Ministero delle politiche agricole alimentari e forestali

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1 Mstero delle poltce agrcole almetar e forestal DIPARTIMETO DELLE POLITICHE EUROPEE ED ITERAZIOALI DIREZIOE GEERALE DELLA PESCA MARITTIMA E DELL ACQUACOLTURA Itala atoal Program Uder Coucl Regulato (EC) 99/008 ad Commsso Regulato (EC) 665/008 atoal Program 0-03 Verso December 00 TO BE APPLIED I ACCORDIG TO COMMISSIO IMPLEMETIG DECISIO of extedg te atoal programmes for te collecto of prmary bologcal, teccal, evrometal ad soco-ecoomc data te fseres sector for te perod 0-03 to te perod 04-06

2 I. Geeral framework... 5 II. Orgasato of te atoal Programme... 6 II.A atoal orgasato ad co-ordato... 6 II.B Iteratoal co-ordato... 6 II.C Regoal co-ordato... 6 III Module of evaluato of te fsg sector... 7 III.A Geeral descrpto of te fsg sector...7 III.B Ecoomc varables... 7 III.B. Data acqusto (Medterraea Sea)...7 III.B. Estmato... III.B.3 Data qualty evaluato... 5 III.B.4 Data presetato... 5 III.B.5 Regoal coordato... 5 III.B.6 Derogatos ad o-coformtes... 5 III.B. Data acqusto (Oter Regos)... 5 III.B. Estmato (Oter Regos)... 6 III.B.3 Data qualty evaluato (Oter Regos)... 6 III.B.4 Data presetato (Oter Regos)... 6 III.B.5 Regoal coordato (Oter Regos)... 7 III.B.6 Derogatos ad o-coformtes (Oter Regos)... 7 III.C Bologcal - meter-related varables... 7 III.C. Data acqusto (Medterraea ad black sea)... 7 a) Codfcato ad amg coveto... 7 b) Selecto of mèter to sample... 8 c) Type of data collecto... 9 d) Target ad frame populato... 9 e) Samplg stratfcato ad allocato sceme... 9 III.C. Estmato procedures (Medterraea Sea ad Black Sea)... 3 III.C.3 Data qualty evaluato (Medterraea ad black sea)... 3 III.C.4 Data presetato (Medterraea ad black sea)... 4 III.C.5 Regoal co-ordato (Medterraea ad black sea)... 4 III.C.6 Derogatos ad o-coformtes (Medterraea ad black sea)... 5 III.C. Selecto of méters to sample ad data acqusto (Oter regos)... 6 III.D Bologcal - Recreatoal fseres... 7 III.D. Data acqusto (Medterraea Sea ad Black Sea)... 7

3 a) Type of data collecto... 7 b) Target ad frame populato... 8 c) Data sources... 8 III.D. Data qualty III.D.3 Regoal co-ordato III.D.4 Data presetato III.E Bologcal - stock-related varables... 3 III.E. Data acqusto (Medterraea Sea ad Black Sea)... 3 a) Selecto of stocks to sample... 3 b) Type of data collecto... 3 c) Target ad frame populato... 3 d) Samplg stratfcato ad allocato sceme III.E. Estmato procedures (Medterraea Sea ad Black Sea) III.E.3 Data qualty evaluato (Medterraea Sea ad Black Sea) III.E.4 Regoal co-ordato (Medterraea Sea ad Black Sea) III.E.5 Derogatos ad o-coformtes (Medterraea Sea ad Black Sea) III.E.5 Derogatos ad o-coformtes (Oter regos) III.E.6 Motorg of commercal eel III.F Trasversal varables III.F. Capacty III.F. Effort III.F.3 Ladgs III.G Researc surveys at sea... 4 III.G. Plaed surveys... 4 III.G. Modfcatos te surveys III.G.3 Data presetato III.G.4 Regoal co-ordato III.G.5 Derogatos ad o-coformtes IV Module of te evaluato of te ecoomc stuato of te aquaculture ad processg dustry... 5 IV.A Collecto of data cocerg te aquaculture... 5 IV.A. Geeral descrpto of te aquaculture sector... 5 IV.A. Data acqusto... 5 IV.A.3 Estmato IV.A.4 Data qualty evaluato IV.A.5 Presetato

4 IV.A.6 Regoal coordato IV.A.7 Derogatos ad o-coformtes IV.B. Collecto of data cocerg te processg dustry IV.B. Data acqusto IV.B. Estmato IV.B.3 Data qualty evaluato IV.B.4 Data presetato IV.B.5 Regoal coordato IV.B.6 Derogatos ad o-coformtes V Module of evaluato of te effects of te fsg sector o te mare ecosystem VI Module for maagemet ad use of te data VI.A Maagemet of te data VI.B Use of te data VII Follow-up of STECF recommedatos VIII Lst of derogatos... 7 IX Lst of acroyms ad abbrevatos... 7 X Commets, suggestos ad reflectos... 7 XI Refereces XII Aexes Aex I: Metodology for te estmato of ecoomc varables Aex II: Metodology for te estmato of demograpy of ladgs (for demersal ad small pelagc speces) related to te bologcal meter related varables Aex III: Metodology for te estmato of dscards - Bologcal meter related varables. 9 Aex IV: Metodology to estmate te precso level Metèr related varables... 9 Aex V: Metodology to estmate te stock related varables ad te growt ad reproducto parameters Aex VI: Metodology to estmate te precso level Stock related varables Aex VII: Metodology for te estmato of trasversal varables Aex VIII: Metodology for te estmato of aquaculture varables ad estmato of te CV Aex IX - Provsoal budget for

5 I. Geeral framework Te preset documet represets te Itala atoal programme for te collecto of fsery data for te years 0 ad 03, accordg to te legal Commuty framework put place 008/009 wt te adopto of a Coucl Regulato, a Commsso Regulato ad te two Commsso Decsos 3 layg dow te detaled rules of applcato. I accordace wt capter II of te Aex of te Commsso Decso 93/00, ts atoal program comprses of te followg modules: () Module of evaluato of te fsg sector: (a) (b) (c) (d) Secto for te collecto of ecoomc varables Secto for te collecto of bologcal varables Secto for te collecto of trasversal varables Secto for researc surveys at sea () Module of evaluato of te ecoomc stuato of te aquaculture ad processg dustry sectors: (a) (b) Secto for te collecto of ecoomc data for te aquaculture sector Secto for te collecto of ecoomc data for te processg dustry (3) Module of evaluato of te effects of te fsg sector o te mare ecosystem (4) Module for maagemet ad use of te data covered by te data collecto framework I mplemetg te ew DCF framework, cotuty wt data ad tme seres collected uder te prevous DCF wll be assured. A partcular atteto wll be gve to te regoal approac ad complace wt RCMMed&BS wll be assured. Coucl Regulato (EC) o 99/008 of 5 February 008 cocerg te establsmet of a Commuty framework for te collecto, maagemet ad use of data te fseres sector ad support for scetfc advce regardg te Commo Fseres Polcy. Commsso Regulato (EC) o 665/008 of 4 July 008 layg dow detaled rules for te applcato of Coucl Regulato (EC) o 99/008 cocerg te establsmet of a Commuty framework for te collecto, maagemet ad use of data te fseres sector ad support for scetfc advce regardg te Commo Fseres Polcy. 3 Commsso Decso (008/949/EC) adoptg a mult aual Commuty programme pursuat to Coucl Regulato (EC) o 99/008 establsg a Commuty framework for te collecto, maagemet ad use of data te fseres sector ad support for scetfc advce regardg te Commo Fseres Polcy. 3 Commsso Decso (00/93/EC) adoptg a multaual Commuty programme for te collecto, maagemet ad use of data te fseres sector for te perod

6 II. Orgasato of te atoal Programme II.A atoal orgasato ad co-ordato Two aual atoal meetgs for co-ordato wll be orgased eac year, accordg to artcle 3 of Commsso Regulato (EC) o 665/008. Researc sttutes takg part to te mplemetato of te atoal program wll partcpate to te meetgs. Moreover, a ad oc scetfc Commttee maages te atoal program for te gaterg of fsery data. Ts Commttee s composed of te atoal correspodet ad of oter member s experts te felds of bology, ecoomy ad statstcs. Te scetfc Commttee s etrusted wt te task of co-ordatg te data collecto program, of motorg te etre process, of proposg adustmets amed at mprovg te metodologes of data gaterg ad edorsg te plot studes to be coducted wt te preset atoal program. II.B Iteratoal co-ordato Stadard table II.B. gves a overvew of te teratoal co-ordato meetgs (Plag Groups, Study Groups, Regoal Co-ordato Meetgs, etc.) ad te worksops tat wll be atteded. Te aual lst of elgble meetgs for 0 ad owards as ot yet bee provded by te EC, terefore te colum 'Elgble uder DCF' of table II.B. s empty ad te lst of worksop s ot complete. II.C Regoal co-ordato Italy wll partcpate te followg Regoal Co-ordato Meetgs: - RCM for te Medterraea ad Black Seas (RCMMed&BS). - RCM for te Oter regos. I dfferet sectos of te preset atoal program, t s wrtte tat some of te proposed actos eed to be dscussed ad agreed te RCMMed&BS, accordg to Artcle 5 of Reg. 99/008. Terefore, a amedmet of te preset P wll be preseted case te RCMMed&BS wll ot approve or agree o some of te plaed actos or case te RCMMed&BS wll decde to carry out sarg actvtes order to crease te accuracy, effectveess ad cost effcecy of data collecto. 6

7 III Module of evaluato of te fsg sector III.A Geeral descrpto of te fsg sector Te atoal fleet cossts of about 5 tousads vessels, of wc more ta 9 tousads are classfed te segmet of passve gears less te meters (source: offcal vessel regster December 008). Te offcal vessel regster classfes 8 vessels as fsery outsde te Medterraea Sea; 0 of tese vessels sce te begg of 009 are actve. 7 operate aroud Maurtaa (Area FAO 34.; 34.3) waters ad te Guea Coakry (Area FAO 34.3). All tese vessels operate wt trawls ets targettg demersal speces. Aoter vessel, operated te Ida Ocea (Area FAO 5) catcg large pelagc speces (Albacares ad Skpack tuas) wt purse see, s ot more uder Itala flag. Te Itala Medterraea fleet s caractersed by a strog multspecfty ad multgear actvty. Te fsg sector appears gly fragmeted may regos alog te coast ad tere are may large structural ad teccal dffereces vessels from dfferet geograpcal areas. Te fleet s classfed to te followg segmets: bottom trawlers, purse seers, mdwater par trawlers, dredges, polyvalet vessels (usg a combato of passve ad moble gears), vessels usg passve gears ad log lers. Te bottom trawlers represet te most mportat segmet of te Itala fleet terms of producto (37% of total ladgs). Te ma target speces are srmps, akes, mullets, eprops, ad cuttlefses. Small-scale fsery s te most relevat Itala fleet segmet terms of umber of vessels, represetg 66% of atoal total. Small scale fsery accouts for about a quarter of te atoal value of ladgs. Eve f average comes are low, tese vessels represet a mportat ecoomc resource some geograpcal areas wt a g level of depedece o fsery. Table III.A. gves a overvew of te Itala fseres covered by ts Program. III.B Ecoomc varables SUPRA-REGIO: Medterraea Sea ad Black Sea III.B. Data acqusto (Medterraea Sea) Te parameters to be evaluated for aalyss of te ecoomc stuato of te sector are tose reported Appedx VI of Commsso Decso 00/93/EC. Ts secto descrbes te data sources ad metodologes to estmate all te varables lsted Appedx VI excludg tose classfed as trasversal varables. Te followg trasversal varables: - Gross value of ladgs - Fleet (umber, mea LOA, mea vessel's toage, mea vessel's power, mea age) - Days at sea 7

8 - Value of ladgs per speces - Average prce per speces, are dscussed capter III.F. Eac ecoomc varable wll be estmated for eac group of vessels as defed Appedx III of Commsso Decso 00/93/EC I addto to varables lsted Appedx VI of Commsso Decso 00/93/EC, evrometal dcators to measure te effects of fseres o te mare ecosystem wll be calculated. I partcular, wt ts secto of te P, te metodology to calculate te fuel effcecy of fs capture (dcator 9 of Appedx XIII of Commsso Decso 00/93/EC) s descrbed. Ts dcator s calculated as te rato betwee value of ladgs ad cost of fuel, by quarter ad by meter. Te collecto of value of ladgs by meter s descrbed uder secto III.F.3. Te quarterly cost of fuel by meter s descber te followg paragraps b) Type of data collecto Stadard table III.B.3 llustrates te dfferet types of data collecto scemes tat wll be used for dfferet segmets ad dfferet varable. Bot Probablty Sample Survey ad Cesus wll be used. I partcular, te followg varables wll be estmated troug a Probablty Sample Survey:. Icome Icome from leasg out quota or oter fsg rgts Drect subsdes Oter come. Persoel costs Wages ad salares of crew Imputed value of upad labour 3. Eergy costs 4. Repar ad mateace costs 5. Oter operatoal costs Varable costs 6. Ivestmets o-varable costs Lease/retal paymets for quota or oter fsg rgts Ivestmets pyscal captal 7. Facal posto 8. Effort Eergy cosumpto Te sample survey s cotuous caracter ad as a referece perod of oe year. Te target populato of te survey comprses te Itala fsg fleet ad te lst s based o te 8

