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| 4.6.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 145/21 |

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2019/909

of 18 February 2019

establishing the list of mandatory research surveys and thresholds for the purposes of the multiannual Union programme for the collection and management of data in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on the establishment of a Union framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the common fisheries policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 [(1)](#ntr1-L_2019145EN.01002101-E0001), and in particular the first and third subparagraphs of Article 4(1) thereof,

Whereas:

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| (1) | Pursuant to Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council [(2)](#ntr2-L_2019145EN.01002101-E0002), the Member States are to collect biological, environmental, technical and socioeconomic data necessary for fisheries management. The multiannual Union programme for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors (EU MAP) for the period 2017-2019 was adopted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1251 [(3)](#ntr3-L_2019145EN.01002101-E0003) and will expire on 31 December 2019. |

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| (2) | 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 [(4)](#ntr4-L_2019145EN.01002101-E0004) these national work plans are to be submitted to the Commission by 31 October preceding the year from which the work plan is to apply. |

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| (3) | In order to prepare the review of the EU MAP after 2019, consultations with experts under the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee on Fisheries, regional coordination groups, Member State representatives and other relevant stakeholders are ongoing and will be finalised only at the end of 2019. As a result, the new EU-MAP taking into account the outcomes of these consultations cannot be adopted before 2021. |

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| (4) | For the period from 2020 to 2021 it is, therefore, necessary to adopt the provisions on the list of mandatory research surveys at sea and thresholds below which it is not mandatory for Member States to collect data, included in the current EU MAP, on the basis of Regulation (EU) 2017/1004. |

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| (5) | This decision therefore establishes, in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1004, the list of mandatory research surveys at sea and thresholds below which it is not mandatory for Member States to collect data based on their fishing and aquaculture activities or carry out surveys at sea, as referred to in Article 5(1)(b) and (c) of that Regulation. Detailed arrangements on the collection and management of biological, environmental, technical and socioeconomic data by Member States, as referred to in Article 5(1)(a) of that Regulation, are provided for by Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/910 [(5)](#ntr5-L_2019145EN.01002101-E0005). |

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| (6) | For reasons of legal certainty, Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1251 should be repealed. |

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| (7) | 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

For the purposes of multiannual Union programme for the collection and management of data in the fisheries sector for the period 2020-2021, the list of mandatory research surveys at sea and thresholds below which it is not mandatory for Member States to collect data based on their fishing and aquaculture activities or carry out surveys at sea covering the parts of the multiannual Union programme referred to in points (b) and (c) of Article 5(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1004, is set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1251 is repealed with effect from 1 January 2020.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2020.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2019.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER

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ANNEX

CHAPTER I

Research surveys at sea

At least all research surveys at sea listed in the Table in this Annex (replacing Table 10 of Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1251) 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. On the basis of the same scientific review criteria, new surveys can be added to this list.

In the workplans referred to in Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014, Member States shall set out the research surveys at sea to be carried out and shall be responsible for these surveys.

Member States contributing to international research surveys shall coordinate their efforts within the same marine region.

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

This Chapter is replacing Chapter IV of Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1251.

CHAPTER II

Thresholds

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|  | (1) | This Chapter shall apply to Union fisheries and is replacing the provisions of Chapter V of Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1251. |

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|  | (2) | No biological data have to be collected where, 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 Union total, or |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | (b) | where 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.

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|  | (3) | Without prejudice to more specific provisions relating to international obligations under Regional Fisheries Management Organisations, no biological data should to be collected where, 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 %. |

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|  | (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 make it possible to assess 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 that are subject to recovery or multi-annual management plans such as those applying to large pelagic species and highly migratory species.

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|  | (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's 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 [(1)](#ntr1-L_2019145EN.01002301-E0001) and corresponding data published by Eurostat.

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|  | (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 and corresponding data published by Eurostat.

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|  | (7) | A Member State's participation (physical or financial) in research surveys at sea listed in the list of surveys at sea of this Annex 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. |

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|  | (8) | Notwithstanding points 2 to 7, within the same marine region, Member States may agree on alternative thresholds. List of research surveys at sea [(2)](#ntr2-L_2019145EN.01002301-E0002)   |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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 and4th 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 and 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 | |

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[(1)](#ntc1-L_2019145EN.01002301-E0001)  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](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2008:218:TOC)).

[(2)](#ntc2-L_2019145EN.01002301-E0002)  The list of research surveys at sea is replacing Table 10 of Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1251.

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