Annual report to the Council and to the European Parliament on the results of the multi-annual guidance programmes for the fishing fleets at the end of 1996
* ** * * * * * * ** * * * COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 11. 07. 1997 COM(97) 352 final ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT on the results of the multi-annual guidance programmes for the fishing fleets at the end of 1996 (presented by the Commission) j. !iro ; J! i \ ' i jr. '"•>, \, \h Ù 1. Subject of the Communication and legal base For each Member State in the Union, a multi-annual guidance programme (MGP) fixes objectives for reducing the size of the fishing fleet. The third generation of MGPs were adopted in December 19921 and fix objectives for the period 1992 -1996. These objectives were subsequently revised on the basis of more up to date information during a mid term review of the programmes2 in 1995. For reasons of transparency, when the programmes were adopted in 1992 the Commission undertook to transmit annually to the Council a report on the progress towards these objectives3. The Council made this annual communication obligatory in its decision of 1993 on the restructuring of the fisheries sector4 and this obligation was extended to report to the European Parliament5. The present report is the fifth in the series 6 7 8 9 and the final report on the results of the third generation of programmes (MGP III). 2. The objectives set by the multi-annual guidance programmes. The fleets of each Member State are classified into segments, and objectives for the tonnage and power are set for each of these segments. The objectives of the programmes should have been achieved for all the segments by 31. 12. 96. For each Member State, annual intermediate objectives were also set for the global fleet capacity, that is, the sum of the capacities of all the segments of the fleet. These were intended to ensure that the fleet reductions required were achieved progressively during the period of the programme. The reduction rates applied to the fleet segments depend on the species targeted and on the gear used. Generally, any segment targeting demersal species is subject to a 20% reduction rate, whereas segments targeting benthic or pelagic species are subject to reduction rates of 15% and 0% respectively. The global reductions required for the fleets of different Member States will therefore differ according to the structure of the fleet. In all cases, the reductions are calculated from the objectives for 1991 that were set by the previous generation of MGPs. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Commission Decisions 92/588/EEC to 92/598/EEC of 21. 12. 92 (O J L401 of 31. 12. 92 p. 3) Commission Decisions 95/238/EC - 95/248/EC (O J L166 of 15. 7. 95, pp. 1-46). Declaration of the Commission annexed to the minutes of the Standing Committee for the Fishing Industry of 1. 12. 92. Article 4 of Decision 94/15/CE (O J L10 of 14. 1. 94, p. 20). Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3699/93 of 21. 12. 93 (O J L346 of 31. 12. 93) SEC(93) 881 final and SEC(93) 881 final/2. COM (94) 208 final. COM (95) 463 final. COM (96) 305 final The objectives that are currently in force are those described in the MGP Decisions adopted at the time of the mid term review of the programmes. In many cases, footnotes to the tables of objectives indicated that certain revisions to these objectives would be required at a later date. The present report incorporates several such revisions, so there may be some discrepancies between the objectives presented here and those published in the Official Journal. In the case of the United Kingdom and Ireland, other possible revisions to the objectives have been described at the request of these Member States. Any difference between the published objectives and those presented in the present report are explained in the text, but it must be emphasised that they are subject to a formal proposal from the Commission for modification and the approval of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture when the starting objectives for the fourth generation of programmes (MGP IV) are discussed. 3. Measurement of capacity and fishing effort 3. 1 Tonnage When the programmes were adopted, the objectives for tonnage were expressed in gross registered tonnes (GRT). This disguised the fact that in almost all Member States a mixture of tonnage measurements were used, some vessels being measured in GRT, others in gross tonnes (GT) and others in nationally defined units of tonnage. For some vessels, tonnage measurements were available in more tharrone of these units. To calculate the total tonnage of the fleet, the units were therefore selected in order of priority, namely GRT, GT or other. In order to harmonise tonnage measurements, Council Regulation (EC) No 3259/9410, and Commission Decision No. 95/84/EC11 were adopted. These require that all fishing vessels be measured in GT. They also simplify the definition of GT for vessels less than 15 metres in length and specify formulae to estimate the GT of vessels between 15 and 24 metres length pending full remeasurement. Although it was intended to express the tonnage objectives of the MGP III in units of GT at the time of the mid term review of the programmes, many Member States were unable to comply with the deadlines to submit the GT values or estimates. The services of the Commission therefore postponed the recalculation of the objectives in terms of GT to a later date. After consultations with the Member States, it was agreed that the conversion of tonnages to units of GT would be done at the time the MGP IV was adopted, and that the results of the MGP III would be assessed purely in terms of GRT Or national measures of tonnage, depending on the units used to fix the objectives. In this report, the term GRT is used to refer to all of these units, even if the definition of GRT varies from Member State to Member State. This approach does not remove all of the difficulties of measuring the tonnage of the fleet. Not all countries have GRT values available for every vessel in their fleets, some vessels being measured only in GT. Estimates of GRT are therefore required for these vessels. A Decision of the Commission12 was adopted in April of this year specifying the estimation formulae to be used to estimate the GRT for the countries concerned. 3. 2 Power The power of the vessels refers to the main engine power, though the way in which this is measured differs between Member States. The figures presented in the report may not therefore be comparable between Member States, but nevertheless indicate the evolution of power in relation to the objectives for any one Member State. The objectives for power are not affected by the remeasurement procedures described above. 3. 3 Fishing Effort The fishing effort of a vessel is measured as the product of capacity and the number of days spent at sea during the year. There are therefore two measures of effort, one measured in GRT days and the other in kW days. 10 11 12 O J No L 339, 29. 12. 94, p. 11 O J No L67, 25. 3. 95, p33 Commission Decision 97/259/EC of 1. 4. 97 (OJ L104 of 22 April 1997 p 28) 4. The fishing vessel register of the Community. The multi-annual guidance programmes are monitored using the declarations to the fishing vessel register of the Community13. These declarations were originally sent on a monthly basis, but are now sent weekly. The register is meant to be a record of the physical characteristics of all the commercial marine fishing vessels in the European fleets. In practise, the data for some countries are incomplete. This is discussed more fully in the annex describing the results in each of the Member States. Following the adoption of the MGP III, the data contained in the register was extended to include, amongst others, the segment of the fleet to which the vessel belongs and the fishing effort in power x days and in tonnage x days. In addition, the register is used to record the real or estimated gross tonnages of the fishing vessels following the recently adopted Council Regulation (EC) No 3259/94 and Commission Decision No 95/84/EC. In their declarations, the Member States must notify the Commission of any changes to the fleet, such as new constructions, withdrawals, modifications or changes in activity. Erroneous data can also be corrected using these declarations. All such changes are recorded, but the existing information is not discarded. This makes it possible to reconstruct the situation of the fleet at any given date. The register is continually being updated and the reliability of the information improved. An amendment to the regulation was recently adopted14 which both extends and simplifies the information to be communicated, and also puts in place the procedures for direct access to the database by the Member States. This will greatly speed up the exchange of information and allow the register to be used to monitor the access of vessels to the various fisheries. 5. Results 5. 1 Results for each of the Member States The detailed results by Member State are described in this section. In each case a table shows the evolution of capacity by segment for each of the years 1991 -1996, together with the objectives to be met by the end of 1996. In these tables the situation at the end of 1996 is also expressed as a percentage of the objectives, so a percentage greater than 100 indicates that the objectives have not been met. Histograms show the evolution of the capacity of the whole fleet compared with the global annual intermediate objectives and the global objective for 1996 The data for the tables and histograms are taken from the fishing vessel register of the Community, or "fleet register". The fleet register is intended to be the definitive source of information on the capacity of the fishing fleets. Where these data are considered unreliable or incomplete, or where they show any discrepancies with the reports on the results of the MGP III submitted by the Member States themselves, this is clearly stated in the text. The MGPs were formulated in a way that allowed the objectives to be reached by a combination of capacity and activity reductions. However no Member State submitted a proposal to limit fishing activity. The objectives must therefore have been met purely in terms of capacity. Even though the objectives of the programme must be met purely in terms of capacity, there must be no compensatory increase in the activity of the vessels remaining in the fleet. For this reason, the Member States are required to submit aggregated fishing effort data by segment to the fleet register. For each of the countries that have submitted effort data, a table shows the evolution of effort by segment. Total fishing effort each year is also shown on the same diagram as the capacity data, scaled such that the points for effort and capacity coincide for 1991. Any decrease or increase in effort relative to the intermediate objectives can therefore be clearly seen. 13 14 Articles 4 and 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 109/94 (O J L19 of 22. 