COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1639/2001

of 25 July 2001

establishing the minimum and extended Community programmes for the collection of data in the fisheries sector and laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000, of 29 June 2000 establishing a Community framework for the collection and management of the fisheries data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy(1), and in particular Articles 5(1) and 8(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 establishes a Community framework for the collection and management of data needed to evaluate the situation of the fishery resources and the fisheries sector. To this end, it stipulates that Member States set up national programmes for the collection and management of fisheries data in accordance with Community programmes.

(2) It is therefore necessary to establish a minimum Community programme covering the information strictly necessary for the scientific evaluations and to establish an extended Community programme which also includes information likely to improve in a decisive way the scientific evaluations.

(3) The information required for each programme should be collected in the form of evaluation modules covering fishing capacities and fishing effort, catches and, finally, the economic situation of the sector.

(4) The Member States' programmes for the collection of data for scientific evaluations should be compatible with the collection of data for the management of other aspects of the common fisheries policy and with the collection of data pursuant to the Member States' obligations to the Community's statistical programme.

(5) Rules relating to the transmission of, and access to, the data, including with regard to confidentiality, as well as rules relating to technical modifications and exemptions to the Community programmes, should be set out. Procedures related to the monitoring of the national programmes should also be established.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Subject matter

The minimum and the extended Community programmes referred to in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 are hereby established as set out in the Annex.

This Regulation also lays down certain detailed rules for the data to be collected under the Member States' national programmes.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

‘segment’

means a group of vessels as homogeneous as possible in terms of physical characteristics and of use of fishing gear resulting from a partition of the segments contained in the fourth multiannual guidance programme (MAGP IV);

‘commercial fishing fleet’

means vessels registered and licensed, according to Council Regulation No 3690/93(2) or otherwise authorised to fish for the purpose of commercial exploitation of fisheries; information on which Member States should provide to the Community's fishing vessel register under Commission Regulation No 2090/98(3);

‘recreational and game fisheries’

means all fishing activities not conducted for commercial fishing purposes;

‘primary data’

means data associated to individual vessels, natural or legal persons or individual samples;

‘effective fishing power’

means the estimation of the fishing power of vessels by a comparison of the catches made by those vessels;

‘nominal fishing power’

means the expression of the fishing power by a physical characteristic (engine power or tonnage) or by a combination of such characteristics;

‘fishing effort’

means, for a vessel, the product of its fishing power and of the duration of its fishing activity and for a group of vessels, the sum of the fishing efforts of all the vessels concerned;

‘type of technique’

means the use of a specific fishing gear, or to the use of one or more fishing gear inside a group of gears;

‘space-time disaggregation’

means the combination of a time period and of a geographical stratification into subareas;

10.

‘exhaustive sampling’

means a study of a population in the statistical sense with regard to a parameter, if all the individuals constituting the aforementioned population are actually measured;

11.

‘processing industry’

means the industry involved in the preparation and preservation of fish, shellfish or molluscs as well as in the preparation of products containing fish, shellfish or molluscs;

12.

‘sector of the processing industry’

means a part of the processing industry based on the type of processing (frozen, salted/dried, smoked, canned, prepared dishes, others) and on channels according to the groups of species concerned (demersal and deepwater species,

Thunnidae

, pelagic species other than

Thunnidae

, other fish species, shellfish, cephalopods, bivalves, other molluscs, others);

13.

‘aggregated data’

means the aggregated data as defined in Article 2(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000;

14.

‘functional unit’

means an operational grouping of statistical rectangles, corresponding to the area of distribution of a geographically isolated biological stock or assemblage of biological stocklets as set out in Appendix II;

15.

‘catches’

means the total live weight of fish initially caught i.e. gross catch;

16.

‘landings’

means the live weight equivalent of the landings i.e. nominal catch;

17.

‘discards’

means the total live weight of undersized, not saleable, or otherwise undesirable fish, discarded at the time of capture or shortly afterwards.

Article 3

Requirements for the national programmes

The national programmes set up by the Member States taking into account the Community programmes set out in the Annex shall comprise in particular:

(a) the links with the Community programmes, specifying the planned actions by section and by reference to the programme;

(b) the elements of analytical accounts distributed by section and by programme as well as by geographical area as set out in Appendix I, level 2;

(c) in the event of sampling, a detailed description on the strategies followed and the statistical estimates used making it possible to appreciate the levels of precision and relationship between the cost and precision;

(d) the elements making it possible to demonstrate cooperation and task-sharing between Member States.

The programmes shall provide for estimates of levels of precision referred to in point (c) by 31 May 2003 at the latest.

Article 4

Submission of the national programmes

Each Member State shall submit to the Commission, by 31 May of each year at the latest, by electronic means, its national programme referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000.

Article 5

Transmission of data to international organisations

1. Data referred to in this Regulation may be transmitted by the Member States to the relevant international organisations in accordance with the specific rules and regulatory provisions of these organisations.

2. Member States shall inform the Commission of the transmission of the information referred to in paragraph 1 and provide the Commission with a computerised copy upon request.

Article 6

Coordination between Commision and Member States

1. The Commission shall examine the national programmes and check that the conditions provided for in this regulation are observed.

If the examination by the Commission of a national programme should reveal that it does not meet those conditions, the Commission shall immediately inform the Member State concerned and propose amendments to that programme. Subsequently the Member State concerned may submit a revised national programme.

2. Member States shall submit, by 31 May 2003 at the latest and by the 31 May following each year of application of the programme thereafter, a technical report of activity detailing the state of completion of the aims set at the time of the drawing-up of the minimum programme and of the extended programme.

3. Each Member State shall designate the relevant authority in charge of the implementation of this regulation, hereinafter referred to as ‘national correspondent’.

4. Each Member State shall communicate by 31 May 2001 at the latest the particulars of its national correspondent to the Commission and to the other Member States.

5. The national correspondent shall inform the Commission regularly of the state of progress of the national programmes.

Article 7

Non-compliance with Community programmes

If the Commission considers that the obligations set out in the modules of the Community programmes are not respected by a Member State and that the Member State concerned received Community financial assistance for these modules, it shall inform the Member State concerned which shall carry out an administrative enquiry.

The Member State shall inform the Commission of the progress and of the findings of this enquiry and send it without delay a copy of the report drawn up following the inquiry, notifying the main elements on which it is based.

The Commission may decide to reclaim any sum unduly paid, with interest for the period in question.

Article 8

Technical modifications and exemptions

1. The Commission may authorise the modifications of surveys referred to in the Annex, section G(1)(iii) on the basis of advice of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries ( hereinafter referred to as STECF).

2. The Commission may, upon advice of the STECF and in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000, decide on exemptions from the obligations set out in the Annex, sections H and I.

Article 9

Management of primary and aggregated data

1. Member States shall take all necessary measures so that primary data collected under this regulation are dealt with in a confidential way.

2. The primary data shall be kept for the necessary time in order to carry out any relevant task and at least for five years.

3. Each Member State shall ensure that the aggregated data pertaining to the Community programmes are incorporated into computerised databases accessible by electronic means to the Commission and the national correspondents according to Articles 10 and 11.

4. Aggregated data referred to in paragraph 3, may not include any evidence which could make it possible to identify individual vessels, natural or legal persons.

5. Member States shall guarantee the safety of the data processing on their respective computer systems, in particular when the treatment requires transmission by network.

6. Member States shall take all the necessary technical measures to protect data against any accidental or illicit destruction, accidental loss, deterioration, distribution or unauthorised consultation and against any unsuitable form of treatment.

Article 10

Access to data by the Commission

1. If the Commission wishes to use aggregated data collected pursuant to this Regulation, it shall specify to the Member States concerned the data in question.

2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to enable the remote consultation of the data in question or their duplication within a period of time not exceeding 20 working days.

3. If a Member State is not in a position to satisfy the request for access made by the Commission, it must immediately inform the Commission and give reasons.

4. When a computer file has been set up by the Commission from the data of the Member States, this file may not be kept for more than 20 working days following the date for which the information was requested and must therefore be destroyed except when explicit written agreement of the Member States concerned has been obtained.

Article 11

Access to data by Member States

1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to facilitate access by the national correspondents of the other Member States, to the computerised database containing the aggregated data.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission and to other Member States the reasons which justify a suspension of access to data covered by this Regulation.

3. If a national correspondent wishes to have access to data held by another Member State, it shall send a request to the national correspondent responsible for access to this data. That national correspondent shall reply to the request within 10 working days following that request and must give reasons for any refusal.

4. Member States may conclude agreements or agree upon IT protocols relating to computer access in order to facilitate access to the databases. They shall inform the Commission without delay thereof. The expenses generated by access to the databases shall be borne by the national correspondent requesting it.

Article 12

Confidentiality

The members of the STECF and participants of meetings that it organises are not permitted to make a copy of part or all of the data for use outside of the meeting.

Article 13

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Communities

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 25 July 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1)

OJ L 176, 15.7.2000, p. 1

(2)

OJ L 341, 31.12.1993, p. 93

(3)

OJ L 266, 1.10.1998, p. 27

ANNEX

CHAPTER I

CONTENTS AND METHODOLOGY

A. Contents of the Community programmes

The minimum Community programme referred to in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 comprises the following modules:

(a) module of evaluation of inputs: fishing capacities and fishing effort;

(b) module of evaluation and of sampling of the catches and landings;

The extended Community programme referred to in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 comprises the modules referred to in point 1 as well as additional information which is specified for each module.

For each module the parameters to be monitored, the disaggregation levels and the precision levels to be attained are specified for the minimum programme. For the extended programmes for which the precision levels are not fixed, each Member State must indicate in its national programme the precision levels it is aiming at, and the cost-precision relationship associated to the estimation procedures which will be used.

B. Precision levels and sampling intensities

When it is not possible to define quantitative targets for sampling programmes, neither in terms of precision levels, nor in terms of sample size, pilot surveys in the statistical sense will be established. Such pilot surveys must evaluate the importance of the problem and should also address the utility of more detailed surveys later on, and the cost-effectiveness relationship of such detailed surveys.

When quantitative targets can be defined, they can be specified either directly by sample sizes or sampling rates, or by the definition of the levels of precision and of confidence to be achieved.

When reference is made to a sample size or to a sampling rate in a population defined in statistical terms, the sampling strategies must be at least as efficient as simple random sampling. Such sampling strategies must be described within the corresponding national programmes.

When reference is made to precision/confidence level, the following distinction is established:

(a) level 1: level making it possible to estimate a parameter with precision of plus or minus 25 % for a 95 % confidence level;

(b) level 2: level making it possible to estimate a parameter with precision of plus or minus 10 % for a 95 % confidence level;

(c) level 3: level making it possible to estimate a parameter with precision of plus or minus 5 % for a 95 % confidence level.

CHAPTER II

MODULE OF EVALUATION OF INPUTS: FISHING CAPACITIES AND FISHING EFFORT

C. Collection of data concerning fishing capacities

For the minimum programme, data must be collected in order to assess, for each segment as defined later, the number of vessels that are attached to it and the average value per vessel of the parameters defined in point (a).

(a) Parameters:

the data collected must include all fishing vessels covered by multi-annual guidance programme (MAGP) IV:

— the tonnage (gross tonnage),

— the maximum continuous engine power actually developed by the main engine, after derating if appropriate, expressed in kW as defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 2930/86(1),

— the age of the vessel calculated on the basis of the age of the hull.

(b) Disaggregation levels:

— data must be gathered in a way which makes it possible to individualise the segments defined in Appendix III,

— data must be updated annually.

(c) Precision levels:

data arising from Regulation (EC) No 2090/98 must be gathered exhaustively. For the other types of data mentioned in point (1)(a), sampling programmes can be drawn up to allow estimates attaining level 3 precision as defined in section B.

Extended programme

(a) Complementary parameters include:

— the maximum continuous power of the main engine before derating,

— the maximum overall power of the auxiliary engine(s) used for hoists and winches for the vessels with an overall length of more than 12 meters,

— the characteristics of a standard fishing gear associated with each fishing technique, including the dimensions and the insured value of this standard gear,

— the average number per vessel of the fishing gears associated with the various types of fishing techniques.

(b) Disaggregation levels:

— segments to be considered are defined in Appendix IV,

— types of fishing techniques to be considered are also defined in Appendix IV.

D. Collection of data related to fishing effort

At the minimum programme level, data must be collected in the following way:

(a) Parameters:

(i) fuel consumption(2);

(ii) fishing efforts by type of technique: they are measured by the weighted sum of the fishing days associated with an area and with a specific period:

— each day is weighted by a measuring unit related to the nominal fishing power of each vessel; these units being defined in Appendix V,

— a day at sea is regarded as a calendar day of fishing if at least one fishing operation has been carried out by a fishing vessel on that day, or if a passive fishing gear has been left at sea during this day,

— each day is attributed to the area where the first fishing operation took place within this day. However, for passive gears, if no operation took place from the vessel within a day while at least one (passive) gear remained at sea, this day will be associated to the area where the last setting of a fishing gear was carried out on that fishing trip;

(iii) specific fishing efforts: they are associated with stocks of special interest. They are defined as effort by technique, but the only days to be taken into account are those where the catches kept on board of the stocks mentioned in Appendix VI exceed the thresholds referred to in that Appendix.

— for specific stocks additional measuring units apart from those defined in Appendix V, may be used on condition that they comply with the specifications established by the regional fisheries organisations involved in the assessment of these stocks.

(b) Disaggregation levels:

(i) as regards fuel consumption, data expressed in volume and cost must be gathered in a way which makes it possible to estimate the average fuel consumption per vessel within each segment as defined in Appendix III, on an annual basis(3);

(ii) for fishing effort by technique, data must be collected by types of techniques defined in Appendix VIII, on a quarterly basis and, according to level 3 of geographical disaggregation defined in Appendix I;

In addition to the overall effort, the contribution of each segment defined in Appendix III shall be individualised (effort by technique and by segment)(4);

(iii) at the level of specific fishing efforts, data will be collected as for efforts by technique: by separating types of fishing techniques specified in Appendix VIII, on a quarterly basis, and according to level 3 of geographical disaggregation defined in Appendix I.