9 Vessel Regster kept at te Drectorate-Geeral of Fseres ad Acquaculture of te Mstry of Agrcultural ad Forestry Polces. It cludes vessels < meters. I order to get relable estmates, ad o te bass of prevous surveys, t s estmated tat te sample sould lcude at least 00 vessels (see Aex I for detals o te defto of te sample sze). Te survey metodology ad te questoare are reported Aex I. Te followg varables wll be estmated accordg to a Cesus ( partcular, te metodology tat wll be used s tat suggested by te study o evaluato of te captal value, vestmets ad captal costs te fseres sector (o FISH/005/03): - Captal costs - Aual deprecato - Captal value - Value of pyscal captal: deprecated replacemet value - Value of pyscal captal: deprecated storcal value - Value of quota ad oter fsg rgts Te prmary data sources for te calculato of captal costs ad captal value wll be te atoal fleet regster. Employmet ( terms of egaged crew, FTE atoal, FTE armosed) wll be estmated accordg to a Cesus ( partcular, te metodology tat wll be used s tat suggested by te study o calculato of labour cludg FTE (full-tme equvalet) fseres (o FISH/005/4). Te estmato of umber of fsg eterprses/uts wll follow a cesus approac. c) Target ad frame populato Te populato s all vessels te Commuty Fsg Fleet Regster o Jauary. Iactve vessels wll be cosdered as a separate segmet. For actve vessels oly captal value, fleet ad capacty wll collected as requred by te DCF. Te frame populato of te survey comprses te Itala fsg fleet ad te lst s based o te Vessel Regster kept at te Drectorate-Geeral of Fseres ad Acquaculture of te Mstry of Agrcultural ad Forestry Polces. Table III.B. gves formato o () te populato os. by fleet segmet, () te plaed samplg levels ad sample rates, ad () te samplg metod tat wll be used. Te fleet segmets table III.B. correspod to tose lsted Appedx III (MP) of te DCF ad te 'Total populato os.' refers to te offcal fleet regster at te st of Jauary 00. Stadard Table III.B. reports te segmets tat ave bee clustered. Clusters are amed after te bggest segmet terms of umber of vessels. Clusterg of fleet segmets follows te recommedatos gve by SGECA 09-0 partcular, oly segmets smlar to oter segmets ave bee clustered for samplg purposes. Te approac to determe smlarty s based o statstcal aalyss tat verfes te omogeety of te cludtered segmets. Tese statstcal aalyses are reported Aex I. 8 clusters ave bee ecessary order to desg te samplg pla ad to report ecoomc varables. Of tese clusters, 3 take place wt segmets of more ta 0 vessels. Te frst case s tat of te dredgers. Te clusterg s ustfed by te fact tat: Dredgers are based almost exclusvely cetral-ort Adratc cost. Vessels are very specalsed targetg oly clams ad smoot-callsta (Veus galla ad Callstacoe) ad tey are omogeous terms of 9

10 sze, gears ad fsg practses. Vessels ave a average LOA of 3.4 meters ad 8% of tem belog to te class -8 meters. Terefore, te splt to te class < m ad > meters s ot statstcal relable for ts segmet. Moreover, t s demostrated tat reveues are ot correlated wt te LOA of te vessels (see grap) ad ts fact proves te g level of omogeety of te vessels. Te secod case s tat of Purse seers -8 m. also ts case vessels are cocetrated ear te average value, as sow by te grap aex I of P. Te clustered segmet (purse seers -8 m*) s composed by 43 vessels wt a average LOA of 3.5 m. Te clustered segmet s gly omogeous from a statstcal pot of vew. Te trd case s tat of vessels usg polyvalet "passve" gears oly - 8 m *. Te clusterg of te 0 vessels >8 m to te lower LOA class s ecessary order to desg te samplg pla. I fact tese vessels are scattered alog te Itala coast (GSA 9, GSA 0, GSA, GSA 7, ad GSA 9). Te average legt of tese 0 vessels s 9.6 meters, terefore very close to te upper lmt of te -8 m class. d) Data sources Data wll be collected by usg a computersed questoare te case of te followg varable groups: come persoel costs eergy costs repar ad mateace costs oter operatoal costs vestmets For oter varable groups, a cesus wll be used ad data sources are questoares ad addtoal formato based o spefc kowledge. Detales are gve uder paragrap estmato. Iformato o data sources used to collect eac varable per segmet are provded Stadard table III.B.3. A copy of te questoare s provded Aex I. e) Samplg frame ad allocato sceme Te probablty sample survey carred out to estmate ecoomc varables s a multvarate sample survey. Te sample ut s te sgle vessel ad ts ut s selected from te Vessel Regster. Te samplg s of a stratfed ature tat te fsg vessels of te fleet are dvded to omogeous groups based o sutable varables ad depedet samples are take from eac of tese clusters. Te elemetary ecoomc data are collected troug a specfc questoare. Te optmum sample umber per stratum s defed accordg to Betel s procedure (989), te vessels are selected usg PPS metodology (Probablty Proportoal to Sze) ad, to be more exact, usg te algortm of Haurav-Vaya. I eac of tese pases te data s elaborated usg te R software laguage. For more detals see Aex I. 0

11 III.B. Estmato Varables estmated troug a probablty sample survey As regards te varables estmated troug a probablty sample survey, te estmate of totals per stratum s obtaed troug te Horvtz-Tomso estmator, wle te Se-Yates-Grudy formula s used to estmate te relatve samplg error. Fally, for te estmate of te varace of te populato relatve to eac stratum, te formula of Caudur s used. For more detals see Aex I. As regards te mputato of o-resposes, a process of localzato of errors s appled. Te cotrol procedure of te survey ca be cosdered as teractve grapc mcro-edtg of te uvarate type. Te term teracto refers to te fact tat, te procedure of localzato of errors, tere are ot oly automatc pases but also pases wc requre uma terveto to vestgate te stuato ad to evaluate te effectve presece of te error (terefore te uma terveto regards te localzato pase ad ot tat of mputato). Te cotrol s maly of te uvarate type because te varables are cotrolled dvdually ad oly rare cases are suspected relatosps exstg amog tem cotrolled, usg sutable sytess dexes. Durg te varous pases wde use s made of grapc tools to vsbly evaluate stuatos marked as errors. Fally te word mcro-edtg s used because te data s gatered sutable domas of study wt wc te samplg uts ca be cosdered very omogeous. For eac of tese sets of data, sutable cotrol fuctos are frst calculated, ad te, for eac of tem, certa rules of compatblty are verfed. I te case of actvato of codtos of error tat s te case were te observed value does ot belog to te rego of acceptace tose cotrol fuctos are te observed dvdually for all te samplg uts formg te sgle doma. Tus te sample ut, or uts, resposble for te actvato of codtos of error s localzed for te etre doma of study ad te te mputato of te erroeous data follow. For more detals about te metod of mputato of o-resposes, see Aex I. Captal value Te estmato of te captal value (GCS) wll cosst of tree steps:. Specfcato of te composto of te actve fleet by age. Estmato of prce per ut of capacty (e.g. per GT) 3. Calculato of te value of eac vtage (year of costructo) of te fleet ad eter covertg values of all vtages to curret prces or to storc prces usg prce dces. Te specfcato of te composto of te actve fleet by age wll be doe by processg te fleet regster (wc reports te year of costructo for eac vessel). Regardg te estmato of te value per capacty ut, te curret prce (storcal value) per ut of captal wll be estmated usg te RIA costructo dex. I order to apply te PIM (perpetual vetory metod) ad absece of oter possbltes, as tal becmark of te gross captal stock, te RIA (Itala aval Regster) costructo dex wll be used. Te RIA dexes are based o a survey udertake by te Itala aval Regster 99. Tese dexes express te value of a GRT ut for dfferet GRT classes ad types of ull (Table B.). However, tey do t dstgus by fleet s segmets ad vessel s age. GRT classes wood steel Fberglass less ta 5 GRT 3,48 -,36 from 6 to 0 GRT,395 3,48 9,96

12 from to 0 GRT 0,846 8,63 7,747 from to 50 GRT 8,63 9,96 - from 5 to 00 GRT 7,30 8,63 - over 00 GRT 6,74 9,96 - Table B. - RIA dexes: Prce per GRT ut, 99 (Euro) Hece, te year 99 wll be cosdered as base year for te applcato of PIM. Te, o te bass of te RIA dexes te total prce per GRT ut for te vessel s vtage 99 wll be estmated. Te calculato of te value of eac vtage wll requre te use of a prce dex per ut of captal. Te year classes (vtage) cluded te data set wll be estmated o te bass of te aual prce cage of Itala producer dex for eavy maces, wc also cludes boat costructos. Ts dex les betwee 0. ad.3 per aum, wt a average of 0.5% (Source: ISTAT) Fally, te sare total vestmets of ull, ege, electrocs ad oter equpmet as bee already estmated o te bass of a specfc survey coducted prevous years o a sample of 6 fserme (table B.). As expected te sare of equpmet (electrocs, ege ad oter equpmets) teds to decrease wt te creasg of te ull s dmeso. % o Vessels ull ege oter equpmet electrocs LOA>= 44 36% 38% 4% % LOA< 8 35% 38% 7% 0% Trawlers 7 46% 5% 7% % Passve gears 5 33% 39% 6% % Total sample 6 36% 38% 3% 3% Geeral sceme 60% 0% 0% 0% Table B. - Percetage composto of vestmets by ma sub-segmet ad group of assets Captal costs Te assumptos for te calculato of te captal costs are as follows: Te age scedule of te assets s te same of te geeral sceme of te captal study. Hece t wll be assumed tat ege s reovated every 0 years, electrocs every 5 years, oter equpmet every 7 years wle te ull s ever reovated. Te deprecato rates are reported te followg table: Geeral sceme Hull 7% Ege 5% Electrocs 50% Oter equpmet 35% Table B.3 - Deprecato rates by groups of assets Te year govermet bod yelds wll be used as a measure for log-term terest rates. Cocerg te fscal deprecato sceme, te Itala tax sceme 4 provdes te followg rates (Table B.4) for te fsg dustry: 5 Msteral Decree o. 3, Jauary 998.

13 Itala tax sceme Age scedule (reovato years) Hull.5% 8 Ege 3.5% 3 Electrocs 0% 5 Oter equpmet 3.5% 3 Table B.4 - Fscal rates by groups of assets Applyg te deprecato rates to te gross captal stock by asset type wll geerate te deprecato costs of te curret year. Employmet Te egaged crew s defed as te umber of obs o board, equal to te average umber of persos workg for ad pad by te vessel. Ts cludes temporary crew as well as rotato crew. Full-tme equvalet (FTE) atoal s based o te atoal referece level for FTE workg ours of te crew members o board te vessel (excludg restg tme) ad te workg ours osore. If te aual workg ours per crew member exceed te referece level, te FTE equals per crew member. If ot, te FTE equals te rato betwee te ours worked ad te referece level. Full-tme equvalet (FTE) armosed s based o a tresold of 000 ours per FTE. I order to trace te realty of labour put fsg as closely as possble, te study proposes to follow a méter approac, were méter s defed as a specfc actvty of a segmet or te use of a specfc fsg gear wt a segmet. Data wll be estmated for eac combato fsg segmet meter detfed. Te estmato of te employmet terms of FTE wll be made by assumg a FTE tresold (represetg te stadard workg tme for te fsg sector) expressed terms of yearly ours per ma. Te calculato of FTE wll take place te followg steps: a) Total ma ours worked eac méter wll be calculated o te bass of te fleet, days at sea, crew ad average ours per ma per day, usg crew o board b) Total ma ours of te segmet wll amout to te sum over te méters. c) From te total ma-ours, ours per ma per year wll be calculated. d) Aual ma ours for crew wll be compared wt te FTE tresold, from wc te umber of FTEs wll follow. Some assumptos ave to be made order to defe te FTE tresold terms of yearly ours for te Itala fsg sector. Usually, ad partcular by te Itala offcal statstcs, te stadard workg tme s fxed based o te collectve atoal agreemets referrg to te sector were te employmet terms of FTE s requested. Takg to accout tat: a) te Itala fsery sector a stadard workg tme does ot exst 5 ; b) cosderg te great dffereces amog te varous fsg tecque ad c) referrg to wat appes oter sector (.e. agrculture 6 ), 5 Te atoal collectve labour agreemet for te persoel employed o te fsg vessels for te perod establses, at art. 6, tat te fsery sector, gvg te specfcty of te fsg actvty due to te great ucertaty of catces ad weater ad to te arragemet of catces ad equpmets, te workg tme caot be defed a-pror ad wll deped o te specfc eeds of te fsg trp. 6 Te FTE tresold for te Itala agrcultural sector as bee set 48 days. It as bee estmated based o te 000 data of te Survey o te ecoomc performace of te agrcultural eterprses, tat couted te workg tme for eac workplace. 3

