Executive Committee meeting 11 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Agenda 09:00 Opening of the meeting by the chairman, Jesper Raakjær 09:05 Adoption of the agenda 09:10 Follow-up on action items 09:30 Amendment to the current budget 2018-2019 09:40 Work program and budget 2019-2020 09:50 Commission consultation on fishing opportunities 2019 10:20 Coffee break 10:50 Advice from Working Group I 11:20 Advice from Working Group II 11:30 “ Sardinha 2020 ” Research project 12:15 AOB 12:30 End of meeting Executive Committee, 11 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Action items • Continue asking for extra funding possibilities under the new EMFF for scientific research purposes towards Council and EP (Secretariat, ExCom members) - ongoing • Coordinate with industry members and STECF to provide required industry input to the STECF fleet report (Sean O’Donoghue, secretariat) ✓ • Incorporate gramme size recommendation into Control FG and final recommendations (Sean O’Donoghue, secretariat) ✓ • Finalize PELAC position regarding the request for more transparency in ICES Fmsy reporting (Gonçalo Carvalho, Claus Reedtz-Sparrevohn) – postponed to October 2019 meeting Executive Committee, 11 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Action items • Send letter to the Commission asking to confirm the correct interpretation of the catch composition rules in new TM regulation (Secretariat, chairman) ✓ • Send letter to the Commission requesting the setup of an ICES working group specifically to investigate the impacts of seismic activities on herring spawning grounds (Secretariat, chairman) ✓ • Send request to ICES ACOM chair requesting inclusion of the density dependence concept on the mackerel workshop agenda and to include the concept in Annex 5 of the inter-benchmark report ✓ • Circulate proposal from the Marine Institute for a monitoring TAC for Celtic Sea herring to ExCom for approval by written procedure (Secretariat, ExCom) ✓ Executive Committee, 11 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Amendment: Budget 2018-2019 2018/2019 2018/19 Budgeted Amended 149.199 151.270 A: Staff B: Participation in 101.246 90.246 meetings C: Preparation of 17.700 17.700 meetings 18.935 19.935 D: Operation costs 33.450 42.450 E: Interpretation 20.900 36.900 F: Other contracts 17.071 0 G: Reserve 0 0 H: Deficit 358.501 358.501 TOTAL Executive Committee, 11 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Budget 2019-2020 2018/2019 2019/20 Estimated Budgeted 151.270 150.500 A: Staff B: Participation in 90.246 81.500 meetings C: Preparation of 17.700 18.000 meetings 19.935 15.000 D: Operation costs 42.450 37.595 E: Interpretation 36.900 35.500 F: Other contracts 0 16.905 G: Reserve 0 0 H: Deficit 358.150 355.000 TOTAL Executive Committee, 11 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Budget 2019-2020 Missing contributions members (that signed commitment): • Confédération Internationale de la Pêche Sportive • North Atlantic Producers Organisation (NAPO) • Seas at Risk (Stichting de Noordzee) Member States that paid: • Ireland, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, France, Spain & the Netherlands Member States that signed commitment: • Germany (always pays in January) Member States that neither paid nor signed commitment: • UK Executive Committee, 11 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Budget 2019-2020 Membership cancelation as of 2019-2020 • Asociación de Armadores de Cerco de Galicia (ACERGA) (GA and WG II member) New member as of 2019-2020: • Federación Nacional de Cofradías de Pescadores (GA en WG II member) Executive Committee, 11 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Work program 2019-2020 • Implementation of the landing obligation ➢ Monitor choke situations under the LO, provide recommendations using choke mitigation tool ➢ Monitor effectiveness of new discard plans and developments that might warrant any amendments • Control focus group ➢ Finalize PELAC recommendations on revision of the Control regulation ➢ Continue to provide advice based on these agreed recommendations ➢ Follow-up with DG Mare on gramme size recommendation Executive Committee, 11 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Work program 2019-2020 • Multi-annual management strategies ➢ Continue development of multi-annual management strategies ➢ Special focus on VIa/VIIbc herring, Western horse mackerel, North Sea horse mackerel, blue whiting and Celtic Sea herring • TACs and other short-term management measures ➢ Yearly TAC advice for all stocks ➢ Where appropriate advice on technical measures Executive Committee, 11 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Work