(c) Precision levels:

the data corresponding to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83(5) (defining the special procedures of recording of information concerning fish landings by the Member States) must be collected in an exhaustive way. When other data are necessary, they are collected according to sampling procedures making it possible to reach for the estimated averages by segment, the level of precision 2 for data concerning fuel consumption, the level of precision 2 for fishing effort by technique, the level of precision 1 for specific fishing effort. Pilot surveys may be conducted for fishing effort of passive gears.

Extended programme

(a) Complementary parameters:

for the efforts by technique and specific efforts referred to in point 1(a)(ii) and (iii):

— other measuring units than those defined in Appendix V, can be used on condition that they are detailed and justified in the national programmes,

— stocks and/or thresholds other than those defined in Appendix VI can be taken into consideration to define specific effort,

— in addition, for fishing gear other than traps, pots and pond nets, fishing efforts could be measured by operation. In such cases, basic units will refer to fishing operations and not to fishing days. Each operation will correspond to a contribution to the thus defined fishing effort by following the rules defined in Appendix IX. Other rules than those indicated in that Appendix could also be used in as far as they are fully described and justified,

— data on fishing effort of traps, pots and pond nets can be collected as number of gears at sea, multiplied by time (number of days of each gear at sea on an annual basis).

(b) Disaggregation levels:

(i) fuel consumption data can be gathered in a way which makes it possible to estimate the average fuel consumption per vessel within each segment defined in Appendix IV, on a quarterly basis;

(ii) as regards to the fishing effort by technique and the specific fishing effort:

— effort data can be individualised according to the types of fishing techniques referred to in Appendix X; more detailed typology can be used as long as the usefulness is described and justified in the national programme,

— effort data by segment can be gathered with reference to the segments defined in Appendix IV,

— effort data can be gathered on a monthly basis, and referring to the level of geographical disaggregation 4 of Appendix I; for the stocks mentioned in Appendix VII specific effort data can be gathered by separating the ranges of depth specified in that Appendix.

CHAPTER III

MODULE OF EVALUATION OF THE CATCHES AND LANDINGS

E. Collection of data related to catches and landings

At the minimum programme level, data must be gathered in the following way.

(a) Parameters:

— data collection must make it possible to assess:

— commercial landings for all stocks, and

— for stocks mentioned in Appendix XII, total catches, landings and discards, and

— catches from recreational and game fisheries in marine waters for stocks mentioned in Appendix XI,

— each Member State must describe the conversion factors it has applied.

(b) Disaggregation levels:

— for each Member State, an estimate of overall annual commercial landings will be provided by species, distinguishing the geographical origin of the catches according to level 2 of geographical disaggregation of Appendix I. However, if grouping of several species is considered to be more appropriate, Member States can obtain a derogation from the Commission, provided this is fully justified,

— for the stocks mentioned in Appendix XII, commercial landings will be disaggregated as indicated in that Appendix,

— landings by weight and value of each segment identified in Appendix III must be individualised by species, by quarter and, as regards the geographical origin of the catches, at the level of geographical disaggregation 2 according to Appendix I(6),

— discards will be monitored for the stocks in Appendix XII in order to estimate the average volume of the annual catches by weight per three-year period, by type of technique defined in Appendix III, except for the stocks for which Appendix XII specifies another disaggregation rule,

— a pilot survey, as defined in section B, needs to be implemented for recreational and game fisheries mentioned in Appendix XI, taking into account the disaggregation level specified within the same Appendix.

(c) Precision level:

— the assessment of commercial landings must be made on the basis of the exhaustive data gathered under Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93(7) and on the basis of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000(8) and for the data not covered by these Regulations by sampling and statistical procedures, in such a way that the estimates achieve a precision of level 3 for stocks subject to TAC and quota regulations, level 2 for stocks not subject to TACs and quotas listed within Appendix XII, and level 1 for the other cases,

— data related to annual estimates of discards for stocks mentioned in Appendix XII must lead to a precision of level 1. However, if Member States can not reach this level of precision or only at excessive costs, they can obtain a derogation from the Commission to reduce the precision level, sampling frequency or to implement a pilot survey provided this request is fully documented,

— discards related to other stocks than those for which Appendix XII states a yearly estimate must be covered by pilot surveys. The conclusions of these studies must be forwarded to the Commission by 31 October 2003 at the latest,

— catches from recreational and game fisheries mentioned in Appendix XI must be subject to pilot surveys. The conclusions of these surveys must be forwarded to the Commission by 31 October 2003 at the latest.

(d) In accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, Member States shall take necessary measures to ensure the registration of all relevant data according to Article 9 of that Regulation.

In addition, Member States will, when appropriate, cooperate with other Member States to obtain comprehensive data covering the landings of vessels flying their flag.

Extended programme

(a) Complementary parameters:

— landings from stocks mentioned in Appendix XIII,

— catches from game and recreational fisheries for stocks other than those mentioned in Appendix XI,

— for salmon, the catches taken in estuaries, lakes and rivers in the geographical area of the Baltic Sea and the North Sea.

(b) Disaggregation level:

— data concerning the commercial landings of the stocks mentioned in Appendix XII can be disaggregated in accordance with the provisions defined in that Appendix for the extended programme. Complementary geographical stratification, according to depth or another criterion, can be made, in as far as this stratification is consistent with section D, point (2)(b)(ii), third indent, and that the corresponding national programme justifies its usefulness,

— data concerning the stocks mentioned in Appendix XIII can be collected on a quarterly basis, by separating the catches according to the types of techniques defined in Appendix III, and by the geographical level 3 areas according to Appendix I. For stocks mentioned in Appendix VII, data can be further separated according to the ranges of depth defined in that Appendix,

— catch data can be collected by segment as defined in Appendix IV or Appendix X,

— discards data can be collected under the extended programme:

— on a quarterly basis, by type of technique according to Appendix III and according to the geographical level 3 of Appendix I, for the stocks where Appendix XII mentions an annual evaluation of discards within the minimum programme,

— on an annual basis, with possible separation of the types of fishing technique according to Appendix III, without geographical disaggregation, for the stocks where Appendix XII does not require an annual estimate of discards within the minimum programme,

— on an annual basis, with no other disaggregation for the stocks mentioned in Appendix XIII.

F. Collection of data concerning the catches per unit of effort and/or effective effort of specific commercial fleets

At the minimum programme level, data must be collected in the following way:

each national programme includes a review of the utility of the detailed catch and effort data from fishing vessels flying their flag, which have been used during the years 1995 to 2000 by scientific assessments working groups. This review will analyse the weight given in the final stock assessment to the corresponding abundance or partial fishing effort indices, the possibility prolonging the corresponding times series on the basis of disaggregated catch and effort figures as mentioned respectively in sections D and E, as well as the possible necessity to refer to even more detailed data. Each Member State will forward the corresponding conclusions to the Commission by 31 December 2002 at the latest. The Commission will submit to the STECF the results of these analyses, and fix the contents of the minimum programme for this section by 31 March 2003 at the latest.

Extended programme level:

any study covering the definition of indexes of abundance or of effective effort on the basis of detailed catch and effort data coming from the commercial fleets is eligible under the extended programme. The potential usefulness of these indexes should be established by the national programme. These studies will be submitted to the STECF. If the opinion of the STECF does not confirm the usefulness of these indexes, the corresponding study will not be considered eligible from there on.

G. Eligibility of the scientific evaluation surveys of stocks

Minimum programme level:

(i) All surveys mentioned by Appendix XIV with priority 1, must be covered;

(ii) Member States must guarantee within their national programmes continuity with previous survey designs;

(iii) Notwithstanding points (i) and (ii), Member States may propose a modification in the survey effort or sampling design, provided that this will not negatively affect the quality of the results.

At the extended programme level all surveys indicated with priority 2 in Appendix XIV are eligible.

H. Biological sampling of catches: composition by age and by length

At the minimum programme level, data must be collected in the following way.

(a) Parameters:

biological sampling must be performed in order to evaluate the composition in length and where appropriate in age, of the landings for all the stocks specified in Appendix XV.

(b) Disaggregation and precision levels:

the necessary disaggregation levels are specified in Appendix XV as well as the basic stratification and the sampling intensities. However, Member States can apply another sampling strategy than that corresponding to the basic stratification with simple random sampling within strata defined in Appendix XV, and other sampling intensities than those defined in Appendix XV, providing this alternative approach achieves the same or a higher precision level at the same or at a lower cost, and that this is established by the corresponding national programme.

(c) Sampling programme implementation:

the Member State on whose territory landings take place are responsible for installing sampling programmes according to the standards defined in this article. If necessary, Member States will co-operate with the authorities of third countries to set up the biological sampling of the landings carried out by vessels flying these third countries flag.

In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, each Member State takes the necessary measures to ensure the gathering of all data concerning the activities of the vessels which fly its flag whatever their places of landings.

(d) Exemptions concerning the sampling rules:

— lengths:

(1) the national programme of a Member State can exclude the estimation of the length distribution of the landings for stocks for which TACs and quotas have been defined under the following conditions:

(i) the relevant quotas must correspond to less than 5 % of the Community share of the TAC or to less than 100 tonnes on average during the previous three years;

(ii) the sum of all quotas of Member States whose allocation is less than 5 %, must account for less than 15 % of the Community share of the TAC.

If the condition set out in point (i) is fulfilled, but not the condition set out in point (ii), the relevant Member States may set up a coordinated programme to achieve for their overall landings the implementation of the sampling scheme described in Appendix XV, or another sampling scheme, leading to the same precision.

If appropriate, the national programme may be adjusted until 31 January of every year to take into account the exchange of quotas between Member States;

(2) for stocks for which TACs and quotas have not been defined and outside the Mediterranean area, the same rules apply on the basis of the average landings of the previous three years and with reference to the total Community landings from a stock;

(3) for the stocks in the Mediterranean area, the landings by weight of a Mediterranean Member State for a species corresponding to less than 5 % of the total national landings from the Mediterranean area, or to less than 200 tonne, except for bluefin tuna.

— ages:

(1) the national programme of a Member State can exclude the estimation of the age distribution of the landings for stocks for which TACs and quotas have been defined under the following conditions:

(i) the relevant quotas correspond to less than 10 % of the Community share of the TAC or to less than 200 tonnes on average during the previous three years;

(ii) the sum of all quotas of Member States whose allocation is less than 10 %, accounts for less than 25 % of the Community share of the TAC.

If appropriate, the national programme may be adjusted adjusted until 31 January of every year to take into account the exchange of quotas between Member States;

(4) Whenever possible, age-reading should be performed on commercial catches. If this is not the case, Member States should specify it within their national programme.

— Others:

if cooperation between Member States guarantees that the overall estimate of the parameters under point (a) reach the necessary precision level, each concerned Member State is not held individually to guarantee that its own data are enough to reach this precision level.

(e) Discards

Discards must be the subject of an estimation of the distribution of the lengths when they represent on an annual basis, either more than 10 % of the total catches by weight or more than 20 % of the catches in numbers for the stocks for which annual discard data must be collected as specified in Appendix XII and according to the rules defined in that Appendix for commercial landings.

The sampling intensities are those as defined in Appendix XV for commercial landings.

When discards take place for length ranges which are not represented in the landings, age-reading must take place in accordance with the rules set out in Appendix XV.

However, if Member States can not reach this level of precision or only at excessive costs, they can obtain a derogation from the Commission provided this request is fully documented.

(f) Recreational and game fisheries

For the stocks specified in Appendix XI, Member States must set up pilot surveys consistent with the level of disaggregation defined in that Appendix. These surveys must make it possible to establish the levels of precision required for the future. The conclusions of these surveys must be forwarded to the Commission by 31 October 2003 at the latest.

Extended programme:

complementary parameters:

— all the sampling programmes for the estimation of the composition by age or length of the landings and specified Appendix XV,

— the sampling programmes for the estimation of the annual composition in lengths of landings for the stocks specified in Appendix XIII,

— the sampling programme for the estimation of the annual composition in lengths of the discards for stocks specified in Appendix XII and Appendix XV.

I. Other biological samplings

(1) At the minimum programme level, data must be collected in the following way.

(a) Parameters

(i) The growth curves by length and by weight, the relations between age/length and maturity, and the relation between age/length and fecundity must be provided for all stocks mentioned in Appendix XVI, including for those not subject to an annual estimation of the age composition of the catches.

(ii) Biological sampling programmes of the landings must be implemented to estimate the share of the various stocks in these landings for: herring in the Skagerrak, Kattegat, and eastern North Sea separately, wild and reared salmon in the Baltic Sea, the various species of skates and rays in areas IV and VIId.

(iii) Member States should perform their sampling scheme for sex ratio from their commercial catches. However, in cases in which this task is impossible, samples obtained during scientific surveys may be used.

(b) Disaggregation level

For parameters referred to in point (a)(i):

— definitions are provided by stock according to the periodicity defined in Appendix XVI. The validity of existing data used for biological parameters estimation must be checked every three to six years as defined in Appendix XVI. Member States must update these parameters if needed,

— for the Norway lobster (

Nephrops

), Greenland halibut, deep sea shrimps (

Pandalus borealis

), plaice, sole and hake, the growth curves and maturity ogives are established separately for males and for females.

For parameters referred to in point (a)(ii):

data should be provided quarterly and following the fishing techniques typology described in Appendix IV.

(c) Precision levels

(i) For growth curves:

— for stocks for which ages of individual fish can be read, average weights and lengths for each age must be estimated with a precision of level 3, up to an age such that cumulated landings for the corresponding ages account for at least 95 % of the national landings for the relevant stock,

— for stocks for which age reading is not possible, but for which a growth curve can be estimated, average weights and lengths for each age must be estimated with a precision of level 2, up to an age such that cumulated landings for the corresponding ages account for at least 90 % of the national landings, for the relevant stock.

(ii) For maturity, fecundity and sex ratios, a choice can be made between reference to age or length, provided that Members States which have to conduct the corresponding biological sampling have agreed the following:

— for maturity and fecundity, precision of level 3 must be achieved within the age and/or length range, the limits of which correspond to a 20 % and 90 % of mature fish,

— for sex ratio, precision of level 3 must be achieved, up to and age or length such that cumulated landings for the corresponding ages or lengths account for at least 95 % of the national landings for this stock.

(iii) Stocks and species compositions of the catches referred to in point (a)(ii) must be estimated with level 1 precision.