14 te FTE tresold for te estmato of Itala employmet data wll be determed o te average days at sea per vessel over te last 6 years. It s assumed tat, gvg te exstece of rotato, o average, eac crewma egaged o a vessel works for a umber of days per year equal to te days at sea of te vessel e s employed o. I ts way te FTE tresold per year per crewma terms of days (T days/year ) s determed for eac fsg segmet. Ts ca be wrtte as: T days/year = DaS /ma = DaS /vessel I order to ave te FTE tresold terms of ours (T ours/year ), te FTE/days s multpled tmes te stadard daly workg ours (T ours/day ). I formula: T ours/year = T days/year * T ours/day Ts calculato wll be repeated for eac fsg segmets. Te FTE tresold used s te average of te FTE by fsg segmets. It s equal to,600 ours per year. Terefore: a) eac crewma workg aually,600 ours or more wll be couted as oe FTE. b) eac crewma workg less ta,600 ours per year wll be couted as a percetage of a FTE accordg to te umber of ours worked relato to te tresold of,600 ours. c) workg tme s te tme spet o fsg ad related actvtes o board or o sore. Ts meas tat workg tme s oly a part of te durato of a fsg trp. Regardg te calculato of te mputed value of te upad labour, a average labour cost wll be estmated o te bass of atoal labour cotracts ad t wll be mputed to te tem persoel cost Facal posto Te facal posto s defed as te % debt relato to total captal value. It wll be estmated troug a specfc survey. Te sample sze wll be defed order to tervew a umber of vessels proportoed to te fleet composto by fsg segmets ad allowg avg coverage of te total populato of at least 5%. Te questoare wll clude questos o te level of debts, ter dfferet forms (sort, medum ad log terms) ad dfferet sources. Te same well traed data collectors - carge of collectg data o reveues ad costs wll be used. Ts sould crease te respose rate tat as bee qute low prevous year, especally for te artsaal fserys. umber of fsg eterprses/uts Te umber of fsg eterprses/uts wll be gve by te followg sze categores: ) owed vessel ) -5 owed vessels 3) >5 owed vessels Te source wll be te fleet regster at st of Jauary. Te fleet regster cludes formato o te owers of eac recordered vessel. Sared owersp (volvg more ta oe perso) wll be regarded as oe ut. Quarterly cost of fuel by meter Quarterly cost of fuel by meter wll be estmated cosderg a proportoalty wt te quarterly effort by meter. Imputed value of upad labour 4

15 Imputed value of upad labour ca be relevat te case of small fsery eterprses maaged at famly levels. I ts case, te average labour cost, estmated for pad labour force wll be appled ad mputed to te tem persoel cost for eterprses declarg to ave ot depedet labour force. III.B.3 Data qualty evaluato Table III.B.3 gves detals o te samplg metods used (colum 'Samplg strategy') ad o te metods used to assure te qualty of te collected data, for eac parameter. Iformato o data qualty s gve terms of target precso levels te case of radom sample ad terms of coverage rate te case of fxed pael. Te estmato of te varace for te calculato of te CV te case of statstcal sample s explaed Aex I (metodology for te estmato of ecoomc varables). Metodologes for calculato of captal value are le wt tose descrbed te report of te study FISH/005/03, Evaluato of te captal value, vestmets ad captal costs te fseres sector. Te data sources for estmato of varables Appedx VI are omogeous, terefore data are cosstet. Ts guaratees tat ecoomc dcators o proftablty (gross cas flow, gross value added, et proft) are ot based by te use of dfferet data sources. For more detals about te data qualty evaluato, see Aex I. III.B.4 Data presetato I 0, data referred to 00 wll be collected. Tey wll be avalable by te ed of September 0. Te same tme lag wll be appled for data referred to te years 0 ad 03. III.B.5 Regoal coordato Followg te proposal of te 009 RCMMed&BS ad order to esure te comparablty of data at regoal level, clusters wll be dscussed ad agreed by RCMs after te frst year,.e. 00. Tere are several pots tat would get beefts from dscussos at regoal levels, owever, prevous RCMMed&BS ecoomc ssues ave ot bee treated extesvely. I future RCMMed&BS Italy wll propose to stadardse te metodologes ad te varable defto order to crease te level of aalyss te Medterraea area. A preparatory work at Europea level made by depedet experts could facltate RCMMed&BS dscussos. III.B.6 Derogatos ad o-coformtes o derogato s requested. All te vessel populato wll be cosdered. SUPRA-REGIO: Oter Regos III.B. Data acqusto (Oter Regos) Te offcal vessel regster classfes 8 vessels as fsery outsde te Medterraea Sea. Oe vessel operates te Ida Ocea targetg tuas ad te rest operate te Atlatc, fsg demersal speces. Table III.B. gves a geeral outle of () te populato os. by fleet segmet, () te plaed samplg levels ad sample rates (colums 'Plaed sample o.' ad 'Plaed sample rate'), ad () te samplg metod(s) tat wll be used (colum 'Samplg strategy'). 5

16 III.B. Estmato (Oter Regos) Te ecoomc varables lsted Appedx VI wll be collected troug a cesus based o a elaborato of offcal balace seets tat, accordg to Itala law, ave to be publsed ad accessble to te publc. Te elaborato wll allow te estmato of te te followg data: come, persoel costs, eergy costs, repar ad mateace costs, oter operatoal costs, vestmets, facal posto. Captal costs ad captal value wll be estmated accordg to te metodology suggested by te study o evaluato of te captal value, vestmets ad captal costs te fseres sector (o FISH/005/03). Employmet ( terms of egaged crew, FTE atoal, FTE armosed) wll be estmated accordg to te metodology suggested by te study o calculato of labour cludg FTE (full-tme equvalet) fseres (o FISH/005/4). Te umber of fsg eterprses/uts wll be gve by te followg sze categores: ) owed vessels ) -5 owed vessels 3) >5 owed vessels Te source wll be te fleet regster at st of Jauary. Te followg trasversal varables - Gross value of ladgs - Fleet (umber, mea LOA, mea vessel's toage, mea vessel's power, mea age) - Days at sea - Value of ladgs per speces - Average prce per speces, are dscussed capter III.F. III.B.3 Data qualty evaluato (Oter Regos) Data wll be collected troug a cesus, wc attempts to collect data from all members of a populato. Ts wll clude collecto of data from admstratve records tat s balace seets. Te varablty of te estmates ad te bas derved from o-resposes wll be assessed troug approprate statstcal metods. Te varablty aceved ad te bas wll be reported te teccal reports. III.B.4 Data presetato (Oter Regos) I 0, data referred to 00 wll be collected. Tey wll be avalable by te ed of September 0. Te same tme lag wll be appled for data referred to te years 0 ad 03. 6

17 III.B.5 Regoal coordato (Oter Regos) Italy wll atted te frst RCM for Oter regos (Spa, Marc 00) ad related recommedetos wll be cosdered. III.B.6 Derogatos ad o-coformtes (Oter Regos) o derogato requested. III.C Bologcal - meter-related varables REGIO: Medterraea Sea ad Black Sea III.C. Data acqusto (Medterraea ad black sea) a) Codfcato ad amg coveto Samplg wll be performed order to evaluate te quarterly legt dstrbuto of speces te catces, ad te quarterly volume of dscards. Data wll be collected by meter referred to level 6 of te matrx defed Appedx IV (4) (EU Decsos 949/008 ad 93/00) per quarter ad per GSA (Level 4 Appedx I EU Decsos 949/008 ad 93/00). Must be glted tat, as reported by te PGMed 009 ad edorsed by te RCMMed&BS 009: te defto at level 6 of ets, all trawl types, purse sees ad lampara ets was defed most cases at te mmum mes szes defed by Regulato 967/006, except for te relevat méters of Black Sea. Followg ts ssue te referece lst of mèters agreed at Regoal level durg te RCMMed&BS 009 as bee used for te selecto of te metèr to sample. Te followg table (C.) reports te amg coveto for te Medterraea ad Black Sea mèter. 7

18 Table C. Lst of falsed mèter at level 6 for te Medterraea ad Black Sea (RCMMed&BS, 009). b) Selecto of mèter to sample I order to detfy te méters to be sampled, te rakg system descrbed te DCF (EU Decsos 949/008 ad 93/00) as bee appled. For samplg purpose, oly te maor mèter wll be cosdered. Offcal statstcs (ladgs ad effort data) ave bee used to apply te rakg system. Te metodologes to collect tese formatos are reported capter III.F (trasversal varables). Te rakg system as bee performed at GSA level usg as referece te average values of te years 007 ad 008. For eac GSA (Level 4 Appedx I EU Decsos 949/008 ad 93/00), as reported from te SGR 08-0, te meter cells ave bee frst raked accordg to ter sare te total commercal ladgs (tos). Tereafter te sares ave bee cumulated, startg wt te largest, utl a cut-off level of 90% as bee reaced. All meters belogg to te top 90% ave bee selected for samplg. Te rakg as bee repeated accordg to te total value of te commercal ladgs (euro) ad repeated a trd tme accordg to te total effort (days at sea). For eac GSA, mèter wc ot belog to te top 90% terms of total effort, value or ladg ave bee deleted from te sample plae. Selected méters are reported table III.C.. 8

19 Overall, te results of te rakg system ave detfed, o a GSA level, 55 méters 7 belogg to te top 90%. Meters for wc a derogato s requested are dscussed uder te Capter III.C.6 Derogatos ad o coformtes. c) Type of data collecto Samplg strategy eac GSA wll be a mx of cocurret-at-sea ad cocurret-at-ladg ste coverg a oe-year perod. Te survey as bee desged takg to accout te spatal (GSA) ad temporal (quarterly) varablty order to detect seasoal dffereces te demograpc structure ad composto of te ladgs for dfferet meter. Stadard table III.C.3 llustrates te dfferet types of data collecto strategy ad te samplg scemes tat wll be used for te dfferet mèter. Bot Probablty Sample Survey (B) ad o-probablty Sample Survey (C) wll be used. d) Target ad frame populato Te target populato for te referece year wll be te umber of trps by meter of te prevous year. Te frame populato s a subsample of te target populato: t wll be a selecto of fsg trps, maly o spatal (GSA) ad tme stratfcato bass (quarterly) wt measuremets of te composto of te catc. Te samplg frame s gve Table III_C_4. Table III.C.3 gves formato o te average total umber of trps te referece years (007 ad 008) for te dfferet mèter, te samplg sceme appled for te plaed samplg strategy, ad te expected o. of trps to be sampled. e) Samplg stratfcato ad allocato sceme Te samplg wll be accomplsed accordg to te metods of a two-stage stratfed radom samplg (Cocra, 977) ad carred out motly wt strata represeted by a combato of geograpcal sub-areas (GSA) ad meter. Te samplg ut belogg to te meter (prmary ut) wll be te fsg trp (secodary ut). Te umber of fsg days to be sampled as bee defed proportoally to te effort (umber of days at sea for eac meter) ad te ladgs. Accordg to te Commsso Decso, te mmum umber of fsg days to be sampled wll be at least fsg day per mot durg te fsg seaso. Tus at least tree samples wll be collected eac quarter for eac meter. Te umber of fsg-days tat wll be sampled by meter ad GSA s reported Table III.C.3. Te Itala fsg fleet s caracterzed by vessels of small or medum sze tat perform ter actvtes mostly wt te mles. Fsg trps last about ours o average. Ts s true for most of fleet all geograpcal areas. Bgger trawlers (> 4 meters) mostly te Adratc Sea (GSA 7) ad Scly Cael (GSA 6); log lers > 4 meters mostly Ioa Sea (GSA 9) ad Scly Cael (GSA 6), practce fsg trps of more ta oe day. All tese vessels represet oly % of te total fleet. I tese cases, te bologcal sample wll cosder ts specfcty ad te fsg trp wll be sampled accordgly. Table III.C.4 summarse te samplg effort tat ave bee adopted for te dfferet fsg actvtes. 7 3 meters ave bee selected for samplg te large pelagc speces 9

