Changes from plenary report to adopted text

Added- identify fishing technology solutions to reduce bycatch and increase post-release survival rates;

Added- compile any fisheries management measures in place, including spatial measures, that can positively affect the conservation of piked dogfish, if any; and

Added- assess priority market’s demand (domestic, export, etc.), if any.

AddedFor blue shark (Prionace glauca):

Added- assess the incidental (bycatch) and targeted catch rates of blue shark in all fisheries;

Added- assess the survival rates of blue shark caught as bycatch in the different fisheries;

Added- identify critical habitats of blue shark;

Added- identify fishing technology solutions to reduce bycatch and increase post-release survival rates;

Added- compile any fisheries management measures in place, including spatial measures, that can positively affect the conservation of blue shark, if any; and

Added- assess priority market’s demand (domestic, export, etc.), if any.

AddedANNEX XVIII

AddedMITIGATION MEASURES

AddedThe mitigation measures may comprise the following elements to be adapted according to the specificities of each fishery:

Added- Set fishing gear at night preferably (one hour after dusk and one hour before dawn)

Added- Use a modified gear with increased weighting. Vessels shall be encouraged to develop gear configurations that minimise risks of seabird interaction with parts of the net, lines and hooks to which they are most vulnerable

Added- Use a modified gear with at least a single tori line and coloured streamers. Brightly coloured streamers may be either short or long, or both. It is recommended that short streamers shall be attached at 1 m intervals and long streamers at 5 m intervals along the aerial extent of the line. For fishing vessels of less than 35 metres in LOA, the tori line shall be attached at a height of at least 6 metres and shall include an aerial extent of 75 metres, with streamers reaching the surface of the water every 5 metres along the first 55 metres of the line. A suitable towed device shall be used to drag, maximise aerial extent and maintain the line behind the vessel during crosswinds

Added- Prohibit the discharge of offal and discards during the shooting and hauling of fishing gear. Nets and other types of fishing gear shall be cleaned prior to setting in order to remove any item that might attract seabirds. Additionally, vessels shall adopt shooting and hauling procedures that minimise the floating time of the fishing gear on the water surface. The maintenance of nets and other types of gear shall not be carried out, to the extent possible, when the nets or gear are in the water

Added- Ensure regular training for an appropriate and safe release of caught specimens

Added- Conduct fishing operations in such a way that hooklines or cables sink as soon as possible beyond the reach of seabirds once they are set in the water

Added- Deploy a streamer line during the setting of the fishing gear to deter seabirds from approaching the hooklines or trawling cables

Added- Encourage the use of bird exclusion devices to discourage seabirds from foraging on baits during the hauling of longlines

Added- Make every effort to ensure that seabirds captured alive during fishing operations shall be released alive and hooks are safely removed, if necessary, without endangering their life.

AddedANNEX XIX

AddedLIST OF DETAILED VESSEL INFORMATION FISHING IN THE FISHERIES RESTRICTED AREAS (FRAS)

AddedThe list shall contain for each vessel and each FRA the following information:

Added- Name of vessel (in Latin characters)

Added- National registration number: the code representing the official vessel identifier as reported in the national fleet register (alphanumeric string)

Added- GFCM registration number (country ISO 3-alpha code + 9 digits, e.g. xxx000000001)

Added- IMO number or external marking number

Added- Registration authority: name of the authority that issued registration of the vessel

Added- Name of the FRA

Added- Previous name (if any)

Added- Previous flag (if any)

Added- Previous details of deletion from other registers (if any)

Added- International radio call sign (if any)

Added- Type of vessel, length overall (LOA) and gross tonnage (GT)

Added- Main gear used to fish in zone B of the FRA

Added- Species targeted▌

Added- Seasonal period authorised for fishing in the FRA: from DD/MM/YYYY to DD/MM/YYYY and gear concerned

Added- Number of fishing days that can be exerted by each vessel

Added- Number of fishing days operated by the vessel in zone B of the FRA during the year.

AddedANNEX XX

AddedINFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN A GFCM TRANSHIPMENT DECLARATION

AddedANNEX XXI

AddedPROHIBITED SPECIES

AddedANNEX XXII

AddedINFORMATION TO BE REPORTED ON INCIDENTAL CATCHES OF SEABIRDS

Added- International Maritime Organization (IMO) number of the fishing vessel, date, time and location of the catch, measured size of specimens caught dead and estimated size of specimens caught alive;

Added- rates of incidental mortality of seabirds associated with each fishery, details of the seabird species involved and estimates of total seabird mortality (at GSA or GFCM statistical rectangle level, if possible);

Added- measures to reduce or eliminate incidental mortality of seabirds that are in place in each fishery and the extent to which those measures are voluntary or mandatory, together with an assessment of their effectiveness; and

Added- scientific observer programmes providing additional spatial and temporal coverage of fisheries allowing statistically accurate estimation of incidental catch of seabirds associated with each fishery.

AddedANNEX XXIII

AddedCOMPULSORY DATA FIELDS ON FISHING VESSELS IN THE GFCM RECORD OF FISHING VESSELS LARGER THAN 15 METRES IN LENGTH OVERALL AUTHORISED TO FISH IN THE GFCM AREA OF APPLICATION

AddedAnnex XXIV

AddedCatch certificate for the GFCM turbot Catch Documentation Scheme (CDS)

AddedAnnex XXV

AddedData variables to be submitted to the GFCM Secretariat following the guidance by the SAC and in line with the GFCM Data Collection Reference Framework (DCRF) manual, including field definitions

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