Abstract
Collection and dissemination of fisheries data in support of the EU Common Fisheries Policy
Highlights
Managing the exploitation of fish and shellfish stocks in European marine waters falls under the European Union (EU)’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), which was formally established in 1983 (Council of the European Communities 1983), and has since undergone reforms in 1992, 2002, and most recently in 2013 (EU 2013)
This paper provides an overview of the fisheries data activities carried out by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in support of and in collaboration with the STECF
Such data calls acted as a learning process for end-users in formulating exactly what should be requested, for the JRC in managing calls associated with the STECF and for member states to respond to the calls in the required timeframe
Summary
Managing the exploitation of fish and shellfish stocks in European marine waters falls under the European Union (EU)’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), which was formally established in 1983 (Council of the European Communities 1983), and has since undergone reforms in 1992, 2002, and most recently in 2013 (EU 2013). European Commission proposals relating to fisheries management must be based on scientific advice, and implementation of the CFP requires both the assistance of specialised, independent experts and the availability of high-quality data and analyses. The 2002 reform of the CFP (EU 2002a) gave the STECF a renewed mandate (European Commission 2005a), including the provision of advice on data collection in the fields of fisheries and aquaculture. The mandate of the STECF since includes the provision of advice on any matter relating to marine and fisheries biology, fishing gear technology, fisheries economics, fisheries governance, ecosystem effects of fisheries, and aquaculture It includes multi-annual management plans, measures relating to landing obligations, mixed fisheries management, the position of the EU at international fisheries organisations as well as sustainable fisheries partnership agreements with third countries (European Commission 2016a). It makes the data used by the STECF and its EWGs publicly available as electronic annexes to EWG reports and through dedicated dissemination platforms that facilitate interactive data exploration and downloading
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