Medium





Prionace glauca



Blue shark


West Central Pacific Ocean


High


 





Carcharhinus longimanus



Oceanic whitetip shark


West Central Pacific Ocean


High





Carcharhinus falciformis



Silky shark


West Central Pacific Ocean


High





Alopias superciliosus



big eye thresher


West Central Pacific Ocean


High





Alopias vulpinus



Common thresher


West Central Pacific Ocean


High





Alopias pelagicus



Pelagic thresher


West Central Pacific Ocean


High





NB: for WCPF, the following reporting requirements for long liners shall be added:







(1)


Number of branch lines between floats. The number of branch lines between floats shall be reported for each set.










(2)


Number of fish caught per set, for the following species: albacore (Thunnus alalunga), bigeye (Thunnus obesus), skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis), yellowfin (Thunnus albacares), striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax), blue marlin (Makaira mazara), black marlin (Makaira indica) and swordfish (Xiphias gladius), blue shark, silky shark, oceanic whitetip shark, mako sharks, thresher sharks, porbeagle shark (south of 20° S, until biological data shows this or another geographic limit to be appropriate), hammerhead sharks (winghead, scalloped, great, and smooth), whale shark, and other species as determined by the Commission.




If the total weight or average weight of fish caught per set has been recorded, then the total weight or average weight of fish caught per set, by species, shall also be reported. If the total weight or average weight of fish caught per set has not been recorded, then the total weight or average weight of fish caught per set, by species, shall be estimated and the estimates reported. The total weight or average weight shall refer to whole weights, rather than processed weights.







WECAFC (Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission)









SPECIES
When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock.


Frequency of collection of biological variables




Scientific name


Common name


Geographical Area


Priority


The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.





Panulirus argus



Caribbean spiny lobster


West Central Atlantic


High





Strombus gigas



Queen conch


West Central Atlantic


High





Shark-like Selachii, Rajidae



Sharks, rays & skates


West Central Atlantic


High





Coryphaena hippurus



Dolphin fish


West Central Atlantic


High





Acanthocybium solandri



Wahoo


West Central Atlantic


High





Epinephelus guttatus



Red hind


West Central Atlantic


High





Lutjanus vivanus



Silk snapper


West Central Atlantic


High





Lutjanus buccanella



Blackfin snapper


West Central Atlantic


High





Lutjanus campechanus



Red snapper


West Central Atlantic


High





Penaeus subtilis



Penaeus shrimp


French Guiana EEZ


High







IOTC (Indian Ocean Tuna Commission)









SPECIES
When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock.


Frequency of collection of biological variables




Scientific name


Common name


Geographical Area


Priority


The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.





Thunnus albacares



Yellowfin tuna


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


High





Thunnus obesus



Bigeye tuna


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


High





Katsuwonus pelamis



Skipjack tuna


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


High





Thunnus alalunga



Albacore tuna


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


High





Xiphias gladius



Swordfish


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


High





Makaira nigricans (or mazara)



Blue marlin


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


High





Makaira indica



Black marlin


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


High





Tetrapturus audax



Striped marlin


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


High





Istiophorus platypterus



Indo-Pacific sailfish


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


High





Auxis rochei



Bullet tuna


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


Medium





Auxis thazard



Frigate tuna


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


Medium





Euthynnus affinis



Kawakawa


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


Medium





Thunnus tonggol



Longtail tuna


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


Medium





Scomberomorus guttatus



Indo-Pacific king mackerel


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


Medium





Scomberomorus commerson



Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


Medium





Prionace glauca



Blue shark


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


High





Alopias superciliosus



Bigeye thresher shark


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


High





Carcharhinus falciformes



Silky shark


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


High





Carcharhinus longimanus



Oceanic whitetip shark


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


High





Alopias pelagicus



Pelagic thresher shark


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


High





Sphyrna lewini



Scalloped hammerhead shark


Indian Ocean Western and Eastern


High







Other RFMOs









SPECIES
When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in chapter III Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock.


Frequency of collection of biological variables




Scientific name


Common name


Geographical Area


Priority


The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.





Trachurus murphyi



Jack mackerel


SPRFMO Convention Area


High





Euphausia superba



Krill


CCAMLR Convention Area


High





Dissostichus spp.

Dissostichus eleginoides and Dissostichus mawsoni)



Toothfish


CCAMLR Convention Area


High





Champsocephalus gunnari



Mackerel icefish


CCAMLR Convention Area


Low




Resources of fish, molluscs, crustaceans and other sedentary species within the competence area, but excluding: (i) sedentary species subject to the fishery jurisdiction of coastal states pursuant to Article 77(4) of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea; and (ii) highly migratory species listed in Annex I of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.


SIOFA Convention Area


 


 




BIOLOGICAL DATA

Table 1D


Species to be monitored under protection programmes in the Union or under international obligations









Common name


Scientific name


Region/RFMO


Legal framework






Bony fishes


Teleostei


 


 




Sturgeons



Acipenser spp.


Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea; Baltic Sea; OSPAR II, IV


Annex II of the Barcelona Convention (15), Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol; OSPAR (16); Helcom (17)





Smoothheads (Slickheads)



Alepocephalidae



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries (18)





Baird's smoothhead



Alepocephalus Bairdii



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Risso's smoothhead



Alepocephalus rostratus



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Pontic shad



Alosa immaculata



Black Sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




Allis shad



Alosa alosa



OSPAR II, III, IV


OSPAR




Common Whitefish/houting



Coregonus lavaretus



OSPAR II


OSPAR




Cod



Gadus morhua



OSPAR II, III; Baltic Sea


OSPAR; Helcom




Long-snouted seahorse



Hippocampus guttulatus (synonym: Hippocampus ramulosus)


OSPAR II, III, IV, V


OSPAR




Short-snouted seahorse



Hippocampus hippocampus



OSPAR II, III, IV, V


OSPAR




Black Sea shad



Alosa tanaica



Black Sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




Blue antimora (Blue hake)



Antimora rostrata



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Black scabbardfish



Aphanopus carbo



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Scabbardfish



Aphanopus intermedius



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Crayfish



Astacus spp.


Black Sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




Big-scale sand smelt



Atherina pontica



Black Sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




Garfish



Belone belone euxini Günther



Black Sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




Alfonsinos



Beryx spp.