1. 94). Commission Regulation (EC) No 493/96 of 20. 3. 96 (O J L72 of 21. 3. 96 p. 12) Belgium a) Fleet register The data in the fleet register are up to date. GT measures or estimates are available for 99% of the fleet, but no effort data have been provided by Belgium. The evolution of the fleet based on the data in the fleet register is shown in Figure 1 and Table 1. b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by Belgium. The situation by segment at 31. 12. 96 based on the report from Belgium on the results of the MGP III is shown in the table below: Segment Netters & Beam trawlers Demersal trawlers TOTAL MGP category Situation 31. 12. 96 C17, C10, E10 E13, G14 GRT 18490 1688 20178 kW 59343 4197 63540 The results are almost identical to those based on the data in the fleet register. The minor discrepancies that exist are within the limits expected from a combination of rounding errors in the GRT estimations and the time delays involved in communicating changes to the fleet to the fleet register. c) Results When the MGP III was first adopted, the 1996 objectives fixed for the Belgian fleet were calculated by the same formula as for other Member States, namely a reduction from the objectives set by MGP II. However in 1993 Belgium successfully argued that its fleet was already at the minimum viable capacity. The Belgian objectives for 1996 were therefore set independently of the 1991. objectives, and called for global reductions of just 3% in tonnage and power over the period of the programme. From Figure 1 and Table 1 it can be seen that Belgium has achieved the global objectives for both tonnage and power, but the objectives were not met for the demersal trawler segment, with the tonnage 44% above the 1996 objective and the power 8% above the 1996 objective. However, it should be recognised that the objectives for this segment were particularly severe, requiring decreases of about 70% in tonnage and power over the period of the programme, and that the absolute capacity involved is small. Figure 1 BELGIUM MGP HI : Comparison between situations and objectives Tonnage (GRT) End of year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives Situation Fleet Register 21551 25524 21120 23704 23007 22204 22309 21844 21612 20648 20914 20118 30000 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 199o End of year D Objectives •Situation Fleet Register Engine power (kW) End of year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives Situation Fleet Register 70069 80770 68668 75201 73365 70925 71529 68599 69693 65965 67857 63840 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 End of year O Objectives • Situation Fleet Register Note : Following the revision to the Belgian programme adopted in 1993, the objectives for 1996 were fixed independently of the objectives that were previousiyftxed for 1991. The annual intermediate objectives for 1993 -1996 have therefore been calculated starting from the situation at the end of 1992. Table 1 BELGIUM Evolution of capacity by segment The GRT values shown in the table include estimates of GRT based on the formulae given in Commission Decision 97/259/EC. The percentage contributions of these estimates are shown in brackets. Segment M GP category End of yea 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives Sit. /Obj. Netters & Beam trawlers C10, C17, E10 Demersal trawlers E13. G14 Unclassified TOTAL GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW 20935 (55%) 68881 20085 (58%) 65867. 19585 (60%) 63872 19573 (60%) 63111 18959 (63%) 61768 18429 (67%) 59643 19744 63987 93% 93% 4421 (14%) 11074 3389 (19%) 8241 2385 (22%) 5831 2271 (27%) 5488 1689 (36%) 4197 1689 (36%) 4197' 1170 3870 144% 108% 168 (81%) 815 230 (51%) 1093 234 (68%) 1222 25524 (48%) 80770 23704 (53%) 75201 22204 (56%) 70925 21844 (57%) 68599 20648 (61%) 65965 20118 (64%) 63840 20914 67857 96% 9 4% Denmark a) Fleet Register The data in the fleet register are up to date, but GT measures or estimates have been provided for only 54% of the fleet- There are 30 vessels that have not yet been allocated to segment, but the power and tonnage has been declared for just one of them. It is possible that some of these vessels belong to segment B08, which are in many cases without an engine. This will be clarified with the Danish authorities. Figure 2 and Table 2a show the evolution of the fleet based on the data in the fleet register. Denmark has supplied effort data for all years of the programme (Table 2b). b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by Denmark. According to the report from Denmark on the results of the MGP, the situation at the end of 1996 is as follows: Segment Netters Trawlers and seiners Trawlers Greenland Purse seiners Vessels <5GRT TOTAL MGP category B13 B12 B10 B17+B19 B08 Situation 31. 12. 96 GRT 11922 58288 498 6225 4354 81287 kW 77006 270275 1308 15821 47424 411834 This in line with but not identical to the data in the fleet register. The power figures in the Danish report are somewhat higher than those indicated in the fleet register. A more substantial difference is the presence of the trawler belonging to segment B10. This is not present in the fleet register, or has been mis-allocated to another segment. c) Results Figure 2 and Table 2a show that Denmark is well within its objectives for all segments of the fleet. No vessel has been declared as belonging to the segment B10 (Greenland Trawlers), though one vessel is indicated in the Danish. report. Assuming the capacity of the vessel in the report is accurate, the objectives for segment B10 have still been achieved. The objectives shown in the present report differ from those published in the MGP Decision for Denmark. There are two reasons for this. The first is that Denmark had requested an adjustment to the 1996 tonnage objectives to take into account that the situation of the fleet was measured as a mixture of GRT and GT. Based on a sample of the fleet, Denmark calculated that the situation at 1. 1. 92 measured purely in GRT was about 93% of the situation measured in the mixture of units, and the 1996 objectives were increased by a corresponding amount. A similar situation existed for many Member States, but Denmark was the only country that specifically requested such a correction to the 1996 objectives. However this means that the published 1996 tonnage objectives for Denmark represent a mixture of GT and GRT units, and now that the results of the MGP III are to be assessed purely in units of GRT the adjustment is no longer appropriate. ,The tonnage objectives for. 1996 used in this report have therefore been recalculated so that they are purely in units of GRT. The second change to the published objectives concerns the segment B08 (vessels <5GRT). These vessels were in the process of being registered when the MGP III for Denmark was adopted, and a footnote to the programme envisages the revision of the 1996 objectives for this segment to the actual capacity in December 1994. This revision has been included in the results presented in this report. The capacity of the segment in December 1994 has been taken from the fleet register (4459 GT and 44784 kW) rather than from the Danish report (4577 GT and 48047 kW). This segment is the only one in the Danish fleet where the tonnage objectives are expressed purely in terms of GT. However the declaration of GT values for all of the vessels concerned still needs to be completed, so these objectives could be subject to further adjustment at the time of the adoption of the MGP IV No vessels have been declared as belonging to the segment B09 (pelagic fishing). This segment was created with the intention of identifying vessels in segment B12 that were engaged in pelagic fishing. The estimated capacity of the vessels concerned was subtracted from the objectives of segment B12 to create the objectives of B09, without any adjustment of the reduction rate applied to reflect the change from a demersal segment to a pelagic segment. The vessels have yet to be identified and removed from segment B12, the objectives of which have nevertheless been comfortably achieved. Effort data have been provided for all years of the programme. These show that the evolution of fishing effort has closely paralleled that of capacity (Table 2b), indicating that activity has remained fairly constant throughout the period. Figure 2 DENMARK MGP HI : Comparison between situations and objectives Tonnage (GRT) End of year Objectives Situation Fleet Register Effort 1991 119188 109406 22716 1992 116804 101458 21676 1993 112766 88546 19410 1994 108727 87368 18005 1995 104689 84386 19126 1996 105109 81148 18808 4- 25000 140000 120000 100000 4- 60000 60000 + 40000 20000 4- 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 End of year Engine power (kW) Objectives Situation Fleet Register Effort End of year Objectives Situation Fleet Register Effort 1991 514716 496690 89512 1992 504422 460634 84747 1993 487131 410245 73593 - 1994 469840 418346 68116 1995 452550 404941 68781 1996 480043 390226 67192 600000 500000 4- 400000 5 300000 4- 200000 100000 4- 100000 80000 4-60000 4- 40000 20000 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 End of year 1996 Objectives Situation Fleet Register Effort Vessels belonging to segment B08 were introduced into the objectives in the final year of the programme. Table 2a DENMARK Evolution of capacity by segment The GRT values shown in the table include estimates of GRT based on the formulae given in Commission Decision 97/259/EC. The percentage contributions of these estimates are shown in brackets. The capacity of vessels in segment B08 is measured in units of GT. Segment M GP category End of yea 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives Sit. / Obj. Nets etc B13 Trawlers + Danish Seine B12 Pelagic fishing B09 Trawlers (Greenland) B10 Purse seiners B17 Vessels < 5 G RT B08 Unclassified GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GT kW GRT kW 14977 (4%) 88265 14310 (4%) 85359 13678 (5%) 83030 13417 (5%) 81717 12677 (6%) 77840 12021 (6%) 74759 15656 93998 83085 (8%) 75838 (9%) 65350 (11%) 63203 (11%) 61102 (13%) 58775 (13%) 364476 330671 285356 275625 266946 257606 71979 314439 2001 3810 2001 3810 256 809 t 6258 (30%) 15668 6258 (30%) 15668 6207 (51%) 15668 6207 51%) 15668 6207 (51%) 15668 6225 (51%) 15668 3003 23919 2969 24574 2973 24830 4459 44784 4394 44457 4121 42163 • 82 (6%) 82 (6%) 82 (6%) 82 (6%) 552 552 552 552 6 ' 30 6 30 2300 5700 3480 3810 7235 17312 4459 44784 77% 80% 82% 82% 0% 0% 86% 91% 92% 94% T O T AL GRT/GT kW 109406 (8%) 496690 101458 (9%) 460634 88546 (12%) 87368 (12%) 84386 (14%) 81148 (14%) 410245 418346 404941 390226 105109 480043 77% 81% Table 2b DENMARK Fishing effort by segment ( +1000) Segment MGP category Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Nets etc B13 Trawlers + Danish Seine B12 Pelagic fishing B09 Trawlers (Greenland) B10 Purse seiners Vessels < 5GRT B17 B08 G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt G T xt k W xt 1493 8918 1547 9495 1354 8343 19015 74963 17597 69540 15821 59569 1451 8933 14361 53549 1461 9107 1447 9133 15580 54133 15297 52719 593 735 1484 3400 131 1496 1066 1139 1333 3060 133 1513 264 446 1871 4050 100 1185 396 627 1685 3632 112 1375 25 131 294 445 1661 3465 130 1631 285 432 1657 3424 122 1484 TOTAL GRT/GTxt k W xt 22716 89512 21676 84747 19410 73593 18005 68116 19126 68781 18808 67192 Germany a) Fleet Register The fleet register data for the German fleet are up to date and complete, though there are currently 18 vessels that have not been allocated to a segment. GT measures or estimates are available for all vessels. The evolution of the-fleet as indicated by the fleet register data is shown in Figure 3 and Table 3a. Fishing effort data have been declared for the years 1991 -1996 (Table 3b). b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by Germany. The situation of the fleet at 31. 