Workshop on: Marine environment and fisheries – applying the new CFP and environment policy together

Carl O’Brien, Defra/CefasClaus Hagebro, ICES

MSFD implementation – latest developmentResults ICES D3+ workshop (WKD3R, 13-17 January 2014)

Carl O’Brien, Defra/CefasClaus Hagebro, ICES

Workshop to draft recommendations for the assessment ofDescriptor D3 (WKDR3)

• ICES HQ, Copenhagen, Denmark.o 13-17 January 2014

• Three Terms of Reference (ToRs)

• Regional assessments for the four marine regions of MSFD:o Baltic Seao North-east Atlantic Oceano Mediterranean Seao Black Sea

• 5-days workshop: 2-days (agreement on common approach), 3-days (application to each marine region)

Chair and facilitators

Common approach for D3 agreed

Generic report structure for each of the four marine regions of MSFD:

Generic report structure ... continued

• Section 3 – Baltic Sea Region• Section 4 – North-east Atlantic Region• Section 5 – Mediterranean Sea Region• Section 6 – Black Sea Region

Three criteria and associated indicators

Three criteria … continued

Data categories - DLS

1 Data rich stocks with an accepted analytical assessment and forecast for MSY

2 Data rich stocks with an analytical assessment and forecast accepted for trends only

3 Stocks with survey-based assessments indicating trends4 Stocks with reliable time-series of catch data to approximate MSY5 Only catch or landings available6 Only landings available and largely discarded

• Each category has several available methods.

Quantitative assessment &

forecast available

Yes

Assessment and forecast used for ICES MSY advice

Yes No

see Data Rich methods (Cat 1)

see Trends Only methods (Cat 2)

No

Commercial or non-commercial data or proxies

available

NoYes

see Data Poor & Bycatch methods

(Cats 5 & 6)

Survey-based assessments indicate stock

trends

Only catch data available

see Survey-Based methods (Cat 3)

see Catch Only methods (Cat 4)

Methods framework

D3 assessment and DLS

• Important to:o Build on existing/available datao Proxies will be developed/used as an interpretation of what

relates to MSY

• ICES’ concept of target categorieso Recognises economic constraints on datao Continue development of policy-relevant approaches for DLS

Step 1 – list and selection• E.g. Baltic Sea Region (92% landed are assessed)

Step 2 – catalogue and document• E.g. Black Sea Region

... truncated list shows 11 of the 25 stocks in the region

Step 3 – evaluation by functional group

• Functional groups considered as necessary by WKD3R:o Pelagic stockso Demersal stockso Shellfish stockso Elasmobranchso Deep-sea species

• Overall summary provided, too.

Step 3 ... continued• E.g. North-east Atlantic Region/North Sea sub-region only

Step 3 ... continued• E.g. Mediterranean Sea Region

o Regional scale requires coordination across GSAs

• E.g. one EU Member State (GSA 22 & 23)

Step 4 – status, issues, gaps and links

• Data rich (following maps by MSFD Region):o Baltic Sea Regiono North-east Atlantic Regiono Mediterranean Sea Regiono Black Sea Region

• For each MSFD Region:o Fishing mortality (left-hand figure)o Spawning stock biomass (right-hand figure, if available)

Baltic Sea Region

North-east Atlantic Region

Mediterranean Sea Region

SSB unavailable

Black Sea Region

SSB unavailable

Step 4 ... continued

• Data-limited (DLS):o Build on existing/available datao Proxies are being, and will be, developed/used as an

interpretation of what relates to MSYo Recognises economic constraints on datao Continuing development of policy-relevant approaches

Step 4 ... continued• E.g. Baltic Sea Region – ICES’ DLS approach:

Step 4 ... continued• For each of the four marine regions of MSFD:

o Issues identified with respect to D3o Problems to be resolvedo Gaps to be rectifiedo Links to other MSFD Descriptors, such as D1 and D4o Consult report for full details: ICES CM 2014/ACOM:50

• Subsequently, these have been reviewed by ACOM and form part of their advice issued last month (March 2014)o To be presented and discussed tomorrow

Summary

• WKD3R:o 13-17 January 2014o ICES HQ, Copenhagen, Denmarko ICES CM 2014/ACOM:50

• Draft report sent for consultation to EU’s Member Stateso Factual commentso Other comments (general/political)

• Basis of ICES’ advice:o Released March 2014o To be presented and discussed tomorrow