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Report of the Regional Co-ordination Meeting for the Baltic Sea region (RCM Baltic) 2016 Thünen Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries (OF) Alter Hafen Süd, 18069 ROSTOCK, GERMANY 29 th August to 2 nd September, 2016 Inhalt 1. Executive summary ..................................................................................................................... 3 2. Main points of the meeting ......................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Subgroup A – National Plans 2016 ....................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Subgroup B – Evolution to RCGs ........................................................................................................... 6 2.3 Subgroup C – Data analysis .................................................................................................................... 8 2.4 Sub Group: Anadromous and Catadromous species ...................................................................... 8 3. Recommendations ................................................................................................................ 9 4. Annexes .................................................................................................................................. 11 Annex 1. List of participants at RCM Baltic 2016 ........................................................................................ 12 Annex 2. Background & legal requirements .................................................................................................. 13 Annex 3. Generic and Specific Terms of Reference (ToR) for the RCM Baltic in 2016 .................. 15 Annex 4. Agenda of the Regional Co-ordination Meeting for the Baltic Sea ..................................... 16 Annex 5. ToR 1 - Adoption of Agenda and Report format ....................................................................... 18 Annex 6. ToR 2 - Brief Review progress since 2015 RCM’s and 2015 Liaison meeting (12th report). .......................................................................................................................................................... 19 Annex 7. ToR 3 - Brief Review of pertinent points related to regional cooperation from expert groups: PGDATA (Rie), WGCATCH (Sven), RDB SC (Jorgen) and WKRDB (Henrik), STECF (Tiit), WKBIOP (Tomasz), COSTBEN (Rie), WGRFS, Skype presentation on FishPi tools developed in WP4 (Joel Vigneau, IFREMER) ................................................................................... 21 Annex 8. ToR 4 - Review progress of DC MAP and related regulations (Introduction Com) (Rapporteur Maria Hanson) ................................................................................................................... 27 Annex 9. ToR 5 - Review findings of regional grants MARE/2014/19 (fishPi and Med and Black Sea reports). Summaries and discussion of findings of the fishPi project. Work plans, regional and national sampling designs, small scale stomach and pets sampling, quality checks, regional consultations. (Introduction Katja) (Rapporteur Romas) .......................... 28 Annex 10. ToR 6 - National Work Plans for 2016. Incorporation of new requirements, new template formats, evaluation process, timetable, pilot studies. .............................................. 29 Annex 11. ToR 7 - Evolution of RCMs toward RCGs including new groups and needs. Free session for brainstorming, identification of need groups needed, integration of governance, funding of RCG work, timings of RCG’s etc. (Introduction Jørgen) (Rapporteur Georgs) ................................................................................................................................ 32 Annex 12. ToR 8 - Landing obligation. Experiences to date and future plans, including analyses promised in last years´ RCM report page 56 .................................................................................. 36 Annex 13. ToR 9 - Data needs (and end user requirements) (Introduction Ruth) (Rapporteur Ivo). To include discussion on end user needs; end users being ICES, STECF, RFMO’s as appropriate. ................................................................................................................................................. 38 Annex 14. ToR 10 - Upload logs. To include summary of RDB data transmission of 2015 data (Introduction Henrik) (Rapporteur Maciej) ...................................................................................... 39 Annex 15. ToR 11 - Cost sharing and participation model. Progress in regional cost sharing models and agreements. ........................................................................................................................ 40 Annex 16. ToR 12 – Research surveys at sea .............................................................................................. 41 Annex 17. ToR 13 – Data calls. Discussion, notification and report of RCM data failures ........... 42 Annex 18. ToR 14 – Data base: Future needs, suitability, and requirements if not in place (Introduction Henrik) (Rapporteur Sven) ......................................................................................... 48 Annex 19. ToR 15 – Data analysis .................................................................................................................... 53 Métier-related sampling: Ranking of métiers .................................................................................................. 54 Stock-related sampling: Ranking of species ..................................................................................................... 54 4.1.2 CL and CE data: Ranking of landings weight, value and fishing effort by Level 6 métier ................. 56 4.1.3 Comparison of biological parameter (CS data) .............................................................. 59 4.1.4 Additional data explorations done with RCMfunctions and the 2015 data (COST format) ........................................................................................................................................ 61 4.1.5 Tables: Data analysis – ranking of métiers .................................................................... 62 4.1.6 Ranking of species (stock). ................................................................................................... 71 4.1.7 Harbours accounting for 95% of the landings by stock in the Baltic Sea area .. 73 4.1.8 ICES Data limited stocks (DLS) – plaice, dab, turbot, brill , herring, flounder . 81 4.1.9 Biological sampling overviews salmon, sea trout and eel ......................................... 83 Annex 20. ToR a – Recreational fisheries and issues related to salmon/eel/sea trout ................. 84 Annex 21. ToR b – Results of Western Baltic cod and plaice otolith Exchange ................................ 88 Annex 22. ToR c – Data issues Western Baltic cod .................................................................................... 89 Annex 23. ToR d – TABCOD project ................................................................................................................. 90 Annex 24. ToR e – Bilateral agreements ........................................................................................................ 91 Annex 25. ToR f – EFARO survey initiative .................................................................................................... 92 Annex 26. Any other business, next venue and chair ............................................................................... 94 1. Executive summary The RCM Baltic 2016 met in Rostock (Germany) between August 29 and September 02, 2016. Overall, 31 participants from all Baltic countries (except Russia), ICES and the COM joined the meeting. After adoption of the agenda, the progress since the 2015 RCMs and 2015 liaison meeting (12 th report) and results from expert working groups were reviewed. Recent progress of DC MAP and related regulations were presented and member states´ concerns about cost- efficiency issues were discussed (e.g. rationale of the COM regarding blockage of funding for pan-regional development of key tools such as the Regional Data Base (RBD) or Web services for support of Growth and Reproduction Studies (WebGR); uncertainties about funding for additional tasks imposed on the future Regional Coordination Groups (RCGs)). The outcome of the FishPi project and recent tools developed within this project were presented in detail (e.g. skype connection with Joel Vigneau, IFREMER). The exemplary character of the regional grants MARE/2014/19 (fishPi and Med and Black Sea reports) for future regional collaboration and data analyses was emphasized. The group agreed that intersessional work should be devoted to the development of R scripts that allow routine analyses of the RDB data. The uncertainties of the member states regarding parts of the National Work Plan (NWP) templates for 2016 provided in late summer by the COM and to be completed by October 2016, were expressed. A subgroup dealt with a detailed analysis for the inconsistencies, uncertainties and potential improvements of the National Work Plans templates. RCM Baltic recommends that ICES, as a major end user, provides a list of parameters (by fish) stock that needs to be collected so that member states can consider this in their NWPs. The Evolution of RCMs toward RCGs was another major topic of the meeting. Many additional tasks will be imposed on the group