Progress Report on WP2 : Data Collection • April 2007: joint document (by CEDEM and JRC)

providing:

– headings for describing the fisheries of COBECOS – Corresponding set of indicators (data)

• Based on this document, all partners organised the collection of data

• Status of data collection for the main headings identified (situation as of 01/09)

1. General setting of the fishery

Partner Status of data collection LEI Status: All data are available. Text is being worked on to describe the Dutch beam trawl fleet

case. IREPA Data collection and organisation has started to describe the case: GSA 9 bottom trawl

fishery. No major problem anticipated (mainly internal data) SNF Case Study: Northeast Arctic cod fishery. No major difficulties anticipated to access data

from the Directorate of Fisheries' statistics department and ICES. CEDEM - Bay of Saint-Brieuc Scallops fishery: Status: All data are available. Text is being

worked on. - CCAMLR fishery: contacts have been taken with the French officials in charge of

the this fishery for the French component

2. Technical characteristics of the fleet

Partner Status of data collection LEI Status: Finished except for text editing IREPA Data collection and organisation has started. No major problem anticipated (mainly internal

data) SNF No major difficulties anticipated to access data from the Directorate of Fisheries' statistics

department and ICES CEDEM - Bay of Saint-Brieuc Scallops fishery: Status: All data are available. Text is being

worked on. - CCAMLR fishery: contacts have been taken with the French officials in charge of

the this fishery for the French component

3. Biological characteristics of the fishery

Partner Status of data collection LEI Status: finished, except for text editing IREPA Contact taken with relevant national biological institutes in order to gather all the necessary

data. No major problem anticipated. SNF No major difficulties anticipated to access data from the Directorate of Fisheries' statistics

department and ICES CEDEM - Bay of Saint-Brieuc Scallops fishery: Status: Existing models have been collected,

together with colleagues from Ifremer (economists and biologist). A meeting has been scheduled to update key data.

- CCAMLR fishery: contacts have been taken with the French officials in charge of the this fishery for the French component

4. Socio-economic characteristics of the fishery

Partner Status of data collection LEI Status: all indicators are available for 1999 – 2005. Text is still being worked on.

IREPA Data collection and organisation has started. No major problem anticipated (mainly internal

data) SNF No major difficulties anticipated to access data from the Directorate of Fisheries' statistics

department and ICES CEDEM - Access to socio-economic data has been solicited – waiting for the answer.

- CCAMLR fishery: contacts have been taken with the French officials in charge of the this fishery for the French component

5. Management of the fishery

Partner Status of data collection LEI Status: Under construction, text is being worked on.

This chapter will describe historical development of the management system, including development of the co- management and ITQ system.

IREPA Data collection and organisation has started. No major problem anticipated (mainly internal data)

SNF A formal request for a copy of all the material provided by the Directorate of Fisheries for a current OAG study has been made and approved, providing certain conditions on the publication of information. Information should be obtained without major difficulties.

CEDEM Bay of Saint-Brieuc Scallops fishery: Status: All data are available. Text is being worked on.

6. Enforcement of the fishery

Partner Status of data collection LEI Status: Under construction. Data availability: The objective is to collect data on enforcement

indicators over the past 10 years. So far data are available for some of the years, but these are not complete yet

IREPA Contact taken with Harbour offices. Waiting for the answer. Due to the level of information requested, some difficulties are anticipated. Estimation procedure needed.

SNF A sample of Norwegian court cases has been obtained, which are supposed to be representative of the punishment for various regulatory violations. Access to further information might be difficult

CEDEM Access to enforcement data has been solicited and a preliminary description of the enforcement system was drafted (in French). To complement the information available, a direct survey has been conducted in the Saint-Brieuc area. Two main difficulties are anticipated: access to some official documents (e.g. national reports to the EC) and access to Court files (for the identification of the type and level of sanctions).

Synthesis: difficulties anticipated

• Norway (SNF): access to Court cases (a sample was obtained)

• Italy (IREPA): access to the costs of Court actions and access to enforcement data

• Netherlands (LEI): Estimations of IUU and probability of being apprehended will be difficult to make, because inspections are not random but (partly) based on risk assessments.

• France (CEDEM):

– access to some official documents (e.g. national reports to the EC)

– access to Court files (for the identification of the type and level of sanctions).

Scallop fishery in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc: Summary data

• Number of vessels with a scallop fishing licence: 259

• Small vessels (less than 12 meters in general), multi species and multi gears fleet

• Scallop harvesting authorised 2 times a week during the fishing season (ie. 39 hours from october 2006 to may 2007)

• Highly regulated fishery, with the use of a plane for air observations (ensure that fishing periods are respected)

• Plane founded by the professional themselves, operating almost every time scallop fishing is authorised

• Official landings: 8000 tons (season 2006-2007)

• Number of fishers interviewed: 39 (July 2007)

Ashore (bank) Onboard Air

No Answer 3 % 3 % 3 %

Up to once a month 18 % 10 % 0 %

From once a monthto once a week

44 % 36 % 23 %

From 1 to 2 times a week 20 % 31 % 69 %

From 2 to 3 times a week 10 % 13 % 0 %

More than 3 times a week 5 % 8 % 5 %

Primary Results - Control effort (survey data from fishers)

Scallop fishery in Bay of Saint-Brieuc (France)

Number of times a year the fishers have reported to have seen control patrols in the past year (2006):

Primary Results - Controls (survey data from fishers)

Type of control Number Distribution

Onboard 77 47 %

Ashore (vessel/landings) 77 47 %

Ashore (wholesales) 8 5 %

Other 1 1 %

Total 163 100%

Experience of controls reported by surveyed fishers (2006)

On average, fishers have reported more than 4 controls/year…… But this figure is underestimated, because it does not take into account the air surveillance.

Scallop fishery in Bay of Saint-Brieuc (France)

Primary Results - Sanctions (survey data from fishers)

Scallop fishery in Bay of Saint-Brieuc (France)

Infringement detected Number FrequencyYes 21 15%No 117 85%

Number of infringements reported by the fishers from the Bay of Saint-Brieuc (2006) following the 163 controls:

On the 21 reported infringements, nature of the sanction:

Sanction Number FrequencyNo sanction 4 19 %« Warning » 5 24 %Waiting for court’s decision 4 19 %Fine / Seizure 6 29 %Licence ban 2 10 %