All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Brotula



Cataetyx laticeps



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Vendace



Coregonus albula



Baltic Sea


RCM Baltic recommendation




lumpfish



Cyclopterus lumpus



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Annular seabream



Diplodus annularis



Mediterranean Sea


Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (19) (min. cons. size)




Sharpsnout sea bream



Diplodus puntazzo



Mediterranean Sea


Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)




White sea bream



Diplodus sargus



Mediterranean Sea


Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)




Two-banded sea bream



Diplodus vulgaris



Mediterranean Sea


Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)




Patagonian toothfish



Dissostichus eleginoides



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Antarctic toothfish



Dissostichus mawsoni



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Groupers



Epinephelus spp.


Mediterranean Sea


Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)




Black cardinalfish



Epigonus telescopus



All regions


Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Gobies



Gobiidae



Black Sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




Bluemouth (Bluemouth redfish)



Helicolenus dactylopterus



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Atlantic halibut



Hippoglossus hippoglossus



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Orange roughy



Hoplostethus atlanticus



All regions; OSPAR I, V


Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Silver roughy (Pink)



Hoplosthetus mediterraneus



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Silver scabbard fish (Cutless fish)



Lepidopus caudatus



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Stripped sea bream



Lithognathus mormyrus



Mediterranean Sea


Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)




Golden grey mullet



Liza aurata



Black Sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




Leaping mullet



Liza saliens



Black Sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




Greater eelpout



Lycodes esmarkii



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Grenadiers (rattails) other than roundnose grenadier and roughhead grenadier



Macrouridae other than Coryphaenoides rupestris and Macrourus berglax



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Roughhead grenadier (Rough rattail)



Macrourus berglax



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Whiting



Merlangius merlangus



Baltic Sea and Black Sea


RCM Baltic recommendation; Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




European eel



Anguilla anguilla



OSPAR I, II, III, IV, Baltic sea


OSPAR; Helcom




Atlantic Salmon


*Salmo salar



OSPAR I, II, III, IV, Baltic Sea


OSPAR; Helcom




Bluefin tuna


*Thunnus thynnus



OSPAR V


OSPAR; Helcom




Blue ling



Molva dypterygia



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Common mora



Mora moro



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Mullet



Mugil spp.


Black Sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




Black gemfish



Nesiarchus nasutus



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Snubnosed spiny eel



Notocanthus chemnitzii



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Smelt



Osmerus eperlanus



Baltic Sea


RCM (Regional Coordination Meeting) Baltic recommendation, Helcom




Spanish sea bream



Pagellus acarne



Mediterranean Sea


Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)




Blackspot seabream



Pagellus bogaraveo



Mediterranean Sea


Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)




Common sea bream



Pagrus pagrus



Mediterranean Sea


Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)




Wreckfish



Polyprion americanus



Mediterranean Sea


Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)




Wreckfish



Polyprion americanus



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Bluefish



Pomatomus saltatrix



Black Sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




Small redfish (Norway redfish)



Sebastes viviparus



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Beluga



Huso huso



Black Sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




Spiny (deep sea) scorpionfish



Trachyscorpia cristulata



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Oceanic sea breams



Brama spp.


GSA 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and Black Sea GSA 29


Annex VIII of Council Regulation (EC) No 894/97 (20)





Atlantic chub mackerel



Scomber colias Gmelin



Black sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




Crystal gobid



Crystallogobius linearis



Black sea


National management plans




Rabbit fish



Chimaera monstrosa



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Allis shad



Alosa alosa



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Twaite shad



Alosa fallax



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Autumn-spawning herring



Clupea harengus subsp.


Baltic Sea


Helcom




Zope



Abramis ballerus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Bleak



Alburnus alburnus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Asp



Aspius aspius



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Barbel



Barbus barbus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Gudgeon



Gobio gobio



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Ziege



Pelecus cultratus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Eurasian minnow



Phoxinus phoxinus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Vimba



Vimba vimba



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Spined loach



Cobitis taenia



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Trout



Salmo trutta



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Vendace



Coregonus albula



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Baltic houting



Coregonus balticus Synonym: Coregonus lavaretus, migratory



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Maraena



Coregonus maraena Synonym: Coregonus lavaretus, stationary



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Pallas's houting



Coregonus pallasii



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Marine smelt



Osmerus eperlanomarinus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Black-bellied angler



Lophius budegassa



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Sea stickleback



Spinachia spinachia



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Snake pipefish



Entelurus aequoreus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Straightnose pipefish



Nerophis ophidion



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Worm pipefish



Nerophis lumbriciformis



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Greater pipefish



Syngnathus acus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Broad-nosed pipefish



Syngnathus typhle



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Roundnose grenadier



Coryphaenoides rupestris



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Haddock



Melanogrammus aeglefinus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Pollack



Pollachius pollachius



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Ling



Molva molva



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Snakeblenny



Lumpenus lampretaeformis



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Ocean perch



Sebastes marinus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Norway redfish



Sebastes viviparus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Miller's thumb



Cottus gobio



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Alpine bullhead



Cottus poecilopus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Shorthorn sculpin



Myoxocephalus scorpius



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Longspined bullhead



Taurulus bubalis



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Fourhorn sculpin



Triglopsis quadricornis



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Lumpsucker



Cyclopterus lumpus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Striped seasnail



Liparis liparis



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Montagu's seasnail



Liparis montagui



Baltic Sea


Helcom




John Dory



Zeus faber



Baltic Sea


Helcom




European seabass



Dicentrarchus labrax



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Ballan wrasse



Labrus bergylta



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Cuckoo wrasse



Labrus mixtus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Corkwring wrasse



Symphodus melops



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Greater weever



Trachinus draco



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Wolf-fish



Anarhichas lupus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Lesser sandeel



Ammodytes marinus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Small sandeel



Ammodytes tobianus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Painted goby



Pomatoschistus pictus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Bullet tuna



Auxis rochei



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Little thunny



Euthynnus alleteratus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Plain bonito



Orcynopsis unicolor



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Atlantic mackerel



Scomber scombrus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Atlantic halibut



Hippoglossus hippoglossus



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Swordfish



Xiphias gladius



Baltic Sea


Helcom




Niger blackfish



Centrolophus niger



Baltic Sea


Helcom






Cartilaginous fishes


Chondrichthyes


 


 




Narrow sawfish



Anoxypristis cuspidata



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Birdbeak dogfish



Deania calcea



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Smooth lanternshark



Etmopterus pusillus



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Dwarf sawfish



Pristis clavata



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Green sawfish



Pristis zijsron



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Norwegian skate



Raja (Dipturus) nidarosiensis



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Thornback ray



Raja clavata



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority OSPAR; Helcom




Undulate ray



Raja undulata



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Pelagic thresher



Alopias pelagicus



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Big eye thresher



Alopias superciliosus



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Common thresher



Alopias vulpinus



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority; Helcom




Starry ray



Amblyraja radiata



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Iceland catshark



Apristurus spp.