20 For eac speces, te total umber of plaed specmes to be collected s reported Table III.C.5. Suc umber s proportoal to te ladg obtaed te prevous years. Below s reported te detal, related to mèter varables acqusto, for te maor groups of speces: - demersal ad small pelagc speces - large pelagc speces - sarks DEMERSAL AD SMALL PELAGIC SPECIES A total of 5 méters, at GSA level for te samplg program of demersal ad small pelagc speces, ave bee detfed. Te selected meter are reported table III.C.. Te bottom trawlers (OTB_DES_>=40_0_0 ad OTB_MDD_>40_0_0) ave bee selected all GSA. Tey represet te most mportat segmet of te Itala fleet terms of producto (aroud 37% of total ladgs). Vessel, operatg maly betwee 50 ad 400 m dept, target ake (Merluccus merluccus), mullets (Mullus barbatus ad Mullus surmuletus), eprops (eporps orvegcus), cuttlefses (Sepa offcals) ad pk rose srmp (Parapeaeus logrostrs). Bottom otter trawlers for deep water speces, OTB_DWS_>40_0_0, are represeted by trawlers wose target speces (over 40% of total ladg) are represeted by red srmps (Arsteus ateatus ad Arstaeomorpa folacea). Tose meter, operatg betwee 400 ad 800 m dept, ave bee selected two GSA: 6 (Scla Strat) ad 9 (Ioa Sea). TBB_DES_0_0_0 s represeted by rapdo trawls operatg maly te orter ad Cetral Adratc (GSA 7), catcg commo sole (Solea vulgars), commo cuttlefs (Sepa offcals) ad dfferet speces of betc orgasm (e.g. Gastropoda). Boat dredge for molluscs (DRB_MOL_0_0_0) performed ter actvty te Adratc Sea (GSA 7 ad GSA 8) maly targetg strped veus (Camelea galla) ad oter molluscs (.e. Doax clams, Gastropoda). Pots ad traps for demersal speces (FPO_DES_0_0_0), ave bee selected GSA (Sarda) ad GSA 7 (orter ad Cetral Adratc). Ladg s represeted by cepalopods (e.g Sepa offcals ad Octopus vulgars) crustaceas (e.g Squlla mats) ad fs (maly of te famly Serradae ad Spardae) Small-scale fsery (usg a combato of passve ad moble gears), represet te most relevat Itala fleet segmet terms of umber of vessels, represetg a g percetage of atoal total. Small scale fsery accouts for about a quarter of te atoal value of ladgs. Te meter selected (GS_DEF_>=6_0_0; GTR_DES_>=6_0_0; LLS_DEF_0_0_0), operatg almost every Itala GSA, target dfferet speces of fs crustaceas ad cepalopods. Had ad Pole les for cepalopods (LHP_LHM_CEP_0_0_0) as bee selected by te rakg system te souter Tyrrea Sea (GSA 0) ad te GSA 9 (Ioa Sea). Ommastrepdae (e.g. Illex codet; Todaropss eblae) te Lolgdae (e.g. Lolgo vulgars) ad Octopus vulgars are te ma target of te selected meter. 0

21 Te Mdwater par trawlers (PTM_SPF_>=0_0_0) performed ter actvty maly te Adratc Sea (GSA 7 ad GSA 8) ad te Scla Strat (GSA 6). Te actvty s cocetrated maly o small pelagc speces, suc as acoves (Egrauls ecrascolus) ad sarde (Sarda plcardus). Small pelagc speces (Egrauls ecrascolus ad Sarda plcardus) are te ma target also for te last meters selected: te Purse see PS_SPF_>=4_0_0. Ts meter operates almost every Itala GSA, wt te excluso of te Sarda seas (GSA ). Drftets for small pelagc speces (GD_SPF_0_0_0) ave bee selected te GSA 0 (Sout Tyrrea Sea) ad te GSA 9 (Ioa Sea). I te Sout Tyrrea Sea ladg s represeted by small pelagc speces (.e. Egrauls ecrascolus, Tracurus tracurus) ad some demersal suc as Boops boops. Te actvty of Drftets for small pelagc speces (GD_SPF_0_0_0) te GSA 9 s cocetrated maly o small pelagc speces, suc as Egrauls ecrascolus ad Sarda plcardus. Fyke ets for demersal speces (FYK_DES_0_0_0) ave bee selected te GSA 7 (ort Adratc). Ladg s represeted by fs of te famly Aterdae ad Gobdae ad by crustaceas Bracyura ad Cardea. Beac ad boat sees for demersal speces (SB_SV_DES_0_0_0) ave bee selected te GSA 9 (Lgura, ort ad Cetral Tyrrea Sea). Te fsg actvty s seasoally ad cocetrated maly o te trasparet goby Apa muta Te plaed specmes, to be used for estmatg aually te legt frequecy dstrbuto (LFD), wll be collected per year durg a total umber of 70 samplg fsg days. For all speces bot Group ad Group legt data wll be collected followg te cocurret samplg approac. Cocerg dscards, te survey wll cover all te trawlers actvty: - bottom otter trawl for demersal speces OTB_DES_>=40_0_0 - bottom otter trawl for deep water speces OTB_DWS_>40_0_0 - bottom otter trawl for mxed demersal ad deep water speces OTB_MDD_>40_0_0 - pelagc par trawl for small pelagc speces PTM_SPF_>=0_0_0 - beam trawl for demersal speces TBB_DES_0_0_0 For te above selected mèters, dscards wll be motored for te speces Group ad Group, as defed te Commsso Decso Capter III. Data o te quattes of te target dscarded speces wll be collected drectly o board. Te legt composto by speces wll also be sampled order to derve (LFD) by speces ad fsg day. Followg te output of te RCMMed&BS 009 dscards for - Boat dredge for molluscs DRB_MOL_0_0_0 - Pots ad traps for demersal speces FPO_DES_0_0_0 - Fyke ets for demersal speces FYK_DES_0_0_0 - Had ad pole le for cepalopods LHP_LHM_CEP_0_0_0 ca be cosdered eglgble (see report RCMMed&BS 009 secto Samplg of dscards ). Tese mèter are to be cosdered ot madatory for dscards samplg ad MS eed ot ask for derogatos.

22 Cocerg te dscards evaluato for te oter mèters, see secto III.C.6 Derogatos ad o-coformtes (Medterraea ad black sea). LARGE PELAGIC SPECIES Te mèters selected for te samplg program of large pelagc speces, Tuus tyus, Tuus alaluga, Sarda sarda, Xpas gladus, Corypaea ppurus ad Tetrapturus beloe (Istopordae), are: - Purse see (PS_LPF_0_0_0) - Drftg logles (LLD_LPF_0_0_0) - Mscellaea (MIS, Harppo ad FADs) Mscellaea for large pelagcs speces (maly arpoo ad FADs) ave ot bee selected for ay of te parameters utlzed (effort, ladg, value). However, tose gears (arpoo ad FADs), ave bee pcked up due to ter pecularty te catces of C. ppurus ad T. beloe. Te samplg programme wll follow te regoal samplg approac as agreed durg te RCMMed&BS 009. Te survey to estmate legt dstrbuto wll cover a oe-year perod. Te plaed umber of specmes (set up at Regoal level), to be used for estmatg te LFDs, wll be collected durg a total umber of 00 samplg fsg days (see table III.C.5 for dsaggregato of samplg testes amog dfferet speces). Te umber of samples requred to aceve te requred precso level as bee set ad wll be revewed aually at Regoal level. Metodologes, followg te ICCAT recommedatos, ad samplg strateges, wll be appled at atoal/regoal scale ad wll be related to temporal ad spatal scale of te dfferet fsg actvty volved. Data wll be collected followg te ICCAT recommedato to level 7 (see also RCMMed&BS 009 ad 00 agreemet). Data wll be reported as: LLD_LPF_0_0_0 SWO LLD_LPF_0_0_0 BFT LLD_LPF_0_0_0 ALB Dscards for large pelagc speces wll be evaluated for te followg mèters: - Purse see (PS_LPF_0_0_0) - Drftg logles (LLD_LPF_0_0_0). Followg te output of te PGMed 00 (Lsboa, /5-3-00) dscards for Mscellaea gears (arpoo ad FADs) ca be cosdered eglgble. Ts mèter ca be cosdered ot madatory for dscards samplg ad MS eed ot ask for derogatos. SHARKS Te Commucato from te Commsso to te Europea Parlamet ad te Coucl of 5 February 009 o a Europea Commuty Acto Pla for te Coservato ad Maagemet

23 of Sarks (EC-APCMS, COM ) as recommeded te collecto of relable ad detaled speces-specfc quattatve ad bologcal data cocerg commercal fseres volvg catces of Codrctyas (ereafter referred to as "sarks"). To follow ts ssue te collecto of sarks bologcal varables (.e. legt frequecy dstrbuto) wll be assocated to te Meter-related varables followg te cocurret samplg approac. Most of te proposed speces te ew Appedx VII (actually te lst presets 47 speces of sarks ad rays) of te Commsso Decso 93/00, are rare ad wt a sporadc ad ot cofrmed presece te Medterraea area. Durg te perod 0-03 all sark speces wll be collected cocurretly for legt. o stock-based samplg wll be added f meter based samplg fals to provde te approprate precso for legt dstrbutos. I table III.C.5 te lst of speces to be sampled wll be cluded togeter wt te requred precso level. However some cells were labelled as /A (ot Applcable) sce te mmum umber of specmes to be sampled to aceve te requred precso caot be kow a pror sce o legt samples are avalable for tese speces. Furtermore sce most of te speces are rare te umber of samples recorded wll be extremely low ad ece te mmum umber to aceve te precso target caot be reaced. III.C. Estmato procedures (Medterraea Sea ad Black Sea) Te LFD obtaed quarterly, by GSA, wll be rased to te quarter producto by speces ad mèter, accordg to te proporto betwee sampled ad laded wegt. Te te total LFD wll be obtaed summg up te estmates by quarter ad meter (Aex II: Metodology for te estmato of demograpy of ladgs, for demersal ad small pelagc speces, related to te bologcal meter related varables). Te precso, terms of coeffcet of varato (CV) of te legt frequecy dstrbutos (LFDs) wll be estmated aually by meter ad GSA (see paragrap III.C.3 ad III.E.3 Data qualty Medterraea ad black sea ) Te metod developed by Vgeau ad Maevas (004), wc allows estmatg te precso, terms of coeffcet of varato (CV) for eac legt class ad for te wole LFD at meter level, wll be adopted. Te estmates of precso obtaed for eac meter wll be summed up for te meter targetg te same stock For dscards see Aex III (Metodology for te estmato of dscards - Bologcal meter related varables). III.C.3 Data qualty evaluato (Medterraea ad black sea) CV for legt of demersal ad small pelagc speces cluded bot Group ad Group lst, wll be calculated aually for eac meter ad per eac GSA. CV for legt of large pelagc speces cluded bot Group ad Group lst, wll be calculated aually at Regoal level followg te RCMMed&BS ad PGMed recommedatos. Cocerg all te 47 speces of sarks, we wll try to assocate to te collecto of meter related varables (legt data) a precso target at least for te most commo speces laded 3

24 at atoal scale. However te precso target requested wll be dffcult to aceve sce most of te speces are rare ad te umber of samples recorded wll be extremely low. RCMMed&BS 009 oted tat te samplg of sarks te route cocurret samplg scemes, poses a umber of problems for certa meters. Te samplg of ust a few sark dvduals tese meters, forces to largely crease te samplg effort, ad decrease sgfcatly te effcecy of te samplg for commercal speces. It s also stressed tat o precso target could be reaced for Elasmobraces. Aex IV (Metodology to estmate te precso level Metèr related varables) descrbes detals te metodologes for calculato of precso levels. Applcablty of te COST proect (Vgeau, 008) ad te output of te Worksop o te Implemetato of te Commo Ope Source Tool (ates, 3-6 Aprl 00) wll be verfed. III.C.4 Data presetato (Medterraea ad black sea) Te referece perod wll be oe year. Te results pertag to te perod Jauary December 0 wll be ready by te ed of Jue 0. Some prelmary data (referrg to te meter related varables collected durg te frst ad secod quarter of 0) wll be produced by te ed of Aprl 0. Te same tme lag wll be appled for data referred to te years 0 ad 03. Potetal sources of bas may be: - o access to some vessels; tus te samplg populato could ot be te same as te target populato, causg potetal bas. Mtgato measures clude te documetato of o-accessblty to suc vessels to be able to accout for t. - Dffculty to obta motly data; ts problem could arse due to weater codtos. It s very dffcult to ave mtgato measures for ts ssue. However, weever vessels operate mots were fsg due to bad weater s very lmted, tere s a creased effort to sample te boats. III.C.5 Regoal co-ordato (Medterraea ad black sea) Actvtes to be carred out cooperato wt oter Europea Medterraea coutres wll be dscussed durg te RCMMed&BS. I partcular, regoal samplg program for large pelagcs speces wll be aually motored ad evaluated. I te followg table, recommedatos from RCM ad resposve actos are reported: Recommedato RCMMed&BS recommeds MS to follow te samplg testes as detaled table c for bluef tua ad tables 3.4..a-d for oter ma large pelagcs, ad to aceve te requred mmum umber of samples as stated by te Decso EC 949/08. RCM recommeds also tat te data gatered 009 sould be provded to te PGMed meetg of 00, to Resposve actos I PGMED 00, te umber of legt samples for all large pelagcs was revsed ad te Medterraea coutres agreed to sample regoally for legt. Italy wll follow ts Regoal agreemet. 4

