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Report of the 11th Liaison Meeting
The 11thLiaison Meeting between the Chairs of the RCMs, the ICES PGCCDBS,
PGMED and PGECON, the STECF EWGs on the DCF, the Regional Database Steering
Committees, the ICES and GFCM representatives and the European Commission was
held at the DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Brussels from 8th to 9th October 2014. The 11th Liaison meeting was held in Brussels on 8th and 9th October 2014 to address the
following terms of reference:
TOR 1. Discussion on possible follow-‐‑up to the main outputs/recommendations of:
• The 2014 RCMs and to the sp ecific re commenda tions a ddr e sse d to th e Liaison
Meeting
• P G ECO N , PG CCDBS, PG Med – ou tcome s an d r e commendation s fr om the ir
2014 meeting
• STECF EWG and STEC F Plen ary -‐‑ ou tcome s a n d r e commendation s fr om the ir
2014 meeting
• Data end-‐‑ users (IC ES, G F C M, RC Ms)
TOR 2. Compilation of recommendations on the DCF
A compilation of DCF recommendations will be established by the COM by end 2014.
LM needs to agree on which recommendations should be included (i.e. from which
bodies) & covering which years.
TOR 3. Regional cooperation
• G r ants for str eng thene d reg ion al coop eration
• R e g ional da ta b ases
o O ver view of use of the Reg ional Datab ases for R CMs in 2014, and p rob lems
identified
o O ther deve lop ments (RDB training s in 2014, RDB Med&BS develop ment)
o Chang es for the fu tu re – an y re commen da tions from th e LM?
• R C M data calls – ove rview of h ow MS r esp onde d.
TOR 4. Recommended meetings/workshops
• P r ep a r e a list of r ecommen ded me etin g s for 2015 as g u idance for MS
TOR 5. Studies
• O ver view of p rocess
• LM comme nts and p r ioritization of studies p r op osed b y RC Ms, PG ECO N , ICES,
GFCM
TOR 6. AOB
1. The DCF website has been revamped by the JRC. Any comments on this?
2. Access to the RCM SharePoint
3. Derogations – List of derogations by Member State has been prepared by DG
MARE. Have any RCMs updated this?
4. ICES will provide an update on their plans to re-‐‑evaluate surveys. Should this
be followed by STECF work on surveys to be included in future EU MAP?
5. Annual reports – simplification: presentation of process. 6. Data transmission:
a. new platform for information exchanges between COM, MS and end-‐‑
users
b. new tool for reporting on how MS complied with the DG MARE/JRC
data calls
In addition to the above Terms of Reference, an item was added at the start of the
meeting, regarding the implication of the Landing Obligation on data collection and
the Discard Plans.
Report of the 12th Liaison Meeting
The 12th Liaison meeting was held in Brussels on 8th and 9th October 2015 to address the following Terms
of Reference:
TOR 1. Discussion on possible follow-‐‑up to the main outputs/recommendations of:
• The 2015 RCMs -‐‑ specific recommendations addressed to the Liaison Meeting
• PGECON, PGDATA, PGMed – outcomes and recommendations from their 2015 meeting
• STECF EWG and STECF Plenary -‐‑ outcomes and recommendations from their 2015 meetings
• Data end users (ICES, STECF, RFMOs – GFCM, IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, WCPFC, NAFO,
SPRFMO, CECAF, WECAFC)
TOR2. End user feedback on data transmission and related issues
• Discuss feedback received from data end-‐‑users on data transmission: main issues and possible
harmonization of end user feedback to the Commission
• JRC data transmission IT platform: experience gained and future steps
• Discuss best practices on automatization of data upload by MS: data validation tools used by
end users
• Discussion on new set-‐‑up for STECF evaluation of AR2014 & data transmission 2014 used in
2015 – continue like this next year?
• Harmonisation and dissemination of DCF metadata: codelists, metiers, nomenclatures, best
practices, standards
• RCM data calls – overview of how MS responded
TOR 3. Regional cooperation
• Call for proposals MARE/2014/19 'ʹStrengthening Regional Cooperation in the area of fisheries
data collection– state of play'ʹ. Presentation by a representative of the two RCG grants and
discussions by LM thereafter. What should be the way forward?