All oceans


RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Silky shark



Carcharhinus falciformis



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Galapagos shark



Carcharhinus galapagensis



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Oceanic whitetip shark



Carcharhinus longimanus



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Sandbar shark



Carcharhinus plumbeus



All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II




Sand tiger shark



Carcharias taurus



All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II




Great white shark



Carcharodon carcharias



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Gulper shark



Centrophorus granulosus



All oceans and seas


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III; OSPAR




Gulper shark species



Centrophorus spp.


All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Leafscale gulper shark



Centrophorus squamosus



All oceans and seas


RFMOs, High priority; OSPAR




Black dogfish



Centroscyllium fabricii



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Portuguese dogfish



Centroscymnus coelolepis



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries; OSPAR




Longnose velvet dogfish



Centroscymnus crepidater



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Basking shark



Cetorhinus maximus



All oceans and seas


RFMOs, High priority; OSPAR; Helcom




Rabbit fish (rattail)



Chimaera monstrosa



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Frilled shark



Chlamydoselachus anguineus



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Kitefin shark



Dalatias licha



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Stingray



Dasyatis pastinaca



Black Sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol; Helcom




Birdbeak dogfish



Deania calcea



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Common skate



Dipturus batis



All oceans and seas


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II; OSPAR; Helcom




White skate


*Rostroraja alba



OSPAR II, III, IV


OSPAR




Greater lanternshark



Etmopterus princeps



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Velvet belly



Etmopterus spinax



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries; Helcom




Winghead hammerhead



Eusphyra blochii



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




School shark, tope shark



Galeorhinus galeus



All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II; Helcom




Blackmouth dogfish



Galeus melastomus



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Mouse catshark



Galeus murinus



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Spiny butterfly ray



Gymnura altavela



All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II




Sharpnose sevengill shark



Heptranchias perlo



All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III




Bluntnose six-gilled shark



Hexanchus griseus



All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II; Helcom




Large-eyed rabbitfish (Ratfish)



Hydrolagus mirabilis



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Shortfin mako



Isurus oxyrinchus



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Longfin mako



Isurus paucus



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Porbeagle



Lamna nasus



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority, OSPAR; Helcom




Sandy skate



Leucoraja circularis



All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II




Maltese skate



Leucoraja melitensis



All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II




Reef manta ray



Manta alfredi



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Giant manta ray



Manta birostris



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Longhorned mobula



Mobula eregoodootenkee



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Lesser devil ray



Mobula hypostoma



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Spinetail mobula



Mobula japanica



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Shortfin devil ray



Mobula kuhlii



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Devil fish



Mobula mobular



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Munk's devil ray



Mobula munkiana



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Lesser Guinean devil ray



Mobula rochebrunei



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Chilean devil ray



Mobula tarapacana



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Smoothtail mobula



Mobula thurstoni



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Starry smooth-hound



Mustelus asterias



All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III




Common smooth-hound



Mustelus mustelus



All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III




Blackspotted smooth-hound



Mustelus punctulatus



All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III




Blackmouth catshark



Galeus melanostomus



Baltic sea


Helcom




Small-spotted catshark



Scyliorhinus canicula



Baltic sea


Helcom




Thorny skate



Amblyraja radiata



Baltic sea


Helcom




Shagreen ray



Leucoraja fullonica



Baltic sea


Helcom




Spotted torpedo



Torpedo marmorata



Baltic sea


Helcom




Sailfin roughshark (Sharpback shark)



Oxynotus paradoxus



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Smalltooth sawfish



Pristis pectinata



All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II




Common sawfish



Pristis pristis



All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II




Crocodile shark



Pseudocarcharias kamoharai



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Blue stingray



Pteroplatytrygon violacea



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Round skate



Raja fyllae



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Arctic skate



Raja hyperborea



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Norwegian skate



Raja nidarosiensus



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Spotted ray



Raja montagui



OSPAR I, II, III, IV


OSPAR; Helcom




Whale shark



Rhincodon typus



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Blackchin guitarfish



Rhinobatos cemiculus



All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II




Common guitarfish



Rhinobatos rhinobatos



All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II




Straightnose rabbitfish



Rhinochimaera atlantica



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Bottlenose skate



Rostroraja alba



All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II




Knifetooth dogfish



Scymnodon ringens



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Other sharks


Selachimorpha (or Selachii), Batoidea (to be defined by species according to landing, survey or catch data)


All oceans


RFMOs, High priority; Helcom




Greenland shark



Somniosus microcephalus



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries; Helcom




Scalloped hammerhead



Sphyrna lewini



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Great hammerhead



Sphyrna mokarran



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Smooth hammerhead



Sphyrna zygaena



All oceans


RFMOs, High priority




Spurdog, spiked dogfish



Squalus acanthias



All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III, OSPAR; Helcom




Sawback angelshark



Squatina aculeata



All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II




Smoothback angelshark



Squatina oculata



All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II




Angel shark



Squatina squatina



All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea


RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II, OSPAR; Helcom




Sea lamprey



Petromyzon marinus



OSPAR I, II, III, IV


OSPAR; Helcom




River lamprey



Lampetra fluviatilis



Baltic sea


Helcom






Mammals


Mammalia


 


 




Cetaceans — all species



Cetacea — all species


All areas


Council Directive 92/43/EEC (21)





