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Working Group II meeting

25 April 2017, Dublin Castle, Ireland

Agenda

Working Group II, 25 April 2017, Dublin Castle, Ireland

11:30 Opening of the meeting by the chairman, Sean O’Donoghue 11:35 Adoption of the agenda 11:40 Follow-up on action items 11:50 Herring in 6.a & 7.b,c

• Rebuilding plan (presentation & discussion)
• Update genetics project (Ed Farrell, information)

12:30 Northeast Atlantic mackerel

• Benchmark results 2017 (Andy Campbell, information)

13:00 Lunch 14:00 Western horse mackerel

• Benchmark results 2017 (Andy Campbell, information)
• Update Management Strategy & Irish Seasonal Closure

(discussion)

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14:30 NWW discard plan

• Update from the regional group (information)
• Amendments (discussion, decision)

15:10 SWW discard plan

• Update from the regional group (information)
• Amendments (discussion, decision)

15:50 AOB 16:00 End of meeting

Action items

General

• Follow-up with ICES how ICES uses non-quantitative stakeholder information in

its ecosystem advice (chairman)

• Follow-up with ICES on the rules of including stakeholder information in the

ICES advice (chairman awaiting response from ICES)

• Provide recommendation to the Executive Committee to amend the pelagic

discard plan in the North Sea such that it will include the relevant parts of the footnote recommendation and the mandatory collection of gramme size information (Working Group) ✓

• Ask Commission for an update on the Council Declaration and whether the

evaluation will be carried out by STECF (chairman, secretariat) - today

• Ask clarification from CNPMEM regarding the comments submitted on

amending the pelagic discard plans (chairman, secretariat) ✓

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Action items

Irish Sea herring

• Develop management strategy (Ian Gatt, chairman, secretariat) - in progress

Herring in VIa and VIIb,c

• Develop a genetic sampling protocol (6.a herring focus group) - in progress
• Arrange a genetics workshop with ICES once the sampling protocol is available

(6.a herring focus group, Ken Whelan) - in progress

• Ask Member States and Commission to include genetic sampling in Data

Collection Framework once a protocol has been developed (Pelagic AC) - in progress

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Action items

• Arrange meeting with DG RESEARCH to seek funding for broad pelagic genetics

project (Ken Whelan) - waiting for COM response

• Peer-review herring genetics project (Ken Whelan, AST) - in progress
• Distribute draft rebuilding plan 2 weeks prior to the April meeting (chairman,

secretariat) today

• Continue genetic, acoustic and morphometric research (NPWG) - in progress

Northeast Atlantic mackerel

• Invite ICES expert to give a presentation about the mackerel benchmark at the

April meeting (chairman, secretariat) ✓

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Southern horse mackerel

• Present draft management strategy at PELAC July meeting (Manuela Azevedo,

Gersom Costas, José Beltran, Goncalo Carvalho, secretariat) - in progress Boarfish

• Follow-up
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boarfish closures with NWW regional group (chairman, secretariat) - waiting for response from NWW group

• Resolve difficulties with the acoustic survey in progress
• Improve the assessment model in progress

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Western horse mackerel

• Invite ICES expert to give a presentation about the horse mackerel benchmark

at the April meeting (chairman, secretariat) ✓

• Continue genetics project (NPWG, PFA) - in progress
• Continue PFA research project (PFA) - in progress
• Circulate the Irish industry proposal for an Ireland seasonal closure from April

to September (Working Group II) ✓

• Discuss and evaluate the Irish Industry proposal at the April meeting - today
• Convene the FG once the results of the benchmark are known - in progress
• Continue to develop management strategy which will be dependent on the

results of the benchmark - in progress

Herring in 6.a and 7.b,c

• Rebuilding plan

Presentation by Martin Pastoors

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Herring in 6.a and 7.b,c

Update genetics project: Presentation by Ed Farrell

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Northeast Atlantic Mackerel

Benchmark results 2017: Presentation by Andrew Campbell

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Western horse mackerel

Benchmark results 2017: Presentation by Andrew Campbell

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Western horse mackerel

Update management strategy & Irish seasonal closure

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Western horse mackerel

Future Work

Re-convene FG on Western Horse Mackerel Further Develop Draft Management Strategy for Western Horse Mackerel ( first draft discussed 10 December 2015) Review closure objections as part of strategy.

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Amendments to discard plans- NWW

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Update from the NWW regional group

Amendments to discard plans- NWW

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DRAFT de minimis recommendation:

• for blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), up to a maximum of 5% in

2018, 2019 and 2020, of the total annual catches in the industrial pelagic trawler fishery targeting that species in ICES zones Vb, VI and VII and processing that species on board to obtain surimi base;

• up to a maximum of 1 % in 2018, 2019 and 2020 of the total annual catches
• f mackerel (Scomber scombrus), horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), herring

(Clupea harengus) and whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in the pelagic fishery with pelagic trawlers up to 25 metres in length overall, using midwater trawl (OTM) and mid-water pair trawl (PTM) targeting mackerel, horse mackerel and herring in ICES zone VIId;

Amendments to discard plans- NWW

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DRAFT survival recommendation:

• Survival recommendation should be renewed

Amendments to discard plans- SWW

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Update from the SWW regional group

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Amendments to discard plans- SWW

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DRAFT de minimis recommendation:

• For blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), up to a maximum of 5% in

2018, 2019 and 2020, of the total annual catches in the industrial pelagic trawler fishery targeting that species in ICES zones VIII and processing that species on board to obtain surimi base;

• Up to a maximum of 4% in 2018, 2019 and 2020, of the total annual catches

in the pelgic trawl fishery for anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus), mackerel (Scomber scombrus), horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.) in ICES zone VIII;

• In the purse seine fishery in ICES zones VIII, IX and X and in CEFAF area

34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2.0 targeting the following species: up to a maximum of 4% in 2018, 2019 and 2020, of the total annual catches of horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.) and mackerel (Scomber scombrus); and up to a maximum of 1% in 2017, 2018 and 2020 of the total annual catches of anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus).

Amendments to discard plans- SWW

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DRAFT survival recommendation:

• we recommend to add a new exemption for artisanal purse seiners based on

the current pelagic discard plan for the South Western Waters.

• The current pelagic discard plan for the South Western Waters contains the

following survivability exemption: By way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the landing obligation shall not apply to catches of anchovy, horse mackerel, jack mackerel and mackerel in artisanal purse seine fisheries. All such catches may be released, provided that the net is not fully taken onboard.

• We recommend that this exemption should be included in the next pelagic

discard plan only to cover the area between 48° and 48°30 in the NWW (as vessels operating in the South Western Waters are also operating in that small area): By way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the landing obligation shall not apply to catches of anchovy, horse mackerel, jack mackerel and mackerel in artisanal purse seine fisheries south of 48°30. All such catches may be released, provided that the net is not fully taken onboard.

AOB

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Thank you!

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