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Working Group II meeting

28 February 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark

Agenda

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13:15 Opening of the meeting 13:20 Adoption of the agenda 13:25 Follow-up on action items 13:35 Northeast Atlantic mackerel

• Evaluation of 2018
• Priorities in 2019

13:55 Southern horse mackerel

• Evaluation of 2018
• Priorities in 2019

14:05 Western horse mackerel

• Evaluation of 2018
• Update Focus Group/ICES MSE workshop
• Priorities in 2019

Agenda

14:25 Herring in 6a and 7b,c

• Evaluation of 2018
• Update on herring survey results by Steve Mackinson
• Update from Focus Group
• Priorities in 2019

14:55 Celtic Sea herring

• Evaluation of 2018
• Draft recovery plan/rebuilding MSE
• Priorities in 2019

15:10 Irish Sea herring

• Evaluation of 2018
• Priorities in 2019

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Agenda

15:20 Boarfish

• Evaluation of 2018
• Priorities in 2019

15:30 Control Focus Group

• Draft position paper revision of Control

Regulation 15:50 Implementation of the Landing Obligation (discussion) 16:00 AOB 16:15 End of meeting 16:15 – 16:30 Coffee break

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Action items

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General

• Circulate latest MIACO report when received from ICES (Secretariat) ✓
• At the next MIACO meeting list and agree the action items during the

meeting (MIACO participants) - in progress

• Draft internal guidelines on management strategies and rebuilding plans

(Gonҫalo Carvalho, Martin Pastoors) ✓

• Circulate SWW discard plan to Pelagic AC members (Chairman,

secretariat) ✓

Action items

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Celtic Sea herring

• Find out whether year classes seem to have disappeared from the

assessment (Chairman, Colm Lordan/Eskild Kirkegaard) ✓

• Circulate draft recovery plan (chairman, Andrew Campbell) ✓

Boar Fish

• Continue work on the assessment model- carried forward (Marine

Institute, Working Group members) on going

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Action items

Herring in 6a and 7b,c

• Ask Commission to include genetic sampling in Data Collection

Framework once a protocol has been developed – carried forward from previous report and no longer valid

• Draft a briefing for DG Research on genetic sampling project, and secure

DG Research attendance at future meeting (Chairman, Secretariat) - in progress

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

progress

• Present results for 6a north herring survey at February 2019 meeting

(Martin Pastoor/Steve Mackinson) ✓

• Discuss data requirements for rebuilding plans at MIACO meeting

(Gonҫalo Carvalho, Martin Pastoors, Chairman) ✓

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Action items

Western horse mackerel

• Develop management strategy and MSE and submit outcomes to

the Commission for review by ICES (Focus Group) - ongoing

• Continue stock ID project (Focus Group) – ongoing
• Continue PFA research project (PFA) - ongoing
• Ask

Martin Pastoors to present the PFA self-sampling programme final report at the February meeting – moved to July meeting

• Have Landmark analyses present at ICES MSE workshop (Martin

Pastoors) ✓

• Ask Martin Pastoors to present the conclusion of the work at the

February or April meeting in 2019 (Chairman)- ongoing

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Action items

Northeast Atlantic mackerel

• Follow up on choke mitigation measures (Working group members,

chairman) - in progress

• Push for inclusion of the North Sea in the mackerel egg survey

(Chairman, Martin Pastoors) ✓ (unsuccessful)

Southern horse mackerel

• Draft language on seperation of three species under the TAC, in line

with previous ICES recommendation (Gonçalo Carvalho, chairman) ✓

Control Focus Group

• Hold FG meeting on 7th December on the revision of the Control
• Regulation. Invite Commission and EFCA (chairman, secretariat) ✓

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Northeast Atlantic mackerel

Catches in 2019 should be no more than 318,403 tonnes.