Minke whale



Balaenoptera acutorostrata



Mediterranean Sea


Rec. GFCM (22)/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




Bowhead whale



Balaena mysticetus



OSPAR I


OSPAR




Blue whale



Balaenoptera musculus



All OSPAR


OSPAR




Northern right whale



Eubalaena glacialis



All OSPAR


OSPAR




Sei whale



Balaenoptera borealis



Mediterranean Sea


Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




Fin whale



Balaenoptera physalus



Mediterranean Sea


Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




Short-beaked common dolphin



Delphinus delphis



Mediterranean Sea


Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




North Atlantic right whale



Eubalaena glacialis



Mediterranean Sea


Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




Long-finned pilot whale



Globicephala melas



Mediterranean Sea


Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




Risso's dolphin



Grampus griseus



Mediterranean Sea


Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




Dwarf sperm whale



Kogia simus



Mediterranean Sea


Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




Humpback whale



Megaptera novaeangliae



Mediterranean Sea


Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




Blainville's beaked whale



Mesoplodon densirostris



Mediterranean Sea


Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




Killer whale



Orcinus orca



Mediterranean Sea


Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




Harbour porpoise



Phocoena phocoena



Mediterranean Sea; OSPAR II, III


Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention; Directive 92/43/EEC; OSPAR




Sperm whale



Physeter macrocephalus



Mediterranean Sea


Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




False killer whale



Pseudorca crassidens



Mediterranean Sea


Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




Striped dolphin



Stenella coeruleoalba



Mediterranean Sea


Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




Rough-toothed dolphin



Steno bredanensis



Mediterranean Sea


Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




Bottlenose dolphin



Tursiops truncatus



Mediterranean Sea


Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




Cuvier's beaked whale



Ziphius cavirostris



Mediterranean Sea


Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




Monk seal



Monachus monachus



All areas


Rec. GFCM/35/2011/5 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention; Directive 92/43/EEC




Saimaa ringed seal



Phoca hispida saimensis



All areas


Directive 92/43/EEC




Grey seal



Halichoerus grypus



All areas


Directive 92/43/EEC




Harbour seal



Phoca vitulina



All areas


Directive 92/43/EEC




Baltic ringed seal



Phoca hispida bottnica



All areas


Directive 92/43/EEC






Birds


Aves


 


 




Cory's Shearwater



Calonectris borealis



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (23)





Great Cormorant



Phalacrocorax carbo



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Northern Gannet



Morus bassanus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Atlantic Puffin



Fratercula arctica



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Balearic Shearwater



Puffinus mauretanicus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Black-headed Gull



Larus ridibundus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Common Scoter



Melanitta nigra



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




European Shag



Phalacrocorax aristotelis



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Great Shearwater



Ardenna gravis



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Manx Shearwater



Puffinus puffinus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Northern Fulmar



Fulmarus glacialis



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Scopoli's Shearwater



Calonectris diomedea



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Sooty Shearwater



Ardenna grisea



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Yelkouan Shearwater



Puffinus yelkouan



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Audouin's Gull



Larus audouinii



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Barrow's Goldeneye



Bucephala islandica



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Bulwer's Petrel



Bulweria bulwerii



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Common Goldeneye



Bucephala clangula



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




European Herring Gull



Larus argentatus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Glaucous Gull



Larus hyperboreus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Great Black-backed Gull



Larus marinus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Great Skua



Catharacta skua



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Greater Scaup



Aythya marila



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC; Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




Common pochard



Aythya ferina



Black Sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




Lesser Black-backed Gull



Larus fuscus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Little Auk



Alle alle



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Long-tailed Jaeger



Stercorarius longicaudus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Razorbill



Alca torda



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Arctic Jaeger



Stercorarius parasiticus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Arctic Loon



Gavia arctica



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Audubon's Shearwater



Puffinus lherminieri



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Black Guillemot



Cepphus grylle



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Black Scoter



Melanitta americana



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Black-necked Grebe



Podiceps nigricollis



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Caspian Gull



Larus cachinnans



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Common Eider



Somateria mollissima



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Common Guillemot



Uria aalge



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Common Loon



Gavia immer



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Common Merganser



Mergus merganser



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Great Crested Grebe



Podiceps cristatus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Harlequin Duck



Histrionicus histrionicus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Horned Grebe



Podiceps auritus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Iceland Gull



Larus glaucoides



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




King Eider



Somateria spectabilis



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Long-tailed Duck



Clangula hyemalis



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Mediterranean Gull



Larus melanocephalus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Mew Gull



Larus canus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Red-breasted Merganser



Mergus serrator



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Red-necked Grebe



Podiceps grisegena



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Red-throated Loon



Gavia stellata



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Slender-billed Gull



Larus genei



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Steller's Eider



Polysticta stelleri



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Pomarine Jaeger



Stercorarius pomarinus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Thick-billed Murre/Brünnig's Guillemot



Uria lomvia



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Velvet Scoter



Melanitta fusca



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Yellow-billed Loon



Gavia adamsii



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Yellow-legged Gull



Larus michahellis



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Zino's Petrel



Pterodroma madeira



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Pallas's Gull



Larus ichthyaetus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Black-legged Kittiwake



Rissa tridactyla



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Great White Pelican



Pelecanus onocrotalus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Leach's Storm-petrel



Oceanodroma leucorhoa



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Red Phalarope



Phalaropus fulicarius



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Red-necked Phalarope



Phalaropus lobatus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Wilson's Storm-petrel



Oceanites oceanicus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Arctic Tern



Sterna paradisaea



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Band-rumped Storm-petrel



Hydrobates castro



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Black Tern



Chlidonias niger



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Caspian Tern



Hydroprogne caspia



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Common Gull-billed Tern



Gelochelidon nilotica



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Common Tern



Sterna hirundo



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Desertas Petrel



Pterodroma deserta



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Ivory Gull



Pagophila eburnea



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Lesser Crested Tern



Thalasseus bengalensis



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Little Gull



Hydrocoloeus minutus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Little Tern



Sternula albifrons



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Monteiro's Storm-petrel



Hydrobates monteiroi



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Roseate Tern



Sterna dougallii



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Ross's Gull



Rhodostethia rosea



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Sabine's Gull



Xema sabini



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Sandwich Tern



Thalasseus sandvicensis



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Thayer's Gull



Larus thayeri



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




White-faced Storm-petrel



Pelagodroma marina



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




European Storm-petrel



Hydrobates pelagicus



All areas


Directive 2009/147/EC




Lesser black-backed gull



Larus fuscus fuscus



OSPAR I


OSPAR list of threatened and declining species




Ivory gull



Pagophila eburnea



OSPAR I


OSPAR list of threatened and declining species




Steller's eider



Polysticta stelleri



OSPAR I


OSPAR list of threatened and declining species




Little shearwater



Puffinus assimilis baroli (auct.incert.)