12. 96, shown below, as indicated by the report from Germany on the results of the MGP III is almost identical to that indicated by the fleet register. Segment Beam trawlers (crustaceans) Beam trawlers (flatfish) Fixed nets Beam trawlers (flatfish) Bottom trawlers (cutters) Pelagic trawlers Pelagic trawlers (cutters) Longliners (cutters) Freezer trawlers TOTAL vessels + wetfish MGP category C11 C12 C19 G11 +G13 G16 + G17 G19 G20 G21 G22 Situation 31. 12. 96 GRT 8505 1997 6691 1515 8684 1189 745 12784 17045 kW 42585 7749 30936 6724 31156 3279 2643 11749 25495 59155 162316 c) Results Table 3a shows that Germany is comfortably within its global objectives for 1996, and also within its objectives for all segments except C11, where there has been some increase in capacity over the period of the programme resulting in a 10% excess of tonnage over the objective for 1996. The fishing effort data show close parallels with the evolution of capacity, indicating that activity has remained relatively constant. A3 Figure 3 GERMANY MGP HI : Comparison between situations and objectives Tonnage (GRT) End of year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives Situation Fleet Register Effort 85336 79141 15578 83629 70581 16197 81417 71823 14817 79205 67942 13658 76992 65831 12022 74780 59115 13226 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 End of year 1996 Objectives Situation Fleet Register Effort Engine power (kW) End of year Objectives Situation Fleet Register Effort 1991 206465 189762 34414 1992 202336 170432 33818 1993 198237 170283 31309 1994 194138 166722 29618 1995 190039 163623 27907 1996 185940 161844 30924 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 End of year IBftft Objectives Situation Fleet Register Effort Ak Table 3a GERMANY Evolution of capacity by segment Segment MGP category End of yea 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives Sit. / Obj. Beam trawlers (crustaceans) C11 Beam trawlers (flatfish) C12 Fixed nets C19 Beam trawlers (flatfish) G11+G13 Bottom trawlers (cutters) G16 + G17 Pelagic trawlers G19 Pelagic trawlers (cutters) G20 Longliners (cutters) G21 Freezer vessels + wetfish trawlers G22 Unclassified TOTAL GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW ^RT GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW 7203 40230 2417 9474 7497 31698 1860 7310 12858 40925 11918 11805 1461 4636 1034 2857 7575 40637 2347 9236 7468 29866 1169 4818 10906 34236 7721 6706 1210 3651 1161 3279 7636 40559 2294 8497 7395 29920 1828 7725 10251 32311 11918 11805 110. 1 3479 1189 3279 7761 41193 2185 8027 7182 29296 1685 6948 9419 30686 12050 11805 878 2780 1189 3279 8215 41589 2018 7575 7000 29703 1685 6948 8904 29020 11918 11805 878 2760 1189 3279 32893 40827 31024 38003 28211 32708 25593 32708 24024 30944 7765 43762 110% 97% 2215 8760 8098 34523 1704 6759 11090 35614 12849 12841 1575 5043 1115 3108 28369 35529 90% 88% 83% 89% 89% 99% 74% 78% 99% 9 1% 47% 52% 95% 92% 60% 72% 8578 42585 1997 7749 6688 30887 1515 6724 8229 27822 12784 11749 745 2643 1061 2856 17045 25495 473 3334 79141 189762 70581 170432 71823 170283 67942 166722 65831 163623 59115 161844 74780 185940 79% 87% | Table 3b GERMANY Fishing effort by segment ( +1000) Segment MGP category Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Beam trawlers (crustaceans) C11 Beam trawlers (flatfish) C12 Fixed nets C19 Beam trawlers (flatfish) G11+G13 Bottom trawlers (cutters) G16 + G17 Pelagic trawlers G19 Pelagic trawlers (cutters) G20 Longliners (cutters) G21 Freezer vessels + wetfish trawlers G22 TOTAL GRTxt k W xt GRTxt k W xt GRTxt k W xt GRTxt k W xt GRT x t k W xt GRTxt k W xt GRTxt k W xt GRTxt k W xt GRTxt k W xt GRTxt k W xt 881 5185 592 2852 1009 4242 352 1405 2302 7195 2824 2865 164 504 198 579 766 4703 767 3196 897 3928 444 1739 2124 6390 3414 3412 145 365 248 688 922 5000 603 2402 770 4146 419 1790 1758 5516 3220 3247 177 507 251 698 937 5107 675 2697 931 3964 279 1051 1639 5213 3386 3340 119 372 239 640 1123 5415 476 2030 984 4162 354 1475 1606 5014 2667 2645 136 422 233 614 1119 5914 484 2296 904 4078 289 1144 1953 6312 3321. 3152 201 694 207 541 7256 9587 7392 9397 6697 8003 5453 7234 4443 6130 4748 6793 15578 34414 16197 33818 14817 31309 13658 29618 12022 27907 13226 30924 Greece a) Fleet Register The communication of data to the fleet register has generally been satisfactory and the register regularly brought up to date. However GT values are available for only 19% of the fleet. There are also 154 vessels that have not been allocated to segment and 462 vessels for which no tonnage has been communicated. The evolution of the fleet based on the data in the fleet register is shown in Figure 4 and Table 4a. Greece has transmitted fishing effort data for the years 1991 -1994 (Table 4b). Effort data were also supplied for the last quarter only of 1995. b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by Greece. The situation of the fleet at 31. 12. 96 given in the Greek report on the results of the MGP III is as follows: Segment Fixed Gear and seiners Bottom trawlers Trawlers TOTAL MGP category E20+Z14 E14 G18 Situation 31. 12. 96 GRT 71273 24411 15424 110563 kW 506364 112017 36315 654696 The results are very close to those based on the data in the fleet register. The minor discrepancies that exist are within the limits expected considering the time delays involved in communicating changes or corrections to the fleet register. c) Results Figures 4 and Table 4a show that Greece is within its global objectives for 1996, and within the objectives for all segments except for E14 (bottom trawlers). The decrease in global fishing effort corresponds very closely to the decrease in capacity, suggesting similar levels of activity during the period of the programme. Figure 4 GREECE MGP III : Comparison between situations and objectives Tonnage (GRT) End of year Objectives Situation Fleet Register Effort 1991 126528 127482 39042 1992 123997 126459 38542 1993 122262 " 118024 35443 1994 120527 116043 35120 1995 118791 112861 1996 117056 112917 4- 40000 140000 120000 100000 80000 4- 60000 40000 4- 20000 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 End of year Objectives Situation Fleet Register Effort Engine power (kW) End of year Objectives Situation Fleet Register Effort 1991 688203 711730 225576 1992 674439 700872 221849 1993 670216 670860 212053 1994 665993 667261 211335 1995 661770 655290 1996 657547 656845 800000 700000 4- 600000 500000 4- 5 400000 300000 4- 200000 4- 100000 3- 250000 200000 150000 4- 100000 4- 50000 1991 1992 1993 1995 End of year 1996 Objectives I Situation Fleet Register •Effort Table 4a GREECE Evolution of capacity by segment Segment M GP category End of yea 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives Sit. / Obj. Fixed Gear and seiners E20+Z14 Bottom trawlers E14 Trawlers G18 Unclassified T O T AL GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW 73228 535649 72759 524142 70673 506302 71294 508070 - 70846 503480 71339 505773 72667 523820 98% 97% 27096 120206 27053 120947 26161 117408 25821 115993 24451 111307 24270, 111296 22292 95976 109% 116% 26754 52928 404 2947 26130 52112 20653 43432 18394 39492 17064 36990 16828 36315 22097 37751 76% 96% 517 3671 537 3718 534 3706 500 3513 480 3461 - 127482 711730 126459 700872 118024 670860 116043 667261 112861 655290 112917 656845 117056 657547 96% 100% ^ Table 4b GREECE Fishing effort by segment ( +1000) iSegment MGP category Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Fixed Gear and seiners E20+Z14 Bottom trawlers E14 Trawlers G18 TOTAL GRTxt kWxt GRTxt kWxt GRTxt kWxt GRTxt kWxt 24691 180911 24417 176977 23707 170873 23705 170888 6393 28468 7958 16197 6446 28925 7679 15947 6166 27889 6099 > 27666 5570 13291 5316 12781 39042 38542 35443 35120 225576 221849 212053 211335 / • Spain a) Fleet Register The data in the fleet register are regularly updated. GT estimations are available for all but 71 vessels, of which 4 are over 24 metres in length. Figure 5 and Table 5a show the evolution of the fleet base on the data in the fleet register. Fishing effort data have been communicated for all years of the programme and are shown in Table 5b. b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by Spain. The situation of the fleet at 31. 12. 96 given in the Spanish report on the results of the MGP III is as follows: Segment MGP category Situation 31. 12. 