"Now this is not the end. It is not even the The landing - PDF document

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the The landing obligation – what was beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of agreed? the beginning". Winston Churchill Dominic Rihan, DGMARE, A2 Small pelagics International Other Large pelagics 2015 obligations species Industrial species Baltic salmon Catches subject to catch limits Baltic 2015-2017 and in Mediterranean North Sea catches subject 2016-2019 North Western Waters South Western Waters to minimum sizes Mediterranean Black Sea High 2017-2019 Prohibited Other waters survival species rates Fixing MCRS Documentation Multiannual Plan Exemptions Of catches De minimis 5% 1

5% de minimis 4 year transitional period Fixing MCRS 7% and 6% Selectivity difficult Disproportionate costs Catches not counted against quota but Fully recorded Temporary Documentation Discard Plan Exemptions Of catches 3 years De minimis 5% MS Co-operate MS consult AC’s COM Facilitates Joint Recommendations COM delegated act Inter – Annual Inter-species Quota flexibility Selectivity increases Disproportionate 10% 9% De minimis difficult Handling costs No more than 5% 2

Minimum conservation reference sizes Control! Purposes other than human consumption Detailed & accurate documentation of all fishing trips by observers, CCTV etc. Omnibus! Fishing • Technical measures opportunities shall be set taking • Catch composition account of the • MLS change from setting fishing • Bycatch provisions opportunities to • Control reflect landings to setting fishing • Recording of catches opportunities to • Stowage reflect catches • Role of observers • Penalty-points • REM Issues for the PELRAC? Thank you for your attention! • Data Issues • Defining the fisheries • Practical/Operational Issues • Technical Measures • Control Issues 3