Ref. Ares(2018)3458869Ares(2019)2387732 - 29/06/201804/04/2019 Annexes to Joint Recommendation of the Scheveningen Group Discard Plan for Demersal Fisheries in the North Sea 1 Content Annex A (as per 5.1.1) Nephrops caught using pots ............................................................................... 6 Annex B (as per 5.1.2): High survival exemption for ‘undersized’ common sole (sole less than MCRS of 24cm) caught by 80-99mm otter trawl gears in ICES area IVc within 6 nautical miles of coasts, albeit outside identified nursery areas ......................................................................................... 13 Annex Bi: Assessing the survival of discarded sole (Solea solea) in an English inshore trawl fishery (separate document) .................................................................................................. 29 Annex C (as per 5.1.3): Survivability of fish by-catches in pots (creels) and traps ............................... 70 Annex D (as per 5.1.4): By-catch of plaice by vessels using nets in ICES areas 3a and 4 ...................... 80 Annex E (as per 5.1.5): By-catch of plaice by vessels using Danish seine in ICES areas 3a and 4 ......... 80 Annex F (as per 5.1.6): Request for exemption from the landing obligation for high survivability of Nephrops caught in trawls equipped with species selective grid, SELTRA-panel, and in the creel fishery 81 Annex Fi: Effects of gear and season on discard survivability in three Swedish fisheries for Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) ................................................................................................ 83 Annex G (as per 5.1.6): High survival exemption for Nephrops caught using the Netgrid in ICES area IV97 Annex Gi: Original submission of Nephrops Netgrid high survival information in the Scheveningen Group Joint Recommendation of June 2016 ....................................................................... 106 Annex Gii: Catch data from Nephrops trawlers from Nephrops survival assessments and observer trips .................................................................................................................................. 112 Annex Giii: Environmental evidence relevant to the survivability exemption for Netgrid caught discarded Nephrops in the North Sea ....................................................................................... 116 Annex H (as per 5.1.6) High survival exemption for nephrops caught by trawl gears with a cod end larger than 80mm in ICES area 4 within 12 miles of coasts. ....................................................... 128 Annex I (as per 4.1.7) Skate and ray species caught by any gear in the North Sea (areas 4, 3a and EU waters of 2a) ................................................................................................................................. 132 Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 132 Key Information .................................................................................................................................. 133 Joining current initiatives .............................................................................................................. 149 SUMARiS : Sustainable management of rays and skates ...................................................................... 149 Survival of skates and rays in the North Sea sole beam trawl fisheries ................................................ 150 Setting research priorities ............................................................................................................. 150 Research framework ...................................................................................................................... 151 Quantitative estimates of discard survival ............................................................................................ 151 Improving survival ................................................................................................................................. 151 Annex Ii: UK study “Health and vitality of discarded skates and rays”: S. appendix 3 ....................... 158 Annex Iii: UK study “Ray discard survival”: S. appendix 4 .................................................................. 158 2 Annex Iiii: UK study “Survivability of Discarded Skates and Rays in English Inshore Otter Trawl Fisheries: S. appendix 5 ........................................................................................................................ 158 Annex Iiv: Survival of sole (Solea solea), turbot (Scophthalmus maximus), brill (Scolphthalmus rhombus), thornback ray ((Raya clavata) and spotted ray (Raya montagui) discards in North Sea pulse trawl fisheries: S. Appendix 6 .................................................................................................... 158 Annex Iv: STECF data for reference: S. appendix 7 ............................................................................. 158 Annex Ivi: Increasing the survival of discards in North Sea pulse fisheries: S. appendix 8a ............... 158 Annex Ivii: Discards survival probabilities of flatfish and rays in the North Sea pulse-trawl fisheries: S. appendix 8b ...................................................................................................................... 158 Annex J (as per 5.1.8) Temporary high survival exemption for plaice under MCRS caught by 80-99mm beamtrawl gears (BT2) in ICES area IV .............................................................................. 158 Annex K (as per 5.1.9): By-catch of plaice by vessels using trawl (OTB, PTB) of mesh sizes ≥ 120 mm in ICES areas 3a and 4 in winter ................................................................................................... 168 Annex M (as per 5.2.1): Discards in the Nephrops grid trawl fishery and an analysis of possible de minimis exemption for certain fish by-catches .............................................................................. 170 Annex N: (as per 5.2.2): De minimis exemption request for the vessels using nets to catch sole in the North Sea (ICES areas 3a, 4a, b and c and EU water of 2a). ........................................................ 175 Annex Ni: REDRESSE ...................................................................................................................... 183 Annex O: (as per 5.2.3) De minimis exemption for fishing vessels using TBB gear 80-119 mm to catch sole in area IV of the North Sea because of improved selectivity ............................................... 184 Annex Oi: .................................................................................................................................. 186 Annex P (as per 5.2.4) De minimis exemption request for the vessels using bottom trawls (OTB, OTT, SDN, SSC) of mesh size 70-99mm (TR2) in the North Sea (ICES subarea 4) .............................. 187 Annex Pi : Length structure of whiting landings and discards of French bottom trawlers ............ 200 Annex Pii: Sélectivité des chaluts de fond langoustiniers et démersaux : Etat des lieux et perspectives .................................................................................................................................. 201 Annex Piii: Analyse de l'impact économique de la mise en place de l'obligation de débarquement pour les chalutiers de fond : amélioration de la sélectivité, traitement des captures indésirées .................................................................................................................................. 201 Annex Piv: .................................................................................................................................. 202 Annex Q (as per 5.2.5): De minimis exemption request for whiting caught in bottom trawls 90-119 mm with SELTRA panels an bottom trawls with a mesh size of 120 mm and above in the Skagerrak and the Kattegat (ICES Area IIIa) .................................................................................................... 204 Annex R (as per 5.2.6): Discards in the directed Pandalus grid trawl fishery and an analysis of possible de minimis exemption for certain fish by-catches ................................................................. 211 Annex S (as per 5.2.7) Request for a de minimis exemption for plaice by-catches in the Nephrops trawl fishery in combination with a technical measure (use of SepNep) .................................. 216 3 Annex Si:SepNep gear specifications (below) ............................................................................... 219 Annex Sii: Bericht über die 725. Reise des FFS Solea .................................................................... 219 Annex T (as per 5.2.8): De minimis exemption for by-catches in the brown shrimp fishery in the North Sea .......................................................................................................................................... 221 Annex U (as per 5.2.9): De minimis request for pelagic species under landing obligation for demersal vessels using bottom trawls (OTB, OTT, PTB) of mesh size 70-99mm (TR2) in the North Sea (ICES subarea 4) ....................................................................................................................................... 229 Annex V (as per 5.2.10) De minimis request for ling (Molva molva) for vessels using bottom trawls (OTB,