96 Trawlers & Polyvalent Dredgers Pelagic seiners, Netters etc & Canaries Trawlers & Polyvalent Pelagic seiners, Netters etc Tuna fleet TOTAL D10 D11 G12 G26 G28 GRT 113912 123355 144948 28211 53808 464234 kW 409059 565812 345091 85666 113910 1519538 The results are very close to those based on the data in the fleet register. The discrepancies that exist are within the limits expected considering the time delays involved in communicating changes or corrections to the fleet to the fleet register. c) Results The objectives shown in Table 5a differ to those in the published'MGP Decision. This is because the vessels covered by Article 158 of the Treaty of Accession were not subject to a capacity reduction for the first 4 years of the MGP III. A footnote to the table of objectives states that these vessels would be fully integrated into the programme on January 1 1996. This means that the capacity concerned was subject to the reduction rates of the programme during the final year. This changes the objectives only for segment D10, since it is the only segment in which vessels covered by Article 158 are found that is subject to a reduction rate. Applying a 4% reduction to the capacity concerned for the final year of the programme (4% over one year being the same rate as 20% over 5 years) changes the objectives for segment D10 from the published 136748 GRT and 442193 kW to those shown in Table 5a. Spain is well within its objectives for 1996 for all segments of the fleet. The close parallels between the evolution of fishing effort and the evolution of capacity indicates that activity has remained constant. 3i Figure 5 SPAIN MQP 111 ; Comparison between situations and objectives Tonnage (GRT) End of year Objectives Situation Fleet Register Effort 1991 673303 643231 1992 659837 613603 1993 648784 570819 1994 637730 546509 203500 181803 176693 168324 1995 626677 507190 156237 1996 615624 470263 145077 700000 600000 5OOOO0 4- 400000 4- 300000 200000 4- 100000 4- 200000 4- 150000 100000' 4-50000 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 End of year Engine power (kW) Objectives Situation Fleet Register Effort End of year Objectives Situation Fleet Register Effort 1991 1955372 1915279 598312 1992 1916265 1849614 552456 1993 1886580 1756502 538598 1994 1856896 1711660 524515 1995 1827211 1628271 496999 1996 1797527 1536436 467781 4-600000 500000 4-400000 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 End of year Objectives. Situation Fleet Register Effort o Table 5a SPAIN Evolution of capacity by segment Segment M GP category End of year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives Sit. / Obj. Trawlers & Polyvalent Dredgers D10 Pelagic seiners, Netters etc & Canaries D11 Trawlers & Polyvalent G12 Pelagic seiners, Netters etc G26 Tuna fleet G28 T O T AL GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW 148133 496509 144363 485701 133120 459816 127946 449514 121557 430178 114054 410370 139896 619482 133911 601426 130532 588768 128872 583508 128778 585689 124260 569193 264695 572344 239699 523399 214682 475496 198780 448986 173745 407569 148759 354889 31859 99264 36018 109832 36349 110516 34775 107746 27824 84619 28283 85866 58648 127680 59612 129256 56136 121906 56136 121906 55286 120216 54907 116118 134198 435792 146742 628246 233565 494264 33201 101092 67918 138133 643231 1915279 613603 1849614 570819 1756502 546509 1711660 507190 1628271 470263 1536436 615624 1797527 85% 94% 85% 91% 64% 72% 85% 85% 81% 84% 76% 85% Table 5b SPAIN Fishing effort by segment ( *1000) ISegment MGP category Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Trawlers & Polyvalent D10 Dredgers Pelagic seiners, Netters etc D11 & Canaries Trawlers & Polyvalent G12 Pelagic seiners, Netters etc G26 Tuna fleet G28 TOTAL G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt 35725 123163 34894 121211 32865 116023 31964 114325 31300 111832 29782 107589 42325 41857 40428 193826 191486 186632 40122 187155 38333 180813 37059 174486 92495 198831 72742 159801 71506 156565 64729 144152 56931 131752 49017 115301 11513 35802 21442 46690 10534 32814 11404 34887 21776 47144 20490 44491 11019 34392 20490 44491 9494 28724 20179 43878 9579 28828 19640 41577 203500 598312 181803 552456 176693 538598 168324 156237 524515. 496999 145077 467781 France a) Fleet Register The fleet register has been regularly updated, but no data concerning vessels from the French Overseas Departments have been declared. GT measures or values are available for just 85 vessels, representing less than 2% of the total fleet. Of the vessels > 24 metres in length, about 50% have been declared in GT. France has not submitted fishing effort data. The evolution of the fleet based on the data in the fleet register is shown in Figure 6 and Table 6. b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by France. France has not supplied information on the situation of the fleet at 31. 12. 96. Since for some segments there have been large changes in capacity during the first months of 1997, France has indicated the situation at 12. 05. 97. Segment MGP category Situation 12. 05. 97 Polyval. ,static gears + canners Polyvalent (trawlers) Polyvalent static+Dredgers Polyvalent (trawlers) Pelagic trawl, seiners (tuna) + static gears Seiners (tuna) TOTAL A10 A11 A12 M11 M13 H10 c) Results GRT 28788 90583 2865 8190 8883 33286 172595 kW 226334 454818 32438 47510 120181 83235 964516 From Table 6 it can be seen that in terms of tonnage France is inside its global MGP III (excluding the French Overseas Department segments, for which no data are available), but outside the global objectives in terms of power. France is also outside its objectives in segments A10, A11 and M11. Concerning the segment M11 (Mediterranean trawlers), France has indicated in its report that it will request a modification of the objectives under the MAGP III. This is based on a reorientation of the vessels from demersal species to pelagic species, which now represent 30% and 70% of the catches respectively. France argues that this means that the 20% reduction applied to the whole segment should now be applied only to 30% of the capacity of the segment. France has also indicated that it would like the effort controls that are in effect for this segment be taken into account under the MGP III. These modifications have not been included in the present report but could be presented to the Management Committee at the time of the adoption of MGP IV. However, it should be noted that under the MGP III there was no provision to weight the reductions by segment according to the catch composition. France's request would therefore be valid only if different vessels exploited the pelagic and demersal fisheries in the Mediterranean. Figure 6 FRANCE MGP HI : Comparison between situations and objectives Excluding French Overseas Departments Tonnage (GRT) End of year Objectives Situation Fleet Register 1991 201604 198772 1992 197572 191167 1993 193318 187659 1994 189064 182720 1995 184811 181035 1996 180557 179439 250000 200000 4- 150000 + 100000 4- 50000 4- 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995- End of year O Objectives • Situation Fleet Register Engine pov ver (kW) End of year 1991 1992 Objectives Situation Fleet Register 1055050 1088949 1033949 1054358 1993 1012609 1034034 1994 991270 1010791 1995 1996 969930 996397 948591 986287 1200000 1000000 4- 800000 3; 600000 I 400000 4- 200000 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 End of year O Objectives • Situation Fleet Register or Table 6 FRANCE Evolution of capacity by segment Segment MGP category End of year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives Sit. / Obj. Polyval. ,static gears + canners A10 Polyvalent (trawlers) A11 Polyvalent static+Dredgers A12 Polyvalent (trawlers) M11 Pelagic trawl, seiners (tuna) + static gears M13 Seiners (tuna) H10 Coastal fleet (DOM) 110 Tuna fleet (DOM) Unclassified TOTAL (Excluding DOM) GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW 25530 225606 113730 539359 3734 38190 8079 49012 25465 227481 110363 528647 3225 33600 8155 48881 26730 229883 105918 512808 2998 31811 8543 50359 30669 232246 98345 490224 3212 33055 8517 49391 30362 229674 97344. 480046 3269 34705 8470 48957 30444 229338 94626 470600 3096 33042 8412 48644 9513 127527 9784. 126528 9660 124328 9906 125446 9662 123106 9883 121804 34561 87494 33202 83226 33810 84845 32071 80429 31928 79909 32978 82859 3625 21761 973 5995. i 26893 222352 113% 103% 98899 442421 96% 106% 3343 31993 93% 103% 6808 38644 124% 126% 98% 97% 95% 95% 10052 125687 34561 87494 18990 165387 1200 6500 198772 1088949 191167 1054358 187659 1034034 182720 1010791 181035 996397 179439 986287 180557 948591 99% 104% Ireland a) Fleet Register The data in the register concerning the situation at the end of 1996 are in line with the data in the national database and are considered to be reliable. However, much work remains to be done to complete the historical data in the fleet register For years prior to 1996 the segmentation data are not considered reliable. This is because the allocation of capacity to segments was originally done on the basis of vessel activity, the capacity of a single vessel being partitioned between more than one segment in some cases. The Commission requested a change in the allocation of vessels to segments such that one vessel belongs to just one segment at any one time. The work to do the reallocation retrospectively is part of a continuing programme to improve the data in the register. The change in the way vessels are allocated to segments has also led Ireland to request a reallocation the 1996 objectives between certain segments. This is explained later. GT measures or estimates have been supplied for about 89% of the total fleet. Ireland" has supplied effort data for each year of the programme. There are currently 26 vessels that have not been allocated to a segment. The evolution of capacity and effort according to the data in the fleet register is shown in Figure 7 and Table 7. b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and the report submitted by Ireland. The situation of the fleet at 31. 12. 96 as indicated in the report from Ireland is as follows: Segment Beam trawlers Pelagic trawlers Polyvalent TOTAL c) Results MGP category E11 E15 E18, E19 Situation 31. 12. 96 GRT 1114 13807 29783 44704 kW 5129 38893 132785 176807 In the MGP Decision for Ireland, a footnote to the table of objectives states that the situation of the fleet at 1. 1. 92 and/or the objectives of the programme for 1991 may be revised to take into account an additional capacity in the polyvalent segment of vessels that were previously unregistered. These are mainly small vessels, and the total capacity amounts to approximately 3000 tonnes and about 10800 kW. Given that the objectives of the Irish MGP for 31. 12. 96 were subsequently set independently of the objectives for 1991; the services of the Commission consider that there is a case for adding the capacity of the vessels concerned to both the situation and the objectives of the polyvalent segment for 31. 12. 96. The objectives of the programme cannot yet be modified to take into account this additional capacity, because the process of registering these vessels is continuing. A total of 55 vessels, amounting to 631 GRT and 3093 kW have so far been registered and declared to the fleet register. For the purposes of the present report, this capacity has been removed from the situation at 31. 12. 