OSPAR V


OSPAR list of threatened and declining species




Balearic shearwater



Puffinus mauretanicus



OSPAR II, III, IV, V


OSPAR list of threatened and declining species




Black-legged kittiwake



Rissa tridactyla



OSPAR I, II,


OSPAR list of threatened and declining species




Roseate tern



Sterna dougallii



OSPAR II, III, IV, V


OSPAR list of threatened and declining species




Iberian guillemot



Uria aalge — Iberian population (synonyms: Uria aalge albionis, Uria aalge ibericus)



OSPAR IV


OSPAR list of threatened and declining species




Thick-billed murre



Uria lomvia



OSPAR I


OSPAR list of threatened and declining species






Reptiles


Reptilia


 


 




Kemp's ridley sea turtle



Lepidochelys kempii



All areas


Directive 92/43/EEC; Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




Loggerhead turtle



Caretta caretta



All areas


Directive 92/43/EEC; Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention; OSPAR




Leatherback turtle



Dermochelys coriacea



All areas


Directive 92/43/EEC; Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention; OSPAR




Hawksbill sea turtle



Eretmochelys imbricata



All areas


Directive 92/43/EEC; Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




Green turtle



Chelonia mydas



All areas


Directive 92/43/EEC; Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




Nile soft-shelled turtle



Trionyx triunguis



Mediterranean Sea


Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention






Molluscs


Mollusca


 


 




Striped venus



Chamelea gallina



Black Sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




Banded wedge shell



Donacilla cornea



Black Sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




Eledone especies



Eledone spp.


All areas


National management plans




Mediterranean mussel



Mytilus galloprovincialis



All areas out of Med


National management plans




Mediterranean mussel



Mytilus galloprovincialis



Black Sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




 


 


 


 




Patella



Patella spp.


Mediterranean Sea


Annex II of the Barcelona Convention




Rapa whelk



Rapana venosa



Black Sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




Tuberculate cockle



Acanthocardia tuberculata



All areas


National management plans




Murex



Bolinus brandaris



All areas


National management plans




Hard clam



Callista chione



All areas


National management plans




Wedge shell



Donax trunculus



All areas


National management plans




Ocean quahog



Arctica islandica



OSPAR II


OSPAR




Azorean barnacle



Megabalanus azoricus



OSPAR V All where it occurs


OSPAR




Dog whelk



Nucella lapillus



OSPAR II, III, IV


OSPAR




Flat oyster



Ostrea edulis



OSPAR II


OSPAR




Azorean limpet



Patella ulyssiponensis aspera



All OSPAR where it occurs


OSPAR






Crustaceans


Crustacea


 


 




Lobster



Homarus gammarus



Mediterranean Sea


Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)




Deep-water red crab



Chaceon (Geryon) affinis



All regions


Relevant for deep sea fisheries




Brown shrimp



Crangon crangon



Black Sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




Baltic prawn



Palaemon adspersus



Black Sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




Rockpool prawn



Palaemon elegans



Black Sea


Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol




Crawfish



Palinuridae



Mediterranean Sea


Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)






Cnidarians


Cnidaria


 


 




Red coral



Corallium rubrum



Mediterranean Sea


Rec. GFCM/36/2012/1 & Rec. GFCM/35/2011/2




For prohibited species: only individuals captured dead shall be used. They shall be discarded after the measurements, The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data must be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.
BIOLOGICAL DATA

Table 1E


Freshwater Anadromous and Catadromous species








Species (common name)


Species (Scientific name)


Non-marine areas where the stock is located/stock code




European eel



Anguilla anguilla



Eel management units as defined in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007 (24)





Salmon



Salmo salar



All areas of natural distribution




Sea trout



Salmo trutta



All inland waters that exit in the Baltic Sea








Table 2


Fishing activity (metier) by region

















Level 1


Level 2


Level 3


Level 4


Level 5


Level 6


LOA classes (m) (d)




Activity


Gear classes


Gear groups


Gear type


Target assemblage (a)


Mesh size and other selective devices


< 10


10-< 12


12-< 18


18-< 24


24-< 40


40 & +




Fishing activity


Dredges


Dredges


Boat dredge [DRB]


Anadromous species (ANA)
Catadromous species (CAT)
Cephalopods (CEP)
Crustaceans (CRU)
Demersal species (DEF)
Deep-Water species (DWS)
Finfish (FIF)
Freshwater species (no code)
Miscellaneous (MIS)
Mixed Cephalopod and Demersal (MCF)
Mixed Crustaceans and Demersal (MCD)
Mixed Deep-water species and Demersal (MDD)
Mixed Pelagic and Demersal (MPD)
Molluscs (MOL)
Large Pelagic fish (LPF)
Small Pelagic fish (SPF)
Large Pelagic fish (LPF) and Small Pelagic fish (SPF)


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Mechanised/Suction dredge [HMD]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Trawls


Bottom trawls


Bottom otter trawl [OTB]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Multi-rig otter trawl [OTT]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Bottom pair trawl [PTB]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Beam trawl [TBB]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Pelagic trawls


Midwater otter trawl [OTM]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Midwater pair trawl [PTM]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Hooks and Lines


Rods and Lines


Hand and Pole lines [LHP] [LHM]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Trolling lines [LTL]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Longlines


Drifting longlines [LLD]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Set longlines [LLS]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Traps


Traps


Pots and Traps [FPO]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Fyke nets [FYK]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Stationary uncovered pound nets [FPN]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Fixed installations for fences and weirs (code needed)


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Nets


Nets


Trammel net [GTR]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Set gillnet [GNS]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Driftnet [GND]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Seines


Surrounding nets


Purse seine [PS]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Lampara nets [LA]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Seines (c)


Fly shooting seine [SSC]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Anchored seine [SDN]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Pair seine [SPR]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Beach and boat seine [SB] [SV]


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Other gear


Other gear


Glass eel fishing (no code)


Glass eel


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Misc. (Specify)


Misc. (Specify)


 


 


(b)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Other activity than fishing


Other activity than fishing


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Inactive


Inactive


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Footnotes:






(a)


according to existing coding in relevant Regulations.










(b)


according to existing coding in relevant Regulations.










