CELEX: 32019D0909
Language: en
Date: 2019-02-18 00:00:00
Title: 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

4.6.2019   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 145/21
               
            
         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), 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 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), 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) 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 (4) 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 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).
                  
               
                     (6)
                  
                  
                     For reasons of legal certainty, 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
            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
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 157, 20.6.2017, 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)  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 207, 1.8.2016, p. 113).
         
            (4)  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).
         
            (5)  Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/910 of 13 March 2019 establishing the multiannual Union programme for the collection and management of biological, environmental, technical and socio-economic data in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors (see page 27 of this Official Journal).
      
      
         
            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
            
            
                     
                        (1)
                     
                     
                        This Chapter shall apply to Union fisheries and is replacing the provisions of Chapter V of 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 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) 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
                            (2)
                        
                        
                                    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 Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1251.