• Regional databases
• Overview of use of the Regional Databases for RCMs in 2015 and problems identified
• Other developments (RDB trainings in 2015, RDB Med&BS development)
• Changes for the future – any recommendations from the LM?
• Future role of RCMs and DCF-‐‑related meetings: best practices, coordination, cohesion and
common structure in line with emerging needs of DCF
TOR 4. EU MAP
• Discuss recommendations/ output of RCMs: List of proposed stocks, landing obligation, metiers
• Discuss design-‐‑based sampling in relation to DCF: does it fulfil DCF requirements?
TOR 5. Availability of data
• Overview of latest developments (DCF Database Feasibility Study and plans for a follow-‐‑up
study to this)
TOR 6. AOB
• Agree on a list of recommendations relating to DCF (that MS will need to report on in their
AR2015) – COM will provide a compilation of proposed recommendations from LM & STECF
Plenaries in 2014 as input
• Prepare a list of recommended meetings for 2016 as guidance for MS
• Review and prioritize DCF-‐‑related study proposals from RCMs, PGECON, EGs etc
• ICES update on workshop on concurrent sampling and plans to re-‐‑evaluate survey
Report of the Regional Co-ordination Meeting for the North Sea and Eastern Arctic (RCM NS&EA) 2014
Report of the Regional Co-ordination Meeting for the North Sea and Eastern Arctic (RCM NS&EA) 2014
Swedish University of Agriculture Sciences (SLU Aqua)
Lysekil, Sweden
08-12 September 2014The RCM NS&EA met in Lysekil (Sweden) between 8-12 September 2014. The main purpose of the RCM is coordinate the National Programmes (NP) of the Member States (MS) in the North Sea region for 2015
Report of the Regional Co-ordination Meeting for the North Sea and Eastern Arctic (RCM NS&EA) 2013
Report of the Regional Co-ordination Meeting for the North Sea and Eastern Arctic (RCM NS&EA) 2013 final report
European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA)
Vigo, Spain
09/09/2013-13/09/2013The Regional Coordination Meeting for the North Sea & Eastern Arctic (RCM NS&EA) was held in September 2013 in Vigo (Spain). The main task of the RCM’s is to coordinate the National Programmes (NP), which propose the national data collection to be carried out by the Member States (MS) under the EU Data Collection Framework (DCF). It was envisaged that, from 2104 onwards, data collection by the MS would be carried out under a new framework (DC-MAP). However, the legislation for this framework is not ready yet. Therefore the Commission has decided to extend the present DCF for the time being and the most recent NPs have been adopted for 2014. Since these NP have been adopted without any changes, there is no need for major coordinatio
Report on the Workshop on Transversal Variables. (Linking economic and biological effort data (call) design). 19th -23rd January 2015
The Workshop on the Transversal Variables took place in Zagreb from the 19th to 23rd of January, 2015 mainly to tackle the issues related to the increasing need of having fisheries fleet economic data and fisheries biologic data on a level of disaggregation that would allow a proper interoperability between datasets to underpin bioeconomic modelling. For that, several analyses were carried out and conclusions taken. These analyses were : 1. comparison of economic and biological effort data calls both with respect to their level of resolution and the landings and effort values obtained from equivalent aggregations was performed. This was compared to what would be needed in order to undertake bioeconomic modelling for a chosen management plan. 2. The description of how MS are calculating effort variables and a proposal on the way forward to harmonize approaches, 3. Conclusions on how to harmonize levels of resolution, the variable definitions and the codification in use amongst data calls, in order to make them comparable and based on coherent standard codifications.JRC.G.3-Maritime affair
Report of the Regional Co-ordination Meeting for the North Sea and Eastern Arctic (RCM NS&EA) 2015
The RCM NS&EA met 31st August - 4th September 2015 at den Haag, Netherlands with 27 participants form 11 member states and autonomous regions attending, including representatives of ICES and the Commission. National correspondents from Spain, UK, Denmark, Lithuania, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands were present. The meeting was co-chaired by Katja Ringdahl (Sweden) and Alastair Pout (Scotland).