(d) Exemptions

(1) The national programme of a Member State can exclude the estimation of the biological parameters for stocks for which TACs and quotas have been defined under the following conditions:

(i) the relevant quotas correspond to less than 10 % of the Community share of the TAC or to less than 200 tonnes on average during the previous three years;

(ii) the sum of all quotas of Member States whose allocation is less than 5 %, accounts for less than 20 % of the Community share of the TAC.

If appropriate, the national programme can be adjusted until 1 February of every year to take into account the exchange of quotas between Member States.

(2) For stocks for which TACs and quotas have not been defined, the same rules apply on the basis of the average landings of the previous three years and with reference to the total Community landings.

If cooperation between the Member States guarantees that the overall estimates of all parameters set out in point (a)(i) reach the necessary precision levels, a Member State concerned is not held individually to guarantee that its own data is enough to reach this precision level.

At the extended programme level

Complementary parameters:

— for the stocks mentioned in Appendix XVI, an annual updating and discrimination by sex will be eligible,

— for stocks not mentioned in Appendix XVI, but mentioned in Appendix XV and for which length data have been collected, growth, maturity and sex ratio data will be eligible every three years,

— the growth and maturity curves for the species mentioned in Appendix XIII are eligible, but the updating of the data will not be performed more frequently than every three years,

— for the groups of species mentioned in Appendix XII or XIII, sampling programmes of the catches to establish the species composition will be eligible every three years.

CHAPTER IV

MODULE OF EVALUATION OF THE ECONOMIC SITUATION OF THE SECTOR

J. Collection of economic data by groups of vessels

At the minimum programme level, data must be gathered in the following way.

(a) Parameters:

— data must be collected to cover all the parameters mentioned in Appendix XVII according to the segmentation set out in Appendix III,

— investment must be measured in order to estimate the overall value of assets, including the capital value of the leased equipment. Insured values must be preferred. If the collection of the insured value proves too difficult, the replacement value of the vessel can be gathered by default. In such a case, the need for this substitution must be shown in the national programme,

— within production costs, labour costs must cover all expenditures paid by employers, including social security, health insurance, retirements and other related taxes.

(b) Disaggregation levels:

— each parameter is estimated for each group of vessels as defined in Appendix III,

— in accordance with the specifications of Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000, data concerning prices are gathered on an annual basis, while distinguishing for the fleets performing in the Mediterranean the catches coming from the various geographical areas mentioned in Appendix I, level 3.

(c) Precision levels:

for each parameter and for each segment, level 1 precision must be achieved.

Extended programme level

(a) Complementary parameters:

the extended programme covers all the data defined in Appendix XVIII.

(b) Disaggregation levels:

the partition of the groups of vessels referred to in point (1)(a), first indent, may be carried up to the level defined in Appendix IV and regarding the regional differentiation of level 2 of Appendix I.

K. Collection of data concerning the processing industry

At the minimum programme level

Member States should conduct pilot surveys in order to assess the annual value per sector of the parameters listed in Appendix XIX; these pilot surveys must compare the cost-efficiency relationship of different data collection strategies, including sampling schemes. The conclusions of these surveys must be forwarded to the Commission by 31 October 2003 at the latest.

Extended programme level

(a) Complementary parameters

Activities of collecting and managing the data shall make it possible:

(i) to appreciate the overall sensitivity of the sector and/or of the companies located in the coastal regions (nomenclature of territorial units for statistical purposes, NUTS 3) with respect to the catches from the stocks subject to TACs and quotas and/or affected by other measures connected with the conservation of fishery resources, or with respect to the catches from outside of Community waters;

(ii) to assess the impact, including the social and the economic impact, on the processing industry of measures taken on behalf of the CFP such as measures envisaged by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92(9), Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999(10), and specific measures adopted for the fisheries and aquaculture sector of the most remote regions (programme of options specific to remoteness and to insularity, POSEI).

(b) Disaggregation levels

The analysis of the companies of the sector may take into account the establishment of these companies in various regions, coastal or not, at the NUTS 3 level.

(1)

OJ L 274, 25.9.1986, p. 1

(2) The data are considered as part of the economic evaluation collected as Chapter IV.

(3) The data are considered as part of the economic evaluation collected as Chapter IV.

(4) The data are considered as part of the economic evaluation collected as Chapter IV.

(5)

OJ L 276, 10.10.1983, p. 1

(6) The data are considered as part of the economic evaluation collected as Chapter IV.

(7)

OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1

(8)

OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22

(9)

OJ L 388, 31.12.1992, p. 1

(10)

OJ L 337, 30.12.1999, p. 10

List of Appendixes

Appendix I:

Geographic stratification by regional fisheries organisation

Appendix II:

Functional units (FU) and statistical rectangles for

Nephrops norvegicus

Appendix III (section C):

Basic segmentation of vessels for capacities (MP)

Appendix IV (section C):

Detailed disaggregation of vessels for capacities (EP)

Appendix V (section D):

Fishing power units by type of fishing technique

Appendix VI (section D):

Stocks for which specific effort must be defined (MP)

Appendix VII (section D):

Target species and depths (EP)

Appendix VIII (section D):

Intermediate typology for effort information (MP)

Appendix IX (section D):

Definition of fishing effort in relation to fishing operation (EP)

Appendix X (section D):

Detailed typology of fishing techniques (EP)

Appendix XI (section E):

List of recreational fisheries stocks (MP)

Appendix XII (section E):

List of stocks for landings and discards monitoring (MP)

Appendix XIII:

List of optional species for EP

Appendix XIV (section G):

List of surveys (MP, EP)

Appendix XV (section H):

Age-length sampling scheme (MP, EP)

Appendix XVI (section I):

Other biological samplings

Appendix XVII (section J):

Economic information per fleet segment, as defined in Appendix III (MP)

Appendix XVIII (section J):

Data needs for basic economic evaluation per fleet segment (EP)

Appendix XIX (section K):

Economic information per primary and secondary industry (sectors) (MP)

Appendix I

Geographic stratification by regional fisheries organisations

	ICES	NAFO	ICCAT	GFCM	CCAMLR	IOTC	Other
Level 1	Area	Area	FAO area	Area	Area	FAO area	FAO area
				e.g. 37	e.g. 48
				Mediterranean and Black Sea
Level 2	Subarea	Subarea	FAO Subarea	Subarea	Subarea	FAO Subarea	FAO Subarea
	e.g. IV	e.g. 21.2		e.g. 37.1	e.g. 48.1
	North Sea	Labrador		Mediterranean	Antarctic Peninsula
Level 3	Division	Division	Division	Division	Division	Division	Division
	e.g. IVc	e.g. 21.2H	5° × 5°	e.g. 37.1.2	5° × 5°	5° × 5°	5° × 5°
				Gulf of Lions
Level 4	Rectangle	Rectangle	Rectangle	Rectangle	Rectangle	Rectangle	Rectangle
Level 4	30′ × 1°		1° × 1°	1° × 1°	1° × 1°	1° × 1°	1° × 1°

Appendix II

Functional Units (FU) and Statistical rectangles for

Nephrops norvegicus

FU No	Name	ICES zone	Statistical rectangles
3	Skagerrak	IIIa	47G0-G1; 46F9-G1; 45F8-G1; 44F7-G0; 43F8-F9
4	Kattegat	IIIa	44G1-G2; 42-43G0-G2; 41G1-G2
5	Botney Gut — Silver Pit	IVb, c	36-37 F1-F4; 35F2-F3
6	Farn Deeps	IVb	38-40 E8-E9; 37E9
7	Fladen Ground	IVa	44-49 E9-F1; 45-46E8
8	Firth of Forth	IVb	40-41E7; 41E6
9	Moray Firth	IVa	44-45 E6-E7; 44E8
10	Noup	IVa	47E6
11	North Minch	VIa	44-46 E3-E4
12	South Minch	VIa	41-43 E2-E4
13	Clyde	VIa	39-40 E4-E5
14	Irish Sea East	VIIa	35-38E6; 38E5
15	Irish Sea West	VIIa	36E3; 35-37 E4-E5; 38E4
16	Porcupine Bank	VIIc, k	34D6-D8; 33D5-D8; 32D5-D6
17	Aran Grounds	VIIb	34-35 D9-E0
18	Ireland NW coast	VIIb	37D9-E1; 36D9
19	Ireland SW and SE coast	VIIg, j	31-33D9-E0; 31E1; 32E1-E2; 33E2-E3
20	NW Labadie, Baltimore and Galley	VIIg,j
21	Jones and Cockburn	VIIg, h, j	27-29E1-E2; 31E2-E4; 32E3
22	Smalls	VIIg
23	Bay of Biscay north	VIIIa	22-24E6-E7; 23-24E5
24	Bay of Biscay south	VIIIb	20-21E7-E8; 19E8
25	North Galicia	VIIIc	15E0-E1; 16E1
26	West Galicia	IXa	13-14E0-E1
27	North Portugal (North of Cape Espichel)	IXa	6-12E0; 9-12E1
28	South-west Portugal (Alentejo)	IXa	3-5E0-E1
29	South Portugal (Algarve)	IXa	2E0-E2
30	Gulf of Cadiz	IXa	2-3E2-E3
31	Cantabrian Sea	VIIIc	16E4-E7
32	Norwegian Deep	lVa	44-52F2-F6; 43F5-F7
33	Off Horn Reef	lVb	39-41E4; 39-41E5

Appendix III (section C)

Basic segmentation of vessels for capacities (MP)

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Appendix IV (section C)

Detailed disaggregation of vessels for capacities (EP)

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Appendix V (section D)

Fishing power units by type of fishing technique

Fishing technique	Fishing power units
Mobile gears	kW and GT
Fixed gears	GT
Polyvalent	kW

Appendix VI (section D)

Stocks for which specific effort must be defined (MP)

Species and area	Threshold 1(1)	Threshold 2(2)
Salmon (Baltic Sea)	30 %	5 %
Cod (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Haddock (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Saithe (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Whiting (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Plaice (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Sole (all areas, except Mediterraneas)	10 %	5 %
Sole (Mediterranean)	30 %	5 %
Nephrops (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Hake (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Anchovy (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Sardine (all areas)	50 %	5 %
Mackerel (all areas)	50 %	10 %
Horse mackerel (all areas)	50 %	10 %
Swordfish (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Bluefin tuna (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Big-eye tuna (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Albacore (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Yellowfin tuna (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Herring (all areas)	50 %	10 %
Sprat (all areas)	50 %	10 %
Sandeel (all areas)	70 %
Norway pout (all areas)	70 %

(1) A fishing day is to be considered as targeting one specific species, if the percentage of this species in total daily catch is higher than threshold 1.

(2) A fishing day is to be considered as affecting significantly a species, if the percentage of the particular species is higher than threshold 2.

Appendix VII (section D)

Target species and depths (EP)

Stock	Area	Threshold
Cod	NAFO	30 %
Grenadiers	All areas	30 %
Greenland halibut	All areas	30 %
Redfish	All areas	30 %
Pandalus spp.	All areas	30 %
Pagelus bogaraveo	ICES	30 %
Aphanopus carbo	ICES	30 %
Argentina silus	ICES	30 %
Beryx spp.	ICES	30 %
Coryphaenoides rupestris	ICES	30 %
Hoplostethus atlanticus	ICES	30 %
Molva dypterygia	ICES	30 %
Molva molva	ICES	30 %
Depth ranges: 0 - 200 m, 201 - 500 m, 501 - 1 000 m, > 1 000 m

Appendix VIII (section D)

Intermediate typology for effort information (MP)

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Appendix IX (section D)

Definition of fishing effort in relation to fishing operation (EP)

Gear type	Variable
Trawls	Duration of haul × kW
Purse seiners	Number of sets
Nets	Number of nets × length × time at sea
Longlines	Number of hooks × time at sea
Pots, traps and pound nets	Numbers × annual time at sea

Appendix X (section D)

Detailed typology of fishing techniques (EP)

I. Mobile gears

(a) Beam trawl

Engine power < 221 kW for vessels operating in North Sea

(i) mesh size: < 32 mm, 80 − 109 mm, ≥ 110 mm

Engine power ≥ 221 kW for vessels operating in North Sea

(i) mesh size: 80 − 109 mm, ≥ 110 mm

Beam trawlers operating outside the North Sea

(i) mesh size: < 32 mm, 80 − 109 mm, ≥ 110 mm

(b) Demersal trawl and demersal seine

1. Bottom trawl

(i) single trawl, paired trawl, twin trawl, other multirig trawl, four-panels trawl, high-opening trawl

(ii) mesh size: < 32 mm, 32 − 54 mm, 55 − 69 mm, 70 − 79 mm, 80 − 109 mm, ≥ 110 mm

(iii) (i) and (ii) may be combined

2. Danish seiners

(i) mesh size: < 32 mm, 32 − 54 mm, 55 − 69 mm, 70 − 79 mm, 80 − 109 mm, ≥ 110 mm

3. Scottish seiners

(i) mesh size: < 32 mm, 32 − 54 mm, 55 − 69 mm, 70 − 79 mm, 80 − 109 mm, ≥ 110 mm

(c) Pelagic trawl and seiners

1. Pelagic trawl

(i) single trawler, paired trawlers

(ii) mesh size: trawl: < 32 mm, 32 − 54 mm, 55 − 69 mm, 70 − 79 mm, 80 − 109 mm, ≥ 110 mm (Atlantic and North Sea); < 32 mm, 32 − 90 mm, 91 − 105 mm, 106 − 119 mm, ≥ 120 mm (Baltic Sea); 14 − 49 mm, 50 − 99 mm, 100 − 119 mm, ≥ 120 mm (Mediterranean)

2. Pelagic seiner and purse seiner

(i) with fish aggregating devices (FAD)

(ii) without FAD

(d) Dredges

(i) hydraulic dredge

(ii) Other dredges

II. Passive gears

(a) Fixed gears and lines

1. Fixed nets

(i) trammel nets

(ii) entangling nets

(iii) gill nets

(iv) subdivision by mesh size, also permitted: 10 − 99 mm, 100 − 119 mm, ≥ 120 mm (Atlantic and North Sea); < 105 mm, 105 − 119 mm, ≥ 120 mm (Baltic Sea)

2. Longlines

(i) surface longlines

(ii) bottom longlines

(iii) mid-waterlines

3. Other gear using hooks

(i) troll line

(ii) pole line with live bait

(iii) pole line without live bait

(b) Drift nets

(i) mesh sizes for the Baltic: ≤ 30 mm, ≥ 150 mm

(ii) mesh sizes for the Mediterranean: ≤ 150 mm, 151 − 299 mm, ≥ 300 mm

(c) Pots and traps

(i) fish traps, including trap nets and pound nets

(ii) crustaceans pots with possible subdivision by target species.

