Title
EWG 11-02: Reflexion on the requirements of the DCF

Description

Reflexion on the present and future requirements of the DCF.


Meeting open to observers: Yes

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Date
21st March 2011 - 25th March 2011

Venue
Brussels (Centre Borschette)

Chair
P.Connolly

DG MARE unit / focalpoint
A. Cervantes / H. Ranner / P. Daniel / S. Rodriguez

STECF Secretariat / JRC focalpoint
jrc-stecf-secretariat@ec.europa.eu

Review Process
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Terms of Reference
  • TOR 1 : DCF Evaluation Process for Annual Reports
    To propose a methodology and protocol for pre-screening and review of MS Annual Reports with the aim of implementing these ahead of the EWG 11-08 (June 2011).
  • TOR 2: The DCF and developments towards an Ecosystems Approach for Fisheries Management (EAFM), in particular in relation to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)
    To examine how data collected under the DCF research vessel survey programme and under other DCF modules can be used to assist the ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM) by providing information for the indicators related to the 'non-fish stock' descriptors in Annex 1 of the MSFD.
  • TOR 3: Data Deficiencies
    To catalogue the key issues in relation to data deficiencies and the DCF and to propose guidelines for the reporting of data deficiencies by data end users.
  • TOR 4: DCF Review of Surveys – Actions Required
    To develop an action plan to address the issues and recommendations raised in the report of the STECF review of needs in relation to Surveys (SGRN 10-03).
  • TOR 5 Regional Data Bases (RDB)
    To examine progress in relation to the establishment of RDB’s Steering Committee and propose a plan of action over the next three years.
  • TOR 6: The DCF and the Control Regulation
    To examine linkages and possible co-ordination mechanisms between the Data Collection Framework and the Control Regulation in order to achieve coherence on common issues such as sampling of recreational fisheries or sampling schemes for vessels under 10 m to be checked.
  • TOR 7: Future needs of economic data in the DCF and quality indicators.
    To explore the future needs of economic data in the DCF in such areas as geographical disaggregation, assessment of the economic and social context of recreational fisheries and possible development of common database on economic data.
    To examine quality of economic data and specifically development of instruments to check for data consistency, discrepancies and homogeneities in time series.
    To compile an analyses of the quality of economic data submitted to SGMOS, SGMED, SGECA, and other relevant working groups (as outlined in their reports), in order that SGRN can gauge the utility of the DCF in providing the relevant economic data to these working groups.

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Documents

Final Report