Changes from plenary report to adopted text

AddedDesignated landing points

Added1. Member States shall designate the landing points at which landings and transhipping by vessels actively fishing within the scope of this section shall take place.

Added2. It shall be prohibited to land or tranship from fishing vessels any quantity of species included within the scope of this section at any place other than the designated landing points referred to in paragraph 1.’;

Added(43) Article 76 is replaced by the following:

Added‘Article 76

AddedScope

AddedThis Chapter applies to all fishing activities with handlines, set longlines or mixed longlines, targeting blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo), in the Alboran Sea, in GSAs 1, 2 and 3 as provided for in Annex I.’;

Added(44) Article 77 is deleted;

Added(45) the following article is inserted:

Added‘Article 77a

AddedSpatial or temporal closures

Added1. During the transitional period for the GFCM management plan referred to in this section, Member States shall apply specific temporal closures at the fleet level with a view to protecting the key stock referred to in Article 76 during the spawning periods. Such closures shall not need to be applied simultaneously for different type of fishing gear. However, they shall cover the key areas of distribution of blackspot seabream in the Alboran Sea referred to in Article 76 and affect all vessels concerned by this Chapter for periods of no less than 60 successive days per fleet segment. Closures shall take place from January to March of each year. Each Member State shall submit the closure period and the list of vessels concerned to the Commission. The Commission shall submit that information to the GFCM Secretariat without delay.

Added2. Member States shall communicate annually to the Commission the temporal closures referred to in paragraph 1 that apply in the waters under their jurisdiction, with a view to protecting spawning and nursery areas for blackspot seabream stock.’;

Added(46) Article 78 is amended as follows:

Added(a) paragraphs 1 and 2 are deleted;

Added(b) the following paragraphs are added:

Added‘2a. Member States shall ensure that the overall fleet capacity does not exceed, in terms of GT ▌ , kW and number of vessels, as recorded both in national and GFCM registers, the fleet capacity for the fisheries averaged over the period 2018 to 2021.

Added2b. Member States shall adapt to the fishing opportunities the overall fleet capacity of the fleets fishing blackspot seabream operating with handlines, set longlines or mixed longlines in terms of GT ▌ , kW and number of vessels, as recorded both in national and GFCM registers.’;

Added(c) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

Added‘3. Member States shall communicate to the Commission by 15 March of each year the lists of the vessels flying their flag that are authorised to fish for that year blackspot seabream within the scope of this Chapter. The Commission shall transmit those lists to the GFCM Secretariat by 31 March of each year. Those lists shall include, for each vessel, the information referred to in Annex VIII.’;

Added(d) paragraph 4 is deleted.

Added(47) Article 79 is replaced by the following:

Added‘Article 79

AddedControl and enforcement measures

Added-1. Member States shall establish a mechanism to ensure that vessels actively fishing in the Alboran Sea declare all catches of the key stock referred to in Article 76.

Added1. Member States shall designate the landing points at which landings of blackspot seabream are authorised.

Added1a. Member States shall transmit to the Commission by 15 November of each year, any changes to the list of designated landing points referred to in paragraph 1. The Commission shall transmit that information to the GFCM Secretariat by 30 November of each year. Landings of the key stock referred to in Article 76 shall only take place in those designated landing points.

Added1b. Member States shall specify permitted landings for each designated landing point referred to in paragraph 1.

Added2. Prior to entry into any port, except for small-scale vessels, and at least four hours before the estimated time of arrival at port, the masters of the fishing vessels or their representatives, or authorised fishers, shall notify to the relevant authorities the following information:

Added(a) the estimated time of arrival at port;

Added(b) the external identification number and the name of the fishing vessel; and

Added(c) the estimated live weight retained on board.

Added3. The information referred to in in paragraph 2 may be submitted by the masters of the fishing vessels or their representatives, or authorised fishers, up to one hour before the estimated time of arrival at port where the fishing grounds are less than four hours away from the port of arrival.

Added4. Without prejudice to Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, fishers or masters of authorised fishing vessels actively fishing within the scope of this section shall report all daily catches, irrespective of the live weight of the catch and shall record or make estimations of the catches of that species.

Added4a. It shall be prohibited to land or tranship from fishing vessels any quantity of the key stock referred to in Article 76 fished in the Alboran Sea at any place other than the designated landing points referred to in paragraph 1.

Added5. Each Member State shall establish a programme based on risk analysis, in order to verify landings within the scope of this Chapter and to validate the logbooks of the vessels concerned.

Added6. Transhipment operations at sea shall be prohibited.

Added7. Vessels operating with handlines, set longlines or mixed longlines catching the key stock referred to in Article 76 in the Alboran Sea shall only be allowed if those activities are indicated in a valid fishing authorisation issued by the competent authorities.

Added8. Notwithstanding Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, ▌ all the authorised vessels under this Chapter above 10 metres in LOA shall be equipped with a VMS or any other geolocation system allowing control authorities to track their activity at all times during the fishing trips.’;

Added(48) Article 80 is deleted;

Added(49) the following articles are inserted:

Added‘Article 80a

AddedScientific monitoring

Added1. Member States shall ensure that either all scientific fisheries (echo-survey) or commercial (catch and discard) data, collected each year, are provided to GFCM Secretariat by 1 April of the following year.

Added2. Member States shall send to the Commission the commercial data established in paragraph 1 by 15 March of each year.

AddedArticle 80b

AddedFisheries management measures or national management plans

Added1. Member States shall adopt fisheries management measures or national management plans within the scope of this Chapter to ensure adequate conservation of the species referred to in Article 76.

Added2. Member States shall communicate management measures or national management plans adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 and any modifications made to those measures or plans to the Commission by 15 April of each year. The Commission shall transmit those measures or plans and modifications thereof to the GFCM Secretariat by 30 April of each year.’;

Added(50) Article 81 is replaced by the following:

Added‘Article 81

AddedScope

AddedThis Chapter applies to pelagic fishing activities targeting common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus), by means of fish aggregating devices (FADs), and to recreational fishing, in the Mediterranean Sea, in GSAs 1 to 27 as provided for in Annex I.’;

Added(51) Article 83 is replaced by the following:

Added‘Article 83

AddedTransitional management measures

AddedA transitional fishing regime shall be established for fisheries using FADs until 31 December 2026.

AddedDuring the transitional period referred to in the first paragraph, Member States shall ensure that a catch limit is established on the basis of reported landings to the GFCM Secretariat either:

Addedon the basis of the average of any two years’ landings during the period 2018 to 2022; or

Addedon the basis of landings in 2022.’;