Deliverable No. 3.3 Project acronym: FarFish Project title: Responsive Results-Based Management and capacity building for EU Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement- and international waters Grant agreement No: 727891 Project co-funded by the European Commission within the Horizon2020 Research and innovation programme Start date of project: 1stJune 2017 Duration: 48 months Due date of deliverable: 30/09/2018 Submission date: 14/04/2019 File Name: FarFish_D3.3 Evaluation of governance structures of the cases_V2.0 Revision number: 02 Document status: Final1 Dissemination Level: PU2 Role Name Organisation Date File suffix Authors/ Ingrid Kvalvik Nofima 12/04/2019 IK Task Leaders Author Marianne Svorken Nofima 30/09/2018 MS Author Patrick Berg Sørdahl Nofima 30/09/2018 PBS Author Unn Laksa Syntesa 30/09/2018 UL Author Karim Erzini CCMAR 12/04/2019 KE Author Kim Stobberup CCMAR 12/04/2019 KS Author Kåre Nolde Nielsen UiT 30/09/2018 KNN Author Duarte Fernández Vidal CETMAR 12/04/2019 DFV Author Pierre Failler UoP 12/04/2019 PF Author Cindy Cornet UoP 12/04/2019 CC WP leader Petter Olsen Nofima 14/04/2019 PO Coordinator Jónas R. Viðarsson MATIS 14/04/2019 JRV Administrative Oddur M. Gunnarsson MATIS 14/04/2019 OMG Coordinator 1 Document will be a draft until it has been approved by the coordinator 2 PU: Public, PP: Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Services), RE: Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services), CO: Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission Services) This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 i research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 727891. www.farfish.eu Deliverable D3.3 Evaluation of the governance structures of the cases 14/04/2019 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 ii research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 727891. www.farfish.eu Executive Summary This report contains an evaluation of the governance structures of the EU long-distance fishing fleet in the six case studies of the FarFish project. These case studies include two high-seas fisheries and four fisheries that are based on Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs) between the EU and coastal states. All of these fisheries are important for the fishing fleets of multiple EU countries or respond to the priorities of Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) and the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The report focuses on different aspects of both the structural and actor conditions, in particular focusing on monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) of the EU external fishing fleet. For each of the four SFPAs, we present the requirements set within the SFPAs, the legal framework and systems for MCS in the coastal state and their capacity. For the high-seas cases, we present the governing framework of the area where such is in place and the practice of managing the EU fleet. For all cases, challenges of and measures to mitigate by-catch and discard issues and IUU fishing are presented. Lastly, we summaries the main findings regarding both achievements and identified challenges for the six case studies. This report is based on available data and synthesizes already existing information. It will function as input to the work in WP4 on management recommendations (MRs) and as a basis for further studies in the FarFish project of the governance structure of the EU fisheries outside Europe. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 iii research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 727891. www.farfish.eu Table of Contents List of abbreviations and acronyms ................................................................................... vi 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1 2 EUs Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and fishing outside EU ......................................... 3 2.1 Governance of EU vessels fishing in the EEZs of third countries ............................................ 5 2.1.1 Objectives and principles in SFPAs ................................................................................... 5 2.1.2 Regulations ...................................................................................................................... 7 2.1.3 Roles and institutions involved in SFPAs .......................................................................... 8 2.2 Governance of EU vessels fishing in the high seas ................................................................ 11 2.2.1 The role of RFMOs ......................................................................................................... 12 Fisheries under SFPAs ...................................................................................................... 14 3 Cabo Verde ............................................................................................................... 15 3.1 Requirements of the SFPA ..................................................................................................... 15 3.2 Requirements under ICCAT ................................................................................................... 16 3.3 Cabo Verde legal framework for sustainable fisheries – rules and regulations .................... 17 3.4 Cabo Verde MCS institutions ................................................................................................. 18 3.4.1 Institutions and mandates ............................................................................................. 18 3.4.2 Capabilities .................................................................................................................... 19 3.5 Implementation in Cabo Verde ............................................................................................. 21 3.5.1 Monitoring of catch data............................................................................................... 21 3.5.2 Monitoring and control at sea ....................................................................................... 22 3.5.3 Monitoring and control in port ...................................................................................... 22 3.5.4 By-catch and discard issues ........................................................................................... 22 3.5.5 IUU-fishing issues .......................................................................................................... 23 3.6 Cooperation with EU institutions, flag states and vessels .................................................... 23 3.6.1 Implementation ............................................................................................................. 23 3.7 Main achievements and challenges ...................................................................................... 23 4 Mauritania ................................................................................................................ 26 4.1 Requirements of the SFPA ..................................................................................................... 26 4.2 Requirements under ICCAT ................................................................................................... 30 4.3 Mauritanian legal framework for sustainable fisheries – rules and regulations .................. 31 4.4 Mauritanian enforcement institutions .................................................................................. 32 4.4.1 Institutions and mandates ............................................................................................. 32 4.4.2 Capabilities .................................................................................................................... 33 4.5 Implementation in Mauritania .............................................................................................. 34 4.5.1 Monitoring of catch data............................................................................................... 34 4.5.2 Monitoring and control at sea ....................................................................................... 35 4.5.3 Monitoring and control in port ...................................................................................... 36 4.5.4 By-catch and discard issues ........................................................................................... 36 4.5.5 IUU-fishing issues .......................................................................................................... 37 4.6 Cooperation with EU institutions, flag states and vessels .................................................... 37 4.6.1 Practice .......................................................................................................................... 37 4.7 Main achievements and challenges ...................................................................................... 38 4.7.1 Strengths, shortcomings, bottlenecks and potential for improvement ......................... 38 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 iv research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 727891. www.farfish.eu 5 Senegal ..................................................................................................................... 43 5.1 Requirements of the SFPA ....................................................................................................