The RCM N&SEA considered the recommendations from the 11th Liasion meeting and summaries were presented of the work of expert groups and end users for the 2014-15 period to the plenary session of the meeting. The expert groups included WGCATCH, PGDATA, WKISCON2, WKRDB 2014-01, RDB–SC, STECF and the Zagreb meeting on transversal variables. ICES, as a main end user, provided feedback.
A summary was presented of the progress in the regional coordination project (fishPi). This project involves over 40 participants from 12 members states from NS&EA, NA and Baltic regions, two external statistical experts, and ICES. The project has a wide scope of regional cooperation issues including sampling designs, data formats, code lists, PETS, stomach sampling, small scale and recreational sampling, and data quality software production. It has a budget of €400,000, and a one year time line and with a planned completion date of April 2016. A project with identical aims is running in paralleled in the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions
The majority of the ToRs of the RCM NS&EA were addressed by three subgroups: one concerned with data analysis, one with the landing obligation, and one with issues particularly related to role and work of national correspondents
Report of the 12th Liaison Meeting
The 12th Liaison meeting was held in Brussels on 8th and 9th October 2015 to address the following Terms
of Reference:
TOR 1. Discussion on possible follow-‐‑up to the main outputs/recommendations of:
• The 2015 RCMs -‐‑ specific recommendations addressed to the Liaison Meeting
• PGECON, PGDATA, PGMed – outcomes and recommendations from their 2015 meeting
• STECF EWG and STECF Plenary -‐‑ outcomes and recommendations from their 2015 meetings
• Data end users (ICES, STECF, RFMOs – GFCM, IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, WCPFC, NAFO,
SPRFMO, CECAF, WECAFC)
TOR2. End user feedback on data transmission and related issues
• Discuss feedback received from data end-‐‑users on data transmission: main issues and possible
harmonization of end user feedback to the Commission
• JRC data transmission IT platform: experience gained and future steps
• Discuss best practices on automatization of data upload by MS: data validation tools used by
end users
• Discussion on new set-‐‑up for STECF evaluation of AR2014 & data transmission 2014 used in
2015 – continue like this next year?
• Harmonisation and dissemination of DCF metadata: codelists, metiers, nomenclatures, best
practices, standards
• RCM data calls – overview of how MS responded
TOR 3. Regional cooperation
• Call for proposals MARE/2014/19 'ʹStrengthening Regional Cooperation in the area of fisheries
data collection– state of play'ʹ. Presentation by a representative of the two RCG grants and
discussions by LM thereafter. What should be the way forward?
• Regional databases
• Overview of use of the Regional Databases for RCMs in 2015 and problems identified
• Other developments (RDB trainings in 2015, RDB Med&BS development)
• Changes for the future – any recommendations from the LM?
• Future role of RCMs and DCF-‐‑related meetings: best practices, coordination, cohesion and
common structure in line with emerging needs of DCF
TOR 4. EU MAP
• Discuss recommendations/ output of RCMs: List of proposed stocks, landing obligation, metiers
• Discuss design-‐‑based sampling in relation to DCF: does it fulfil DCF requirements?
TOR 5. Availability of data
• Overview of latest developments (DCF Database Feasibility Study and plans for a follow-‐‑up
study to this)
TOR 6. AOB
• Agree on a list of recommendations relating to DCF (that MS will need to report on in their
AR2015) – COM will provide a compilation of proposed recommendations from LM & STECF
Plenaries in 2014 as input
• Prepare a list of recommended meetings for 2016 as guidance for MS
• Review and prioritize DCF-‐‑related study proposals from RCMs, PGECON, EGs etc
• ICES update on workshop on concurrent sampling and plans to re-‐‑evaluate survey
The International Bottom Trawl Survey in the North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat; a History of one of the 'Ancestors' of MEDITS
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