25 allow PGMed to calculate te precso level ad te mmum umber of samples requred to aceve te requred precso, MS to adust ter P 0-03 accordgly. III.C.6 Derogatos ad o-coformtes (Medterraea ad black sea) Te results of te rakg system ave detfed, o a GSA level, 55 méters 8 belogg to te top 90%. Derogato s requested for te followg méter: - Had ad pole le for cepalopods (LHP_LHM_CEP_0_0_0) te GSA 9 Ts méter as ot bee selected bot for ladg ad for ecoomc values. It as bee pcked up oly for te cotrbuto terms of effort. Te low cdece terms of fsg days ad catces, te seasoalty ad te g fragmetato of tese actvtes alog te Itala coasts, ad te low mportace also terms of ecoomc values of te catces, would result a dffcult ad expesve exercse. However, as suggested by SGR 0, Italy wll coduct a plot study to vestgate te fsg beavour of ts meter (LHP_LHM_CEP_0_0_0) te GSA 9 Derogato s also requested for te collecto of dscards data related to some méter. Te méter tat te dscards samplg program wll ot cover are: Set gllets for demersal fs Drfets for small pelagc fs Set trammel ets for demersal speces Purse see for small pelagc fs Beac ad boat see for demersal speces Set logles for demersal fs Set gllets for small ad large pelagc speces GS_DEF_>=6_0_0 GD_SPF_0_0_0 GTR_DES_>=6_0_0 PS_SPF_>=4_0_0 SB_SV_DES_0_0_0 LLS_DEF_0_0_0 GS_SLP_>=6_0_0 As suggested by SGR, 0, Italy wll coduct a plot study to vestgate te dscards beavour of tese meters (eve ot selected by te rakg system). Te obect of te study wll be to estmate te dscard, wegt ad umber of te speces G ad G te Appedx VII (Commsso Decso 93/00 ad 949/008). I te plot study o te dscard beavour Italy wll follow te output of te RCMMed&BS 00 (Vara, Bulgara 00): Recommedato RCMMed&BS recommeds tat Table 7 s used to provde ustfcato for ot samplg certa méters. Ts ustfcato could be Resposve actos Te RCMMed&BS revewed te work coducted by te PGMed 00 order to create a regoal vew of te 8 3 meters ave bee selected for samplg te large pelagc speces 5

26 based te dscards beavour or te o selecto of méter te regoal rakg system méter mportat to sample for dscards ad o provdg scetfc ustfcato for ot samplg certa méters. RCMMed&BS was agreed wt te outputs ad te tegrato made by te PGMed 00, ad recommeds to strctly followg te proposed table made up te PGMed samplg méters for dscards. Italy wll follow ts regoal agreemet. REGIO: Oter regos were fseres are operated by EU vessels ad maaged by RFMO's to wc te Commuty s cotractg party or observer (e.g. ICCAT, IOTC, CECAF) III.C. Selecto of méters to sample ad data acqusto (Oter regos) Itala fleet operatg outsde commuty waters cosst of 8 vessel (offcal regstered) correspodg to aroud 0.% of te total fleet (vessel umber), 5.7% terms of GT ad % terms of kw. 0 of te above metoed vessels sce te begg of 009 are actve. 7 operate aroud Maurtaa (Area FAO 34. e 34.3) waters ad te Guea Coakry (Area FAO 34.3). All vessels operate wt trawls ets targettg demersal speces. Aoter vessel, wc operated te Ida Ocea (Area FAO 5) catcg large pelagc speces (Albacares ad Skpack tuas) wt purse see, s ot more uder Itala flag. Accordg to te decso for te applcato of te Regulato (CE) 99/008 te collecto of statstcs o catces (ladgs / fsg log books) ad o legt frequeces of te speces, caugt by fleet operated outsde commuty waters, wll be carred out. Up to kow o bologcal samplg as bee mplemeted for tese vessels, tey oly ave a atoal oblgato to fulfl logbooks. Italy partcpated to te frst RCM for Oter regos (RCM for log dstace fseres, Madrd, Marc 00) ad related recommedatos wll be cosdered. 6

27 III.D Bologcal - Recreatoal fseres REGIO: Medterraea Sea ad Black Sea III.D. Data acqusto (Medterraea Sea ad Black Sea) Collecto of data from recreatoal fseres wll cover Tuus tyus (bluef tua) ad Agulla agulla (eel) (speces lsted Appedx IV, 4 EU Decso 93/00). Cocerg A. agulla, formato o te dstrbuto ad stock maagemet ave greatly creased durg 009, sce te recovery pla foresee by Coucl Regulato (EC) 00/007 as bee prepared ad set to te Commsso for dscusso ad evetual edorsemet; formato o eel stock, eel fsg o te dfferet lfe stages, geeral stuato of te stock ave bee very useful also for te preparato of te plot study cludes te prevous atoal Program. Furter developmets regardg data collecto o eel recreatoal fseres sall possbly ssue from te deftve applcato of te Itala Eel Maagemet Pla uder Regulato 00/007. Te Pla as bee submtted to te approval of te Commsso September 30 rd, 009. Te Pla as bee cosdered elgble by te Commsso, ad s curretly udergog te scetfc evaluato from ICES. a) Type of data collecto Recreatoal fseres of bluef tua Data collecto o recreatoal ad sport fseres of bluef tua from 0 to 03 wll follow te metodologes suggested by te plot study prevously carred out wt te 004 atoal Program. Appled metodologes wll assure te estmate of total catces ad total fleet, as well as bologcal formato o legt composto of catces. Te ma bass of te data collecto program s te overall cesus of recreatoal ad sport fseres tat wll cover all te Itala coast le ad slads tat meas more ta 800 ports ad ladg stes. Startg from ts cesus, formato o fleet ad type of actvtes ad a estmate of catces per admstratve rego wll be obtaed. Te cesus wll take place te last two mots of eac year ad t wll requre about 30 days of actvty. Recreatoal fseres of eels Data collecto o recreatoal fseres of eel from 0 to 03 wll follow te metodologes suggested by te plot study prevously carred out wt te 009/00 atoal Program. Te plot study approaced te problem of lack of formato o eel recreatoal fsg, troug a extesve revew of avalable formato ad o te feld data; bblograpc refereces ave bee revewed, legslatve framework for eel recreatoal fsg as bee detaled, ad data from te Fsg offces of te local Admstratos (Provce) ave bee elaborated. Data from Hyctyologcal maps for formato o eel dstrbuto ave also bee cosdered. O te bass of all te avalable formato collected, te plot study as bee carred out troug tervews to a extesve sample of fserme of te ma fserme assocato ad te local sectos of te assocato (preset over 60 Itala local admstratve bodes, te Provce ). Te study as clarfed te dstrbuto of te actvty, apparetly cocetrated oly some regos ad ot wdely dstrbuted, eter because ot tradtoally terestg or because te speces s scarcely abudat or ot preset. 7

28 b) Target ad frame populato Recreatoal fseres of bluef tua Te target ad frame populato are te same: represeted by all vessels of recreatoal ad sport fseres. Te ma bass of te data collecto program s te overall cesus of recreatoal ad sport fseres tat wll cover all te Itala coast le ad slads tat meas more ta 800 ports ad ladg stes. Recreatoal fseres of eels Te target populato are te ma fserme assocato ad te local sectos of te assocato (preset over 60 Itala local admstratve bodes, te Provce ). Te frame populato s represeted by a sample of te populato members radomly selected. c) Data sources Recreatoal fseres of bluef tua Touramets of sport fsery wll be motored drectly troug collaborato wt te atoal clubs (FIPSAS, EFSA, Bg Game Itala) tat are commtted to provdg all te data o te touramets orgased by tem. I tese touramets, legt measuremets wll also be collected. Recreatoal ad sport fseres wll also be motored oe port for eac coast sde were ts type of fsery s practsed. Itervews, troug forms specfcally prepared (see te Table D. below), wll be carred out drectly from local fserme order to acqure formato o catc composto ad seasoal dstrbuto of te catces. Offcal declaratos of blue f tua catces wll also be motored troug a aalyss of declaratos delvered to te port autortes ad te autorsato requred at te begg of te seaso. Recreatoal fseres of eels Metodology foresees te mplemetato of tervews troug forms specfcally prepared. Te sample wll be statstcally cose accordg to te relatve mportace of te dfferet regos. Sample data wll be rased to te uverse of te Itala fserme practsg eel fsg troug statstcal tecques. Itervews, accordg to wat requested by Reg 99/008, wll gve formato o te dstrbuto ad cosstecy of te actvty, dfferet gears used ad o reasoable estmate of te amout of catces. 8

29 Table D.: Form for te tervews (Tua-Recreatoal fsery) BASE PORT OWER AME BOAT AME LEGHT HP UMBER OF FISHIG TRIPS MOTH JA FEB MAR APR MAY JU JUL AUG SEPT OCT OV DEC DRIFTIG TROLL OTHER (SPECIFY) OTES CATCHES MOTH JA FEB MAR APR MAY JU JUL AUG SEPT OCT OV DEC CATCHES I UMBER Oter speces (specfy) Oter speces (specfy) Oter speces (specfy) Oter speces (specfy) Oter speces (specfy) CATCHES I WEIGHT Oter speces (specfy) Oter speces (specfy) Oter speces (specfy) Oter speces (specfy) Oter speces (specfy) OTES codes oter speces: ALB = Albacore; MSP = stopordae; SWO = swordfs LTA = Atlatc black skpack; FRZ = Frgate tua ; DOL = dolp fs; SHK = sark BO = boto; OTH = oter speces 9

30 III.D. Data qualty Recreatoal fseres of bluef tua As requred by te regulato, data related to aual estmates of te catces volumes wll lead to a precso of level. Data o capacty wll be collected exaustvely. Cotuty ad cosstecy of te seres collected s assured by te metodology appled tat wll be te same as prevous programs. Recreatoal fseres of eels As requred by te regulato, data related to aual estmates of te catces volumes wll lead to a precso of level. A statstcal survey started 00 ad oly from ts year precso levels wll be calculated. III.D.3 Regoal co-ordato Te teto of te RCMMed&BS s to adopt for recreatoal fseres a approac order to better defe useful data collecto to carry out ad to avod uecessary works weter ts actvty ot really beg a real targeted practce. Te opportutes of samplg recreatoal fseres may dffer qute substatally betwee coutres ad also may cage rapdly te sort term (.e. seaso closure for BFT, eel fsg baed because of evrometal reasos). Italy wll cosder all te future recommedatos o recreatoal fseres, motorg eel ad BFT, comg out from te RCMMed&BS. III.D.4 Data presetato Bot for bluef tua ad for eel te referece perod wll be oe year. Te results pertag to te perod Jauary December 0 wll be ready by te ed of Jue 0. Te same tme lag wll be appled for data referred to te years 0 ad

31 III.E Bologcal - stock-related varables REGIO: Medterraea Sea ad Black Seas III.E. Data acqusto (Medterraea Sea ad Black Sea) a) Selecto of stocks to sample Bologcal samplg, for te acqusto of stock related varables (.e. age, wegt, sex ad maturty) wll be carred out by scetfc sttutos desgated by te Itala Admstrato separately for eac GFCM Geograpcal Sub-area (GSA) ad by maor groups of speces (demersal ad small pelagc speces, large pelagc speces ad sarks). Wt ts assged area, eac scetfc sttuto wll be requred to carry out bologcal samplg ad data aalyss ad processg, ad to forward te results to te Admstrato accordace wt a stadard geeral procedure lad dow for all Itala areas. For all speces cluded te samplg sceme, stock varables wll be collected accordg to te requremets of te Appedx VII (.e. o a aual or tree-aual bass) of te EU Decso 93/00. Table III.E. detfy wc stocks are gog to be cluded samplg sceme. Below s reported te detal, related to stock varables acqusto, for te maor groups of speces: - demersal ad small pelagc speces - large pelagc speces - sarks DEMERSAL AD SMALL PELAGIC SPECIES Samplg sceme for demersal ad small pelagc speces wll cosder all Group speces plus speces of Group. I detal t wll cosder 7 teleosteas (.e. Merluccus merluccus, Mullus barbatus, Mullus surmuletus, Solea vulgars, Egrauls ecrascolus, Sarda plcardus, Tracurus tracurus, T. medterraeus, Lopus boudegassa, L. pscatorus, Boops boops, Spcara smars, Pagellus erytrus, Mcromesstus poutassou, Eutrgla gurardus, Trgla lucera ad Scomber spp.), 6 cepalopods (.e. Sepa offcals, Octopus vulgars, Eledoe crrosa, E. moscata, Lolgo vulgars ad te Illex codet) ad 6 crustaceas speces (.e. Arsteus ateatus, Arstaeomorpa folacea, Parapeaeus logrostrs, eprops orvegcus, Peaeus keraturus ad Squlla mats). For all demersal ad small pelagc speces cluded te samplg sceme, stock varables (age, wegt, sex ad maturty) wll be collected accordg to te requremets of te Appedx VII of te EU Decso 93/00 (.e. o a aual or tree-aual bass). A overvew of te stocks cluded te samplg sceme s preseted Table III.E.. For ts group of speces, ladg values ad % sare EU ladg, ave bee obtaed from te PGMed report (Sete, -6 Marc 009) LARGE PELAGIC SPECIES Evaluato of te stock varables (age, wegt, sex ad maturty) for large pelagc speces wll be evaluated every tree years followg te Appedx VII of te Commsso Decso 93/00. 3