Call for urgent Inter-benchmark to review inclusion of RFID tagging data. Industry stakeholders note a lack of confidence in ICES advice Request Coastal States to ask ICES to re-evaluate the mackerel assessment Support 2019 mackerel egg survey and request inclusion of North Sea

653,438 tonnes Council

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Northeast Atlantic Mackerel

Priorities 2019:

• Actively participate inter-benchmark
• Actively participate workshop May 2019

Bremerhaven

• Follow international egg survey
• Follow up de-minimis 7% in Discard Plans
• TAC advice for 2020

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Southern horse mackerel

Catches should be 94,017 tonnes (MSY)

TAC = 46 368 tonnes (management plan) Request clarification EU Commission why management plan was not followed Ask council and Commission to take steps to separate species under combined TAC

TAC = 94,017 tonnes

Council

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Southern horse mackerel

Priorities 2019:

• Follow up why PelAC advice not used
• Follow up why ICES advice not used

following management plan evaluation

• Follow up de-minimis 7% in Discard Plans
• TAC advice for 2020

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Western horse mackerel

Catches should be 145,237 tonnes (MSY)

TAC = 145,237 Continue development of new long-term management strategy Request inter-benchmark for early 2019

TAC = 137,976 tonnes

Council

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Western horse mackerel

Results of Focus Group meeting

• Continue the development of recovery plan
• Collaboration Landmark Fisheries pilot MSE

framework to support development rebuilding plan

• Genetic stock identification ongoing
• PFA research project ongoing
• Next meeting of the Focus Group: April/May 2019

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Western horse mackerel Update ICES MSE workshop

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➢ ICES Workshop Guidelines Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) 4-8 February 2019 ➢ 30 MSE carried out 2013 and 2018, ➢ 19 different methods ➢ Only 6 methods were used more than once. ➢ Lack of standardization. ➢ Guidelines to improve the standardization of MSE by ➢ Guidelines are more ‘options’ than ‘instructions’ ➢ Specific recommendations evaluation rebuilding plans ➢ The report expected finalized end of this week

Western horse mackerel

Priorities 2019:

• Check why difference in figures MSY v Council
• Continue development of management strategy
• Continue genetic and PFA research
• Follow international egg survey
• Follow up de-minimis 7% in Discard Plans
• TAC advice for 2020

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Herring in 6a and 7b,c

Zero catch, rebuilding plan

Monitoring TAC, subject to the evaluation of the rebuilding plan developed by the PELAC Request immediate evaluation revised rebuilding plan

Monitoring TAC = 5,800 tonnes Split VIa North = 4,170 VIa South, VIIbc = 1,630 Council

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Herring in 6a and 7b,c

• Presentation herring survey results (Steve

Mackinson)

• Results of Focus Group meeting

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Herring in 6a and 7b,c

Priorities 2019:

• Continue ongoing research (genetics,

acoustic surveys & morphometrics)

• Follow up revised rebuilding plan and

evaluation

• Seek benchmark early 2020
• TAC advice for 2020 (including scientific

monitoring TAC)

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Celtic Sea Herring

Catches should be ≤ 4,742 tonnes (MSY)

Follow ICES MSY advice Mixing issue with Irish Sea needs to be addressed.

TAC = 4,742 tonnes

Council

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Celtic Sea Herring

Draft recovery plan

Michael Gras MI

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Celtic Sea Herring

Priorities 2019:

• Finalize recovery plan & submit for evaluation
• TAC advice for 2020

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Irish Sea Herring Catches should be ≤ 6,896 tonnes (MSY) Follow ICES MSY advice TAC = 6,896 tonnes

Council

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Irish Sea Herring Priorities 2019:

• Keep development of management

strategy on agenda

• TAC advice for 2020

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Boarfish

Catches should be no more than 21,830 tonnes in 2018 and 2019 (precautionary approach)

Follow ICES advice Request clarification why TAC 2018 was set at 21,380 Request boarfish closures as contained in PELAC management strategy in NWW discard plans

TAC = 21,830 tonnes

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Boarfish Priorities 2019:

• Continue development assessment

model

• Implement closures
• TAC advice for 2020

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Control Focus Group

• FG meeting January 25 and WebEx 8 February

with participation of DG Mare

• FG has not yet agreed a set of

recommendations

• Further FG required prior to April meeting
• Participation OIGs essential

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Implementation of the landing obligation

• Discard Plans and de-minimis
• Collaboration regional groups

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AOB

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• Recommendation on transparency of

Fmsy reporting in ICES catch advice (discussion)

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Thank you!

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