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Edinburgh Research Explorer ICES Workshop on EU regulatory area options for VME protection (WKEUVME) Citation for published version: Alibert Deprez, C, Allcock, L, Braga-Henriques, A, Caillart, B, Campbell, N, Carteron, S, Carvalho, G, Centeio, A, Espejo, J-A, Ferretti, J, Gianni, M, González Irusta, JM, Gruszczynska, A, Heck, K, Hiddink, JG, Holah, H, Hopkins, P, Ivanescu, R, Johnston, G, Kazanidis, G, Kenchington, EL, Kenny, A, Kremmydiotou, S, Lirette, C, Llope, M, López González, R, Menot, L, Murillo-Perez , J, Nixon, E, Orejas Saco Del Valle, C, Pedreschi, D, Perdiguero Arenas, C, Polt, S, Ripo, A, Robert, J-M, Robson, L, Rodriguez, A, Serrano, A, Silva, A, Stirling, D, Szumlicz, J, Taxeira, I, Tudal, E, Turner, PJ, Tuvi, A, Valanko, S, Van Denderen, D, Werner, K-M & Xavier, JR 2021, ICES Workshop on EU regulatory area options for VME protection (WKEUVME). https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.7618 Digital Object Identifier (DOI): https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.7618 Link: Link to publication record in Edinburgh Research Explorer Document Version: Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record General rights Copyright for the publications made accessible via the Edinburgh Research Explorer is retained by the author(s) and / or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing these publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. Take down policy The University of Edinburgh has made every reasonable effort to ensure that Edinburgh Research Explorer content complies with UK legislation. If you believe that the public display of this file breaches copyright please contact [email protected] providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 11. Oct. 2021 WORKSHOP ON EU REGULATORY AREA OPTIONS FOR VME PROTECTION (WKEUVME) VOLUME 2 | ISSUE 114 ICES SCIENTIFIC REPORTS RAPPORTS SCIENTIFIQUES DU CIEM ICES INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEA CIEM COUNSEIL INTERNATIONAL POUR L’EXPLORATION DE LA MER International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Conseil International pour l’Exploration de la Mer H.C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46 DK-1553 Copenhagen V Denmark Telephone (+45) 33 38 67 00 Telefax (+45) 33 93 42 15 www.ices.dk [email protected] The material in this report may be reused for non-commercial purposes using the recommended cita- tion. 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ICES Scientific Reports. 2:114. 237 pp. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.7618 Editors Peter Hopkins • Ellen L. Kenchington Authors Caroline Alibert Deprez • Louise Allcock • Andreia Braga-Henriques • Benoit Caillart • Neil Campbell • Sylvaine Carteron • Gonçalo Carvalho • Alda Centeio • Juan-Antonio Espejo • Johanna Ferretti • Matthew Gianni • José Manuel González Irusta • Anna Gruszczynska • Kerstin Heck • Jan Geert Hiddink • Jan Geert Hiddink • Helen Holah • Helen Holah • Peter Hopkins • Raluca Ivanescu • Raluca Ivaniescu • Graham Johnston • Georgios Kazandis • Ellen L. Kenchington • Andrew Kenny • Stavroula Kremmydiotou • Camille Lirette • Marcos Llope • Raquel López González • Lénaick Menot • Javier Murillo-Perez • Eugene Nixon • Covadonga Orejas Saco Del Valle • Debbi Pedreschi • Cristina Perdiguero Arenas • Sandrine Polt • Andrea Ripo • Jean-Marie Robert • Laura Robson • Alexandre Rodriguez • Alberto Serrano • Ana Silva • David Stirling • Justyna Szumlicz • Isabel Taxeira • Elsa Tudal • Phillip J. Turner • Aare Tuvi • Sebastian Valanko • Daniel Van Denderen • Karl-Michael Werner • Joana R. Xavier ICES | WKEUVME 2020 | i Contents i Executive summary ....................................................................................................................... ii ii Expert group information ..............................................................................................................iv 1 Meeting Format ............................................................................................................................. 1 2 Terms of Reference ....................................................................................................................... 2 3 Establish a draft workflow, with respective criteria for area selection, which can be applied to propose a set of regulatory area options using available ICES data. The regulatory area options will vary in the priority given to VME protection and fisheries. The applicability of the workflow will be demonstrated in a test area. – TOR [a] ........................................................................................................................... 5 4 Establish for the larger area, based on review by WGECO, a set of regulatory area options that vary in the degree of VME protection and estimate for each of the options how it will affect bottom fisheries. Prepare a dissemination document of the regulatory area options, and the workflow and criteria used, in a way appropriate to get input from stakeholders during a meeting with EU Member States and/or relevant Advisory Council members. The dissemination document will be delivered by 5 June. – TOR [b] .......................... 6 4.1 Ecoregion Summaries ...................................................................................................... 6 4.2 Data on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems ........................................................................ 13 4.3 Establishment of a Fishing Footprint ............................................................................. 23 4.4 Fishing Intensity ............................................................................................................. 39 4.5 Closed Area Scenarios .................................................................................................... 47 4.6 Assessment Sheets ......................................................................................................... 57 4.7 Future Directions ......................................................................................................... 177 4.8 Update of Annual Advice ............................................................................................ 180 5 Run a dissemination meeting in Brussels, Belgium (24-25 June) to discuss the regulatory area options that the workflow and criteria produce. Gather stakeholder arguments and preferences that can be used to fine-tune a list of closed area boundaries and identify knowledge gaps associated with each proposed area.– ToR [c] ............................................... 183 Annex 1: Working Document for WKEUVME: Draft Workflow in Response to TORa ................. 189 Annex 2: List of participants........................................................................................................ 210 Annex 3: Dissemination Document ............................................................................................. 214 Annex 4: Questionnaire .............................................................................................................. 233 ii | ICES Scientific Reports 2:114 | ICES i Executive summary Under regulation (EU) 2016/2336, the EU fleet will be banned from bottom fishing in all waters between 400 and 800m in depth, apart from within the existing fishing footprint. Within the fish- ing footprint, EU vessels will be prohibited from bottom fishing in any closed areas that might be introduced to protect VMEs. To meet these regulatory requirements, ICES was requested by the European Commission to provide “advice on the list of areas where VMEs are known to occur or are likely to occur and on the existing deep-sea fishing areas (ref. (EU)2016/2336)”. The ICES workshop WKEUVME was tasked to produce the technical evidence base for produc- ing a set of regulatory area options, building on 2019 work (Technical Service and WKREG work- shop), as well as previous ICES advice (ICES 2018a) and technical services (ICES 2018b). The work drew upon the most recent fishing activity and vulnerable marine ecosystem (VME) dis- tribution data at ICES, which has been quality assured following the respective annual ICES data calls for VMS/logbook (link) and VMEs (link). The assessment procedure herein is fully docu- mented, with the respective scripts to run the assessment available on an open source platform (WKEUVME GitHub site). Two “assessment sheets” with respective regulatory area options for two larger ecoregions (Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast, and the Celtic Seas) were produced. These assessment sheets served as the basis for dissemination documents for managers – stakeholders meeting of WKEUVME in September