Appendix XI (section E)

List of recreational fisheries stocks (MP)

1. Salmon (marine waters in the Baltic Sea and North Sea):

catch figures collected in weight and number:

by Geographical area as defined Appendix 1, level 2.

2. Bluefin tuna (all areas):

catch figures collected in weight and number by:

— annual

— geographical area as defined Appendix 1, level 2.

— distinguishing catch of fish below and above 10 kg.

Appendix XII (section E)

List of stocks for landings and discards monitoring (MP)

LEGEND:

Catch and landings monitoring

: within the market or sea-sampling programme the stratification of sampling is prioritised at the total or fleet level, with monthly, quarterly or annual sampling schemes, with data reported by rectangle, division or area.

Fishing technique stratification:

M	Monthly by type of fishing technique (Appendix III)
N	Monthly total
Q	Quarterly by type of fishing technique (Appendix III)
R	Quarterly total
Y	Yearly by type of fishing technique (Appendix III)
Z	Yearly total

Geographical stratification:

0	Functional unit
1	ICES Statistical rectangle
2	ICES/NAFO divisions
3	ICES/NAFO subareas
4	ICCAT 1o rectangle
5	ICCAT 5o rectangle
6	FAO division
7	FAO subarea
8	FAO area

Species		Area	Sampling strata		Discards
MP	EP	Area	MP
Baltic ICES Area III (excluding Skagerrak)
Herring	Clupea harengus	IIIb-c	Q2	M1
Herring	Clupea harengus	IIId	Q2	M1
Herring	Clupea harengus	IIIa S	Q2	M1
Cod	Gadus morhua	IIIa S	Q2	M2	Yearly
Cod	Gadus morhua	IIIb-d	Q2	M2	Yearly
Norway lobster	Nephrops norvegicus	Functional unit	Q0	M0	Yearly
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa	IIIa	Q2	M1	Yearly
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa	IIIb-d	Q2	M1	Yearly
Salmon	Salmo salar	IIIb-d	R2	Q1
Sea trout	Salmo trutta	IIIb-d	R2	Q2
Sole	Solea solea	IIIa	R2	Q1	Yearly
Sprat	Sprattus sprattus	IIIb-d	Q2	M1
Sprat	Sprattus sprattus	IIIa S	Q2	M1
North Sea (Skagerrak) ICES area IIIa (north)
Sandeel	Ammodytidae	IIIa N	Q2	M1
Herring	Clupea harengus	IIIa N	Q2	M1	Yearly
Cod	Gadus morhua	IIIa N	Q2	M2	Yearly
Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	IIIa N	Q2	M1	Yearly
Hake	Merluccius merluccius	IIIa N	Q2	M1	Yearly
Blue whiting	Micromesistius poutassou	IIIa N	Q2	M1
Norway lobster	Nephrops norvegicus	Functional unit	Q0	M0	Yearly
Pandalid shrimps	Pandalus spp.	IIIa N	R2	Q1
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa	IIIa N	Q2	M1	Yearly
Saithe	Pollachius virens	IIIa N	Q2	M1	Yearly
Mackerel	Scomber scombrus	IIIa N	Q2	M1
Sole	Solea solea	IIIa N	R2	Q1	Yearly
Sprat	Sprattus sprattus	IIIa N	Q2	M1
Norway pout	Trisopterus esmarki	IIIa N	Q2	M1
ICES area I, II
Atlanto-Scandian herring	Clupea harengus	IIa, V	Q2	M2	Yearly
Cod	Gadus morhua	I, II	Q2	M2	Yearly
Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	I, II	Q2	M2	Yearly
Shrimp	Pandalus borealis	I, II	Y2	Q2
Saithe	Pollachius virens	I, II	Q2	M2	Yearly
Redfish	Sebastes spp.	I, II	Y3	Q2
North Sea and Eastern Channel ICES areas IV, VIId
Sandeels	Ammodytidae	IV	Q1	M1
Herring	Clupea harengus	IV, VIId	Q2	M1	Yearly
Shrimp	Crangon crangon	IV, VIId	Q1	M1
Sea bass	Dicentrarchus labrax	IV, VIId	Y3	Q3
Cod	Gadus morhua	IV, VIId	Q2	M1	Yearly
Four-spot megrim	Lepidorhombus boscii	IV, VIId	Y2	Q2
Megrim	Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis	IV, VIId	Y2	Q2
Black-bellied angler	Lophius budegassa	IV, VIId	Y2	Q2
Anglerfish	Lophius piscatorius	IV, VIId	Y2	Q2
Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	IV, VIId	Q2	M1	Yearly
Whiting	Merlangius merlangus	IV, VIId	Q2	M1	Yearly
Blue whiting	Micromesistius poutassou	IV, VIId	Q2	M2
Lemon sole	Microstomus kitt	IV, VIId	Z2	R2
Mullet	Mullus barbatus	IV, VIId	Z2	Q2
Red mullet	Mullus surmuletus	IV, VIId	Z2	Q2
Norway lobster	Nephrops norvegicus	Functional unit	Q0	M0	Yearly
Northern prawn	Pandalus borealis	IV	R2	Q1
Scallops	Pecten spp.	VIId	Z2	Q2
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa	IV	Q2	M1	Yearly
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa	VIId	Q2	M1	Yearly
Saithe	Pollachius virens	IV, VIId	Q2	M1	Yearly
Turbot	Psetta maxima	IV, VIId	Q2	M1
Thornback ray	Raja clavata	IV, VIId	Z2	R2
Starry ray	Raja radiata	IV, VIId	Z2	R2
Cuckoo ray	Raja naevus	IV, VIId	Z2	R2
Spotted ray	Raja montagui	IV, VIId	Z2	R2
Other rays and skates	Rajidae	IV, VIId	Z2	R2
Mackerel	Scomber scombrus	IV, VIId	Q2	M1	Yearly
Brill	Scopthalmus rhombus	IV, VIId	Q2	M1
Sole	Solea solea	IV	Q2	M1	Yearly
Sole	Solea solea	VIId	Q2	M1	Yearly
Sprat	Sprattus sprattus	IV, VIId	Q1	M1
Horse mackerel	Trachurus spp.	IV, VIId	Z2	R2
Norway pout	Trisopterus esmarki	IV	Q1	M1
NE Atlantic and Western Channel ICES II, V, VI, VII (excluding d) VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV
Scabbardfish	Aphanopus spp.	IXa, X	Q2	Q3
Alfonsinos	Beryx spp.	X	R2	Q2
Crab	Cancer pagurus	All areas	Z2	Y2
Herring	Clupea harengus	VIa, VIIa, b, c, j	Q2	M1	Yearly
Conger	Conger conger	X	R2	Q2
Roundnose grenadier	Coryphaenoides rupestris	All areas	Y2	Q2
Sea bass	Dicentrarchus labrax	All areas (excluding IX)	Y2	Q2
Anchovy	Engraulis encrasicolus	IXa (only Cadiz)	Q2	M2
Anchovy	Engraulis encrasicolus	VIII	Q2	M1
Cod	Gadus morhua	VIa, VIb, VIIa, VIIb-k, VIII, XII, XIV	Q2	M2
Blue-mouth rockfish	Helicolenus dactylopterus	IXa, X	Q2	M2
Lobsters	Homarus gammarus	All areas	Z2	Y2
Orange roughy	Hoplostethus atlanticus	All areas	Z2	Y2
Four-spot megrim	Lepidorhombus boscii	Vb, VI, XII, XIV, VII, VIIIa-e, IX, X	Q2	M2
Megrim	Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis	Vb, VI, XII, XIV, VII, VIIIa-e, IX, X	Q2	M2
Common squid	Loligo vulgaris	VIIIc, IXa	Y2	Q2
Black-bellied angler	Lophius budegassa	Vb, VI, XII, XIV, VII, VIIIa, b, d, e	Q2	M2
Black-bellied angler	Lophius budegassa	VIIIc, IX	Q2	M2
Anglerfish	Lophius piscatorius	Vb, VI, XII, XIV, VII, VIIIa, b, d, e	Q2	M2
Anglerfish	Lophius piscatorius	VIIIc, IX	Q2	M2
Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	Vb, VI, XII, XIV	Y2	Q2	Yearly
Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	VIa, VIb, VIIa, VII, VIII, XII, XIV	Q2	M2	Yearly
Whiting	Merlangius merlangus	Vb, VI, XII, XIV, VIIa, VIIb-k, VIII	Q2	M2	Yearly
Whiting	Merlangius merlangus	IX	Y2	Q2
Hake	Merluccius merluccius	IIIa, IV, VI, VII, VIIIa, b, VIIIc, IXa	Q2	M2	Yearly
Blue whiting	Micromesistius poutassou	I-IX, XII, XIV	Q2	M1
Blue ling	Molva dypterygia	X	R2	Q2
Ling	Molva molva	All areas	Y2	Q2
Red mullet	Mullus surmuletus	All areas	Z2	Y2
Norway lobster	Nephrops norvegicus	Functional unit	Q0	M0
Common octopus	Octopus vulgaris	VIIIc, IXa	Y2	Q2
Shrimps	Parapenaeus longirostris, Aristeus antennatus	VIIIc, IXa	Y2	Q2
Forkbeard	Phycis phycis	X	Q2	M2
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa	VIIa, VIIe-g	Q2	M2	Yearly
Saithe	Pollachius virens	Vb, VI, XII, XIV	Q2	M2
Saithe	Pollachius virens	VII, VIII	Y2	Q2
Wreckfish	Polyprion americanus	X	Y2	Q2
Blond ray	Raja brachyura	All areas	Y2	Q2
Thornback ray	Raja clavata	All areas	Y2	Q2
Spotted ray	Raja montagui	All areas	Y2	Q2
Cuckoo ray	Raja naevus	All areas	Y2	Q2
Other rays and skates	Rajidae	All areas	Y2	Q2
Greenland halibut	Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	Va, XII, XIV	Y2	Q2
Sardine	Sardina pilchardus	VIII, IX	Q2	M1
Spanish mackerel	Scomber japonicus	VIII, IX	Y2	R2
Mackerel	Scomber scombrus	II, IIIa, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX	Q2	M1
Redfish	Sebastes spp.	Va, XII, XIV	Q2	M2
Cuttlefish	Sepia officinalis	VIIIc, IXa	Y2	Q2
Sole	Solea solea	VIIa, VIIe, VIIf, g, VIIIa, b	Q2	M2
Sole	Solea solea	VIIb, c, VIIh, j, k, IXa	Y2	Q2
Sea bream	Sparidae	VIIIc, IXa, X	Y2	Q2
Blue jack mackerel	Trachurus picturatus	X	Q2	M2
Horse mackerel	Trachurus trachurus	IIa, IVa, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX	Q2	M1
Pouting	Trisopterus luscus	VIIIc, IXa	Y2	Q2
Mediterranean
Blue-and-red shrimp	Aristeus antennatus	1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1	Q,6	M,6
Giant red shrimp	Aristeomorpha foliacea	1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1	Q,6	M,6
Bogue	Boops boops	3,1	Y,6	Q,6
Seabass	Dicentrarchus labrax	1,2	Y,6	Q,6
Curled octopus	Eledone cirrosa	1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	Y,6	Q,6
White octopus	Eledone moschata	1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	Y,6	Q,6
Anchovy	Engraulis encrasicolus	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	Q,6	M,6
Grey gurnard	Eutrigla gurnardus	1.3, 2.2, 3.1	Y,6	Q,6
Billfish	Istiophoridae	All areas	Q5	Q4
Common squid	Loligo vulgaris	1.3, 2.2, 3.1	Y,6	Q,6
Black-bellied anglerfish	Lophius budegassa	1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1	Q,6	M,6
Anglerfish	Lophius piscatorius	1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1	Q,6	M,6
Hake	Merluccius merluccius	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	Q,6	M,6
Mullet	Mullus barbatus	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	Q,6	M,6
Red mullet	Mullus surmuletus	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	Q,6	M,6
Norway lobster	Nephrops norvegicus	1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	Q6	M,6
Pandora	Pagellus erythrinus	1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	Y,6	Q,6
White shrimp	Parapenaeus longirostris	1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1	Q,6	M,6
Caramote prawn	Penaeus kerathurus	3,1	Y,6	Q,6
Picarels	Spicara maris	3,1	Y,6	Q,6
Thornback ray	Raja clavata	1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	Y,6	Q,6
Brown ray	Raja miraletus	1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	Y,6	Q,6
Atlantic bonito	Sarda sarda	All areas	Q5	Q4
Sardine	Sardina pilchardus	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	Q,6	M,6
Mackerel	Scomber scombrus	1.3, 2.2, 3.1	Y,6	Q,6
Sharks	Selachii	All areas	Q5	Q4
Cuttlefish	Sepia officinalis	1.3, 2.1, 3.1	Q6	M,6
Sole	Solea vulgaris	1.2, 2.1, 3.1	Y,6	Q,6
Gilthead sea bream	Sparus aurata	1.2, 3.1	Y,6	Q,6
Mediterranean horse mackerel	Trachurus mediterraneus	1.1, 1.3, 3.1	Y,6	Q,6
Albacore	Thunnus alalunga	All areas	Q5	Q4
Bluefin tuna	Thunnus thynnus	All areas	Q5	Q4
Horse mackerel	Trachurus trachurus	1.1, 1.3, 3.1	Y,6	Q,6
Tub gurnard	Trigla lucerna	1.3, 2.2, 3.1	Y,6	Q,6
Swordfish	Xiphias gladius	All areas	Q5	Q4
NAFO areas
Cod	Gadus morhua	2J3KL	Y2	Q2	Yearly
Cod	Gadus morhua	3M	Y2	Q2	Yearly
Cod	Gadus morhua	3NO	Y2	Q2	Yearly
Cod	Gadus morhua	3Ps	Y2	Q2
Witch flounder	Glyptocephalus cynoglossus	3NO	Y2	Q2
American plaice	Hippoglossoides platessoides	3LNO	Y2	Q2
American plaice	Hippoglossoides platessoides	3M	Y2	Q2
Yellowtail flounder	Limanda ferruginea	3LNO	Y2	Q2
Grenadier	Macrouridae	SA 2 + 3	Y2	Q2
Pandalid shrimps	Pandalus spp.	3M	Y2	Q2	Yearly
Skates	Raja spp.	SA 3	Y2	Q2
Greenland halibut	Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	3KLMNO	Y2	Q2	Yearly
Greenland halibut	Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	1D	Y2	Q2
Redfish	Sebastes spp.	3M	Y2	Q2	Yearly
Redfish	Sebastes spp.	3LN	Y2	Q2	Yearly
Redfish	Sebastes spp.	3O	Y2	Q2
Highly migratory species, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific Oceans
Frigate tuna	Auxis spp.		Y	M4	Yearly
Atlantic back skipjack	Euthynnus alleteratus		Y	M4	Yearly
Billfish	Istiophoridae		Y	M4	Yearly
Skipjack tuna	Katsuwonus pelamis		M5	M4
Atlantic bonito	Sarda sarda		Y	M4	Yearly
Shark	Squalidae		Y	M4	Yearly
Albacore	Thunnus alalunga		M5	M4
Yellowfin tuna	Thunnus albacares		M5	M4	Yearly
Bigeye tuna	Thunnus obesus		M5	M4	Yearly
Bluefin tuna	Thunnus thynnus		M5	M4
Swordfish	Xiphias gladius		M5	M4
CECAF FAO 34
Black scabbardfish	Aphanopus carbo	Madeira	Q2	M2
Hake	Merluccius spp.	Atlantic CE	Q6	M6
Common octopus	Octopus vulgaris	Atlantic CE	Q4	M4
Deepwater rose shrimp	Parapeneus longirostris	Atlantic CE	Q2	M2
Southern pink shrimp	Penaeus notialis	Atlantic CE	Q3	M3
Sardine	Sardina pilchardus	Atlantic CE	Q5	M5
Mackerel	Scomber japonicus	Madeira	Q2	M2
Horse mackerel	Trachurus spp.	Madeira	Q2	M2
WECAF
Red snapper	Lutjanus purpureus	French Guiana ZEE	Y6	Q7
Shrimp	Penaeus subtilis	French Guiana ZEE	M6	M7