program 2019-2020 • Ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management ➢ Reconvene Ecosystem focus group ➢ Focus on specific case study: impacts of seismic surveys on herring spawning grounds ➢ Analyze process, content and science • Regionalization ➢ Continue to establish well-functional working relationship with regional groups ➢ Continue dividing resources within MT to ensure PELAC participation in regional group meetings Executive Committee, 11 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Work program 2019-2020 • Future functioning of ACs ➢ Continue collaboration with other ACs in light of Brexit developments • Fisheries Science and other collaboration ➢ Continue collaboration with ICES and national research institutes ➢ Participation in ICES workshops and ADGs ➢ Participate in MIAC and MIACO meetings in 2020 ➢ Liaise with European Parliament and European Commission Executive Committee, 11 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Provisional planning 2019-2020 Meeting Date Place Main topics • GA/ExCom/WGs 2-3 October 2019 The Hague Final report 2018-2019 • ICES advice on widely distributed stocks • TACs for 2020 • Multiannual management strategies • State of play EU-Norway negotiations • ExCom/WGs/FGs 26 February 2020 To be determined Evaluation of 2019 • Horizontal issues • Multiannual management strategies • Midterm report • ExCom/WGs/FGs 21 April 2020 To be determined Horizontal issues • Multiannual management strategies • ExCom/WGs/FGs 8-9 July 2020 Dublin ICES advice on North Sea and Celtic Sea pelagic stocks • TACs for 2021 • Multiannual management strategies • Horizontal issues • Work program 2020-2021
COM consultation on fishing opportunities 2020 Executive Committee, 11 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Advice from Working Group I • Mandate for blue whiting focus group to carry out external work by Laurie Kell and submit outcome to WGWIDE after holding a stakeholder meeting beginning of August • Write letter to Commission to inform them on ongoing work as regards blue whiting Executive Committee, 11 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Advice from Working Group II • Write letter to Commission requesting to base ICES advice for Southern horse mackerel on management plan • Mandate for Western horse mackerel ad hoc group on rebuilding plans • Adoption Pelagic AC advice for Irish sea: Follow ICES advice • Approval draft recommendations Control regulation proposal Executive Committee, 11 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Advice from Working Group II • Write letter to Commission requesting to base ICES advice for Southern horse mackerel on management plan • Mandate for Western horse mackerel ad hoc group on rebuilding plans • Adoption Pelagic AC advice for Irish sea: Follow ICES advice for TAC 2020 (8,064 t) and commence work on management strategy • Approval draft recommendations Control regulation proposal Executive Committee, 11 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Draft recommendations Control regulation Two amendments from working group II: Article 48 Lost gear If lost fishing gear cannot be retrieved, article 48(3) requires masters of fishing vessels to record information about the lost gear in the logbook. For practical reasons, the Pelagic AC asks for clarification where in the logbook this information should be recorded. Regarding the requirement to record the time of the loss of gear, the Pelagic AC would like to note that there may be a gap between the actual loss of gear and the moment when the loss is noticed. The Pelagic AC seeks clarity on the application of this provision. Working Group II, 10 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Draft recommendations Control regulation Two amendments from working group II: Article 59a, 60 & 60a Weighing systems Add comment: The Pelagic AC recalls that article 54 of the current implementing regulation 404/2011, states that the landing operation shall be regarded to have been completed when the fisheries products are transported from the place of landing before they have been weighed. The Pelagic AC would like to request clarification whether this article still applies or whether the new weighing provisions repeals this article. Working Group II, 10 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Sardinha 2020 • Presentation by Manuela Azevedo Executive Committee, 11 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
AOB Executive Committee, 11 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Thank you and have a good summer! Executive Committee, 11 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
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