96 in order to compare the situation of the fleet with the published objectives of the programme. Registration of these vessels will be completed before the adoption of the MGP IV, when the additional capacity will be added to the objectives for 1996. The results based on the fleet register (Figure 7 and Table 7) indicate that Ireland is within the global objectives of its MGP III but outside its targets for the polyvalent segment. as It should be noted that Ireland has requested a modification of the objectives of the programme which, if accepted, would change the results of the MGP III. The need for this modification is a result of the reallocation of vessels to segments, as mentioned in section (a) above. Prior to the mid term review of the programmes, Ireland allocated capacity to segments in such a way that the capacity of an individual vessel was partitioned between more than one segment. At the mid term review this procedure was changed at the Commission's request, and a certain capacity was consequently moved from the pelagic segment to a newly formed polyvalent segment. This capacity represented the dry-hold vessels fishing both demersal and pelagic species, leaving just refrigerated seawater vessels in the pelagic segment. However, no corresponding adjustment was made to the objectives of the pelagic and polyvalent segments. Ireland has now requested that such an adjustment be made before the adoption of the MGP IV. The Commission services would in principle support this transfer of objectives provided that it can verify the figures concerned. This requires a list of the vessels involved, together with the history of the allocation of their capacities to segments throughout the programme. Figure 7 IRELAND MGP III : Comparison between sltuatic. Tonnage (GRT) End of year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives Situation Fleet Register 48750 54083 47775 56255 54990 52589 53725 53536 52460 55391 51195 47998 60000 50000 + 40000 4- fc 30000 + 0 20000 10000 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 End of year O Objectives • Situation Fleet Register Hngine po\ ver (kW) End of year Objectives Situation Fleet Register 1991 197011 181027 1992 193071 190636 1993 187910 187197 1994 185184 190363 1995 182458 187184 1996 179732 177954 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 End of year D Objectives • Situation Fleet Register Note : The objectives for 1996 are fixed independently of the objectives that were previously fixed for 1991. The annual intermediate objectives for 1993 -1996 have therefore been calculated 3C Table 7 IRELAND Evolution of capacity by segment The GRT values for 1996 shown in the table include estimates of GRT based on the formulae given in Commission Decision 97/259/EC. The percentage contributions of these estimates are shown in brackets. For all other years, tonnages are given as a mixture of GT and GRT. Segment MGP category End of yea 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives Sit. / Obj. 1114 5128 1140 6113 12385 (79%) 35953 19500 44359 98% 84% 64% 8 1% 31940 (2%) 130855 30555 129260 105% 1 0 1% 2559 6018 54083 181027 56255 190636 52589 187197 53536 190363 55391 187184 47998 (21%) 177954 51195 179732 94% 99% Beam trawlers E11 Pelagic trawlers E15 Polyvalent E18. E19 Unclassified TOTAL GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW cu Italy a) Fleet Register The last declaration to the fleet register was made in August 1995. The allocation of vessels to segments in the register is unreliable and bears little relation to the objectives of the programme. For this reason only the evolution of the global situation is presented (Figure 8). Note that in the absence of new declarations the situation on 1996 is identical to that in 1995. GT measures or estimates have been supplied for 92% of the total fleet, and for 38% of vessels greater than 24 metres in length. Italy has supplied effort data for the years 1991 -1994 (Table 8) b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by Italy. Italy has indicated that the capacity of its fleet in at 31. 12. 96 was as follows: Segment MGP category Situation 31. 12. 96 Pelagic pair trawlers Bottom trawlers'(& Volante) Manual dredgers Suction dredgers Netters Longliners & liners Polyvalent (trawlers) Polyvalent (non trawlers) Seiners (tuna) Bottom trawlers Polyvalent (non trawlers) Bottom trawlers Tuna fleet Others TOTAL C13 C14 C15 C16 C18 C20 C21 C22 C23 M10 M12 G15 G29 - GRT 1079 78657 72 2069 6 596 75284 55286 4216 6233 825 10154 0 11209 245494 kW 6825 390180 382 22680 21 6406 499868 460088 22570 18472 3830 22093 0 69343 1522756 The data supplied by Italy includes vessels classified by gears but not by segment. These are shown as "others" in the above table. c) Results The fleet register data suggest that Italy is outside its global MGP III objectives in both tonnage and power, with an excess of 2% and 3% respectively. However, this is based on information received in 1995. The data supplied by Italy suggest that the objectives for 1996 have been achieved in terms of tonnage but not in terms of power. The Commission services cannot verify these data, nor evaluate the results of the programme by segment. Italy has indicated that a revision of its power objectives may be requested to take into account the derating of engines when the baseline levels of power were established. The Commission will examine the case presented by Italy when the appropriate data are made available. The global effort data suggest that activity has remained constant throughout the period of the programme. Figure 8 ITALY MGP III ; Comparison between situations and oh}prtfYft« Tonnage (GRT) Objectives End of year 1991 268198 1992 262834 1993. 259421 1994 256008 1995 252595 1996 249182 Situation Fleet Register 270440 265232 262385 256246 254607 254607 Effort 45029 44793 41536 40967 300000 250000 4- 200000 «2 150000 + 100000 + 50000 4- 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 End of year Engine power (kW) Objectives Situation Fleet Register Effort End of year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives 1541664 1510831 1499293 1487755 1476218 1464680 Situation Fleet Register Effort 1525678 240254 1532687 246166 1533170 231381 1520751 234610 1515842 1515842 1800000 1600000 4- 1400000 4- 1200000 4- 1000000 4- 4-250000 4- 200000 4-150000 t: ê 4-100000 4-50000 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 End of year 1996 Objectives Situation Fleet Register Effort Table 8 ITALY Fishing effort by segment ( +1000) Segment M6P category Vear 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Pelagic pair trawlers C13 Bottom trawlers'(&Volante) C14 Manual dredgers C15 Suction dredgers C16 Netters C18 Longliners & liners C20 Polyvalent (trawlers) C21 Polyvalent (non trawlers) C22 Seiners (tuna) C23 Bottom trawlers M10 Polyvalent (non trawlers) M12 Bottom trawlers Tuna fleet G15 G29 TOTAL GRTxt kWxt GRTxt kWxt GRTxt kWxt GRTxt kWxt GRTxt kWxt GRTxt kWxt GRTxt kWxt GRTxt kWxt GRTxt kWxt GRTxt kWxt GRTxt kWxt GRTxt kWxt GRTxt kWxt GRTxt kWxt 370 2134 257 1568 452 2802 ^ 467 2877 9609 47971 10114 50703 9365 47544 9660 50028 25 210 242 » 2512 471 3625 159 1251 293 2333 6 33 275 2914 508 4014 138 1158 286 2158 5 29 ,270 2878 561 4392 111 971 108 1161 5 30 271 2888 552 4407 118 1077 109 1216 20718 149317 21403 154941 19809 144564 20008 146878 454 2490 488 2608 459 2551 521 2832 3916 10628 3971 10716 3757 10345 3595 10159 571 1987 596 2053 6925 13276 5866 11216 1276 2520 885 2084 681 2434 5221 9791 737 1919 622 2213 3965 7450 1074 2555 45029 240254 44793 246166 41536 231381 40967 234610 34- The Netherlands a) Fleet Register A number of technical problems concerning the declarations of data to the fleet register have now been resolved and the data have now been brought up to date. However, GT measures or estimates are available for only 57% of the vessels in the fleet. For vessels greater than 24 metres in length, 78% of the GT values have been declared. The Netherlands has not submitted effort data over the period of the programme. This is because the Dutch definition of time at sea differs from that required under the programmes. The evolution of the fleet based on the data in the fleet register is shown in Figure 9 and Table 9. b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by the Netherlands. The Netherlands did not submit a report giving the situation of the fleet at 31. 12. 96. However data were supplied on the total number of days allocated over the period 1992 -1996, as shown below. Year Sea-days 1992 114486 1993 104783 1994 109100 1995 104309 1996 106982 These data are not directly comparable with the definition of days at sea used in the MGP, but nevertheless indicate that mean activity has decreased over the period of the programme. c) Results The tonnage objectives shown in Table 9 for the pelagic segment (E16) differ from those published in the MGP Decision. In the Decision, a footnote to the Dutch table of objectives points out that the tonnage objectives for 1991 for this segment were generated by calculating the ratio (objective in kW for 31. 12. 91) / (situation in kW at 1. 1. 92 ) and applying the same ratio to the situation in tonnes at 1. 1. 92. This procedure was adopted because of historical inconsistencies in the tonnage figures for this segment, especially when compared to the evolution of the power. When the calculation was done to generate the tonnage objectives for 1991, the situation at 1. 1. 92 was measured in a mixture of GT and GRT. Now that it has been agreed that the MGP III will be assessed purely in units of GRT, the objectives for 1996 must be recalculated using the situation at 1. 1. 