Appendix XIII

List of optional species for EP

Species		Area	Sampling strata
Baltic ICES area III (excluding Skagerrak)
Eel	Anguilla anguilla	IIIb-d	Z2
Whitefish	Coregonus lavaretus	IIId	R2
Pike	Esox lucius	IIId	R2
Dab	Limanda limanda	IIIb-d	R2
Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	IIIa S	R2
Whiting	Merlangius merlangus	IIIa S	R2
Hake	Merluccius merluccius	IIIa S	R2
Perch	Perca fluviatilis	IIId	R2
Flounder	Platichthys flesus	IIIb-d	R2
Flounder	Platichthys flesus	IIIb-c	R2
Saithe	Pollachius virens	IIIa S	R2
Turbot	Psetta maxima	IIIb-d	R2
Pike-perch	Stizostedion lucioperca	IIId	R2
North Sea (Skagerrak) ICES area IIIa (north)
Dab	Limanda limanda	IIIa N	R2
Whiting	Merlangius merlangus	IIIa N	R2
Shark	Squalidae	IIIa N	Z3
ICES area I, II
Greenland halibut	Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	I, II	Y3
North Sea and Eastern Channel ICES areas IV, VIId
Catfish	Anarhichas spp.	IV	Z3
Argentine	Argentina spp.	IV	Z3
Tusk	Brosme brosme	IV	Z3
Witch flounder	Glyptocephalus cynoglossus	IV	Z3
Blue-mouth rockfish	Helicolenus dactylopterus	IV	Z3
Dab	Limanda limanda	IV, VIId	Z2
Roughhead grenadier	Macrourus berglax	IV	Z3
Hake	Merluccius merluccius	IV, VIId	Z2
Blue ling	Molva dypterygia	IV	Z3
Ling	Molva molva	IV	Z3
Forkbeard	Phycis phycis	IV	Z3
Greenland halibut	Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	IV	Z3
Salmon	Salmo salar	VI	Z0
Redfish	Sebastes spp.	IV	Z3
Deep water shark	Selachii	IV	Z3
Small shark	Selachii	IV, VIId	Z3
Spurdog	Squalus acanthias	IV, VIId	Z3
NE Atlantic and Western Channel, ICES II, V, VI, VII (excluding d) VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV
Scabbardfish	Aphanopus spp.	All areas, excluding IXa, X	Z2
Argentine	Argentina spp.	All areas	Y2
Meagre	Argyrosoma regius	All areas	Z2
Alfonsinos	Beryx spp.	All areas, excluding X	Z2
Whelk	Busycon spp.	All areas	Y2
Conger	Conger conger	All areas, excluding X	Y2
Sea bass	Dicentrarchus labrax	IX	Y2
Witch	Glyptocephalus cynoglossus	VI, VII	Y2
Blue-mouth rockfish	Helicolenus dactylopterus	All areas, excluding IXa, X	Z2
Common squid	Loligo vulgaris	All areas, excluding VIIIc, IXa	Y2
Capelin	Mallotus villosus	XIV	Y2
Wedge sole	Microchirus variegatus	All areas	Y2
Lemon sole	Microstomus kitt	All areas	Z2
Blue ling	Molva dypterygia	All areas, excluding X	Y2
Common octopus	Octopus vulgaris	All areas, excluding VIIIc, IXa	Z2
Pandalus shrimp	Pandalus spp.	All areas, excluding VIIIc, IXa	Z2
Forkbeard	Phycis phycis	All areas, excluding X	Z2
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa	VIIbc, VIIhjk, VIII, IX, X	Y2
Pollack	Pollachius pollachius	All areas	Y2
Salmon	Salmo salar	All areas	Z0
Cuttlefish	Sepia officinalis	All areas, excluding VIIIc, IXa	Z2
Razor clam	Solen spp.	All areas	Z2
Sea bream	Sparidae	All areas, excluding VIIIc, IXa, X	Z2
Spurdog	Squalus acanthias	All areas	Y2
Mediterranean horse mackerel	Trachurus mediterraneus	VIII,IX	Y2
Pouting	Trisopterus spp.	All areas, excluding IXa, VIIIc	Z2
Other deepwater species	Other deepwater species	All areas	Z2
Mediterranean
Blue whiting	Micromesistius poutassou	1.1, 3.1	Y6
Clam	Veneridae	2.1, 2.2	Q6
NAFO Areas
Pandalid shrimp	Pandalus spp.	3LN	Y2
Redfish	Sebastes spp.	SA 1	Y2
CECAF FAO 34
Anchovy	Engraulis encrasicolus		Y7
Silver scabbardfish	Lepidopus caudatus	Mauritania	Y7
Common squid	Loligo vulgaris	Atlantic CE	Y7
Bonito	Sarda sarda	Mauritania	Q7
Round sardinella	Sardinella aurita	Mauritania, Atlantic CE	Y7
Short-body sardinella	Sardinella maderensis	Mauritania, Atlantic CE	Y7
Chub mackerel	Scomber japonicus	Mauritania	Y7
Cuttlefish	Sepia hierredda	Atlantic CE	Y7
Finfish	Sparidae, Serranidae, Haemulidae	Atlantic CE	Y7
Horse mackerel	Trachurus trachurus	Mauritania	Y7
Cunene horse mackerel	Trachurus trecae	Mauritania	Y7
Scabbardfish	Trichiuridae		Y7
CCAMLR FAO 58
Antartic icefish	Champsoccephalus gunnari	Kerguelen	Y6
Antartic toothfish	Dissostichus eleginoides	Kerguelen	Y6
Grenadiers	Macrouridae	Kerguelen, Crozet	Y6
Grey rockcod	Notothenia squamifrons	Kerguelen	Y6
Skate	Raja spp.	Kerguelen, Crozet	Y6
South-west Atlantic FAO 41
Antartic toothfish	Dissostichus eleginoides	Argentina/UK	Y7
Cusk-eel	Genypterus blacodes	Argentina/UK	Y7
Short-finned squid	Illex argentinus	Argentina/UK	Q7
Patagonian squid	Loligo gahi	Argentina/UK	Q7
Grenadier	Macrourus spp.	Argentina/UK	Y7
Patagonian grenadier	Macruronus magellanicus	Argentina/UK	Y7
Southern hake	Merluccius australis	Argentina/UK	Y7
Argentinean hake	Merluccius hubbsi	Argentina/UK	Q7
Southern blue whiting	Micromesistius australis	Argentina/UK	Y7
Rockcod	Notothenia spp.	Argentina/UK	Y7
Patagonian rockcod	Salilota australis	Argentina/UK	Y7
Angola FAO 47
Red striped shrimp	Aristeus varidens	Angola	Q7
Deepwater rose shrimp	Parapenaeus longirostris	Angola	Q7
Penaeus shrimps	Penaeus spp.	Angola	Q7

Appendix XIV (section G)

List of surveys (MP, EP)

Name of the survey	Area	Period	Main objectives (Species etc.)	Survey effort		Priority
Name of the survey	Area	Period	Main objectives (Species etc.)	Days	Hauls	Priority
Baltic
BITS first/fourth quarter	IIIaS, IIIb-c	First and fourth quarter	Cod and other demersal species	129-157	510	1
IBTS first/third quarter	IIIa	First and third quarter	Haddock, cod, saithe, herring, sprat, whiting, mackerel, Norway pout.	22-26	95	1
Herring acoustic survey	IIIa, IIIb-d	Third and fourth quarter	Herring, sprat	60-74	180	1
Sprat acoustic survey	IIIc-d	Second quarter	Sprat	32-39	85	1
Herring larvae survey	IIIc	Second quarter	Herring larvae	54-66	400	2
German flatfish survey	IIIc	Third quarter	Flounder	24-30	20	2
North Sea and Eastern Channel and area II
IBTS first quarter	IV, IIIa	First quarter	Haddock, cod, saithe, herring, sprat, whiting, mackerel, Norway pout.	117-143	360	1
Atlan/Scand. herring survey	IIa	May	Herring, blue whiting	27-33	90 + track	1
IBTS third quarter	IV, IIIa	Third quarter	Haddock, cod, saithe, herring, sprat, whiting, mackerel, Norway pout.	117-143	360	1
NS herring acoustic survey	IV, IIIa	July	Herring, sprat	68-83	150 + track	1
BTS	IVb, IVc, VIId	Third quarter	Plaice, sole	50-62	280	1
Sole net survey	IVb, IVc	Third quarter	Sole, plaice	14-17	60	1
Demersal young fish survey	Coasts of NS	Third, fourth quarter	Plaice, sole, brown shrimp	117-143	1 000	1
Herring larvae survey	IV, VIId	First, fourth quarter	Herring, sprat larvae	37-45	390	2
Greenland halibut survey	IIb slopes	October since 1 997	Greenland halibut	27-33	120 from 300-750 m water depth	2
Nephrops TV survey	IVa, IVb	Second quarter	Nephrops	17-21	90	2
Channel ground fish survey	VIId	Fourth quarter	Whiting, cod, pout, plaice, red gurnard, black bream, red mullet	27-33	100	2
German cod survey	German Bight	First, fourth quarter	Cod, whiting, plaice and dab	14-18	70	2
NE Atlantic area and Western Channel
Western IBTS fourth quarter	VIa, VII, VIII, IXa	October-November	Groundfish survey (gadoids + pelagics) abundance indices	149-182	580	1
ISBCBTS	VIIa, f, g	September	Sole, plaice	22-26	120	1
Mackerel/horse mackerel egg survey	VIa, VII, VIII, IXa	January-July (triennial)	Mackerel, horse mackerel egg production	252-308	1 750 plankton/50 bottom trawls	1
Spawning/pre-spawning herring acoustic survey	VIa, VIIa, g	July, September, November, March, January	Herring, sprat	126-154	Acoustic track	1
Sardine, anchovy, horse mackerel acoustic survey	VIII + IX	March/April/May	Sardine, anchovy, mackerel, horse mackerel abundance indices	77-95	140	1
Bioman	VIII	May	Anchovy SSB (DEP)	18-22	600/20 pelagic hauls	1
Ressgasc	VIIIa, b	May + October	Abundance indices, discards for hake,sole	22-26	70	1
Nephrops TV survey	VIa	February + August/September	Nephrops (from burrow counts)	28-34	200	2
WCBTS	VIIe	October	Sole, plaice, anglerfish, lemon sole	7-9	55	2
Egg production survey	VIIa	January-May (five-yearly)	Egg production (demersal)	58-70	800	2
DARD groundfish	VIIa	March	Groundfish survey (gadoids + pelagics)	9-11	45	2
DARD herring larvae	VIIa	November	Larva indices: herring	5-6	60	2
DARD MIK-net	VIIa	May/June	Pelagic juvenile indices: gadoids	5-6	45	2
DARD nephrops	VIIa	April + August	Distribution and biology: Nephrops	14-18	80	2
Juvenile plaice survey	VIIa	May	Young plaice	6-8	25	2
Nephrops	VIIa	June	Nephrops ecology	6-8	25	2
Cod tagging	VIIa, b, VIa-b	March	Cod	9-11	30	2
Egg and larval survey	VI	April	Demersal (gadoids)	25-31	70	2
ARSA	IXa	March	Abundance indices for demersal stocks	15-19	50	2
Sardine-acoustic survey (SAR)	IXa	November	Abundance indices, recruitment	23-29	40	2
Nephrops	IXa	June	Nephrops abundance indices/Nephrops recruitment	15-19	60	2
Groundfish survey summer	IXa	July/August	Abundance for hake, horse mackerel, mackerel	23-28	65	2
Deep sea fish survey	IXa	August/September	Abundance indices of deep sea stocks	41-50	130	2
ARQDAÇO	X	April/May	Abundance of bluemouth rockfish, forkbears, alfonsinos, conger, seabreams	41-50	35	2
DEEP	X	Fourth quarter	Distribution and abundance	27-33	25	2
Pelagicos	X	Third quarter	Distribution and abundance of tuna and shark	27-33	25	2
Sardine DEPM	VIIIc, IXa	Spring (VIII) winter (IX) trieannial	Sardine SSB and use of CUFES to improve estimates	108-132	1 200	1
Greenland groundfish survey	ICES XIV, NAFO SA1	September/October	Distribution, abundance, biomass, recruitment of target species cod and other species	42-52	70 down to 400 m	2
IBTS (WCGFS)	VIIe-k, VIIIa	March	Groundfish survey (gadoids + pelagics)	27-33	80	2
Scottish West Coast, young fish survey	VIa, VIIa	March	Gadoids, herring, mackerel	19-23	60	2
Rockall survey	VIb	September (biennial)	Haddock	12-14	40	2
Redfish survey	Irminger Sea	June (biennial)	Redfish abundance, age	24-30	20	1
Mediterranean
Medits	37(1, 2, 3.1)	Second quarter	30 species	320-391	1 100	1
Pelmed	37(2)		Sardine, anchovy (abundance indices)	23-28	15	2
GRUND	37(1,2)		Biological data of 10 target species	81-99	1 080	2
Anchovy	37(3.1)		Anchovy abundance estimation	11-13	110	2
Ecomed	37(1)	November-December	Sardine, anchovy (Abundance indices)	27-33	55	2
Sardine	37(3.1, 2.2)		Sardine abundance estimation	27-33	110	2
NAFO area
Flemish cap groundfish survey	3M	July since 1 988	Cod, American plaice, redfish, Greenland halibut, roughhead grenadier, shrimp	30-36	120 up to 750 m water depth	1
3NO groundfish survey	3NO	April/May since 1 995	Yellowtail flounder, American plaice, cod, redfish, Greenland halibut, roughhead grenadier	27-33	120 to 1 250 m	2
Indian and Atlantic Oceans
Tuna tagging	Indian and Atlantic Oceans		Yellowfin skipjack, bigeye, bluefin, albacore, swordfish			1

Appendix XV (section H)

Age-length sampling scheme (MP, EP)

(a) Market sampling effort defined as the numbers of samples taken per tonne of landings on an annual basis.

