S.L. 425.9 Art. 2012Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table of Atlantic Development rights Exploitation for Fisheries value value 1. The 93 Malta The The notes that its scope of 2. The other The EU for the * Including data † Based on 2009

The 25th percentile of the CPUE data is highlighted in bold. 25: Cumulative frequency of monthly CPUE data in kg/kW*fishing days for round sardinella (Sardinella aurita) landed by the Maltese lampara fleet during the months of May-August 2006-2012. The 25th percentile of the CPUE data is highlighted in bold. 26: Monthly CPUE threshold limits for the Maltese lampara fleet based on 25th percentile of monthly CPUE recorded during 2006-2012.

27: Central Mediterranean landings (t) of species targeted by the lampara fishery. Malta’s values include landings from all of the Maltese fleet and not only from the lampara fishery. Source: GFCM Production Statistics; reference year 2010. 28: Values for the economic variables and indicators for the lampara fleet, years 2006-2011. For definitions of the variables and indicators used refer to Annex 3. 29: Vessels licensed to use bottom otter trawl gear within the Malta FMZ.

30: Landings of key taxa fished by Maltese bottom otter trawlers in the Maltese FMZ during 2006-2011. 31: Species characterised by an important increase in landings recorded from Maltese bottom otter trawlers in the Maltese FMZ during 2006-2011. 32: Species distribution of targeted species

33: Maximum age, maturity and spawning season of targeted species 34: Results of stock assessments conducted in 2011 and 2012; Fcur = current fishing mortality (F). 35: Ratio between F and F (F/Ft) for the Maltese bottom estimated target otter trawl (OTB) fleet in 2011. 36: Data used to calculate fleet capacity indicator for the Maltese trawl fleet.

37: Summary of the technical indicator for the Maltese trawl fleet. 38: Values for the economic variables and indicators for the trawl fleet, years 2007-2011. For definitions of the variables and indicators used refer toAnnex 3 – Economic variables. Abbreviations used

AIS Automatic Identification System

CFP Common Fisheries Policy

CPUE Catch per Unit Effort

CU Capacity utilisation

DCF Data Collection Framework

DCR Data Collection Regulation

DFA Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture

EnerCost Energy cost

EU European Union

FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation

FTE Full-time equivalent

FMZ Fisheries Management Zone

FVR Fishing Vessel Register

GFCM General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean

GT Gross Tonnage

GNP Gross National Product

GVA Gross Value Added

ICCAT International Commission on the Conservation Tuna

NoVarCost Non-variable costs

OCF Operating cash flow

OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and

RepCost Repair and maintenance costs

RightsCost Lease/rental payments for quota and other fishing

SGBRE Subgroup on Balance between Resources and

STECF Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee

TotDepHist Value of physical capital: depreciated historical

TotDepRep Value of physical capital: depreciated replacement

VarCost Variable costs

VMS Vessel Monitoring System Introduction

Maltese archipelago lies more or less at the centre of the Mediterranean, km south of Sicily and 288 km north of Africa in a maritime area largely characterised by international waters.

is geographically the smallest EU Member State and its coastline * amounts to around 0.8% of the total EU coastline .

Maltese fleet is predominantly small-scale with a rich and extensive † artisanal portfolio. It accounts for around 0.03% of the total EU catch .

Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) that because most of the resources are shared with other countries, the current status of stocks depends little on the activity of the Maltese fleet. The STECF concludes that this fact creates many problems for identifying actions the Management Plan can carry out unilaterally.

Malta’s geographic position and size, the scale of its fishery, and the scale of fishery, the spatial distribution of exploited stocks and fishing grounds shared with neighbouring EU and non EU countries, severely restrain the of any unilateral conservation effort and de-facto limit the applicability Article 19 of Council Regulation 1967/2006.

The Common Fisheries Policy and the Mediterranean Sea

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) sets out the main framework for managing the fisheries sector in the EU. Because of the characteristics of the Mediterranean fishery, EU catch limits or quotas are not applicable, with the exception of limits on bluefin tuna that have been introduced in response to recommendations by the International Commission on Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT). Apart from the general absence of catch limits, in all respects, the region is subject to a range of EU wide management measures, including requirements relating to the EU vessel register, licensing, monitoring and control arrangements, and data collection measures.

core of EU Mediterranean fisheries management measures are set out in Council Regulation (EC) 1967/2006 concerning management measures the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean. Article 19 of the said regulation, together with Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy, form the legal framework for implementation of management plans.

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