(c)


with Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs)/in free schools.










(d)


in the Mediterranean < 6m and 6-12 m.












Table 3


Species to be collected for recreational fisheries








 


Area


Species




1


Baltic Sea (ICES Subdivisions 22-32


Salmon, eels and seatrout (including in fresh water) and cod.




2


North Sea (ICES areas IIIa, IV and VIId)


Salmon and eels (including in fresh water). Seabass, cod, pollack and elasmobranchs




3


Eastern Arctic (ICES areas I and II)


Salmon and eels (including in fresh water). Cod, pollack and elasmobranchs




4


North Atlantic (ICES areas V-XIV and NAFO areas)


Salmon and eels (including in fresh water). Seabass, cod, pollack, elasmobranchs and highly migratory ICCAT species.




5


Mediterranean Sea


Eels (including in fresh water), elasmobranchs and highly migratory ICCAT species.




6


Black Sea


Eels (including in fresh water), elasmobranchs and highly migratory ICCAT species








Table 4


Fishing activity variables








 


Variables (25)



Unit




Capacity





 


Number of vessels


Number




 


GT, kW, Vessel Age


Number




Effort





 


Days at sea


Days




 


Hours fished (optional)


Hours




 


Fishing days


Days




 


kW * Fishing Days


Number




 


GT * Fishing days


Number




 


Number of trips


Number




 


Number of fishing operations


Number




 


Number of nets/Length (*1)



Number/metres




 


Number of hooks, Number of lines (*1)



Number




 


Numbers of pots, traps (*1)



Number




Landings





 


Value of landings total and per commercial species


Euro




 


Live Weight of landings total and per species


Tonnes




 


Prices by commercial species


Euro/kg




FLEET ECONOMIC DATA

Table 5A


Economic variables for the fleet








Variable group


Variable


Unit





Income



Gross value of landings


Euro




Income from leasing out quota or other fishing rights


Euro




Other income


Euro





Labour costs



Personnel costs


Euro




Value of unpaid labour


Euro





Energy costs



Energy costs


Euro





Repair and maintenance costs



Repair and maintenance costs


Euro





Other operating costs



Variable costs


Euro




Non-variable costs


Euro




Lease/rental payments for quota or other fishing rights


Euro





Subsidies



Operating subsidies


Euro




Subsidies on investments


Euro





Capital costs



Consumption of fixed capital


Euro





Capital value



Value of physical capital


Euro




Value of quota and other fishing rights


Euro





Investments



Investments in tangible assets, net


Euro





Financial position



Long/short Debt


Euro




Total assets


Euro





Employment



Engaged crew


Number




Unpaid labour


Number




Total hours worked per year


Number





Fleet



Number of vessels


Number




Mean LOA of vessels


Metres




Total vessel's tonnage


GT




Total vessel's power


kW




Mean age of vessels


Years





Effort



Days at sea


Days




Energy consumption


Litres





Number of fishing enterprises/units



Number of fishing enterprises/units


Number





Production value per species



Value of landings per species


Euro




Average price per species


Euro/kg




FLEET ECONOMIC DATA

Table 5B


Fleet segmentation













 


Length classes (LOA) (26)





Active Vessels


0-< 10 m
0-< 6 m


10-< 12 m
6-< 12 m


12-< 18 m


18-< 24 m


24-< 40 m


40 m or larger





Using ‘Active’ gears



Beam trawlers


 


 


 


 


 


 




Demersal trawlers and/or demersal seiners


 


 


 


 


 


 




Pelagic trawlers


 


 


 


 


 


 




Purse seiners


 


 


 


 


 


 




Dredgers


 


 


 


 


 


 




Vessel using other active gears


 


 


 


 


 


 




Vessels using Polyvalent ‘active’ gears only


 


 


 


 


 


 





Using ‘Passive’ gears



Vessels using hooks



 (27)




 (27)



 


 


 


 




Drift and/or fixed netters


 


 


 


 




Vessels using Pots and/or traps


 


 


 


 




Vessels using other Passive gears


 


 


 


 




Vessels using Polyvalent ‘passive’ gears only


 


 


 


 





Using Polyvalent gears



Vessels using active and passive gears


 


 


 


 


 


 




Inactive vessels


 


 


 


 


 


 




FLEET ECONOMIC DATA

Table 5C


Geographical stratification by region








Sub-region/Fishing ground


Region


Supra region




I


II


III




Cluster of spatial units on level 3 as defined in Table 3 (NAFO Division)


NAFO (FAO area 21)


Baltic Sea; North Sea; Eastern Arctic; NAFO; Extended North-Western waters (Ices areas V, VI and VII) and Southern Western waters




Cluster of spatial units on level 4 as defined in Table 3 (ICES subdivision)


Baltic Sea (ICES areas III b-d)




Cluster of spatial units on level 3 as defined in Table 3 (ICES Division)


North Sea (ICES areas IIIa and IV),
Eastern Arctic (ICES areas I and II)




North-Western waters (ICES areas Vb (only Union waters), VI and VII)




Non-Union North-Western waters (ICES areas Va and Vb) (only non-Union waters))




Cluster of spatial units on level 3 as defined in Table 3 (ICES/CECAF Division)


Southern Western waters (ICES zones VIII, IX and X (waters around Azores),
CECAF areas 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2.0 (waters around Madeira and the Canary Islands))




Cluster of spatial units on level 4 as defined in Table 3 (GSA)


Mediterranean Sea (Maritime Waters of the Mediterranean to the east of line 5° 36′ West),
Black Sea (GFCM geographical sub-area as defined in Resolution FCM/33/2009/2)


Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea




RFMO's sampling sub-areas (except GFCM)


Other regions where fisheries are operated by Union vessels and managed by RFMOs to which the European Union is contracting party or observer (e.g. ICCAT, IOTC, CECAF etc.)


Other regions.