A	1/20
B	1/50
C	1/100
D	1/200
E	1/500
F	1/1000
G	1/2000

(b) Length of sampling level defined as the number of fish measured per sample.

0	400
1	200
2	100
3	50
4	25 or less as available

(c) As regards ageing, in cases where the sampling scheme as given in this Appendix is excessive, the following rule applies.

For stocks for which age reading is possible, 40 individuals must be aged per year within each length interval. However, this number can be reduced if Member States establish that such a reduction will not affect the quality of the age composition estimate.

Species		Area	Landings sampling
			Length		Age
			MP	EP	MP	EP
Baltic ICES area III (excluding Skagerrak)
Eel	Anguilla anguilla	IIIb-d		C3		C3
Herring	Clupea harengus	IIIa S	F2	E2	F2	E2
Herring	Clupea harengus	IIIb-c	F2	E2	F3	E3
Herring	Clupea harengus	IIId	F2	E2	F2	E2
Whitefish	Coregonus lavaretus	IIId		C3		C3
Pike	Esox lucius	IIId		C3		C3
Cod	Gadus morhua	IIIa S	C3	B2	C3	B2
Cod	Gadus morhua	IIIb-d	D3	C2	D4	C3
Dab	Limanda limanda	IIIb-d		D3		D3
Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	IIIa S		C3		C3
Whiting	Merlangius merlangus	IIIa S		C3		C3
Hake	Merluccius merluccius	IIIa S		C3		C3
Norway lobster	Nephrops norvegicus	Functional unit	C1	B1
Perch	Perca fluviatilis	IIId		C3		C3
Flounder	Platichtys flesus	IIIb-c		D3		D3
Flounder	Platichtys flesus	IIIb-d		D3		D3
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa	IIIa	C3	B2	C3	B2
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa	IIIb-d	C3	B2	C3	B2
Saithe	Pollachius virens	IIIa S		C3		C3
Turbot	Psetta maxima	IIIb-d		C3		C3
Salmon	Salmo salar	IIIb-d	C3	B2	C3	B2
Sea trout	Salmo trutta	IIIb-d	C3	B2	C3	B2
Sole	Solea solea	IIIa S	B2	B3	B2	B3
Sprat	Sprattus sprattus	IIIa S	F2	E2	F3	E3
Sprat	Sprattus sprattus	IIIb-d	G2	F2	G3	F3
Pike-perch	Stizostedion lucioperca	IIId		C3		C3
North Sea (Skagerrak) ICES area IIIa (north)
Sandeel	Ammodytidae	IIIa N	F3	E2	F3	E2
Herring	Clupea harengus	IIIa N	F2	E2	F2	E2
Cod	Gadus morhua	IIIa N	C3	B2	C4	B2
Dab	Limanda limanda	IIIa N		C3		C3
Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	IIIa N	C3	B2	C3	B2
Whiting	Merlangius merlangus	IIIa N		C3		C3
Hake	Merluccius merluccius	IIIa N	C3	B2	C3	B2
Blue whiting	Micromesistius poutassou	IIIa N	F3	E2	F3	E2
Norway lobster	Nephrops norvegicus	Functional unit	C1	B1
Pandalid shrimps	Pandalus spp.	IIIa N	C0	B0
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa	IIIa N	C3	B2	C3	B2
Saithe	Pollachius virens	IIIa N	C3	B2	C3	B2
Mackerel	Scomber scombrus	IIIa N	E2	E3	E2	E3
Shark	Squalidae	IIIa N		C4
Sole	Solea solea	IIIa N	B3	B2	B3	B2
Sprat	Sprattus sprattus	IIIa N	F2	E2	F2	E2
Norway pout	Trisopterus esmarki	IIIa N	F3	E2	F3	E2
ICES area I, II
Atlanto-Scandian herring	Clupea harengus	IIa, V	F3	E3	F4	E4
Cod	Gadus morhua	I, II	D3	C2	E4	D3
Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	I, II	D3	C2	E4	D3
Northern prawn	Pandalus borealis	I, II	D2	C2
Saithe	Pollachius virens	I, II	D2	C2	E3	D3
Greenland halibut	Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	I, II		F3
Redfishes	Sebastes spp.	I, II	E2	C2
North Sea and Eastern Channel ICES areas IV, VIId
Sandeel	Ammodytidae	IV	G3	G2	G3	G2
Catfish	Anarhichas spp.	IV		C4
Argentine	Argentina spp.	IV		C4
Tusk	Brosme brosme	IV		C4
Herring	Clupea harengus	IV, VIId	F3	E3	F4	E4
Sea bass	Dicentrarchus labrax	IV, VIId	D3	C3		D4
Cod	Gadus morhua	IV, VIId	D3	C3	D4	C3
Witch flounder	Glyptocephalus cynoglossus	IV		C4
Blue-mouth rockfish	Helicolenus dactylopterus	IV		C4
Four-spot megrim	Lepidorhombus boscii	IV, VIId	E3	D3	E4	D4
Megrim	Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis	IV, VIId	E3	D3	E4	D4
Dab	Limanda limanda	IV, VIId		C4
Black-bellied angler	Lophius budegassa	IV, VIId	D4	C4	D4	C4
Anglerfish	Lophius piscatorius	IV, VIId	D4	C4	D4	C4
Roughhead grenadier	Macrourus berglax	IV		C4
Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	IV, VIId	D3	C3	D4	C3
Whiting	Merlangius merlangus	IV, VIId	D3	E4	D4	C3
Hake	Merluccius merluccius	IV, VIId		C4
Blue whiting	Micromesistius poutassou	IV, VIId	F3	F2	F3	F2
Lemon sole	Microstomus kitt	IV, VIId	D4	C4	D4	C4
Blue ling	Molva dypterygia	IV		C4
Ling	Molva molva	IV		C4
Mullet	Mullus barbatus	IV, VIId	D3	C3		E3
Red mullet	Mullus surmuletus	IV, VIId	D3	C3		E3
Norway lobster (functional unit)	Nephrops norvegicus	IV	B0	A0
Northern prawn	Pandalus borealis	IV	E2	D1
Scallop	Pecten spp.	VIId	D3	C3
Forkbeard	Phycis phycis	IV		C4
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa	IV	E3	D3	E4	D3
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa	VIId	C1	C0	C3	C2
Saithe	Pollachius virens	IV, VIId	D3	C3	D4	C3
Turbot	Psetta maxima	IV, VIId	D4	C4	D4	C4
Thornback ray	Raja clavata	IV, VIId	E4	E3
Starry ray	Raja radiata	IV, VIId	E4	E3
Cuckoo ray	Raja naevus	IV, VIId	E4	E3
Spotted ray	Raja montagui	IV, VIId	E4	E3
Other rays and skates	Rajidae	IV, VIId	E4	E3
Greenland halibut	Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	IV		C4
Salmon	Salmo salar	VI		C4
Mackerel	Scomber scombrus	IV, VIId	F3	E3	F4	E4
Brill	Scophthalmus rhombus	IV, VIId	D4	C4	D4	C4
Redfish	Sebastes spp.	IV		C4
Deep water shark	Selachii	IV		C4
Small shark	Selachii	IV, VIId		C4
Sole	Solea solea	IV	D3	C3	D4	C3
Sole	Solea solea	VIId	C1	C0	C3	C2
Sprat	Sprattus sprattus	IV, VIId	G3	G2	G3	G2
Spurdog	Squalus acanthias	IV, VIId		C4
Horse mackerel	Trachurus spp.	IV, VIId	F2	E2	F4	E4
Norway pout	Trisopterus esmarki	IV	G3	G2	G3	G2
NE Atlantic and Western Channel ICES areas II, V, VI, VII (excluding d) VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV
Scabbardfish	Aphanopus spp.	All areas (excluding IXa, X)		F3
Scabbardfish	Aphanopus spp.	IXa, X	B2	B1	B4	B3
Argentine	Argentina spp.	All areas		F4
Meagre	Argyrosoma regius	All areas		F3
Alfonsinos	Beryx spp.	X	A3	A2	A4	A3
Alfonsinos	Beryx spp.	All areas (excluding X)		F3
Whelk	Busycon spp.	All areas		F3
Edible crab	Cancer pagurus	All areas	D3	C3
Herring	Clupea harengus	VIa, VIIa,b,c,j	F3	F4	F4	D3
Conger	Conger conger	All areas (excluding X)		F3		F4
Conger	Conger conger	X	B4	B3	B4	B3
Roundnose grenadier	Coryphaenoides rupestris	All areas	F3	D2	C2
Sea bass	Dicentrarchus labrax	All areas (excluding IXa)	D3	C3	E4	D4
Sea bass	Dicentrarchus labrax	IXa		F3		F4
Anchovy	Engraulis encrasicolus	IXa, only Cadiz	B3	E2	F3	F2
Anchovy	Engraulis encrasicolus	VIII	D3	C2	E4	D2
Cod	Gadus morhua	VIa, VIb, VIIa, VIIb-k, VIII, XII, XIV	D3	B2	E4	D2
Witch	Glyptocephalus cynoglossus	VI, VII		F3	F4
Bluemouth rockfish	Helicolenus dactylopterus	IXa, X	B3	B2	B4	A4
Bluemouth rockfish	Helicolenus dactylopterus	All areas (excluding IXa, X)		F3		F2
Lobster	Homarus gammarus	All areas	F3	F2
Orange roughy	Hoplostethus atlanticus	All areas	F3	E3
Four-spot megrim	Lepidorhombus boscii	Vb, VI, IX, XII, XIV, VII, VIIIa, b, c, d, e	C3	B2	E3	D2
Megrim	Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis	Vb, VI, XII, IX, XIV, VII, VIIIa, b, c, d, e	C3	B2	E3	D2
Common squid	Loligo vulgaris	All areas (excluding VIIIc, IXa)		F3
Common squid	Loligo vulgaris	VIIIc, IXa	B1	B2
Black-bellied angler	Lophius budegassa	Vb, VI, XII, XIV, VII, VIIIa, b, d, e	C3	B2	D4	C3
Black-bellied angler	Lophius budegassa	VIIIc, IX, X	B3	C2	E3	D2
Anglerfish	Lophius piscatorious	Vb, VI, XII, XIV, VII, VIIIa, b, d, e	C3	B2	D4	C3
Anglerfish	Lophius piscatorious	VIIIc, IX, X	B3	C2	E3	D2
Capelin	Mallotus villosus	XIV
Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	Vb, VI, XII, XIV	F4	E4	F4	E4
Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	VIa, VIb, VIIa, VII, VIII, XII, XIV	D3	E4	E3	D2
Whiting	Merlangius merlangus	IX	F3	E3	F4	E4
Whiting	Merlangius merlangus	Vb, VI, XII, XIV, VIIa, VIIb-k, VIII	C3	B2	E3	D2
Hake	Merluccius merluccius	IIIa, IV, VI, VII, VIIIa, b, VIIIc, IXa	C3	B2	E3	D2
Wedge sole	Microchirus variegatus	All areas		F3
Blue whiting	Micromesistius poutassou	I-IX, XII, XIV	F3	E3	F4	E4
Lemon sole	Microstomus kitt	All areas		F3
Blue ling	Molva dypterygia	All areas (excluding X)		F3		F4
Blue ling	Molva dypterygia	X	A4	A3	A4	A3
Ling	Molva molva	All areas		F3		F4
Red mullet	Mullus surmuletus	All areas	F3	E3
Norway lobster (functional unit)	Nephrops norvegicus	VI	B0	A0
Norway lobster (functional unit)	Nephrops norvegicus	VII	B1	A1
Norway lobster (functional unit)	Nephrops norvegicus	VIII, IX	A1	A0
Common octopus	Octopus vulgaris	All areas (excluding VIIIc, IXa)	F3	F2
Common octopus	Octopus vulgaris	VIIIc, IXa	B3	B2
