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Executive Committee meeting

28 February 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark

Agenda

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16:30 Opening of the meeting 16:35 Adoption of the agenda 16:40 Follow-up on action items 16:45 Mid-term report 16:50 MIAC and MIACO update 17:00 Letters PELAC and COM EMFF proposal 17:05 PELAC recommendation on Fmsy reporting in ICES catch advice 17:20 Recommendations from WG I 17:35 Recommendations from WG II 17:50 AOB 18:00 End of meeting

Follow-up on action items (from GA)

• Discuss idea of a chapter on pelagics in STECF fleet economics

report at next Executive Committee meeting (Chairman) ➢ Discuss February 28 2019?

• Submit letter to Parliament and Council on EMFF proposal

(chairman, Sean O’Donoghue, Irene Kingma, Gonҫalo Carvalho) ✓ ➢ Received answer Commission on 8 January 2019

• Start Contacting other AC’s to develop questions to be posed

to ICES at the 2019 MIACO meeting (Secretariat) ✓

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Follow-up on action items (from GA)

• No action items GA 3 October 2018 ✓

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Financial mid-term report 2018-2019

2018/19 Budgeted (eligible) Realized 31 January (eligible excl. estimate

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Difference A: Staff

149.199 55.631 93.568

B: Participation in meetings

101.846 24.336 77.510

C: Preparation of meetings

17.700 4.582 13.118

D: Operating costs

18.934 10.330 8.604

E: Interpretation

33.450 11.563 21.887

F: Other contracts

20.900 8.144 12.756

G: Reserve

17.071 17.071

H: Deficit

• TOTAL

359.100 114.586 244.514

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Activity mid-term report 2018-2019

Implementation of the landing obligation

• Monitor choke situations : Choke mitigation tool
• Collaboration with regional groups to raise choke issues in

relation to pelagic fisheries Control focus group

• Focus group meeting 25 January 2019 and finalisation WebEx
• n 8 February 2019
• No agreement on draft PELAC recommendations

Multiannual management strategies

• Western horse mackerel

➢ Development of a recovery plan ongoing ➢ Collaboration Landmark Fisheries to support this work (results expected in April 2019)

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Activity mid-term report 2018-2019

Multiannual management strategies

• Herring in 6a and 7b,c

➢ Revised rebuilding strategy: not evaluated by ICES ➢ Genetic research/acoustic surveys- ongoing ➢ FG held on 27 February

• Blue whiting

➢ FG meeting on 26 April 2019

• Address recruitment issues and predicted stock decline
• Celtic Sea herring

➢ Draft rebuilding plan developped Annual TAC advice provided in October

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Activity mid-term report 2018-2019

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Ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management

• Joint workshop with MAFMC in May & June 2018
• No progress to date

Regionalization

• Informal lunch with Danish Presidency Scheveningen Group Copenhagen
• Invitation control expert group 3 regional groups (NWW, SWW, NS)

Future functioning of the AC’s

• Post-Brexit Inter AC meeting 7 December in Madrid
• Follow-up meeting April 2019?

Fisheries science and other collaborations

• Organisation MIAC meeting January 2019
• Attended MIACO meeting January 2019

MIAC and MIACO update

MIAC meeting 17 January 2019

• Organised and chaired by PELAC
• Discussions with ICES on:
• 0 TAC advice Western Baltic herring
• Guidelines for rebuilding plans
• Quality Control issues
• Inclusion underwater noise in assessments

MIACO meeting 17-18 January 2019

• Quality Control
• Consistency in the advice
• Advice rule when stock is below Blim
• Special workshops

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Action items MIAC and MIACO

MIACO meeting

• Maintain momentum to improve quality assurance
• ICES to reconsider how to link advice rule for stocks below Blim to MSE

for rebuilding plans MIAC meeting

• Discuss mechanisms to phase in changes of reference points more

gradually with clients (ICES)

• Use outcomes of the MSE workshop as a basis to establish guidelines for

rebuilding plans and organise workshop that specifically addresses rebuilding plans (ICES)

• Ensure attendance of industry scientists to MSE workshop (PELAC)
• Continue discussion underwater noise during MIACO (NWWAC and

PELAC)

• Draft list of action items and detailed minutes to be shared with AC’s and

ICES (PELAC secretariat)

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Letters PELAC and COM EMFF proposal

• Letter PELAC requesting additional funding possibilities

under new EMFF for scientific research ➢ Sent to COM, EP and Member States ➢ Shared with other AC’s

• Commission response January 8 2019

➢ Support granted through EASME (direct management) ➢ National programmes (shared management) ➢ ‘Horizon Europe’ research programme

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Recommendations from WG I

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Recommendations from WG II

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AOB

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• July PELAC meeting - update?

Thank you!

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