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seasonal variations; and landings values and effort by port. Two schemes which apply to under-10m vessels have been introduced since 2004
the Shellfish Entitlement Scheme (2004) and the ‘Registration of Buyers and Sellers of First Sale Fish and the Designation Auction Site Scheme’ (2005). It is probable that data for the under-10m fleet in the years preceding the implementation of these measures may underestimate the true landings of these vessels.
15. Under the ‘Registration of Buyers and Sellers of First Sale Fish and the Designation
Auction Site Scheme’, fishermen are required to provide the identity of the ICES sub- area within which the catch was taken and not the specific ICES rectangle. Local MMO officers then allocate catches, effort and values into ICES rectangles on the basis of best estimates.
16. Consultation with theMMO has highlighted that although the system of monthly
returns under the Shellfish Entitlement Scheme was introduced in 2004, it was not formally incorporated into the MMO landings statistics until 2006. Subsequently, in 2009 the MMO reverted to using only the buyers and sellers data within fisheries statistics.
17. Data from each country include landings recorded by vessels registered to that country, regardless of whether or not they are flagged vessels owned by another nationality. The majority of UK beam trawlers operating in the Southern and Central North Sea, whilst registered as UK vessels fishing UK quotas, are considered to be Dutch owned and operated vessels landing into Dutch ports. By virtue of their registration and quota allocations, the daily logbook declarations of these Anglo- Dutch vessels are tabulated into the UK fisheries statistics as opposed to the Netherlands statistics.
14.3.1.4 Satellite Tracking (VMS) Data VMS data are currently the most comprehensive fisheries data available for
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identifying the fishing intensity of over-15m fishing vessel activity in European waters. Since January 2005, all EC vessels over-15m have been fitted with equipment which transmits the vessels’ position to the relevant Member States’ fisheries authority at a minimum of every two hours. As of 2012, all Member State vessels over-12m in length must also carry VMS equipment. At the time of writing 2012 VMS data has been provided only by the Dutch authorities. VMS datasets from all other fleets will therefore illustrate activity for over-15m vessels only.
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