Pandalid shrimp	Pandalus spp.	All areas (excluding VIIIc, IX)		F3
Shrimp	Parapenaeus longirostris, Aristeus antennatus	VIIIc, IXa	B1	A1
Common scallop	Pecten maximus	VIId	D3	C3
Forkbeard	Phycis phycis	X	B3	B2	B4	B3
Forkbeard	Phycis phycis	All areas (excluding X)		F3
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa	VIIa, VIIe-g	B1	B0	B3	B2
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa	VIIb, c, VIIh, j, k, VIII, IX, X		F3		F4
Pollack	Pollachius pollachius	All areas		F3		F4
Saithe	Pollachius virens	Vb, VI, XII, XIV	C3	B2	E3	D2
Saithe	Pollachius virens	VII, VIII	F3	E3	F4	E4
Wreckfish	Polyprion americanus	X	A4	A3
Blond ray	Raja brachyura	All areas	F3	F4
Thornback ray	Raja clavata	All areas	F3	F4
Spotted ray	Raja montagui	All areas	F3	F4
Cuckoo ray	Raja naevus	All areas	D3	E4
Other rays and skates	Rajidae	All areas	F3	F4
Greenland halibut	Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	Va, XII, XIV	F3			F4
Salmon	Salmo salar	All areas		F3
Sardine	Sardina pilchardus	VIII, IX	C2	C3	E3	D4
Spanish mackerel	Scomber japonicus	VIII, IX	D3	C3	F4
Mackerel	Scomber scombrus	II, IIIa, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX (excluding VIIIc, IXa)	F3	E3	F4	E4
Mackerel	Scomber scombrus	VIIIc, IXa	D4	C3	D4	C3
Redfish	Sebastes spp.	Va, XII, XIV	C2	B2	E3	D2
Cuttlefish	Sepia officinalis	All areas (excluding VIIc, IXa)		F3
Cuttlefish	Sepia officinalis	VIIc, IXa	B3	B2
Sole	Solea solea	VIIe	C3	B2	D4	D2
Sole	Solea solea	VIIa / VIIf, g	B1	B0	B3	B2
Sole	Solea solea	VIIIa, b	B1	B0	C3	C2
Sole	Solea solea	VIIb, c, VIIh, j, k, IXa	F3	E3	F4	E4
Razor clam	Solen spp.	All areas		F3
Sea bream	Sparidae	All areas (excluding VIIIc, IXa, X)		F3
Sea bream	Sparidae	VIIIc, IXa, X	B3	B2	B4	B3
Spurdog	Squalus acanthias	All areas		F3
Mediterranean horse mackerel	Trachurus mediterraneus	VIII, IX		F3		F4
Blue jack mackerel	Trachurus picturatus	X	B3	B3	C4	B3
Horse mackerel	Trachurus trachurus	IIa, IVa, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX (excluding VIIIc, IXa)	F3	E3	F4	E4
Horse mackerel	Trachurus trachurus	VIIIc, IXa	D3	D2	E2	E4
Pouting	Trisopterus spp.	All areas (excluding VIIIc, IXa)		F3
Pouting	Trisopterus luscus	VIIIc, IXa	B4	B3	B4	B3
Other deepwater species	Other deepwater species	All areas		F3
Mediterranean
Blue-and-red shrimp	Aristeus antennatus	1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1	B3	A2
Giant red shrimp	Aristeomorpha foliacea	1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1	B3	A2
Bogue	Boops boops	3,1	E3	D3	E4	E3
Sea bass	Dicentrarchus labrax	1,2	E3	D3
Curled octopus	Eledone cirrosa	1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	E4	D4
White octopus	Eledone moschata	1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	E4	D4
Anchovy	Engraulis encrasicolus	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	D3	C2	E4	D3
Grey gurnard	Eutrigla gurnardus	1.3, 2.2, 3.1	D3	C3
Billfish	Istiophoridae	All areas	D2	B2
Common squid	Loligo vulgaris	1.3, 2.2, 3.1	D3	C3
Black-bellied angler	Lophius budegassa	1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1	C2	B2	D4	C3
Anglerfish	Lophius piscatorius	1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1	C2	B2	D4	C3
Hake	Merluccius merluccius	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	C3	B2	D4	C3
Blue whiting	Micromesistius poutassou	1.1, 3.1		D3
Mullet	Mullus barbatus	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	C3	B2	D4	C3
Red mullet	Mullus surmuletus	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	C3	B2	D4	C3
Norway lobster	Nephrops norvegicus	1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	B3	A2
Pandora	Pagellus erythrinus	1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	D3	C3	E4	E3
Deepwater rose shrimp	Parapenaeus longirostris	1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1	C3	B2
Caramote prawn	Penaeus kerathurus	1.3, 2, 3.1	E3	D3
Picarel	Spicara maris	1.3, 2.2, 3.1	E3	D3
Thornback ray	Raja clavata	1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	D3	C3
Mediteranean ray	Raja miraletus	1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	D3	C3
Atlantic bonito	Sarda sarda	All areas	E4	B2
Sardine	Sardina pilchardus	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	D3	C2	E4	D3
Mackerel	Scomber scombrus	1.3, 2.2, 3.1	E4	D4	E4	E3
Sharks	Selachii	All areas	D2	C2
Cuttlefish	Sepia officinalis	1.3, 2.1, 3.1	E3	D2
Sole	Solea vulgaris	1.2, 2.1, 3.1	E3	D3
Gilthead sea bream	Sparus aurata	1.2, 3.1	E3	D3
Mediterranean horse mackerel	Trachurus mediterraneus	1.1, 1.3, 3.1	E3	D3	E4	E3
Albacore	Thunnus alalunga	All areas	C2	B2
Bluefin tuna	Thunnus thynnus	All areas	C2	B2
Horse mackerel	Trachurus trachurus	1.1, 1.3, 3.1	E3	D3	E4	E3
Tub gurnard	Trigla lucerna	1.3, 2.2, 3.1	D3	C3
Clam	Veneridae	2.1, 2.2		F3
Swordfish	Xiphias gladius	All areas	C2	B2
NAFO areas
Cod	Gadus morhua	2J3KL	A2	A1	E3	D3
Cod	Gadus morhua	3M	A2	A1	E3	D3
Cod	Gadus morhua	3NO	A2	A1	E3	D3
Cod	Gadus morhua	3Ps	F4	E4	F4	E4
Witch flounder	Glyptocephalus cynoglossus	3NO	A2	A1
American plaice	Hippoglossoides platessoides	3LNO	A2	A1	E3	D3
American plaice	Hippoglossoides platessoides	3M	A2	A1	E3	D3
Yellowtail flounder	Limanda ferruginea	3LNO	A2	A1
Grenadier	Macrouridae	SA 2 + 3	A2	A1	E3	D3
Pandalid shrimp	Pandalus spp.	3M	D2	C2
Pandalid shrimp	Pandalus spp.	3LN		F3
Skate	Raja spp.	SA 3	D2	C2
Greenland halibut	Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	3KLMNO	A2	A1	E3	D3
Greenland halibut	Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	1D		F3		F3
Redfish	Sebastes spp.	3M	A2	A1	F3	E4
Redfish	Sebastes spp.	3LN	A2	A1		E4
Redfish	Sebastes spp.	3O	B2	C2
Redfish	Sebastes spp.	SA 1		F3		F3
Highly migratory species, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific Oceans
Frigate tuna	Auxis spp.		E4	D2
Atlantic back skipjack	Euthynnus alleteratus		E4	D2
Skipjack tuna	Katsuwonus pelamis		C2	B2
Billfish	Istiophoridae		D2	B2
Atlantic bonito	Sarda sarda		E4	D2
Shark	Squalidae		D2	C2
Albacore	Thunnus alalunga		C2	B2
Yellowfin tuna	Thunnus albacares		C2	B2
Bigeye tuna	Thunnus obesus		C2	B2
Bluefin tuna	Thunnus thynnus		C2	B2
Swordfish	Xiphias gladius		C2	B2
CECAF FAO 34
Black scabbardfish	Aphanopus carbo	Madeira	D3	B3
Anchovy	Engraulis encrasicolus		E3	D2
Silver scabbardfish	Lepidopus caudatus	Mauritania		D2
Common squid	Loligo vulgaris	Atlantic CE	D2	C2
Hake	Merluccius spp.	Atlantic CE	C2	B2		D3
Common octopus	Octopus vulgaris	Atlantic CE	C2	B2
Deepwater rose shrimp	Parapenaeus longirostris	Atlantic CE	C2	B2
Southern pink shrimp	Penaeus notialis	Atlantic CE	C2	B2
Sardine	Sardina pilchardus	Atlantic CE	E3	D2		D3
Bonito	Sarda sarda	Mauritania	F2	D2
Round sardinella	Sardinella aurita	Mauritania, Atlantic CE	F3	D2
Short-body sardinella	Sardinella maderensis	Mauritania, Atlantic CE	F3	D2
Chub Mackerel	Scomber japonicus	Madeira	D2	C2
Chub Mackerel	Scomber japonicus	Mauritania	D2	C2
Cuttlefish	Sepia hierredda	Atlantic CE	D2	B2
Finfish	Sparidae, Serranidae, Haemulidae	Atlantic CE		D2
Horse mackerel	Trachurus spp.	Madeira	D3	B3
Atlantic horse mackerel	Trachurus trachurus	Mauritania		D2
Cunene Horse mackerel	Trachurus trecae	Mauritania		D2
Scabbardfish	Trichiuridae			D2
WECAF
Red snapper	Lutjanus purpureus	French Guiana ZEE	C2	B2
Shrimp	Penaeus subtilis	French Guiana ZEE	C2	B2
CCAMLR FAO 58
Antarctic icefish	Champsocephalus gunnari	Kerguelen FAO 58		C2
Antarctic toothfish	Dissostichus eleginoides	Kerguelen FAO 58		C2		D3
Grenadier	Macrouridae	Kerguelen, Crozet, FAO 58		C2
Grey rockcod	Notothenia squamifrons	Kerguelen FAO 58		C2
Skate	Raja spp.	Kerguelen, Crozet, FAO 58		C2
South-west Atlantic FAO 41
Antarctic toothfish	Dissostichus eleginoides	Argentina/UK		D2		D2
Cusk-eel	Genypterus blacodes	Argentina/UK		D2		D2
Argentine short-finned squid	Illex argentinus	Argentina/UK		D2		C2
Patagonian squid	Loligo gahi	Argentina/UK		D2		C2
Grenadier	Macrourus spp.	Argentina/UK		D2		D2
Patagonian grenadier	Macruronus magellanicus	Argentina/UK		D2		D2
Southern hake	Merluccius australis	Argentina/UK		D2		D2
Argentinean hake	Merluccius hubbsi	Argentina/UK		D2		C2
Southern blue-whiting	Micromesistius australis	Argentina/UK		D2		D2
Rockcod	Notothenia	Argentina/UK		D2		D2
Codling	Salilota australis	Argentina/UK		D2		D2
Angola FAO 47
Red-striped shrimp	Aristeus varidens	Angola		B2
Deepwater rose shrimp	Parapenaeus longirostris	Angola		B2
Shrimps	Penaeus spp.	Angola		B2

