Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) – Evaluation of Fishing Effort Regimes in European Waters - Part 2 (STECF-14-20).

STECF noted that the EWG has addressed the ToR regarding the requested fishing effort regime evaluations in the 1. Eastern and Western Baltic, 2. the Kattegat, 3. the Skagerrak, North Sea, European waters in ICES Div.2 and the Eastern Channel, 4. to the West of Scotland, 5. Irish Sea, 6. Celtic Sea, 7. Atlantic waters off the Iberian Peninsula, 8. Western Channel, 9. Western Waters and Deep Sea 10. and the Bay of Biscay, i.e. updated estimates of trends in fishing effort, landings and discards by species, CPUE and LPUE by fisheries and species, and partial fishing mortalities for effort regulated and non-regulated fisheries by Member States. A few ToR could not be accomplished due to time constraints and/or data deficiencies. It is noted that compilations of fisheries specific data by fishing effort management regime and Member State are provided as electronic appendixes and can be downloaded at http://stecf.jrc.ec.europa.eu/web/stecf/ewg1413 in order to facilitate transparent dissemination of the information and further use. Due to the complexity of the fisheries information provided, interested users are advised to consult the data quality notes and data notations provided in the present report.JRC.G.3-Maritime affair