WRITTEN QUESTION E-0258/00 by John McCartin (PPE-DE) to the Commission. EU fish catches by volume and value.
26. 1. 2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 26 E/25 (2001/C 26 E/029) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0258/00 by John McCartin (PPE-DE) to the Commission (7 February 2000) Subject: EU fish catches by volume and value Can the Commission state whether it has a breakdown of the total fish catch by volume and value attributable to the fleet of each Member State and does it also have a breakdown of where these fleets land their catch (either in or outside the Community) and can these statistics be made available? Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (21 March 2000) Under Community legislation (1) Member States are required to report to the Commission the volume of their annual catches (in tonnes live weight equivalent) broken down by species and the area of capture. No value data are required with these submissions. Summary data of this kind is mentioned in the statistical bulletin of the Directorate general for Fisheries. The latest copy is forwarded direct to the Honourable Member and to the Parliamentís secretariat. The detailed breakdown of where Community vessels land their catches is not available. Under Council Regulation (EEC) No 2104/93 of 22 July 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1382/91 on the submission of data on the landings of fishery products in Member States (2) Member States are required to submit monthly reports on the volume (in tonnes product weight) and the average price of 120 fishery products landed in their ports. The national reports are broken down by the landings by all Community vessels (without identification of the Member State of the vessels), by vessels from the European free trade area (EFTA) countries and, not on a mandatory basis, by the vessels of third countries. The reports do not include data on the landings by national vessels in foreign ports (neither in or outside the Community). These catch and landings statistics are available for consultation on Eurostatís New Cronos data-base in the domain on fishery statistics. Under Regulation (EEC) No 2847/931, Member States are required to ensure the verification and the recording of landings of catches of species carried out in another Member State or in a third country. This data forms part of the notifications that Member States transmit to the Commission by reason of their obligations resulting from Regulation (EEC) No 2104/93 and can be made available to the Honourable Member. (1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 of 17 December 1991 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic ü OJ L 365, 31. 12. 1991, Council Regulation (EEC) No 2018/93 of 30 June 1993 on the submission of catch and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the north west Atlantic ü OJ L 186, 28. 7. 1993, Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy ü OJ L 261, 20. 10. 1993, Council Regulation (EC) No 2597/95 of 23 October 1995 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in certain areas other than those of the north Atlantic ü OJ L 270, 13. 11. 1995. (2) OJ L 191, 31. 7. 1993