92 measured purely in units of GRT. The result is a substantial reduction in the objectives, from the published 36,465 tonnes to 21,100 GRT. However, it should be noted that this is due to the very high proportion of vessels in this segment that had been measured in GT and does not represent a more severe objective; the numerical value of the situation of the segment also shows a corresponding decrease. From Table 9 it can be seen that the Netherlands has failed to reach its MGP targets in all segments. This is particularly marked for the tonnage of segments E16 and E17. However, it has long been recognised that the calculation of the tonnage objectives for the Dutch fleet are less than satisfactory. The calculations described in the preceding paragraph were necessary in order to establish objectives for the pelagic segment because the historical discrepancies in the data were particularly marked, but a similar problem may exist for the cutter fleet. The Dutch authorities are investigating the source of the inconstancies in the evolution of the tonnage of their fleet and have submitted further information to the Commission. Preliminary analyses indicate that the objective of segment E16 should be 26807 GRT and that of segment E17 should be 67690 GRT. Apart from a possible modification of the tonnage objectives through a revision of the baseline, the Dutch authorities have requested that the effort reduction resulting from a reduction in beam length be taken into account towards the objectives of its cutter fleet (segment E17). This request is based on the results of scientific studies that suggest that a reduction in the length of the beam from 14 metres to 12 metres reduces the efficiency, and hence fishing effort, by about 10%. The Netherlands will supply further information in support of both requests for the modification of the MGP III objectives for examination by the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture at the time of the adoption of the MGP IV. Figure 9 NETHERLANDS MGP III ; Comparison between situations and objectives Tonnage (GRT) End of year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives Situation Fleet Register 95496 109387 93586 92425 86870 81315 75760 108616 "113383 117275 115829 112036 120000 100000 4- 80000 4- 5 60000 + o 40000 4- 20000 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 End of year O Objectives • Situation Fleet Register Engine po\ wer (kW) End of year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives Situation Fleet Register 412988 430090 404728 421948 409767 398080 386394 374707 440405 434430 425860 408305 450000 400000 4- 350000 300000 4- 250000 4- 200000 4- 150000 4- 100000 4- 50000 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 End of year O Objectives • Situation Fleet Register Note: The capacity of shrimp trawlers (MGP category E12) are excluded from the objectives and the situations for 1991 and 1992 but are included for the years 1993 -1996 Table 9 NETHERLANDS Evolution of capacity by segment The GRT values shown in the table include estimates of GRT based on the formulae given in Commission Decision 97/259/EC. The percentage contributions of these estimates are shown in brackets. Segment MGP category End of yea , 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives Sit. / Obj. Cutters (crust, and molluscs E12 Pelagic trawlers E16 Cutter fleet (excl. moll/crust. E17 TOTAL GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW 4312 (31%) 16725 4525 (30%) 17614 4658 (30%) 18193 4596 (30%) 18280 4712 (25%) 18737 4551 (27%) 17993 4394 16725 104% 108% 26807 (82%) 58796 26807 (82%) 58796 24983 (81%) - 53943 29739 (87%) 57625 29739 (87%) 56711 29739 (87%) 56711 21100 46278 141% 123% 82580 (54%) 81809 (57%) 83742 (61%) 82940 (66%) 81378 (68%) 77746 (71%) 371294 363152 368269 358525 350412 333601 50176 311704 155% 107% 113699 (59%) 446815 113141 (62%) 439562 113383 (64%) 440405 117275 (70%) 434430 115829 (71%) 425860 112036 (73%) 408305 75670 374707 148% 109% u> Portugal a) Fleet Register The data in the fleet register are largely complete. GT values are available for all vessels over 24 metres, and for 99% of the fleet as a whole. Portugal has indicated that the remaining 1 % have now been measured in GT and will be communicated to the fleet register in the next declaration. The evolution of the fleet as indicated by the data in the fleet register is shown in Figure 10 and Table 10. Effort data has been communicated for all years of the programme (Table 10b). b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by Portugal. The situation of the fleet at 31. 12. 96 according to the report from Portugal, shown below, is almost identical to that given by the data in the fleet register : Segment Trawlers Polyvalent (non trawlers) Purse seine (sardines) Polyvalent, Trawlers & Purse seine (tuna) Polyvalent (non trawlers) Purse seiners Polyvalent (tuna) Polyvalent Polyvalent TOTAL c) Results MGP category B11 B15 B19 G24 + G27 B16 B18 G25 B14 G23 Situation 31. 12. 96 GRT 15097 35443 7797 43856 4297 256 715 11319 1583 120363 kW 53355 175427 36342 65692 15667 1093 1670 " 43720 2354 395320 Portugal is within its objectives for all segments of the fleet and well below its global objectives. The decrease in fishing effort closely parallels that of capacity and indicates that activity has remained constant. 33 Figure 10 PORTUGAL MGP III ; Comparison between situations and objectives Tonnage (GRT) Objectives End of year 1991 211530 1992 207299 1993 203442 1994 199585 1995 195727 1996 191870 Situation Fleet Register 182080 166585 147069 130377 122473 121933 Effort 55322 52396 46967 41363 37537 35853 250000 200000 4- 150000 4- 100000 4- 50000 4- 70000 4-60000 4- 50000 40000 r 4- 30000 4-20000 4- 10000 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 End of year Objectives Situation Fleet Register Effort Engine power (kW) End of year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives Situation Fleet Register Effort 553678 503650 140592 542604 484551 137315 536922 448953 129464 531239 414544 121114 525556 396475 114963 519873 396040 111368 600000 500000 400000 4- ? 300000 I 200000 4- 100000 4- 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 End of year 1996. J Objectives I • •• Situation Fleet Register —•—Effort Table 10a PORTUGAL Evolution of capacity by segment Segment M GP category End of yea 1991 1392 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives Sit. / Obj. Trawlers B11 Polyvalent (non trawlers) B15 Purse seine (sardines) B19 Polyvalent, Trawlers & G24 + G27 Purse seine (tuna) Polyvalent (non trawlers) B16 Purse seiners B18 Polyvalent (tuna) G25 Polyvalent B14 Polyvalent G23 T O T AL •. GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW 20520 73560 20058 71741 18189 65530 16554 58512 15200 54288 15084 53270 18054 62749 84% 85% 47580 203232 44695 194451 40807 186182 36721 176537 35300 172276 34955 173012 52227 216388 67% 80% 11726 53056 11445 52598 9748 45151 8488 39392 80676 108313 68765 97057. 58025 83788 4009 15222 3838 14602 4389 16060 208 916 715 1670 208 916 715 1670 208 916 715 1670 49740 73140 4156 14877 208 916 '715 1670 11263 42664 12706 47492 12291 46603. '. 12353 47146 5383 5017 4155 4024 2697 3053 1442 2354 8248 38584 45468 66045 4326 15534 208 916 715 1670 11566 44808 1442 2354 8259 38533 45468 66045 4334 15691 256 1093 715 1670 11420 44372 1442 2354 12871 56527 64% 68% 83966 103390 54% 64% 5024 19438 86% 81% 261 1170 1200 2550 98% 93% 60% 65% 13653 53397 84% 83% 4614 4264 31% 55% 182080 503650 166585 484551 147069 448953 130377 414544 122473 396475 121933 396040 191870 519873| 64% 76% | ^ Table 10b PORTUGAL Fishing effort by segment ( +1000) Segment MGP category Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Trawlers B11. Polyvalent (non trawlers) B15 Purse seine (sardines) B19 Polyvalent, Trawlers & G24 + G27 Purse seine (tuna) Polyvalent (non trawlers) B16 Purse seiners B18 Polyvalent (tuna) G25 Polyvalent Polyvalent B14 G23 '. TOTAL G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt 6531 23157 12657 50404 3105 13911 27128 36409 993 3706 54 239 236 551 6382 22762 12170 49247 3030 13751 24841 34135 990 3655 54 239 236 551 - 6027 21531 11261 46847 2830 12969 21116 30295 1070 3870 54 239 236 551 5465 19454 10163 46-1431 4972 17656 9448 45993 2417 2204 11202 , 10260 4741 16841 9269 45535 2112 9839 18009 26441 -15881 23422 14794 21919 1149 4093 1135 4054 1127 4066 54 239 236 551 54 239 236 551 61 262 236 551 ' 2810 10559 3072 11483 3196 11994 3187 3131 12061 " 1 2 0 11 2991 11578 1808 1656 1621 1492 1177 1168 683 892 476 777 522 777 55322 140592 52396 137315 46967 129464 41363 121114 37537 114963 35853 111368 M United Kingdom a) Fleet Register Up until 1996 there had been large discrepancies between the data contained in the Community fleet register and those contained in the UK national database. During 1996 and the early rJart of 1997, a series of technical meetings between the services of the Commission and the UK administration succeeded in solving the technical difficulties that were causing the problems. The fleet register is now broadly in line with the national data, though not all vessels from the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are included. Power has been declared for all but 2 vessels, one belonging to segment F18 (average power 220kW), one to F19 (average power 47kW), and one to an unknown segment (vessel length 5. 03 metres). There are a total of 474 vessels that have not been allocated to segment. GT values have been declared for over 90% of the fleet, though for vessels more than 24 metres in length GT values have been declared for only 50%. The evolution of capacity and effort based on the fleet register data is shown in Figure 11 and Table 11a. The United Kingdom has supplied effort data for all years of the MGP III. (Table 11b). b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by the United Kingdom. A direct comparison is not possible between the situation at 31. 12. 96 by MGP III segment based on the fleet register and that based on the report from the UK, since the latter anticipates the disappearance of segment F18 and a reallocation of the capacity to other segments. This is explained in more detail later. The situation at 31. 12. 96 as indicated in the UK report is as follows: Segment Beam trawl Demersal Trawl & Seiners Pelagic trawl Shellfish fixed Shellfish mobile Netters, Liners + other static gears Nephrops trawl Distant water Others >10 m Mixed (non trawlers) <10 m TOTAL MGP category F10 F11 +F20 F12 F13 F14 F15 F16 F17 F18 F19 Situation 31. 12. 96 GRT 22104 64524 27801 5387 8504 13613 11036 12423 0 20851 186252 kW 117616 332337 71876 44463 55648 51977 67790 26853 0 286367 1054927 The capacity of the fleet at 31. 12. 