Appendix XVI (section I)

Other biological samplings

Y = yearly; T = every three years; S = every six years

Species		Area	Growth		Maturity		Fecundity		Sex Ratio
Data			Data		Length	Age	Length	Age
Length	Weight		Length	Age	Length	Age	Length	Age
Baltic ICES area III (excluding Skagerrak)
Herring	Clupea harengus	IIIb-c	T	T	T	T			T	T
Herring	Clupea harengus	IIId	T	T	T	T			T	T
Herring	Clupea harengus	IIIa S	T	T	T	T			T	T
Cod	Gadus morhua	IIIa S	T	T	T	T			T	T
Cod	Gadus morhua	IIIb-d	T	T	T	T			T	T
Norway lobster	Nephrops norvegicus	Functional unit	S	S	S				T
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa	IIIa	T	T	T	T			T	T
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa	IIIb-d	T	T	T	T			T	T
Salmon	Salmo salar	IIIb-d	T	T	T	T			T	T
Sea trout	Salmo trutta	IIIb-d	T	T	T	T			T	T
Sole	Solea solea	IIIa	T	T	T	T			T	T
Sprat	Sprattus sprattus	IIIb-d	T	T	T	T			T	T
Sprat	Sprattus sprattus	IIIa S	T	T	T	T			T	T
North Sea (Skagerrak) ICES area IIIa (north)
Sandeel	Ammodytidae	IIIa N	T	T	T	T			T	T
Herring	Clupea harengus	IIIa N	T	T	T	T			T	T
Cod	Gadus morhua	IIIa N	T	T	T	T			T	T
Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	IIIa N	T	T	T	T			T	T
Hake	Merluccius merluccius	IIIa N	T	T	T	T			T	T
Blue whiting	Micromesistius poutassou	IIIa N	T	T	T	T			T	T
Norway lobster	Nephrops norvegicus	Functional unit	S	S	S				T
Northern prawn	Pandalus spp.	IIIa N	T	T	T				T
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa	IIIa N	T	T	T	T			T	T
Saithe	Pollachius virens	IIIa N	T	T	T	T			T	T
Mackerel	Scomber scombrus	IIIa N	T	T	T	T			T	T
Sole	Solea solea	IIIa N	T	T	T	T			T	T
Sprat	Sprattus sprattus	IIIa N	T	T	T	T			T	T
Norway pout	Trisopterus esmarki	IIIa N	T	T	T	T			T	T
ICES area I, II
Atlanto-Scandian herring	Clupea harengus	IIa, V	T	T	T	T			T	T
Cod	Gadus morhua	I, II	T	T	T	T			T	T
Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	I, II	T	T	T	T			T	T
Northern prawn	Pandalus borealis	I, II	T	T	T				T
Saithe	Pollachius virens	I, II	T	T	T	T			T	T
Redfish	Sebastes spp.	I, II	T	T	T	T			T	T
North Sea and Eastern Channel ICES areas IV, VIId
Sandeel	Ammodytidae	IV	T	T	T	T			T	T
Herring	Clupea harengus	IV, VIId	T	T	T	T			T	T
Sea bass	Dicentrarchus labrax	IV, VIId	T	T	T	T			T	T
Cod	Gadus morhua	IV, VIId	T	T	T	T			T	T
Four-spot megrim	Lepidorhombus boscii	IV, VIId	T	T	T	T			T	T
Megrim	Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis	IV, VIId	T	T	T	T			T	T
Black-bellied angler	Lophius budegassa	IV, VIId	T	T	T	T			T	T
Anglerfish	Lophius piscatorius	IV, VIId	T	T	T	T			T	T
Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	IV, VIId	T	T	T	T			T	T
Whiting	Merlangius merlangus	IV, VIId	T	T	T	T			T	T
Blue whiting	Micromesistius poutassou	IV, VIId	T	T	T	T			T	T
Lemon sole	Microstomus kitt	IV, VIId	T	T	T	T			T	T
Mullet	Mullus barbatus	IV, VIId	T	T	T	T			T	T
Red mullet	Mullus surmuletus	IV, VIId	T	T	T	T			T	T
Norway lobster	Nephrops norvegicus	Functional unit	S	S	S				T
Northern prawn	Pandalus borealis	IV	T	T	T				T
Scallops	Pecten spp.	VIId	T	T	T				T
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa	IV	T	T	T	T			T	T
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa	VIId	T	T	T	T			T	T
Saithe	Pollachius virens	IV, VIId	T	T	T	T			T	T
Turbot	Psetta maxima	IV, VIId	T	T	T	T			T	T
Thornback ray	Raja clavata	IV, VIId	T	T	T				T
Starry ray	Raja radiata	IV, VIId	T	T	T				T
Cuckoo ray	Raja naevus	IV, VIId	T	T	T				T
Spotted ray	Raja montagui	IV, VIId	T	T	T				T
Other rays and skates	Rajidae	IV, VIId	T	T	T				T
Mackerel	Scomber scombrus	IV, VIId	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T
Brill	Scopthalmus rhombus	IV, VIId	T	T	T	T			T	T
Sole	Solea solea	IV	T	T	T	T			T	T
Sole	Solea solea	VIId	T	T	T	T			T	T
Sprat	Sprattus sprattus	IV, VIId	T	T	T	T			T	T
Horse mackerel	Trachurus spp.	IV, VIId	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T
Norway pout	Trisopterus esmarki	IV	T	T	T	T			T	T
North-east Atlantic and Western Channel ICES areas II, V, VI, VII (excluding d) VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV
Scabbardfish	Aphanopus spp.	IXa, X	T	T	T	T			T	T
Alfonsinos	Beryx spp.	X	T	T	T	T			T	T
Edible crab	Cancer pagurus	All areas	T	T	T				T
Herring	Clupea harengus	VIa, VIIabcj	T	T	T	T			T	T
Conger	Conger conger	X	T	T	T	T			T	T
Roundnose grenadier	Coryphaenoides rupestris	All areas	T	T	T	T			T	T
Sea bass	Dicentrarchus labrax	All areas excluding IX	T	T	T	T			T	T
Anchovy	Engraulis encrasicolus	IXa, only Cadiz	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T
Anchovy	Engraulis encrasicolus	VIII	T	T	T	T	Y	Y	Y	Y
Cod	Gadus morhua	VIa, VIb, VIIa, VIIb-k, VIII, XII, XIV	T	T	T	T			T	T
Bluemouth rockfish	Helicolenus dactylopterus	IXa, X	T	T	T	T			T	T
Lobster	Homarus gammarus	All areas	T	T	T				T
Orange roughy	Hoplostethus atlanticus	All areas	T	T	T	T			T	T
Four-spot megrim	Lepidorhombus boscii	Vb, VI, XII, XIV, VII, VIIIa-e, IX, X	T	T	T	T			T	T
Megrim	Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis	Vb, VI, XII, XIV, VII, VIIIa-e, IX, X	T	T	T	T			T	T
Common squid	Loligo vulgaris	VIIIc, IXa	T	T	T				T
Anglerfish	Lophius budegassa	Vb, VI, XII, XIV, VII, VIIIabde	T	T	T	T			T	T
Black-bellied angler	Lophius budegassa	VIIIc, IX	T	T	T	T			T	T
Black-bellied angler	Lophius piscatorius	Vb, VI, XII, XIV, VII, VIIIabde	T	T	T	T			T	T
Anglerfish	Lophius piscatorius	VIIIc, IX	T	T	T	T			T	T
Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	Vb, VI, XII, XIV	T	T	T	T			T	T
Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	VIa, VIb, VIIa, VII, VIII, XII, XIV	T	T	T	T			T	T
Whiting	Merlangius merlangus	IX	T	T					T
Whiting	Merlangius merlangus	Vb, VI, XII, XIV, VIIa, VIIb-k, VIII	T	T	T	T			T	T
Hake	Merluccius merluccius	IIIa, IV, VI, VII, VIIIab, VIIIc, IXa	T	T	T	T			T	T
Blue whiting	Micromesistius poutassou	I-IX, XII, XIV	T	T	T	T			T	T
Blue ling	Molva dypterygia	X	T	T	T	T			T	T
Ling	Molva molva	All areas	T	T	T	T			T	T
Red mullet	Mullus surmuletus	All areas	T	T	T	T			T	T
Norway lobster	Nephrops norvegicus	Functional unit	S	S	S				T
Common octopus	Octopus vulgaris	VIIIc, IXa	T	T	T				T
Shrimps	Parapenaeus longirostris, Aristeus antennatus	VIIIc, IXa	T	T	T				T
Common scallop	Pecten maximus	VIId	T	T	T				T
Forkbeard	Phycis phycis	X	T	T	T	T			T	T
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa	VIIa, VIIe-g	T	T	T	T			T	T
Saithe	Pollachius virens	Vb, VI, XII, XIV	T	T	T	T			T	T
Saithe	Pollachius virens	VII, VIII	T	T	T	T			T	T
Wreckfish	Polyprion americanus	X	T	T	T	T			T	T
Blond ray	Raja brachyura	All areas	T	T	T				T
Thornback ray	Raja clavata	All areas	T	T	T				T
Spotted ray	Raja montagui	All areas	T	T	T				T
Cuckoo ray	Raja naevus	All areas	T	T	T				T
Other rays and skates	Rajidae	All areas	T	T	T				T
Greenland halibut	Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	Va, XII, XIV	T	T	T	T			T	T
Sardine	Sardina pilchardus	VIII, IX	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T
Spanish mackerel	Scomber japonicus	VIII, IX	T	T	T	T			T	T
Mackerel	Scomber scombrus	II, IIIa, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T
Redfishes	Sebastes spp.	Va, XII, XIV	T	T	T	T			T	T
Cuttlefish	Sepia officinalis	VIIIc, IXa	T	T	T				T
Sole	Solea solea	VIIa/VIIe VIIfg/VIIIab	T	T	T	T			T	T
Sole	Solea solea	VIIbc, VIIhjk, IXa	T	T	T	T			T	T
Seabreams	Sparidae	VIIIc, IXa, X	T	T	T	T			T	T
Blue jack mackerel	Trachurus picturatus	X	T	T	T	T			T	T
Horse mackerel	Trachurus trachurus	IIa, IVa, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T
Pouting	Trisopterus luscus	IXa, VIIIc	T	T	T	T			T	T
Mediterranean
Blue-and-red shrimp	Aristeus antennatus	1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1	T	T	T				T
Giant red shrimp	Aristeomorpha foliacea	1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1	T	T	T				T
Bogue	Boops boops	3,1	T	T	T	T			T	T
Sea bass	Dicentrarchus labrax	1,2	T	T	T	T			T	T
Curled octopus	Eledone cirrosa	1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	T	T	T				T
White octopus	Eledone moschata	1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	T	T	T				T
Anchovy	Engraulis encrasicolus	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	T	T	T	T			T	T
Grey gurnard	Eutrigla gurnardus	1.3, 2.2, 3.1	T	T	T	T			T	T
Billfish	Istiophoridae	All areas	T	T	T	T			T	T
Common squid	Loligo vulgaris	1.3, 2.2, 3.1	T	T	T	T			T	T
Black-bellied angler	Lophius budegassa	1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1	T	T	T	T			T	T
Anglerfish	Lophius piscatorius	1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1	T	T	T	T			T	T
Hake	Merluccius merluccius	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	T	T	T	T			T	T
Mullet	Mullus barbatus	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	T	T	T	T			T	T
Red mullet	Mullus surmuletus	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	T	T	T	T			T	T
Norway lobster	Nephrops norvegicus	1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	S	S	S				T
Pandora	Pagellus erythrinus	1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	T	T	T	T			T	T
Deepwater rose shrimp	Parapenaeus longirostris	1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1	T	T	T				T
Caramote prawn	Penaeus kerathurus	3,1	T	T	T				T
Picarel	Spicara maris	3,1	T	T	T	T			T	T
Thornback ray	Raja clavata	1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	T	T	T				T
Mediteranean ray	Raja miraletus	1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	T	T	T				T
Atlantic bonito	Sarda sarda	All areas	T	T	T	T			T	T
Sardine	Sardina pilchardus	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1	T	T	T	T			T	T
Mackerel	Scomber scombrus	1.3, 2.2, 3.1	T	T	T	T			T	T
Shark	Selachii	All areas	T	T	T	T			T	T
Cuttlefish	Sepia officinalis	1.3, 2.1, 3.1	T	T	T				T
Sole	Solea vulgaris	1.2, 2.1, 3.1	T	T	T	T			T	T
Gilthead sea bream	Sparus aurata	1.2, 3.1	T	T	T	T			T	T
Mediterranean horse mackerel	Trachurus mediterraneus	1.1, 1.3, 3.1	T	T	T	T			T	T
Albacore	Thunnus alalunga	All areas	T	T	T	T			T	T
Bluefin tuna	Thunnus thynnus	All areas	T	T	T	T			T	T
Horse mackerel	Trachurus trachurus	1.1, 1.3, 3.1	T	T	T	T			T	T
Grey gurnard	Trigla lucerna	1.3, 2.2, 3.1	T	T	T	T			T	T
Swordfish	Xiphias gladius	All areas	T	T	T	T			T	T
NAFO areas
Cod	Gadus morhua	2J3KL	T	T					T
Cod	Gadus morhua	3M	T	T	T	T			T	T
Cod	Gadus morhua	3NO	T	T	T	T			T	T
Cod	Gadus morhua	3Ps	T	T	T	T			T	T
Witch flounder	Glyptocephalus cynoglossus	3NO	T	T					T
American plaice	Hippoglossoides platessoides	3LNO	T	T	T	T			T	T
American plaice	Hippoglossoides platessoides	3M	T	T	T	T			T	T
Yellowtail flounder	Limanda ferruginea	3LNO	T	T					T
Grenadier	Macrouridae	SA 2 + 3	T	T	T	T			T	T
Shrimp	Pandalus spp.	3M	T	T	T				T
Skate	Raja spp.	SA 3	T	T					T
Greenland halibut	Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	3KLMNO	T	T	T	T			T	T
Greenland halibut	Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	1D	T	T	T	T			T	T
Redfish	Sebastes spp.	3M	T	T					T
Redfish	Sebastes spp.	3LN	T	T
Redfish	Sebastes spp.	3O	T	T
Highly migratory species, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific Ocean
Frigate tuna	Auxis spp.		T	T	T	T			T	T
Atlantic back skipjack	Euthynnus alleteratus		T	T	T	T			T	T
Billfishes	Istiophoridae		T	T	T	T			T	T
Skipjack tuna	Katsuwonus pelamis		T	T	T	T			T	T
Atlantic bonito	Sarda sarda		T	T	T	T			T	T
Shark	Squalidae		T	T	T				T
Albacore	Thunnus alalunga		T	T	T	T			T	T
Yellowfin tuna	Thunnus albacares		T	T	T	T			T	T
Bigeye tuna	Thunnus obesus		T	T	T	T			T	T
Bluefin tuna	Thunnus thynnus		T	T	T	T			T	T
Swordfish	Xiphias gladius		T	T	T	T			T	T
CECAF FAO 34
Black scabbardfish	Aphanopus carbo	Madeira	T	T	T	T			T	T
Hake	Merluccius spp.	Atlantic CE	T	T	T	T			T	T
Common octopus	Octopus vulgaris	Atlantic CE	T	T	T				T
Deepwater rose shrimp	Parapeneus longirostris	Atlantic CE	T	T	T				T
Southern pink shrimp	Penaeus notialis	Atlantic CE	T	T	T				T
Sardine	Sardina pilchardus	Atlantic CE	T	T	T	T			T	T
Chub mackerel	Scomber japonicus	Madeira	T	T	T	T			T	T
Horse mackerel	Trachurus spp.	Madeira	T	T	T	T			T	T
WECAF
Red snapper	Lutjanus purpureus	French Guiana ZEE	T	T	T	T			T	T
Shrimp	Penaeus subtilis	French Guiana ZEE	T	T	T				T

Appendix XVII (section J)

Economic information per fleet segment as defined in Appendix III (MP)

General description

Extended programme

First priority (annual)

Income (turnover)

Total and per species

Production costs:

—	crew (include social cost)

—

fuel

—	repair and maintenance

—	other operational costs

Total and per production cost category

Fixed costs

Average cost, calculated from investment

Financial position

Share of own/foreign capital

Investment (asset)

Prices/species(1)

Value, tonne

Employment

Full time/part time/FTE

Fleet

—

age

—

gear used

Effort

Relevant unit accounting for technology and time

(1) Quarterly basis everywhere. Aggregated on a regional level 3 in Mediterranean in Appendix I.

Appendix XVIII (section J)

Data needs for basic economic evaluation per fleet segment (EP)

General description

Extended programme

Second priority

Landings per species

Seasonal (monthly)

Stock (by ICES areas)

Market category

Regional differentiation (level 3, Appendix I)

Income (turnover)

Subsides (annually)

Regional differentiation (level 3, Appendix I)

Production costs:

—

crew

—

fuel

—	repair and maintenance

—	other operational costs

Further subdivision of operational costs

Regional differentiation (level 3, Appendix I)

Differentiation of remuneration to crew according to position

Fixed costs

Regional differentiation (level 3, Appendix I)

Financial position

Rents to external institutions

Regional differentiation (level 3, Appendix I)

Investment (asset)

By type of investment:

hull of vessel, various engines and refrigeration/freezing, storage and lifting equipment

Prices/species

Monthly

By market category

Regional differentiation (level 3, Appendix I)

Employment

Skill/education

Distinction per vessel size, regional differentiation

Fleet

Size categories of fleet segments

regional differentiation (level 3, Appendix I)

Effort

Regional differentiation (level 3, Appendix I)

Appendix XIX (Section K)

Economic information per primary and secondary industry (sectors) (MP)

General description

Minimum programme

First priority (annual)

Raw material

Total and per species (tonnes)

Income (turnover)

Total and per product

Production costs:

—

labour

—

energy

—	raw material (value)

—

packaging

—	other running costs

Total and per category cost

Fixed costs

Average costs, calculated from investment

Financial position

Share of own/borrowed capital

Investment (asset)

—	Historical

—	Replacement

—

Insurance

Prices/product

Value, tonne

Employment

Numbers/ FTE

Capacity utilisation

Annual average