32 Te samplg program, cludg large pelagc speces bot Group (Xpas gladus, Tuus tyus) ad Group (Tuus alaluga, Sarda sarda, Corypaea ppurus), wll follow te regoal samplg approac as agreed durg te RCMMed&BS 009 ad PGMed 00 (Lsbo, -5 Marc). Table III.E. reports te ladg values ad % sare EU ladg obtaed from te PGMed report (Sete, -6 Marc 009). SHARKS Evaluato of te stock varables (age, wegt, sex ad maturty), from fseres based samplg data for sark s speces, wll be evaluated every tree years oly for Raa clavata (ladg for ts speces s aroud 38 tos). All te oter sarks speces are less ta 00 tos of atoal ladgs (see secto III.E.5 Deroagto ad o Coformtes ). Table III.E. reports te atoal ladg values for some sarks speces for te 008. Altoug we are ot oblged to collect stock related varables from fseres based samplg, sce te ladgs of all te oters sark speces are less ta 00 tos, data (.e. wegt, sex ad maturty) wll be collected ayway durg scetfc survey (.e. for te Medterraea te MEDITS ad te MEDIAS surveys). b) Type of data collecto Samplg strategy eac GSA wll be a mx of cocurret-at-sea ad cocurret-at-ladg ste coverg a oe-year perod. Strata, as for Bologcal-Meter-related varables of te P, are represeted by a combato of geograpcal sub-areas (GSA) ad méter. Te samplg ut s te fsg day (correspodg to te fsg trp). Stock related varables (sex, wegt, ad maturty) wll be collected durg dfferet fsg days takg to accout te spatal (GSA) ad temporal (quarterly) varablty order to detect seasoal dffereces te demograpc structure ad composto of te speces examed. Data wll be collected maly from commercal fseres (.e. ladg, o board samplg). Followg eac stratum, bot Probablty Sample Survey (B) ad o-probablty Sample Survey (C) wll be used. Survey data wll be used (f te survey s coducted te correct perod) to tegrate formato o growt ad reproducto parameters. c) Target ad frame populato Te populato wll be defed as te total umber of fs laded. Te frame ad target populato are te same. Tey refer to te stocks wt te geograpcal boudares (GSA). Italy wll collect bologcal data o te speces above metoed followg te temporal stratfcato (yearly or tree-aually) reported te Appedx VII (Commsso Decso 93/00 ad 949/008). Followg te SGR suggestos, Tables III_E_, III_E_ ad III_E_3 ave bee modfed accordgly. Te populato s te uverse of total trps carred out by commercal vessels over a perod of oe year. Te frame populato of te samplg survey does ot exst because tere s ot a exaustve lst of all trps tat wll be carred out for eac meter. Te logbook caot be cosdered a source to comple suc lst because oly a part of te trps are regstered te logbook. 3

33 However, te samplg sceme defes te total umber of fsg trps to be sampled for eac meter ad tese trps are selected radomly o te bass of a caledar wc assgs a cosecutve umber to eac operatve fsg day. d) Samplg stratfcato ad allocato sceme Te samplg wll be accomplsed accordg to te metods of a two-stage stratfed radom samplg (Cocra, 977) ad carred out motly wt strata represeted by a combato of geograpcal sub-areas (GSA) ad meter. Te samplg ut belogg to te meter (prmary ut) wll be te fsg trp (secodary ut. Te umber of fsg days to be sampled as bee defed proportoally to te effort (umber of days at sea for eac meter) ad te ladgs. Accordg to te Commsso Decso, te mmum umber of fsg days to be sampled wll be at least fsg day per mot durg te fsg seaso. Tus at least tree samples wll be collected eac quarter for eac meter. For eac speces, te total umber of plaed specmes to be collected s reported Table III.E.3. Below s reported te detal, related to stock varables, for te maor groups of speces: - demersal ad small pelagc speces - large pelagc speces - sarks DEMERSAL AD SMALL PELAGICS SPECIES Table III.E. gves a overvew of te log-term samplg strategy for age, wegt, sex rato ad maturty, wt respect to selected stock. Plaed samplg for te estmato of bologcal parameters s also reported table III.E.3. umber of plaed specmes s proportoal to te ladg obtaed te prevous years ( ). Bologcal parameters (.e. legt/wegt relatosp; legt at age; legt at maturty; sex rato) for demersal ad pelagc speces wll be estmated bot from commercal fseres (.e. ladg, o board samplg) ad surveys. All te parameters collected, sex rato, maturty ad wegt wll be referred to legt. LARGE PELAGIC SPECIES Table III.E. gves a overvew of te log-term samplg strategy for age, wegt, sex rato ad maturty, wt respect to selected stock. Stock varables (age, sex, wegt, maturty) for large pelagc speces wll be collected from commercal fseres (.e. ladg, o board samplg). All te parameters collected, sex rato, maturty ad wegt wll be refered to legt. Te samplg testy for te estmato of bologcal parameters (.e. legt/wegt relatosp; legt at age; legt at maturty; sex rato) ad te umber of specmes to be sampled (see table III.E.3 - from te PGMed aalyss, 00), cludg bot speces Group ad Group lst, as bee agreed o a Medterraea-wde bass (RCMMed&BS, 009). Metodologes, followg te ICCAT recommedatos, ad samplg strateges, wll be appled at atoal/regoal scale ad wll be related to temporal ad spatal scale of te dfferet fsg actvty volved. SHARKS Cocerg sarks, as already stated above, we are ot oblged to collect stock related varables, sce te ladgs of almost all sarks speces are less ta 00 tos. However data 33

34 related to wegt, sex ad maturty wll be collected durg scetfc survey (.e. for te Medterraea te MEDITS ad te MEDIAS surveys). For te speces Raa clavata data wll be collected also durg commercal fseres (Table III.E. ad Table III.E.3). III.E. Estmato procedures (Medterraea Sea ad Black Sea) Metods tat wll be used for estmatg te stock related varables (e.g. sex, maturty ad wegt) ad te related parameters (e.g. growt ad atural mortalty, sex rato, goadsomatc dex, legt/age at maturty) are reported te Aex V (Metodology to estmate te stock related varables ad te growt ad reproducto parameters). III.E.3 Data qualty evaluato (Medterraea Sea ad Black Sea) Te estmato of precso levels wll be performed accordg to te metods descrbed Aex VI (Metodology to estmate te precso level Stock related varables) ad to te requremet of te Appedx VII of te EU Dec. 93/00 (.e. o a aual or tree-aual bass). CV for age of demersal ad small pelagc G speces wll be calculated aually per eac GSA ad for all meters combed. CV for age of demersal ad small pelagc G speces wll be calculated every tree years per eac GSA ad for all meters combed. CV for age of large pelagc speces cluded bot Group ad Group lsts, wll be calculated every tree years at Regoal level followg te RCMMed&BS ad PGMed recommedatos. Precso levels of oter bologcal parameters (.e. legt/wegt relatosp; legt at age; legt at maturty; sex rato) for demersal ad small pelagc G speces wll be calculated aually per eac GSA ad for all mèters combed. Precso levels of oter bologcal parameters (.e. legt/wegt relatosp; legt at age; legt at maturty; sex rato) for demersal ad small pelagc speces G wll be calculated every tree years per eac GSA ad for all mèters combed. Precso levels of oter bologcal parameters (.e. legt/wegt relatosp; legt at age; legt at maturty; sex rato) for large pelagc speces, cluded bot G ad G lst, wll be calculated every tree years at Regoal level followg te RCMMed&BS ad PGMed recommedatos. Cocerg te sarks speces (Raa clavata), te precso level assocated to te collecto of stock varables (.e. sex, age, wegt ad maturty), wll be calculated every tree years. As stated durg te RCMMed&BS 009 It s also stressed tat o precso target could be reaced for Elasmobraces. Terefore, o mmum umber or samplg strategy sould be assocated to te collecto of all te sarks speces reported te ew Appedx VII. Applcablty of te COST proect (Vgeau, 008) ad te output of te Worksop o te Implemetato of te Commo Ope Source Tool (ates, 3-6 Aprl 00) wll be verfed. 34

35 III.E.4 Regoal co-ordato (Medterraea Sea ad Black Sea) Actvtes to be carred out cooperato wt oter Europea Medterraea coutres wll be dscussed durg te RCMMed&BS. I partcular, regoal samplg program for large pelagcs speces wll be aually motored ad evaluated. III.E.5 Derogatos ad o-coformtes (Medterraea Sea ad Black Sea) Derogato s asked for Mugldae, for wc was already gve derogato 009. It s a complex of speces ad t s mostly caugt lagoos. SGR ave foud te reaso for ot samplg ts speces group for bologcal parameters acceptable ad as suggested tat te derogato to be prologed. All sarks speces, wt te oly excepto of Raa clavata, are less ta 00 tos. Followg te Commsso Decsos 949/008 ad 93/00 wc stated tat a Member State may exclude te estmato of te stock related varables for stocks for wc te ladg s less ta 00 toes, derogato s requested for te collecto of te Stock varables related to sarks. Italy recalled tat, f Medterraea MSs do ot provde ladg by speces, ad ot by group of speces or at geus level, te exempto rule fxed by DFC for stocks te Medterraea Sea, te ladgs by wegt of a Medterraea Member State for a speces correspodg to less ta 0 % of te total Commuty ladgs from te Medterraea Sea (Commsso Decso 93/00) caot be determed. As recalled by te RCMMed&BS (October, 009), we stress te mportace of provdg ladgs data by speces, as requred by te DCF (EC Decsos 949/008 ad 93/00), ad ot by group of speces (based also o te exercse Samplg for mxture of speces te ladgs carred out 008). Oter regos were fseres are operated by EU vessels ad maaged by RFMO's to wc te Commuty s cotractg party or observer (e.g. ICCAT, IOTC, CECAF ) III.E.5 Derogatos ad o-coformtes (Oter regos) Cosderg tat for stock related varable a self samplg s ot feasble because bologcal experts are eeded, derogato s requred for te years I ay case, Italy as partecpated to te frst RCM for Oter regos (Spa, Marc 00) ad related recommedatos wll be cosdered. III.E.6 Motorg of commercal eel Te followg paragrap descrbes te motorg of commercal fseres for eel ad te actvtes plaed for 0-03 Premse: geeral framework ad o-gog actos o eel Italy Eel (Agulla agulla L.) explotato Italy as a log stadg tradto, ad t cocers all cotetal stages,.e. glass eel, yellow ad mgratory slver eel. Te most dstctve explotato patter for eel Italy s coastal lagoo fsery tat yelds most of yellow ad slver eel extesve culture (a practce of sustaed fsery). Ilad eel fseres are foud ma rvers ad lakes. 35

36 EC Regulato 00/007 requres MS to mplemet a atoal maagemet pla for eel recovery. Te Itala Eel Maagemet Pla as bee prepared by te Drectorate Geeral of Sea Fseres ad Aquaculture, Mstry of Agrculture, Food ad Forestry, wt te support of experts from te scetfc commuty ad represetatves of te Regos. Te work was fact coducted otly wt te Regoal admstratos, wt a seres of meetgs durg te 008/9, order to coordate actvtes. Te fal verso of te documet was submtted to te Commsso o September 30rd, 009, ad s stll uder evaluato. Wt te Itala Eel Maaget Pla (EMP), a prelmary outle of te stuato Italy for eel was gve order to establs a scearo of tervetos artculated at te atoal ad regoal levels so to comply wt te requremets of te Regulato 00/007. However, te documet t as bee poted out tat te Maagemet Pla sould be see as a documet lable of updatg ad mprovemet, relato to te fact tat te maagemet of eels Europe for te restorato of te stock s a process stll uder developmet. I fact, te process of mplemetg te maagemet pla, alog wt actvtes provded by oter strumets (Drectve 000/60, te Habtats Drectve, ad Coucl Regulato 99/008) wll lead to a large flux of data, formato ad assstace. Te atoal Pla takes to accout te complex realty of Italy. Te eel s preset te lagoo waters ad lad waters of all regos, but te desty, populato, te crease s very varable depedg o te type of evromet (lagoos, rvers, lakes) ad tus te patter of producto tat results s extremely eterogeeous. Heterogeeous s also te admstratve competece o eel fseres: sea fsg ad fsg rver mouts are attrbutable Cetral Admstrato (Mstry of Agrculture, Food ad Forestry - Drectorate Geeral for Fseres ad Martme aquaculture), wle ursdcto o lad fseres s attrbutable to te Regos, cludg fsg for eels, wt te power coferred o Jauary 5. Presdetal Decrees 97 ad 4 July 977, o 66. For all tese reasos, te Eel atoal Pla for Agulla Italy s a ot Pla. A framework for acto at atoal level for coastal waters ad for tose regos (total ) wo preferred to delegate to te Cetral Admstrato te eel maagemet s evsaged. Coversely, 9 regos ave developed specfc Regoal Plas. Te decetralzato of resposbltes s a factor tat may partly result a delay te mplemetato of suc measures, but te presece of a Eel Maagemet Pla approved by te Europea Commsso Italy ca be a effectve part support of te mplemetato process at varous levels. At te preset momet, Italy s watg for te outcome of te scetfc evaluato ad for te deftve aswer of te Commuty. Possble cages could be ecessary te Pla to aceve te fal approval. Ogog actos wt eel data collecto ad actvtes for 0-03 O te bass of wat as bee sad te prevous paragraps, t s clear tat te eel maagemet, as well as te eel data collecto, are at te preset momet ot etrely defte, ad sall possbly be ameded, relato to te outcome of ogog actos. I te Data Collecto Program , a strog effort for te metodologcal settg up of eel commercal fseres data collecto as bee uderway, wose outcomes sall be avalable by te ed of 00. A umber of problems arse we dealg wt eel, wose fseres s carred out early exclusvely lad waters, ad ece uder Regoal cotrol, ad because of te eterogeety of fsg typologes (lake fseres, rver fseres, artsaal fsery lagoos, sustaed fsery lagoos, glass eel fsery). Oe ma problem for eel data collecto reles te detfcato of maagemet uts, ad a lst of autortes resposble, as requred by Regulato 00. Tese sould requre a vetory of dvdual 36