96 based on the UK report is approximately 2,000 GRT and 20,000 kW greater than that indicated by the fleet register, which may be partly explained by the incomplete data for the Channel Islands and Isle of Man vessels in the fleet register. c) Results Figure 11 and Table 11b show that the United Kingdom failed to reach the global objectives of the programme in both tonnage and power, and failed to reach the objectives in tonnage, power or both, for 6 of the 10 segments of the fleet. Moreover, the evolution of fishing effort diverges somewhat from the evolution of capacity. This may indicate that mean activity has have increased over the period of the programme. The United Kingdom has however indicated that the fishing effort data are not based on samples but on a complete census of the fleet, and that prior to 1993 these data were incomplete. Since 1993 the trend in fishing effort more closely parallels that of capacity. Further analysis will be undertaken to ascertain whether there has been a real increase in activity since 1991, or whether this is an artefact of improved data collection. It should be noted that the United Kingdom has argued that several amendments to its MGP III objectives are appropriate. These are: i) Reallocation of the vessels in segment F18 When the programme was adopted, segment F18 contained vessels for which there was very little information on the fishing activities, or vessels that had belonged to other segments but which had ceased fishing activities. As more information became available during the period of the programme, many of the vessels were reallocated to more appropriate segments. This is the reason that the objectives for this segment appear to have been achieved by a large margin. The UK now wants to redistribute both the situation and the objectives for this segment amongst the other segments based on their activity or most likely activity. The services of the Commission support this. The effect of the reallocation is that the UK is marginally further away from the achievement of its 1996 objectives, as indicated in the table below (based on the data in the fleet register). Segment Beam trawl MGP category F10 Demersal Trawl & Seiners F11 +F20 Pelagic trawl Shellfish fixed Shellfish mobile F12 F13 F14 Netters, Liners + other static gears Nephrops trawl F15 F16 Distant water Others >10 m Mixed (non trawlers) <10 m F17 F18 F19 Unclassified TOTAL ii) Revision of the 1991 baseline Situation 31. 12. 96 20966 109259 64111 323184 27132 73896 5839 36539 8110 45558 14588 54738 14350 83820 7107 18120 19577 264868 2760 24518 184539 1034498 GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW Objectives 31. 12. 96 18393 86467 57559 300176 23541 77955 5094 34054 8125 48606 12712 63910 18123 101018 9876 21236 Situation / Objectives 114% 126% 111% 108% 115% 95% 115% 107% 100% 94% 115% 86% 79% 83% 72% 85% 21968 271482 89% 98% 175391 1004903 105% 103% At the time of MGP I, the UK recorded the size of its "active" fleet, but in 1989 at the Commission's request changed its database to include all registered vessels. Following a preliminary estimate in 1991 the objectives of MGP II were revised to take into account the apparent increase in the size of the fleet as a result of this change. A much more complete census has now been completed, and suggests that the difference between the "active" and "registered" fleet was about 6,000 GRT more than previously supposed. The services of the Commission have confirmed that this is likely to be the case. The 6,000 GRT are already recorded in the fleet register and are therefore included in the figures for the situation of the UK fleet. The UK have requested that the objectives for 1991, and consequently the objectives for 1996, be revised to take this into account. The methodology proposed by the UK involves an estimation of the difference between the "active" and the "registered" fleet in 1986. No information is available prior to this date. The report submitted by the United Kingdom on the results of the MGP III anticipates these changes to the objectives and the segmentation. The data and calculations presented in the UK report differ a little from those based on the fleet register. The UK calculate the revised global objectives to be 181216 GRT and 1059212 kW, and the situation of the fleet is stated to be 186251 GRT and 1054927 kW, which are respectively 103% and just under 100% of the global objectives. The discrepancies in the situation at 31. 12. 96 may be due to some remaining differences between the national and fleet registers and will be resolved before any revision of the objectives is proposed to the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture. Figure 11 UNITED KINGDOM MGP III : Cnmparison between situations and oby^fv^y Tonnage (GRT) End of year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives 193027 189166 186120. 183074 180027 Situation Fleet Register Effort 210637 34500 211151 209249 197223 190422 35000 38100 37700 37600 176981 184539 36300 250000 200000 4- 150000 + 100000 50000 4- 4-40000 35000 4-30000 25000 4- 20000 £ 4- 15000 10000 4-5000 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 End of year 1996 Objectives Situation Fleet Register Effort Engine power (kW) End of year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives 1095206 1073302 1058777 1044253 1029728 1015204 Situation Fleet Register Effort 1223828 170400 1248003 178000 1241130 188800 1174644 188300 1115163 188800 1034498 179000 1400000 1200000 1000000 4- 800000 600000 400000 200000 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 End of year 1996 Objectives Situation Fleet Register Effort UNITED KINGDOM Evolution of capacity by segment The GRT values shown in the table include estimates of GRT based on the formulae given in Commission Decision 97/259/EC. The percentage contributions of these estimates are shown in brackets. Segment M GP category End of yea 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives Sit. / Obj. B e am trawl F10 Demersal Trawl & Seiners F11 + F20 Pelagic trawl F12 Shellfish fixed F13 Shellfish mobile F14 Netters, F15 Liners + other static gears Nephrops trawl F16 Distant water F17 Others >10 m F18 Mixed (non trawlers) <10 m F19 Unclassified T O T AL GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW GRT kW 21733 (18%) 24729 (20%) 24466 (21%) 23295 (25%) 21296 (26%) 20146 (24%) 1*14867 129321 126284 122935 112427 105866 65832 (2%) 65365 (4%) 65983 (3%) 62326 (5%) 57914 (5%) 57549 (5%) 337885 336730 336947 320063 299013 296044 17621 81465 114% 130% 51746 262505 111% 113% 23463 (2%) 22386 (2%) 25864 (8%) 23885 (20%) 77371 71702 80524 78907 23287 (31%) 72821 26312 (32%) 70503 22633 72060 116% 98% 3879 (3%) 3804 30087 30289 3733 30526 3628 29660 3368 26944 3378 26361 2370 16395 143% 161% 5531 (2%) 5444 (2%) 5209 (6%) 5774 (11%) 5491 (11%) 5649 (12%) 31790 31818 32703 34207 35030 35380 12544 (10%) 59189 • 13509 (10%) 14123 (10%) 14059 (12%) 13544 (13%) 12947 (13%) 60967 61639 58774 54227 47953 17550 99145 17208 96724 16502 95522 15859 (2%) 15330 (1%) 12709 (2%) 91851 89297 77035 8350 (14%) 8281 (14%) 8281 (14%) 7002 (20%) 5504 (26%) 7106 (26%) 21074 20873 20873 18021 14770 18120 17160 (7%) 16842 (9%) 15746 (9%) 9196 (14%) 17058 (34%) 16406 (45%) 96582 98043 92643 62113 81788 67850 23689 296516 24674 324140 25311 335906 23760 318823 21392 290663 19577 264868 10906 (3%) 8909 (4%) 4031 59322 47396 27563 8439 39290 6238 (19%) 2760 (52%) 38183 24518 5400 30947 105% 114% 10896 52137 119% 92% 16306 89246 9876 21236 18165 117728 78% 86% 72% 85% 90% 58% i 21968 271484 89% 98% 210637 (5%) 211151 (6%) 209249 (7%) 197223 (10%) 190422 (14%) 184539 19%) 176981 1223828 1248003 1241130 1174644 1115163 1034498 1015204 104% 102% <T> Table 11b UNITED KINGDOM Fishing effort by segment ( +1000) Segment MGP category Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Beam trawl F10 Demersal Trawl & Seiners F11+F20 Pelagic trawl Shellfish fixed F12 F13 Shellfish mobile F14 Netters, F15 Liners + other static gears Nephrops trawl F16 Distant water F17 Others >10 m F18 Mixed (non trawlers) <10 m F19 TOTAL G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt GRTxt k W xt GRTxt k W xt GRTxt k W xt G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt G R T xt k W xt GRTxt k W xt 5200 23800 13800 68500 4800 13800 300 1200 600 2500 2100 7300 5500 26200 14800 72200 3700 12100 300 2400 600 3100 2300 8400 2800 16000 2700 15700 2400 5600 400 1900 2600 6000 400 2100 6200 29700 15000 73500 5100 15200 400 2700 600 2900 3200 10800 2900 16400 2000 4800 600 3000 5700 28200 14800 72500 5200 15100 400 2600 800 4800 3400 11200 3100 18200 2000 5000 200 900 5700 28400 14600 71800 5400 15300 500 3800 1000 5900 3300 10900 2700 16400 1800 4400 500 2100 5100 26200 14900 73100 4100 11300 400 2800 1100 6300 3400 10800 2000 11800 3200 7100 0 0 2100 29800 2100 29800 2100 29800 2100 29800 2100 29800 2100 29600 34500 170400 35000 178000 38100 188800 37700 188300 37600 188800 36300 179000 Finland a) Fleet Register The data in the fleet register are up to date and appear to be largely complete. Power figures have been declared for all vessels and tonnage figures have been supplied for all but one vessel belonging to segment F21 (Trawlers Baltic Herring"), which have an average tonnage of approximately 50 GT GT figures are available for more than 99% of the fleet, though for vessels between 15 and 24 metres this is reduced to 88%. Finland has not submitted effort data to the fleet register. The evolution of capacity based on the data in the fleet register is shown in Figure 12 and Table 12. b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by Finland. The results presented in the Finnish report on the results of the MGP III are shown below. Since the objectives for 31. 12. 96 are based on the situation at 1. 1. 95, the situation of the fleet on bôfh dates is shown: Segment Trawlers (Baltic Herring) Driftnetters / Longliners Other Vessels Trawlers (Baltic Herring) Aaland Islands Driftnetters / Longliners Aaland Islands Other Vessels Aaland Islands TOTAL MGP category F21 F22+F24 F23 F25 F26 F27 Situation 1. 1. 95 Situation 31. 12. 96 GT 9280 3527 9259 1196 546 739 kW 47757 29059 130302 4899 GT 8631 3336 9054 1082 kW 44402 27718 127498 4648 4710 512 • - 4810 8374 731 8286 24547 224831 23346 217362 These are almost identical to those based on the data in the fleet register. The minor discrepancies that exist are within the limits expected due to the time delays involved in communicating changes to the fleet to the fleet register. c) Results The 1996 objectives of the Finnish programme were for a stabilisation of the capacities of all segments to their capacities as at 1. 1. 95. At the time the programme was adopted, Finland was still in the process of registering its fishing vessels, so a footnote envisaged the revision of the 1996 objectives when the size of the fleet at 1. 1. 95 became more accurately known. Now that this process of registration has been completed, the present report has incorporated these changes to the objectives of the programme. 15 It should be noted that in the case of Finland the tonnage objectives are considered to be in units of GT. However the GT has not been measured for all of the fleet. For the purposes of the present report a mixture of GT and GRT has therefore been used, in which the GT of a vessel is taken if krrown, otherwise its GRT is used without adjustment. It is important that all the vessels are measured in GT before the adoption of the MGP IV. 15 Commission Decision 96/73/EC of 22. 12. 95 (O J L14 of 19. 1. 