The RCG recommends that when giving new legislative proposals on fisheries control, the European Commission takes into account that adequate estimation of bycatch rates to meet the conservation objectives of the CFP, requires adequate monitoring of PETS incidental bycatch, adequate data on fishing effort, as well as adequate monitoring of PETS species abundance and distribution. The proposals from the European Commission should include the obligation enforcement for all fishing vessels to report in the relevant catch documents all events of incidental bycatch of PETS, and obligation and enforcement to report fishing effort variables listed in EU-MAP Table 6, in a manner that allows for adequate estimation of fishing effort (see ICES WGBYC reports).
The RCG recommends that when giving new legislative proposals on fisheries control, the European Commission takes into account that adequate estimation of bycatch rates to meet the conservation objectives of the CFP, requires adequate monitoring of PETS incidental bycatch, adequate data on fishing effort, as well as adequate monitoring of PETS species abundance and distribution. The proposals from the European Commission should include the obligation enforcement for all fishing vessels to report in the relevant catch documents all events of incidental bycatch of PETS, and obligation and enforcement to report fishing effort variables listed in EU-MAP Table 6, in a manner that allows for adequate estimation of fishing effort (see ICES WGBYC reports).