37 rver bass, as desgated uder Drectve 000/60/EC. To meet ts pot, a aalyss was carred out wt te Itala EMP. I relato to te g fragmetato of resposbltes Italy, te adopto of rules mplemetg te plas for te maagemet of eels, f establsed o te bass of te rver bass uts o as specfed Artcle () Regulato (EC) o 00/007, would ave made dffcult te effectve coordato, mplemetato ad motorg of te measures. Italy terefore as avaled tself of te te opportuty provded te same art. of te Regulato (uder wc presece of adequate ustfcato, a Member State may desgate te wole or ay admstratve ut as te eel maagemet ut) ad as suggested te Regos as eel maagemet uts. I te course of te Data Collecto Program 009/00, te effort as cocetrated, as metoed above, o te settg up of a approprate metodology. O te bass of a cesus of all eel commercal fseres carred out coastal ad lad waters,.e. coastal lagoos, lakes ad rvers, a statstcal procedure as bee set up tat as allowed to defe te sample of fserme to be used for evaluatos. Te metodology s curretly beg verfed, ad sall be appled for te year 00 data collecto. For te perod 0-03, o te bass of wat as bee descrbed above, for eac maagemet ut (.e. Rego) ad relevat fsg typology wt te Ut (rver, lake, lagoo, maaged lagoo) te followg basc parameters sall be collected, by drect tervews o te statstcal sample: A) Boats volved eel fsg eac maagemet ut order to estmate fsg capacty. To determe te fsg capacty, te followg parameters wll be evaluated: - total umber of boats, - average value of toage or power ege kw B) Estmate of fsg effort. Te fsg effort wll be evaluated by cesus of specfc fsg tecques (type, possbly gear sze ad mes sze), ad of fsg days dedcated to eel. C) Evaluato of ladgs by lfe stage (G, Y, S) of all eel catces. All data wll be recorded specfcally for eac lfe stage. Te feasblty of te applcato of logbooks to be etrusted to a subsample of fserme selected stes s curretly uder evaluato. Te program for 0-03 sall also cosder: D) Bologcal samplgs of catces are foresee to evaluate ter composto by age ad by legt, wt te am to obta formato o te demograpc structure of te eel local stocks ad o ter growt, sexualty ad mortalty. Samplgs sall be carred out o a maagemet ut/tpology bass, ad sall foresee legt, wegt ad lvery stage assessmet (yellow/slver) o a sample of sgfcat sze, o a yearly bass. Age estmato by otolts examato ad sex rato evaluato by stologcal examato wll be performed o te trd year. Bologcal samplgs scedule sall possbly udergo modfcatos, by takg to accout coordato wt teratoal actos (ICES Workg Group o tercalbrato for Age Readg for Europea ad Amerca Eel, Ices Study Group o Agulld Eels Sale Waters, ICES/EIFAC Workg Group o Eels). 37

38 III.F Trasversal varables REGIO: Medterraea Sea ad Black Seas III.F. Capacty III.F.. Data acqusto Te followg parameters wll be gve for capacty estmato: - umber of vessels - GT, kw, Age (as defed Regulato (EC) o 6/004) Parameters wll be gve aually, per fleet segmets (Appedx III) ad per supra-regos (Medterraea & Black Seas ad Oter regos). Te basc data source wll be te fleet regster at te st of Jauary. Furter aalyses are ecessary to detfy te prevalet fsg tecque as requred by Appedx III of te DCF. Accordg to Commsso Decso, te domace crtera sall be used to allocate eac vessel to a segmet based o te umber of fsg days used wt eac gear. If a fsg gear s used by more ta te sum of all te oters (.e. a vessel speds more ta 50% of ts fsg tme usg tat gear), te vessel sall be allocated to tat segmet. If ot, te vessel sall be allocated to te followg fleet segmet: - "Vessels usg Polyvalet actve gears" f t oly uses actve gears; - "Vessels usg Polyvalet passve gears" f t oly uses passve gears; - "Vessels usg actve ad passve gears" More ta 70% of te Itala fsg-vessel lceces allow te use of more ta oe fsg system. I tese cases te exstece or oterwse of actual polyvalet actvty ave to be verfed. I order to get ts formato o te prevalet fsg actvty, feld surveys ave bee carred out perodcally sce te mplemetato of te DCF ad wll be updated every quarter. I partcular, te followg actvtes wll be mplemeted: - aalyss of formato o avalable logbooks - quarterly aalyss of te vessel regster order to verfy fsg tecques - comparso wt prevous defed structures of te fleet - for vessels tat dd ot move to aoter ports, te fsg tecque s cofrmed - for vessels moved to aoter port (aroud 50 vessels, eac quarter), formato o te fsg tecque wll be verfed - all ew records of te vessel regster (aroud 70 vessels, eac quarter) wll be cecked troug tervews. Ts survey volves all te vessels te fleet regster, cludg tose less ta meters. 38

39 III.F.. Data Qualty evaluato Te procedure llustrated te prevous paragrap guaratees te qualty of te data collected. Iformato o te prevalet fsg tecque s gatered extesvely for te wole fleet. A data collecto etwork coverg te wole Itala coast s used. Ts etwork covers te wole Itala coast. Data collectors are people workg te fsery sector ad well tegrated wt te vessels owers ad te crew from wom tey get te requred formato. A specfc database as bee mplemeted prevous years to maage all te formato regardg te fleet. Ts database allows for valdato ad cross ceckg of data related to eac sgle vessel te fleet. III.F. Effort III.F.. Data acqusto Effort wll be estmated accordg to te varables ad dsaggregato levels lsted Appedx VIII. Accordg to RCMMed&BS recommedatos (based o SGR ad PGMED suggestos) effort data wll be collected oly for meters selected by te rakg approac. Te maor problem respectg te requred dsaggregato s gve by te dsaggregato per meter (Level 6 of Appedx IV, 4). Compulsory formato for all te fleet s ot avalable. I Italy, tere s o oblgato for vessels to dcate te type of actvty tey practce alog te year. Eac vessel ca use all te gears dcated te lcece. More ta 70% of te Itala fsg-vessel lceces allow te use of more ta oe fsg system, ad terefore gears. Ts framework s also more complex f we cosder te g umber (4) of exstg méters actually practsed by Itala vessels, wt dffereces seasoalty ad geograpcal areas. I order to estmate fsg effort per meter ad GSA, dfferet data sources wll be used: - logbook formato, we avalable. Logbook s compulsory te Medterraea oly for a morty of fleet (vessels of overall legt exceedg 0 metres) ad wll cota producto formato oly were vessels reta o board quattes exceedg 5 kg lve-wegt equvalet of te speces cluded a specfc lst (Appedx VII of Regulato (EC) o 737/999). - feld survey to detect te prevalet fsg actvty (see paragrap II.F..) - sample survey to estmate te motly dstrbuto of actvty by méters. Te sample survey s based o a pael of aroud 500 vessels (0% of te fleet), cludg te small scale (vessels < m). Survey takes place every week o a cotuous bass. Data o fsg effort, vessel actvty ad fsg area are recorded by gear ad speces usg purposely formulated questoares. Results for eac area, by mot ad by meter are obtaed by applyg rasg factors to te sampled data (see Aex VII for detals o te metodology). III.F.. Data qualty evaluato Elemetary ad aggregated data wll be cecked to verfy ter relablty. Cosstecy amog dfferet varables wll also aalyse. 39

40 Precso levels wll be calculated terms of CV at te level of fleet segmets ad per GSA (see Aex VII). III.F..3 Data presetato Effort data wll be avalable wt a tme lag of 6 mots (for stace data referred to Jauary 0 wll be avalable ot before July 0). III.F..4 Regoal coordato I te ext RCMMed&BS, Italy wll propose to dscuss te metodologes used by dfferet coutres, especally for vessels < m, order to stadardse tem ad crease te level of comparablty. III.F..5 Derogatos ad o-coformtes Regardg te varable umber of fsg operatos for te estmato of effort of purse sees, Italy asks for derogato, as already requred te prevous P (009-00). Ts formato s ot requred te logbooks ad t s also very dffcult to be obtaed troug questoares. Fserma does ot record ts formato because t does ot affect ay way or te producto or te operatg costs. Moreover, we tk tat ts parameter s ot useful for te estmato of fsg effort of purse seers. Productvty of ts gear, ad te te fsg effort o resource, does ot deped o te umber of sets. Ad ts s true ay of several types of purse sees (wte fs, blue fs, ad tua). Te productvty of a sgle operato (fsg aul) as o regularty, wc s wat appes te trawl actvty. Terefore te umber of fsg operatos does ot gve useful formato for effort estmato. umber of ours fsed would ave bee more reasoable (but t s ot requred by te regulato). III.F.3 Ladgs III.F.3. Data acqusto Ladgs wll be estmated accordg to te varables ad dsaggregato levels lsted Appedx VIII (EU Dec 93/00). Coverso factors wll ot be appled to ladg-wegt-based quattes as all speces are laded ugutted. Coverso factors could be ecessary oly for margal sare of ladgs. For tese speces, quattes wll be coverted to lve wegt by te FAO ad Eurostat coverso factors (see table III.F.3) 9. Commercal ladgs wll be assessed o te bass of a samplg procedure. I partcular, motorg of te actvtes of fsg vessels less ta 0 meters requres te defto of a specfc sample program (EU Regulato 847/93 0, artcle 8, paragrap 3). Te atoal 9 FAO Fseres Crcular o 847 rev.. 0 Coucl Regulato (EC) o 847/93 of October 993 establsg a cotrol system applcable to te commo fseres polcy 40

41 program takes to accout ts provso by tegratg te ogog sample survey Italy s carryg o order to fulfl Regulato (EC) o 9/06. Te metodology of te survey for estmato of ladgs per speces was approved by Eurostat durg te meetg of te workg group fsery statstcs eld Luxembourg, 8-9 February 00. Te survey wll be based o a sample of aroud 500 vessels tat s about 0% of te total fleet. Te sample s stratfed accordg to fsg segmets ad geograpcal areas. Elemetary data are collected troug questoares flled by data collectors, wc are scattered alog te Itala coast. Survey takes place every week o a cotuous bass. Data o ladgs (wegt ad prces) ad fsg area are recorded by gear ad speces. Ts allows post-stratfyg te fal estmates accordg to te meters level (Level 6, Appedx IV, 4). Aual average prces per speces are calculated usg wegted averages. Te full metodology s reported Aex VII. Te sample survey wll cover te etre Itala fleet wc operates te Medterraea Sea. Ladg data of vessels fsg beyod te strats ( Oter regos ) wll be recorded o a cesus bass ad take from te compulsory documetato. Data related to BFT ladgs (cludg tua farmg) wll be provded by a specfc data collecto mplemeted by te atoal admstrato accordace wt ICCAT procedures ad, as suc, wll be excluded from te sample survey. III.F.3. Data qualty evaluato Precso levels wll be calculated terms of CV at te level of fleet segmets ad per GSA. Te sample sze (500 vessels, 0% of te fleet) as bee fxed accordg to ts precso target. Estmates of varace to calculate CV are reported Aex VII. III.F.3.3 Data presetato Ladgs data wll be avalable wt a tme lag of 6 mots (for stace data referred to Jauary 0 wll be avalable ot before July 0). III.F.3.4 Regoal co-ordato Te RCMMed&BS, togeter wt te PGMED (plag group for te Medterraea) as mplemeted a ladgs database to be updated every year. Italy ecourages ts tatve ad suggests dscussg metodologes used to estmates ladgs per speces te Medterraea order to better compare fal statstcs. III.F.3.5 Derogatos ad o-coformtes o derogato requred. Regulato (EC) o 9/006 of te Europea parlamet ad of te coucl of 8 December 006 o te submsso of statstcal data o ladgs of fsery products Member States ad repealg Coucl Regulato (EEC) o 38/9 4