Table 6


Social variables for the fishing and aquaculture sectors







Variable


Unit




Employment by gender


Number




FTE by gender


Number




Unpaid labour by gender


Number




Employment by age


Number




Employment by education level


Number per education level




Employment by nationality


Number from EU, EEA and Non-EU/EEA




Employment by employment status


Number




FTE National


Number








Table 7


Economic variables for the aquaculture sector








Variable group


Variable


Unit





Income
 (*2)



Gross sales per species


Euro




Other income


Euro





Personnel costs



Personnel costs


Euro




Value of unpaid labour


Euro





Energy costs



Energy costs


Euro





Raw material costs



Livestock costs


Euro




Feed costs


Euro





Repair and maintenance



Repair and maintenance


Euro





Other operating costs



Other operating costs


Euro





Subsidies



Operating subsidies


Euro




Subsidies on investments


Euro





Capital costs



Consumption of fixed capital


Euro





Capital value



Total value of assets


Euro





Financial results



Financial income


Euro




 


Financial expenditures


Euro





Investments



Net Investments


Euro





Debt



Debt


Euro





Raw material weight



Livestock used


kg




Fish Feed used


kg





Weight of sales



Weight of sales per species


Kg





Employment



persons employed


Number/FTE




Unpaid labour


Number/FTE




Number of hours worked by employees and unpaid workers


Hours





Number of enterprises



Number of enterprises (by category on the number of persons employed)


Number








Table 8


Environmental variables for the aquaculture sector








Variable


Specification


Unit




Medicines or treatments administered (28)



By type


Gram




Mortalities (29)



 


Per cent








Table 9


Segmentation to be applied for the collection of aquaculture data
 (30)


















 


Fish farming techniques (31)



Polyculture


Hatcheries and nurseries (32)



Shellfish farming techniques




Ponds


Tanks and raceways


Enclosures and pens (35)



Recirculation systems (34)



Other methods


Cages (36)



All methods


Off-bottom


On-bottom (33)



Other




Rafts


Long line




Salmon


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Trout


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Sea bass & Sea bream


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Carp


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Tuna


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Eel


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Sturgeon (Eggs for human consumption)


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Other fresh water fish


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Other marine fish


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Mussel


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Oyster


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Clam


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Crustaceans


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Other molluscs


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Multispecies


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Seaweeds


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Other aquatic organisms


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 








Table 10


Research surveys at sea










Name of the survey


Acronym


Area


Period


Main targeted species




Baltic Sea





Baltic International Trawl Survey


BITS Q1
BITS Q4


IIIaS, IIIb-d


1st and 4th Quarter


Cod and other demersal species




Baltic International Acoustic Survey (Autumn)


BIAS


IIIa, IIIb-d


Sep-Oct


Herring and sprat




Gulf of Riga Acoustic Herring Survey


GRAHS


IIId


3rd Quarter


Herring




Sprat Acoustic Survey


SPRAS


IIId


May


Sprat and herring




Rügen Herring Larvae Survey


RHLS


IIId


March-June


Herring




North Sea and Eastern Arctic (ICES areas I and II)





International Bottom Trawl Survey


IBTS Q1
IBTS Q3


IIIa, IV


1st and 3rd Quarter


Haddock, Cod, Saithe, Herring, Sprat, Whiting, Mackerel, Norway pout.




North Sea Beam Trawl Survey


BTS


IVb,IVc,VIId


3rd Quarter


Plaice, Sole




Demersal Young Fish Survey


DYFS


Coasts of NS


3rd and 4th Quarter


Plaice, sole, brown shrimp




Sole Net Survey


SNS


IVb, IVc


3rd Quarter


Sole, Plaice




North Sea Sandeels Survey


NSSS


IVa, IVb


4th Quarter


Sandeels




International Ecosystem Survey in the Nordic Seas


ASH


IIa


May


Herring, Blue whiting




Redfish Survey in the Norwegian Sea and adjacent waters


REDNOR


II


August- September


Redfish




Mackerel egg Survey
(Triennial)


NSMEGS


IV


May-July


Mackerel egg production




Herring Larvae survey


IHLS


IV,VIId


1st and 3rd Quarter


Herring, Sprat Larvae




NS Herring Acoustic Survey


NHAS


IIIa, IV,VIa


June, July


Herring, Sprat




Nephrops TVsurvey
(FU 3&4)


NTV3&4


IIIA


2nd or 3rd Quarter


Nephrops




Nephrops TVsurvey (FU 6)


NTV6


IVb


September


Nephrops




Nephrops TVsurvey (FU 7)


NTV7


IVa


2nd or 3rd Quarter


Nephrops




Nephrops TVsurvey (FU 8)


NTV8


IVb


2nd or 3rd Quarter


Nephrops




Nephrops TVsurvey (FU 9)


NTV9


IVa


2nd or 3rd Quarter


Nephrops




North Atlantic (ICES Areas V-XIV and NAFO areas)





International Redfish Trawl and Acoustic Survey (Biennial)


REDTAS


Va, XII, XIV; NAFO SA 1-3


June/July


Redfish




Flemish Cap Groundfish survey


FCGS


3M


July


Demersal species




Greenland Groundfish survey


GGS


XIV, NAFO SA1


October/November


Cod, redfish and other demersal species




3LNO Groundfish survey


PLATUXA


NAFO 3LNO


2nd or 3rd Quarter


Demersal species




Western IBTS 4th quarter
(including Porcupine survey)


IBTS Q4


VIa, VII, VIII, IXa


4th Quarter


Demersal species




Scottish Western IBTS


IBTS Q1


VIa,VIIa


March


Gadoids, herring, mackerel




ISBCBTS September


ISBCBTS


VIIa f g


September


Sole, Plaice




WCBTS


VIIe BTS


VIIe


October


Sole, Plaice, Anglerfish, Lemon sole




Blue whiting survey


 


VI, VII


1st and 2nd Quarter


Blue whiting




International Mackerel and Horse Mackerel Egg Survey
(Triennial)


MEGS


VIa, VII,VIII, IXa


January-July


Mackerel, Horse Mackerel egg production




Sardine, Anchovy Horse Mackerel Acoustic Survey


 


VIII, IX


March-April-May


Sardine, Anchovy, Mackerel, Horse Mackerel abundance indices




Sardine DEPM
(Triennial)


 


VIIIc, IXa


2nd and 4th Quarter


Sardine SSB and use of CUFES




Spawning/Pre-spawning Herring/Boarfish acoustic survey


 


VIa, VIIa-g


July, Sept, Nov, March, Jan


Herring, Sprat




Biomass of Anchovy


BIOMAN


VIII


May


Anchovy SSB (DEP)




Nephrops UWTV survey (offshore)


UWTV
(FU 11-13)