96 p. 27) LQ Figure 12 and Table 12 indicate that Finland has reached its targets in all segments of the fleet, except for segment F26 where there is an excess of 2% in power. This represents just 100 kW. The Finnish authorities have indicated that this is caused by the mis-allocation of one trawler to this segment, which will be corrected in the next declaration to the fleet register. In any case, the separation of the Aaland islands vessels from the remainder of the fleet was not a requirement of the MGP III, so that Finland can be considered to have achieved its objectives for the two "driftnetters/longliners" segments combined. The data submitted by Finland in its report, though indicating slightly different situations and objectives, do not significantly change the results of the MGP III. Figure 12 FINLAND MGP IH : Comparison between situations and objectives Tonnage (GT) End of year 1991 Objectives Situation Fleet Register 1992 \ 1993 1994 1995 1996 24381 24381 24381 24383 24381 23399 25000 20000 + 15000 10000 + 5000 + 1991 1992 1993 1994 1 h End of year 1995 1996 O Objectives • Situation Fleet Register Engine power (kW) End of year 1991 1992 1993 Objectives Situation Fleet Register 1994 224454 224454 1995 224454 224384 1996 224454 219350 250000 200000 + 150000 + 100000 + 50000 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 End of year D Objectives • Situation Fleet Register Table 12 FINLAND Evolution of capacity by segment Segment MGP category End ofyear 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives Sit. / Obj. Trawlers (Baltic Herring) F21 Driftnetters / Longliners F22+F24 Other Vessels Trawlers (Baltic Herring) Aaland Islands Driftnetters / Longliners Aaland Islands Other Vessels Aaland Islands F23 F25 F26 F27 TOTAL GT kW GT kW GT kW GT kW GT kW GT kW GT kW 9145 47462 3501 28904 9122 47257 3519 28972 8641 45903 3402 28213 9145 47462 3501 28904 - 9254 130095 9261 130162 9034 127481 9254 130095 94% 97% 97% 98% 98% 98% 90% 95% 99% 99% 96% 98% 1196 4898 546 4712 739 8383 1196 4898 546 4712 739 8383 1082 4647 509 4812 731 8294 1196 4898 739 8383 546 4712 93% 102% 24381 224454 24383 224384 23399 219350 24381 224454 Sweden a) Fleet Register The data in the fleet register appear to be largely complete, though it seems that some available GT measures or estimates have yet to be declared. Tonnage figures have been declared for all vessels and power figures have been supplied for all but five vessels. The latter belong to the segment F32 ("Others") which have an average power of approximately 60 kW. GT figures are available for about 93% of the total fleet. Sweden has not submitted effort data to the fleet register. The evolution of capacity based on the data in the fleet register is shown in Table 13 and Figure 13. b) Comparison of the data in the fleet register and in the report submitted by Sweden. The situation at 1. 1. 95 and at 31. 12. 96 presented b'y Sweden in its report are shown below: Segment MGP category Situation 1. 1. 95 Situation 31. 12. 96 Trawlers-shellfish Trawlers / Seiners > 30 metres Polyvalent Netters/Longliners in Baltic Others TOTAL F28 F29 F30 F31 F32 GT 6593 14223 13916 6581 11642 52955 kW 30570 42176 58816 38567 100415 270550 GT 6395 14125 12715 6631 10922 50789 kW 28227 40689 53455 37470 96475 256316 The figures agree very closely with the fleet register. The situation at 1. 1. 95, which is the baseline from which the 1996 objectives have been calculated, shows just one discrepancy concerning the tonnage of segment F31 at 1. 1. 95, given as 5298 GT in the fleet register and 6581 GT in the Swedish report. This is likely to be due to the mixture of tonnage units used to measure the capacity, though this needs to be confirmed before the adoption of the MGP IV since the figure will be the 1996 objective for the segment. The fleet register and the Swedish report are in close agreement concerning the power of the fleet at 31. 12. 96, but the report gives somewhat higher tonnage figures for all but one segment. c) Results The 1996 objectives of the Swedish programme are based on the situation at 1. 1. 95. As mentioned in the case of Finland, a revision to the situation at 1. 1. 95 therefore justifies a revision to the objectives for 31. 12. 96. Such a revision has been incorporated into the present report. 16 As was the case with Finland, the tonnage objectives for Sweden are considered to be in units of GT even though this is not available for all vessels in the fleet. The present report therefore uses a mixture of GT and GRT. It is important that all the vessels are measured in GT before the adoption of the MGP IV. The interpretation of the results is made somewhat complicated by the discrepancies in the tonnage figures between the fleet register and those given in the Swedish report, especially since the situation at 1. 1. 95 is used to define the objectives for 31. 12. 96. According to Table 13 Sweden failed to meet its power objective for just one segment (F30, by just 130 kW), and failed to meet its tonnage objective in two segments, namely F30 and F31 (by 81 tonnes and 22 tonnes respectively). However, according to the data supplied by Sweden the objectives have been met in all segments. 16 Commission Decision 96/74/EC of 22. 12. 95 (O J L14 of 19. 1. 96 p. 32) Figure 13 SWEDEN MGP III : Comparison between «itifatfrns and objectives Tonnage (GT) End of year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives Situation Fleet Register 51671 51671 51114 51126 50558 48841 60000 50000 + 40000 {J 30000 j 20000 4- 10000 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 End of year O Objectives •Situation Fleet Register Engine power (kW) End of year 1991 1992 1993 Objectives Situation Fleet Register - 1994 271409 270544 1995 268624 266205 1996 265839 256542 300000 250000 + 200000 5 150000 100000 50000 4- 199t 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 End of year O Objectives • Situation Fleet Register Table 13 SWEDEN Evolution of capacity by segment Segment MGP category End of year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Objectives S i t / O b j. Trawlers-shellfish F28 Trawlers / Seiners F29 > 30 metres Polyvalent F30 Netters/Longliners in Baltic F31 Others F32 TOTAL GT kW kW GT kW GT kW GT kW GT kW 0 '• 6593 30570 6241 28850 5903 26922 14223 42176 14044 41322 13858 40499 6593 30570 14223 42176 90% 88% 97% 96% 13916 58816 13891 58131 12884 54240 12803 54111 101% 100% 5298 38567 5339 38489 5320 37830 5298 38567 100% 98% ' 11641 100415 11611 99413 10876 97051 11641 100415 93% 97% 51671 270544 • 51126 266205 48841 256542 50558 265839 97% 97% I | 5. 2 Global results and conclusions Figure 14 compares the global situation of the Community fleet at the end of each year with the sum of the intermediate objectives for all Member States excluding Finland and Sweden since the programmes for these two countries began only in 1995. The multi-annual guidance programmes have been effective in reducing the overcapacity of the European fleets. During the period 1991 - 1996 the fleet was reduced by approximately 300 000 GRT and by approximately 790 000 kW, or by about 15% and 9. 5% respectively. The capacity of the fleet at 31. 12. 96 was 11 % below the global objectives for tonnage and 5% below the global objectives for power. These global results are very satisfactory, but they have been achieved by some Member States reaching or exceeding the reductions required to meet their objectives, while others have failed to reach their objectives. The following table and graphs summarise the performance of each of the Member States according to the data in the fleet register. These figures should not be interpreted without reference to the explanations given in the text for each Member State: Member State % global situation / global objectives Portugal Spain Denmark Germany Finland Sweden Belgium Ireland Greece France United Kingdom Netherlands Italy * GRT 64% 76% 77% 79% 96% 97% 96% 94% 96% 99% 104% 148% (98%) based on data supplied by Italy kW 76% 85% 8 1% 87% 98% 97% 94% 99% 100% 104% 102% 109% (104%) Number of segments in which the objectives were achieved total number of segments / GRT 9/9 5/5 5/5 8/9 6/6 3/5 1/2 2/3 L2/3 4/6 4/10 0/3 Not available kW 9/9 5/5 5/5 9/9 5/6 5/5 1/2 2/3 2/3 2/6 6/10 0/3 Not available GRT: % Global situation I global objectives 148 QA 9. 6. 96. A6 97 98 104 H 99 mm m 76 77 79 64 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 P SP DK D IRL GR B FL SW IT* FR UK NL * based on data in (he report supplied by Italy kW: % Global situation I global objectives P SP DK D IRL GR B FL SW IT* FR UK NL * based on data in the report supplied by Italy For those that failed to reach their objectives there are two main consequences: • Aid for fleet renewal and modernisation must be withheld (in accordance with articles 7 and 10 of Regulation 3699/93). The Commission is in the process of examining for each of the Member States concerned that this requirement is met. • The backlog from the MGP III must be made up under the conditions that applied to the MGP III. This means that at least 55% of the backlog must be made up by a reduction in capacity. There are also marked marked differences between the Member States in the extent to which the information in the fleet register has been kept up to date and reliable. This is particularly the case with respect to the estimation or remeasurement of vessels in units of GT, which should have been completed in 1995. These data will be of vital importance for the successful transition from the GRT objectives of MGP III to the GT objectives of MGP IV. In accordance with its declaration at the meeting of the Council of Ministers on April 1997, the Commission reserves the right to commence with the appropriate procedures concerning the Member States that have not respected the multi-annual guidance programmes within the time period envisaged, or have not established the means to monitor the programmes or the means to inform the Commission of the exact situation of their fleets with respect to the objectives of the programmes. S6 Figure 14 TOTAL MGP HI : Comparison between situations and objectives Excluding Finland and Sweden Tonnage (GRT) End of year Objectives Situation Fleet Register 1991 2044511 2010183 1992 2003621 1934811 1993 1977951 1843750 1994 1936824 1777083 1995 1895696 1710673 1996 1859028 1644113 2500000 2000000 + 1500000 + 1000000 + 500000 + 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 End of year a Objectives • Situation Fleet Register Engine power (kW) End of year Objectives Situation Fleet Register 1991 8290422 8347453 1992 8124614 8188936 1993 8020807 7963704 1994 7896177 7778111 1995 7771547 7555011 1996 7691700 7328117 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 End of year Q Objectives •Situation Fleet Register ISSN 0254-1475 COM(97) 352 final DOCUMENTS EN 03 Catalogue number : CB-CO-97-346-EN-C ISBN 92-78-22422-7 Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg ssr