Annexes to COM(2003)451 - Measures concerning incidental catches of cetaceans in fisheries - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2003)451 - Measures concerning incidental catches of cetaceans in fisheries. |
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document | COM(2003)451 ![]() |
date | April 26, 2004 |
Fisheries in which the use of acoustic deterrent devices is mandatory
Area | Gear | Period | Starting date | ||||||
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| All year | 1 June 2005 | ||||||
| All year | 1 June 2005 | |||||||
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| 1 August 2005 | ||||||
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| 1 June 2005 | |||||||
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| 1 January 2006 | ||||||
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| 1 January 2007 | ||||||
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| 1 January 2007 | ||||||
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| 1 January 2007 |
ANNEX II
Technical specifications and conditions of use of acoustic deterrent devices
Any acoustic deterrent devices used in application of Article 2(1) shall meet one of the following sets of signal and implementation characteristics:
Set 1 | Set 2 | |||||||
SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS | ||||||||
| Digital | Analogue | ||||||
| Wide band /tonal | Tonal | ||||||
| 145 dB | 130-150 dB | ||||||
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| 10 kHz | ||||||
| Yes | Yes | ||||||
| 300 ms | 300 ms | ||||||
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| 4 seconds | ||||||
IMPLEMENTATION CHARACTERISTICS | ||||||||
| 200 m, with one acoustic device fixed at each end of the net (or combination of nets attached together) | 100 m, with one acoustic device fixed at each end of the net (or combination of nets attached together) |
ANNEX III
Fisheries to be monitored and minimum level of fishing effort subject to on-board observers
1. General monitoring obligations
Monitoring schemes shall be designed on an annual basis and established to monitor cetacean by-catch, in a representative manner, in the fisheries defined in the table in paragraph 3.
Monitoring schemes shall be made sufficiently representative by adequately spreading observer coverage over the fleets, time and fishing areas.
As a general rule, monitoring schemes shall be based on a sampling strategy designed to allow the estimation of the by-catch rates of cetaceans, for the most frequent species in the by-catch per unit effort by a given fleet to achieve a coefficient of variation not exceeding 0,30. The sampling strategy shall be designed on the basis of existing information on the variability of previous by-catch observations.
2. Pilot monitoring schemes
Where, due to absence of information on variability of by-catch, the sampling strategies cannot be designed to achieve the coefficient of variation within the limit set in paragraph 1, Member States shall implement pilot on-board observer schemes for two consecutive years, starting at the dates in paragraph 3 for the concerned fisheries.
These pilot observer schemes shall be based on a sampling strategy aimed at determining the variability of by-catch which will provide the basis for the design of subsequent sampling strategies under the conditions of the paragraph 1, and shall also provide estimates of by-catch of cetaceans per unit effort, broken down by species.
The pilot schemes shall cover, at least, the following minimum value of fishing effort:
(a) | For all fisheries defined in paragraph 3, with the exception of pelagic trawls (single and pair) from 1 December to 31 March in ICES sub areas VI, VII and VIII:
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(b) | For pelagic trawls (single and pair) from 1 December to 31 March in ICES sub areas VI, VII and VIII:
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3. Fisheries to be monitored and monitoring starting dates
Area | Gear | Starting date | ||
| Pelagic trawls (single and pair) | 1 January 2005 | ||
| Pelagic trawls (single and pair) | 1 January 2005 | ||
| Bottom-set gillnet or entangling nets using mesh sizes equal to or greater than 80 mm | 1 January 2005 | ||
| Driftnets | 1 January 2006 | ||
| Pelagic trawls (single and pair) | 1 January 2006 | ||
| High-opening trawls | 1 January 2006 | ||
| Bottom-set gillnet or entangling nets using mesh sizes equal to or greater than 80 mm | 1 January 2006 |