VIa


2nd or 3rd Quarter


Nephrops




Nephrops UWTV
Irish Sea


UWTV
(FU 15)


VIIa


August


Nephrops




Nephrops UWTV survey
Aran Grounds


UWTV
(FU 17)


VIIb


June


Nephrops




Nephrops UWTV survey
Celtic Sea


UWTV
(FU 20-22)


VIIg,h,j


July


Nephrops




Nephrops Survey
Offshore Portugal NepS


UWTV
(FU 28-29)


IXa


June


Nephrops




Mediterranean waters and Black sea





Pan-Mediterranean Acoustic Survey ()


MEDIAS


GSA 1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22


Spring-summer (qtrs 2-3)


Small pelagic species




Bottom trawl survey in Black Sea,


BTSBS


GSA 29


Spring-autumn (qtrs 2, 3, 4)


Turbot




Pelagic trawl survey in Black Sea,


PTSBS


GSA 29


Spring-autumn (qtrs 2, 3, 4)


Sprat and whiting




International bottom trawl survey in the Mediterranean (),


MEDITS


GSA 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25


Spring-summer (qtrs 2-3)


Demersal species








Table 11


Economic and social variables for the processing industry sector that may be collected on a voluntary basis









Variable group


Variable


Unit




ECONOMIC VARIABLES






Income



Turnover


Euro




Other income


Euro





Personnel costs



Personnel costs


Euro




Value of unpaid labour


Euro




Payment for external agency workers (optional)


Euro





Energy costs



Energy costs


Euro





Raw material costs



Purchase of fish and other raw material for production


Euro





Other operational costs



Other operational costs


Euro





Subsidies



Operating subsidies


Euro




Subsidies on investments


Euro





Capital costs



Consumption of fixed capital


Euro





Capital value



Total value of assets


Euro





Financial results



Financial income


Euro




Financial expenditures


Euro





Investments



Net investments


Euro





Debt



Debt


Euro





Employment



Number of persons employed


Number




FTE National


Number




Unpaid labour


Number




Number of hours worked by employees and unpaid workers


Number





Number of enterprises



Number of enterprises


Number





Weight of raw material (optional)



Weight of raw material per species and origin (optional)


Kg




SOCIAL VARIABLES





Employment by gender


Number




Employment by age


Number




Employment by education level


Number per education level




Employment by nationality


Number per country in the world




FTE National


Number






(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006 (OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1).

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 of 8 April 2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy (OJ L 112, 30.4.2011, p. 1).

(3)  Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22).

(4)  As specified in Annex XI of Regulation (EU) No 404/2011.

(5)  Data on the processing industry may be collected on a voluntary base, in that case the segmentation and variable in Table 11 may be used.

(6)  See Table 2.

(7)  Including specific requirements for RFMOs such as specified in Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on certain provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea (OJ L 347, 30.12.2011, p. 44).

(8)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 of 30 December 2003 on the Community fishing fleet register (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 25).

(9)  Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

(10)  Regulation (EC) No 762/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on the submission by Member States of statistics on aquaculture and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 788/96 (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 1).

(11)  International Council for the Exploration of the Sea.

(12)  International Baltic Sea Fisheries Commission.

(13)  Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations.

(14)  To be reported at species level.

(15)  Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean.

(16)  OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic.

(17)  Helcom Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area.

(18)  Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 of 16 December 2002 establishing specific access requirements and associated conditions applicable to fishing for deep-sea stocks (OJ L 351, 28.12.2002, p. 6).

(19)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 (OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 11).

(20)  Council Regulation (EC) No 894/97 of 29 April 1997 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (OJ L 132, 23.5.1997, p. 1).

(21)  Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7).

(22)  General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean.

(23)  Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7).

(24)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007 of 18 September 2007 establishing measures for the recovery of the stock of European eel (OJ L 248, 22.9.2007, p. 17).

(25)  All variables to be reported at the aggregation level (metiers and fleet segment) specified in Table 3 and Table 5B. and by Sub-region/Fishing ground as specified in Table 5Cb.

(*1)  Collection of these variables for vessels less than 10 metres is to be agreed at marine region level

(26)  For vessels less than 12 metres in the Mediterranean Sea and the Black sea, the length categories are 0-< 6, 6-< 12 metres. For all other regions, the length categories are defined as 0-< 10, 10-< 12 metres.

(27)  Vessels less than 12 metres using passive gears in the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea may be disaggregated by gear type. The fleet segment definition shall also include an indication of the supraregion and, if available, a geographical indicator to identify vessels fishing in outermost regions and exclusively outside EU waters

(*2)  Includes direct payments, e.g. compensation for stopping trading, refunds of fuel duty or similar lump sum compensation payments; excludes social benefit payments and indirect subsidies, e.g. reduced duty on inputs such as fuel or investment subsidies.

(28)  Extrapolated from data recorded under Annex I, point 8(b), of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1).

(29)  Extrapolated as a percentage of national production from data recorded under Council Directive 2006/88/EC (OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 14), Article 8, Paragraph 1(b).

(30)  For definitions of farming techniques, see Regulation (EC) No 762/2008.

(31)  Enterprises shall be segmented according to their main farming technique.

(32)  Hatcheries and nurseries are defined as places for the artificial breeding, hatching and rearing through the early life stages of aquatic animals. For statistical purposes, hatcheries are limited to the production of fertilised eggs. Further juveniles stages of aquatic animals are considered being produced in nurseries. When hatcheries and nurseries are closely associated, statistics shall refer only to the latest juvenile stage produced. (COM(2006) 864 of 19 July 2007)

(33)  
            ‘On-bottom’ techniques cover shellfish farming in inter-tidal areas (directly on the ground or surelevated)

(34)  Recirculation systems means systems where the water is reused after some form of treatment (e.g. filtering).

(35)  Enclosures and pens are defined as areas of water confined by nets, mesh and other barriers allowing uncontrolled water interchange and distinguished by the fact that enclosures occupy the full water column between substrate and surface; pens and enclosures generally enclose a relatively large volume of water. (COM(2006) 864 of 19 July 2007).

(36)  Cages are defined as open or covered enclosed structures constructed with net, mesh or any porous material allowing natural water interchange. These structures may be floating, suspended or fixed to the substrate but still permitting water interchange from below. (COM(2006) 864 of 19 July 2007).