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16-4-2018 Agenda 13:30 Opening of the meeting 13:35 Adoption of the agenda 13:40 Follow-up on action items 14:00 Western horse mackerel Outcome of Focus Group meeting Update on PFA research project Way forward 14:45


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Agenda

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13:30 Opening of the meeting 13:35 Adoption of the agenda 13:40 Follow-up on action items 14:00 Western horse mackerel

  • Outcome of Focus Group meeting
  • Update on PFA research project
  • Way forward

14:45 Celtic Sea herring

  • State of play
  • Way forward

15:00 Coffee break 15:15 Landing obligation

  • Choke mitigation tool
  • Other potential solutions to categoty 3 chokes

16:15 AOB 16:30 End of meeting

Action items

General

  • Await response from ICES on the issue that stakeholders should have

the right to withdraw their information if it is going to be changed in the advice sheets (Carmen Fernandez, chairman) -ongoing

  • Draft briefing paper to DG RESEARCH on genetics research (Ken

Whelan, Edward Farrell, Jens Carlsson) -ongoing

  • Invite DG RESEARCH to the next Working Group II meeting that will

deal extensively with genetics (secretariat) -ongoing

  • Follow up on choke mitigation measures for all relevant stocks

(Working Group members) -today

  • Circulate the flyer of the final symposium of the Fmsy research

project (secretariat) ✓

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Action items

Irish Sea herring

  • Continue development of management strategy (Ian Gatt, Steven

Mackinson, Alan McCulla) -ongoing

  • Circulate report of WKIRISH once available (secretariat) -ongoing

Celtic Sea herring

  • Develop recovery plan (Working Group members) –update today
  • Provide TAC advice for 2019 (Working Group members) -October

2018

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Action items

Herring in 6a and 7b,c

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

available (6a herring focus group, Ken Whelan) -ongoing

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

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

  • ngoing
  • Peer-review herring genetics project (Ken Whelan, AST) -ongoing
  • Continue genetic, acoustic and morphometric research (NPWG) -ongoing
  • Re-submit recovery plan for evaluation (secretariat) ✓
  • Provide TAC advice for 2019 (Working Group) -October 2018

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Action items

Boarfish

  • Follow up on closures at the next meeting of the NWW regional group

(chairman) ✓

  • Provide TAC advice for 2019 (Working Group members) -October 2018
  • Continue work on the assessment model (Marine Institute, Working

Group members) -ongoing

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Action items

Northeast Atlantic mackerel

  • Provide input into 2019 egg survey (Working Group members) -ongoing
  • Provide TAC advice for 2019 (Working Group members) -October 2018
  • Follow up on choke mitigation measures (Working Group members,

chairman) -today

  • Follow-up on technical issues in relation to the IESSNS versus the egg

survey and the RFID tagging data at the next benchmark (Working Group members, chairman) -ongoing Southern horse mackerel

  • ICES approval for management strategy ✓
  • Provide TAC advice for 2019 (Working Group members) -October 2018

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Action items

Western horse mackerel

  • Provide TAC advice for 2019 (Working Group members) -October 2018
  • Develop recovery plan (Focus Group) -ongoing
  • Continue stock ID project (Focus Group) -ongoing
  • Continue PFA research project (PFA) -ongoing

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Western horse mackerel

Outcome of Focus Group meeting 11 April

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Western horse mackerel

Update on PFA research project (Ester Beukhof)

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Western horse mackerel Way forward

  • 1. Develop rebuilding plan at FG meetings

30th May and 26th June

  • 2. Present at WGII 5th July
  • 3. Approval EXCOM July
  • 4. Submit Commission request evaluation

ICES July

  • 5. Hopefully evaluated by WGWIDE

end August

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Celtic Sea herring

State of Play Update Andy Campbell benchmark and rebuilding plan

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Celtic Sea herring

Way forward Develop rebuilding plan July meeting

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Landing Obligation

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Pelagic Fisheries Choke Species Analysis Pelagic Advisory Council October 2017

Landing Obligation

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Key Issue Pelagic AC By-catch problem

  • 1. Demersal bycatch in pelagic fisheries
  • 2. Pelagic bycatch in demersal fisheries

Except Herring VIa. VIIbc

Landing Obligation

Choke mitigation tool

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▪ Demersal bycatch in pelagic fisheries

▪ Pelagic bycatch in demersal fisheries

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Definition

For the demersal bycatch in pelagic fisheries: “High risk” – the stock has been identified as being “high risk” (i.e. catches are well in excess of current fishing

  • pportunities and even with all the available mitigation

tools applied there is a high risk of choke for multiple Member States). There are recorded bycatches of these stocks in pelagic fisheries for a number of Member States and those Member States have a deficit between catches and quota.

Landing Obligation

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Definition For the pelagic bycatch in demersal fisheries: “High risk” – the stock has been identified as being “high risk” (i.e. catches are well in excess of current fishing opportunities and even with all the available mitigation tools applied there is a high risk of choke for multiple Member States). There are recorded bycatches of these stocks in demersal fisheries for a number of Member States and those Member States have a deficit between catches and quota.

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Demersal bycatch in pelagic fisheries High Risk – catches exceed the TAC with multiple Member States impacted

  • 1. Haddock VIIb-k
  • 2. Whiting VIIb-k
  • 3. Whiting VI
  • 4. Hake II and IV
  • 5. Whiting II and IV
  • 6. Saithe II and IV
  • 7. Whiting IIIa

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Pelagic bycatch in demersal fisheries High Risk – catches exceed the TAC with multiple Member States impacted

  • 1. Horse mackerel IVb,c and VIId
  • 2. Herring VIA. VIIbc

Landing Obligation

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Commission Requests to PelAC 19th March

1.List possible concrete choke cases pelagic fisheries 2019, 2.Proposal stakeholders pelagic fisheries as to how such choke situations can be avoided for 2019 3.List technical & avoidance measures improved selectivity already undertaken stakeholders & Member States administrations particular choke cases.

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Commission Requests to PelAC 19th March 20

1.list possible concrete choke cases pelagic fisheries 2019 Completed By-catch problem Demersal bycatch in pelagic fisheries 7 cases Pelagic bycatch in demersal fisheries 1 case Except Herring VIa. VIIbc

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Commission Requests to PelAC 19th March 20

  • 2. Proposal stakeholders pelagic fisheries as to

how such choke situations can be avoided for 2019 Not Completed Most Solutions outside scope of PelAC High risk chokes only outside Article 15 CFP Regional Member States Groups Meetings Recommendations on implementing the EU landing obligation in pelagic fisheries PelAC recommendation on de minimis After sorting and grading Other?

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Commission Requests to PelAC 19th March 20

  • 3. List technical & avoidance measures improved

selectivity already undertaken stakeholders & Member States administrations particular choke cases.

Completed but still to be compiled

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Thank you!

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