42 III.G Researc surveys at sea REGIO: Medterraea Sea ad Black Seas III.G. Plaed surveys Accordg to Appedx IX of DCF, te Itala atoal Program coverg 0-03 cludes two surveys: - MEDITs, MeDterraea Iteratoal bottom Trawl survey - MEDIAS, Pa-Medterraea pelagc survey MEDITs Te Medts programme ams to coduct co-ordated surveys from bottom trawlg te Medterraea (Fg. ). Ts survey derves from a EU proect started 994 at Europea Medterraea level (Bertrad, et al., 00). Te basc protocol (Medts, Istructo maual 007), commo to all te Medterraea parters, cludes te desg of te survey, te samplg gear (feature ad adlg), te formato to be collected, ad te maagemet of te data as far as te producto of commo stadardzed aalyses of te data. Te callege of Medts survey, as for oter scetfc trawl-surveys, s to provde data useful for descrbg ad quatfyg cages te fs populatos, troug dces of demograpy, mortalty, spatal occupato, bologcal trats, tus cotrbutg to te developmet of assessmet ad maagemet advce tools. Te Itala data collecto program foresees te cotuato of te Medts survey, prcpally te perspectve of obtag formato comparable amog te varous Itala areas ad wt oter Medterraea coutres. Sce te begg of te survey (994) Medts produce, for a pool of target speces (betc ad demersal): abudace dces by speces ( umber of dvduals ad bomass per square km;.e. /km ad kg/km ) ad legt frequecy dstrbuto (spltted by sex ad maturty stages) by dept macrostratum (self ad slope) ad geograpcal sub-area (FAO/GFCM Geograpcal sub-areas, GSA). Te workg zoe s defed as te totalty of te trawlable areas off te Itala coasts from 0 to 800 m dept (o te cotetal selves ad alog te upper slopes). Tese lmts ave bee adopted to cover at best te dstrbuto areas of te ma exploted - or potetally explotable - speces, cosderg te admstratve ad teccal costrats of te proect. Te statos ave bee dstrbuted eac GSA applyg a stratfed samplg sceme wt radom drawg sde eac stratum. Sce 994, oe survey as bee carred out every year, durg te sprg ad te begg of summer. Te durato of te auls s fxed to 30 mutes o depts less ta 00 m ad 60 mutes o more mportat depts. Te same postos were vsted eac year. A total of about 750 auls was carred out durg eac aual survey. Followg table (G.) sows te breakdow of Medts auls te seve Geograpcal subareas wc te Itala fleet predomatly operates. 4

43 GFCM Geograpcal sub areas (GSA). of auls plaed 9 Lgura Sea/Upper Tyrrea Sea, 0 0 Lower Tyrrea Sea 70 Sarda 00 6 Scla Strat 0 7 Upper ad Mddle Adratc 80 8 Lower Adratc 90 9 W. Ioa Sea 70 Total 750 Table G. umber of Medts auls plaed eac GSA A lst of commo target speces (cludg fs, molluscs ad crustaceas) was establsed at te begg of te Medts proect (994) wt referece to ter commercal producto, ter accessblty to a bottom trawl ad ter potetal terest as bologcal dcators te dfferet areas. Te sort referece lst of speces defed at te begg of te programme cluded trty speces. It was elarged to 38 speces, plus all Selacas, durg te followg years. 43

44 I te followg table (G.), te target speces for te Medts surveys 0-03 are reported. Table G. Lst of referece speces for te Medts survey (Medts, Istructo maual 007) Scetfc ame Date CODE Egls Asptrgla cuculus 998 ASPI CUC Red gurard Boops boops 006 BOOPBOO Bogue Ctarus lguatula 994 CITH MAC Spotted flouder Eutrgla gurardus 994 EUTR GUR Grey gurard Galeus melastomus 998 GALU MEL Blackmout catsark Helcoleus dactylopterus 994 HELI DAC Rockfs Lepdorombus bosc 994 LEPM BOS Four-spotted megrm Lopus budegassa 994 LOPH BUD Black-belled agler Lopus pscatorus 994 LOPH PIS Agler Merluccus merluccus 994 MERL MER Europea ake Mcromesstus poutassou 994 MICM POU Blue wtg Mullus barbatus 994 MULL BAR Red mullet Mullus surmuletus 994 MULL SUR Strped red mullet Pagellus acare 994 PAGE ACA Axllary seabream Pagellus bogaraveo 994 PAGE BOG Blackspot seabream Pagellus erytrus 994 PAGE ERY Commo padora Sparus pagrus > 996 SPAR PAG Commo seabream Pycs bleodes 994 PHYI BLE Greater forkbeard Raa clavata 994 RAJA CLA Torback ray Scylorus cacula 998 SCYO CA Smallspotted catsark Solea vulgars 994 SOLE VUL Commo sole Spcara flexuosa 994 SPIC FLE Pcarel Spcara smars 998 SPIC SMA Pcarel Tracurus medterraeus 994 TRAC MED Medterraea orse mackerel Tracurus tracurus 994 TRAC TRA Atlatc orse mackerel Trgla lucera 006 TRIGLUC Tub gurard Trgloporus lastovza 998 TRIP LAS Streaked gurard Trsopterus mutus capelaus 994 TRIS CAP Poor-cod Zeus faber 994 ZEUS FAB Jo dory Selacas 006 Arstaeomorpa folacea 994 ARIS FOL Gat red srmp Arsteus ateatus 994 ARIT AT Blue ad red srmp eprops orvegcus 994 EPR OR orway lobster 44

45 Parapeaeus logrostrs 994 PAPE LO Deep-water pk srmp Eledoe crrosa 994 ELED CIR Hored octopus Eledoe moscata 997 ELED MOS Musky octopus Illex codet 994 ILLE COI Broadtal squd Lolgo vulgars 994 LOLI VUL Europea squd Octopus vulgars 994 OCTO VUL Commo octopus Sepa offcals 994 SEPI OFF Commo cuttlefs Year wc te speces was troduced te lst (or removed f te year s preceded by >) It s recommeded to carry out te observatos referrg to ts lst to all te selaca speces te GSAs were t s teccally possble. To allow coeret aalyses of te results, t s glgted tat te decso to elarge or ot bologcal observatos o selacas must be appled cosstetly durg all te surveys. Ref. Commo ames: Fscer W., M.L. Baucot, M. Sceder (rédacteurs), 987. Fces FAO d'detfcato des espèces pour les besos de la pêce. (Révso ). Médterraée et Mer ore Zoe de pêce 37. Rome, FAO, vol et, 530 p. Oce collected, te data are stored computer fles by te teams carge of te survey. Four stadard excage formats ( ASCII) cludg ormalzed codg are defed. Te four stadard excage formats are: - Type A: Caracterstcs of eac aul; - Type B: Catc of eac aul wegt, umber ad umber by sex; - Type C: Bologcal parameters for te speces te referece lst - legt, sex, maturty; - Type D: Temperature data plus te relatve abudace dces ( kg/km ad umber of dvduals /km ) as well as legt frequecy dstrbutos by speces ad strata Specfc software was wrtte for a automatc ceckg of te data (Souplet, 996a ad 996b). Data are processed ad aalysed order to estmate te producto of bomass ad relatve abudace dces ( kg/km ad umber of dvduals/km ) as well as legt frequecy dstrbutos by speces ad strata. Tese aalyses are carred out usg statstcal metods approved by te Steerg Commttee, ad cluded a specfc software (see Refereces above Souplet, 996a ad 996b). Basc results are preseted o stadardzed meda (tables, fgures ad maps), cludg vsualzato of teraual varatos. To preserve te utary teratoal approac, te Medts proect wll, as at preset, ave a coordator cose at teratoal level from te atoal coordators of te partcpatg coutres, as well as a atoal coordator ad dvdual offcers resposble for eac of te seve zoes. Workg togeter wt s couterparts te oter coutres, te atoal coordator wll preserve te utary proect framework. Tere s also te wllgess to work togeter wt researcers from oter coutres of te East sde of te Adratc. Te atoal coordator ad zoe offcers wll reta ter lks wt te relevat Itala Admstrato to esure tat te results are suppled wt te tme scale ad te form stpulated. At atoal level te prmary data (te four stadard excages format Type A; Type B; Type C: Type D) plus te relatve abudace dces ( kg/km ad umber of dvduals /km ) as well as legt frequecy dstrbutos by speces ad strata are stored a commo database. Te database s osted by te Itala Mstry of Agrculture Forestry Polces. 45

46 At teratoal level aggregated data are used durg te aual Medts teratoal workg group. For te tme beg a web ste orgazed ad osted by Ifremer (ttps:// to make avalable a set of populato dces from te Medts surveys carred out by te sttute volved, as bee bult. Te dces related to abudace, bomass ad legt sze, te ste are te followg: - for all te selected speces: atural logartm of abudace, total bomass te area, average dvdual wegt te populato; - for te speces for wc dvdual legt s collected: mea legt te populato, legt at te fft percetle of te legt dstrbuto, legt at te twety-fft percetle of te legt dstrbuto, legt at te sevety-fft percetle of te legt dstrbuto, legt at te ety- fft percetle of te legt dstrbuto, samplg varace of legt. All te calculato as bee made wt te R-SUFI software. All te referece formato as well as te R-SUFI software package s avalable te Medts webste. 46

47 Fg. - Localzato of te Medts auls te Medterraea ad aroud Italy 47

48 MEDIAS Te MEDIAS acoustc surveys o small pelagc fs target acovy (Egrauls ecrascolus) ad sarde (Sarda plcardus) coverg a seres of areas te Medterraea EU MS (Spa, Frace, Italy, Malta, Slovea ad Greece) wt a stadardsed metodology. Te am s to ga kowledge of bomass levels ad spatal dstrbuto of small pelagc fses coverg te maor stocks of tese speces te Medterraea Europea Uo waters. Italy s resposble for te performace of tree cruses wc clude also terrtoral waters of Slovea ad Malta: a) te Adratc Sea (GSA 7 ad 8; FAO sub areas 37.. ad 37..) Fg. ; b) te Scla Cael (GSA 5 ad 6; FAO sub area 37..) Fg. ; c) te Tyrrea Sea (GSA 9 ad 0; FAO sub area 37..3) Fg.. (see Paragrap Modfcatos te surveys ) Te vestgated area s lmted by te Md-le wt Croata te orter ad cetral Adratc part ad by te cotetal self area (00 m dept) souter Adratc Sea, te Scla Cael (Scly ad Malta) ad te Tyrrea Sea. I orter ad cetral Adratc Sea (GSA 7) Slovea waters wll be covered by MEDIAS wt R/V G. Dallaporta, wt a team volvg scetsts from ISMAR-CR (Isttuto d Sceze Mare Italy) ad FRIS (Fsery Researc Isttute of Slovea), wlst te easter alf of GSA 7 wll be covered by te Isttute of Oceaograpy ad Fsery of Splt wt ts ow researc vessel: metodologes of survey performace ad data aalyss wll be agreed troug a coordato te ambt of ADRIAMED FAO regoal programme ad based o te MEDIAS protocol. I souter Adratc Sea (GSA 8), f ADRIAMED fuds wll be avalable, Moteegro ad Albaa cotetal self wll be covered by R/V G. Dallaporta, wt a team volvg scetsts from ISMAR-CR (Isttuto d Sceze Mare Italy), IBM (Isttute of Mare Bology - Moteegro) ad Uversty of Traa (Albaa). I te Scla Cael (GSA 6) Maltese waters wll be covered by MEDIAS wt a team volvg scetsts from IAMC-CR (Isttuto per l Ambete Maro Costero Italy) ad MCFS (Malta Cetre for Fsery Sceces Malta). Te study area s covered followg systematc parallel grds for a total of about 00 autcal mles detfyg a area of about 5000 square autcal mles te wester Adratc Sea (Fg. ), for a total of about 900 autcal mles detfyg a area of about 4500 square autcal mles te Scla Cael (Fg. ), ad for a total of about 000 autcal mles te Tyrrea Sea. All surveys are performed summer early autum followg te teratoally agreed MEDIAS protocol. Acoustc data acqusto s doe by meas of SIMRAD scetfc ecosouder at te frequeces of 38, 0, 00 khz usg splt-beam trasducers. 38 khz s te frequecy used for assessmet, wle 0 ad 00 khz are te complemetary frequeces. Bomass estmato (t/m ) ad ts spatal dstrbuto are calculated wt te stadard ecotegrato metod mproved by splt-beam ad mult-frequecy tecology. Researc Vessels belogg to CR (atoal Researc Coucl) wll be utlsed te tree acoustc surveys. Ts researc s establsed wt a multdscplary approac, fact, syoptcally wt te acoustc data acqusto, et samplgs o small pelagc fs are performed by meas of a pelagc trawl wt te am of determg speces ad sze composto of te pelagc bomass (fs samplg s requred to collect represetatve samples of te populato from a qualtatve pot of vew ad ot a quattatve pot of vew as s te case of demersal 48

49 surveys); legt frequecy dstrbuto of all te caugt fs speces wll be recorded; age samples of E. ecrascolus ad S. plcardus wll be collected ad aalysed; CTD oceaograpc data (temperature, salty, fluorescece ad dssolved oxyge) wll be recorded. Te abudace dces tat wll be estmated ad wll be provded te report sould clude bot ASC (depedet from Target Stregt equatos) ad Bomass estmatos accordg to te followg: Total fs ASC per Elemetary Dstace Samplg Ut (EDSU); Bomass per EDSU per target speces; umbers per EDSU per target speces; umber/age/target speces ad per legt class; Bomass/age/Target speces ad per legt class. I addto te maps of spatal dstrbuto of te target speces, acovy ad sarde, wll be provded te report: Pot maps of total fs ASC; Pot maps of target speces ASC/mle ad bomass/mle; pe carts sowg catc compostos of te pelagc trawls. Fg. Trasect grd of te MEDIAS acoustc surveys te Adratc Sea (Italy ad Slovea) ad te Strat of Scly (Italy ad Malta); te Tyrrea Sea oly te area to be covered s defed by te red poly-le. 49