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Title: COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) …/… 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

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) …/…
            
            
               of 18.2.2019
            
            
               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
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               , and in particular the first and third subparagraphs of Article 4(1) thereof,
            
            
               Whereas:
            
            
               (1)Pursuant to Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the Member States are to collect biological, environmental, technical and socio-economic 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 2016/1251
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                and will expire on 31 December 2019.
            
            
               (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  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. 
            
            
               (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.
            
            
               (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. 
            
            
               (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 socio-economic data by Member States, as referred to in Article 5(1)(a) of that Regulation, are provided for by Commission Delegated Decision (EU) XXX/2019. 
            
            
               (6)For reasons of legal certainty, Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1251 should be repealed,
            
            
               (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
            
            
               Commission 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 1st January 2020.
            
            
               Done at Brussels, 18.2.2019
            
            
               
                     For the Commission
               
               
                     The President
                     Jean-Claude JUNCKER
               
            
         
         
            
                  
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                        OJ L 157, 20.6.2017, p. 1.
               
               
                  
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                        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 ( OJ L 2017, 1.8.2016, p,.113)
               
            
      
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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 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1251.
            
            
            
               CHAPTER II
            
            
               Thresholds
            
            
               (1)This Chapter shall apply to Union fisheries and is replacing the provisions of Chapter V of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1251.
            
            
               (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.
            
            
               (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%.
            
         
         
            
               (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.
            
            
               (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
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                and 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 and corresponding data published by Eurostat. 
            
            
               (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. 
            
            
               (8)Notwithstanding points 2 to 7, within the same marine region, Member States may agree on alternative thresholds.
            
            
               
            
            
               List of research surveys at sea
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                        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
                     
                  
               
         
         
            
                  
                     (1)
                  
                        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).
               
               
                  
                     (2)
                  
                        The list of research surveys at sea is replacing Table 10 of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1251.