Fisheries Partnership Agreement FPA 2006/20 FPA 15/IUU/08 ANNEX 2: INFORMATION NOTE ON IMPACT ASSESSMENT MISSION Council Regulation establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing Oceanic Développement/Megapesca Lda 1. Introduction DG MARE of the European Commission has recruited consultants Oceanic Développement/Megapesca to undertake a study of the impacts of the new IUU fishing regulation in developing countries. A number of countries which represent different stages of development and fisheries conditions have been selected as candidates for detailed study. As part of this study the consultants will undertake field mission to each of the following countries: Ecuador, Indonesia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Senegal and Thailand. The duration of each field mission will be approximately one week. 2. Objectives of the Field Mission The field mission aims to meet with key governmental, industry and NGO stakeholders in the third country with a view to gathering data to: • Describe what are the national arrangements in place i) to regulate and monitor the fishing fleet flying its own flag, and ii) to ensure traceability of nationally landed and imported fisheries products • Define possible support measures which the Community could undertake, to increase the potential for successful implementation of the regulation in the third country, and to ameliorate any potential negative impacts. • Support the analysis and quantification of the positive and negative impacts of the newly adopted IUU fishing regulation, with particular reference to the certification scheme defined in Chapter III of the Regulation and its further provisions to provide cooperation and exchange of information with third countries in Chapters II, IV, VI and XI 3. Outputs of the Mission Outputs from the field missions will be used to support an overall analysis of the impacts of the IUU certification scheme on developing countries. This report will be finalised after the field mission and shall be submitted to DG MARE by 31 January 2009. 4. Proposed structure of the field mission 4.1 Kick-off Meeting The Consultants propose that the mission commences with a round-table hosted by the EC Delegation and attended by the consultants and all relevant stakeholders. This meeting would serve the purpose of discussing the relevant issues according to the agenda proposed below, and to plan further specific meetings to take place during the duration of the mission. 1. Introduction by the EC Delegation 2. Introduction by the consultant of mission objectives Draft Final Report Annex 2 - page 1 Fisheries Partnership Agreement FPA 2006/20 FPA 15/IUU/08 3. Introduction by Competent Authority for fisheries management, on existing control system in place for fishing by national vessels in national, international and other third country waters (including transhipments) 4. Identification and discussion on existing mechanisms used at national level for certification of trade in fishery products (e.g. certification for sanitary conditions, origin, CITES, under RFMOs programmes, etc) 5. Identification of areas of potential difficulty for implementation by the third country 6. Discussion on known extent and nature of IUU fishing and its environmental and economic impacts on the third country, when undertaken by: a) vessels flagged by the third country (the mission country) in all waters b) vessels flagged by other third countries in the national waters of the mission country 7. Preliminary identification of views regarding costs and benefits of the EC’s new IUU Regulation to the third country. 8. Discussion of arrangements for follow-on meetings and clarification of technical data requirements 4.2 Stakeholders The kick-off meeting, and the detailed discussions should seek to consult representatives from the following stakeholders: • Competent Authority for fisheries management • Competent Authority for fisheries monitoring control and surveillance (eg. Navy or Coastguard) • Competent Authority for the operation of the fishing fleet register • Customs Authorities • Competent Authority for the certification of origin for fishery products • Competent Authority for certification of sanitary conditions for fishery products • Competent Authorities responsible for certification of fishery products for conservation or environmental purposes(e.g. CITES1, RFMOs2) • Industry associations (ship owners, fishermen’s unions, processing industry, small scale fisheries) • Representatives/agents of fishing vessels from other third countries which are authorised to fish in the waters of the mission country • Fisheries research (with emphasis on fisheries economics and IUU fishing) 4.3 Follow-on meetings with stakeholders A programme of subsequent meetings with individual stakeholders will be arranged at the kick- off meeting, to be undertaken by the consultant in the country. These meetings will be held at the premises of the stakeholders. The purpose of these meetings will be to: • Fulfil the technical data requirements for impact assessment (see below for detailed list of data to be collected by the consultants) • Explore in more detail the foreseeable potential impacts of the IUU fishing regulation, in terms of legal, economic, political, human resource, social and developmental impacts • Investigate the options available to the third country for the development of procedures to implement the catch certification scheme in Chapter III of the Regulation and the related provisions on cooperation (see section 2) 1 Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species 2 Regional Fisheries Management Organisations Draft Final Report Annex 2 - page 2 Fisheries Partnership Agreement FPA 2006/20 FPA 15/IUU/08 • Explore the potential for support measures that could be launched by the European Community to enhance the positive and mitigate the negative impacts of the regulation in the third country. 4.4 De-briefing of EC Delegation Prior to his departure, the consultant will meet with the EC Delegation staff for a debriefing, at which he will summarise the meetings held, and the main findings obtained. Any outstanding matters to be addressed will also be identified (for example supplementary information to be supplied by the third country). 5. Preparatory actions requested from the EC Delegation In advance of the field mission, the EC Delegation is requested to undertake the following arrangements, to ensure the most effective use of time and a successful mission. 1. Communicate content of the new regulation to relevant authorities, along with explanatory information produced by DG MARE 2. Arrange for the principal point of contact for the consultant’s mission to be nominated from the third country’s principal Competent Authority for fisheries 3. Communicate the consultants’ data and field mission requirements to the principal Competent Authority for fisheries 4. Arrange a suitable week for the mission to take place, in consultation with the Commission, the relevant third country Competent Authorities and the consultants ([email protected]) 5. Arrange the venue and invitations for the kick-off meeting 6. Consultants’ Technical Data Requirements (from third country administration/industry operators) In general any relevant and recent reports/studies describing the fishery sector in the mission country, and in particular to which describes the export of fishery products and the extent to which the sector relies on export (notably into the EU). Specific data regarding the following (in order of priority): 6.1. Certification systems Organisation structures/staffing/budgets and standard operating procedures/periodic reports of the Competent Authorities responsible for: • fisheries management • sanitary controls and export certification of fishery products • certification of origin of exported fishery products • RFMOs and CITES certification (if applicable) 6.2. Traceability systems • extent of adoption of systems of traceability in fishing, fish processing and/or trading operations; • extent of any verification steps by Competent Authorities • costs of traceability systems Draft Final Report Annex 2 - page 3 Fisheries Partnership Agreement FPA 2006/20 FPA 15/IUU/08 6.3. Legislation Copies/translations of legislation concerning export of fishery products e.g.: • sanitary controls (including traceability requirements) • transhipment of fishery products • foreign fishing activities 6.4. Fisheries MCS system List of means (human resource, equipment, vessels, technology, financial budgets) for fisheries monitoring control and surveillance If available: • No of inspections (land, air, marine) • No. of infractions detected • No. of successful prosecutions concluded • Annual MCS plans and reports 6.5. Fleet structure and outputs Structure of the fishing fleet exporting its catches, notably into the EU (industrial/artisanal & domestic/foreign owned, no. of vessels): • Transhipment of catches from different sources (including high seas) Quantities of raw materials entering fish processing by source, including: • Catches of artisanal and industrial vessels flagged by mission country (by fleet segment if available) and share of the catches exported (notably into the EU) compared to total catches • Landings in the mission country of industrial vessels flagged by other third countries • Imports of fish for processing 6.6. IUU fishing data • Data on extent and nature of IUU fishing (no. vessels, fleet segments, estimated catches and composition)