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Greek Fisheries Sector

Short Presentation

• Dr. Michael Chatziefstathiou

Chairman of Auditing Committee Head of R&D Group

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Transnational Networking Event

30 October 2018, Podgorica (Montenegro)

Panhellenic Society of Technologists Ichthyologists

PA.S.T.I. Is Registered at Piraeus Court of Justice (Greece): No. 4759 and 1413

E-mail: pasti@geocities.com Facebook: @pasti.gr Twitter: PASTI_GR

PASTI is a Scientific and Professional Society Established in 1991

The present status PASTI represents today more than 2,100 graduate Ichthyologists working in Greece and Cyprus. With a 60% of them working on their study’s sector after graduation, most of our members works as scientific personnel in aquaculture (75%), followed by a significant percentage working on public administration (15%), and research (10%). The Society has the dual role of Workers’ Union, dealing with working conditions, wages, and Health & Safety issues for those working mainly

• n private sector, and Scientific Society’s.

We continuously educate and train our members, and colleagues, initially through AquaMedit International Congresses (5 from 2002 to 2010), evolved to HydroMediT International Congresses on Applied Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment (from 2014, every 2 years, with Univ. of Thessaly,

• Univ. of Aegean, TEI of Western Greece), more at www.hydromedit.gr,

workshops, and training courses to disseminate R&D results.

PASTI is a Scientific and Professional Society Established in 1991

The present status Members with full status (more than 430 today) can participate (guided by

• ur BDs) as a part of our scientific & technical network to any R&D project.

PASTI from its foundation participate as major stakeholder to every public consultation in Greece on the development of fisheries & aquaculture sectors (discussions on legislation, minimisation of conflicts, marine spatial planning, reduction of environmental impact of farms, sitting of fish cages, promotion of sustainable aquaculture, etc). We participate in many EU funded projects, based on our unique expertise as a Scientific Stakeholder (e.g. AQUAMED, PEGASO, IONIO, CONSENSUS, ADRIPLAN, Med-IAMER, etc), with major involvement in AquaSafe (Work safety and health risk prevention for aquaculture (funded by the OSHA), and INTRANEMMA (Innovation Transfer Network for Mediterranean Mariculture, Leonardo da Vinci - Transfer of innovation, as subcontractor).

The Administration and the Sector

The present status

Ministry of Rural Development & Food - DG Fisheries

The DG Fisheries consists from 4 Directorates:

• 1. Fisheries Policy & Development of Fishery Products
• 2. Fisheries & Management of Fishery Resources
• 3. Aquaculture
• 4. Control of Fishing Activities & Fishery Products

Producer Organisations

• In Greece there are not producer organizations (PO), dealing with

capture fisheries.

• There are three (3) producer organization (PO), which operates in

aquaculture sector (1 in fish farming, 1 for mussels farmers, and 1 in lagoons).

FISHING VESSELS IN GREECE

14.985 active fishing vessels (31-12-2017)

Huge number of fishing vessels in Greece

The present status

FISHING VESSELS IN GREECE

Huge number of fishing vessels in Greece

The present status 12/2012 12/2013 12/2014 12/2015 12/2016 12/2017 LOA ≤ 12m 14.881 14.717 14.646 14.479 14.309 14.142 LOA > 12m 943 932 922 876 873 843 PS 257 257 255 245 245 239 OTB 301 290 287 255 255 253

• ther

OTB (12) (9) (7) (7) (7) (7) TOTAL 15.824 15.649 15.568 15.355 15.182 14.985

FISHING VESSELS IN GREECE

 253 trawlers (OTB)  239 purse seiners (PS)  14.493 nets, longlines, etc

Huge number of fishing vessels in Greece

 GT 71.085,27  KW 426.682,60

52 BFT authorized vessels 297 SWO authorized vessels 324 ALB authorized vessels

The present status

A total of 521 FRAs were identified in the study area, out of which 511 are national (254 established by fisheries, 21 by environmental, 85 by archaeological and 151 by maritime legislation), 6 are EU, and, 4 are International FRAs. All the FRAs identified and mapped cover approximately 56.2% of the Aegean sea. 38.0% of the study area is covered by permanent and 27.6% by seasonal FRAs In most of the FRAs mapped in the study area, restrictions on fishing activities concern the use of towed and mobile gears, while the use of static gears is restricted in approximately half of the FRAs identified. It was estimated that towed, mobile and static gears are permanently prohibited in 38.0%, 3.2% and 2.4% of the Aegean sea, respectively.

Fisheries Restricted Areas (FRAs) mapping

Conservation

MedFish4Ever

Map of the 440 permanent Fisheries Restricted Areas (FRAs) identified in the study area (Aegean Sea-GSA 22 and Crete-GSA 23) per FRA type, i.e. 208 national fisheries legislation FRAs in territorial waters (nfFRAs), 20 national environmental legislation FRAs (neFRAs), 85 national archaeological legislation FRAs (naFRAs), 117 national maritime legislation FRAs (nmFRAs), 6 European Union legislation FRAs (euFRAs) and 4 General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) Decisions’ FRAs (intFRAs).

Map of the 76 seasonal Fisheries Restricted Areas (FRAs) identified in the study area (Aegean Sea-GSA22 and Crete-GSA23) per FRA type, i.e. 40 national fisheries legislation FRAs in territorial waters (nfFRAs), 1 national fisheries legislation FRA in international waters (nifFRA), 1 national environmental legislation FRA (neFRA) and 34 national maritime legislation FRAs (nmFRAs). (Source: Medit. Mar. Sci., 18/2, 2017, 310-323)

Management of Recreational Fisheries

• There is a specific national legal framework (Presidential

Decree 373/1985) for the activities.

• The activities are strictly inspected.

In 2014 repealed the license procedure (since 1966).

• A new framework for licensing was suggested from our

authority, but not accepted by the Hellenic Parliament.

• A modified version for licensing submitted.

Conservation

Control

Overview of Greek catch registration systems

OSPA is the Greek Monitoring Information System of Fishing Activities

http://www.alieia.minagric.gr/ospa

Overview of catch registration systems

• electronic system
• client software (ERS devices)
• all vessels over 12m (no excemption for vessels 12m -15m), all BFT authorized vessels, all SWO &

ALB authorized vessels, all vessels athorized for fishery in in international waters

• operational for BFT authorized vessels from 1/12/2014 and for the others from 20/8/2015

FISHERY client system (ERS)

• electronic system for the conversion of paper logbook data and landing declarations
• vessels between 10m-12m except vessels with authorizations (see above)
• the vessel masters record data in paper, validated from coast guard, converted in the system by the

regional fishery authorities

• operational from 20/8/2015

FISHERY portal system

• electronic system
• vessels below 10m
• the vessel masters record the monthly catch data in the system with the support of the regional

authorities

• operational from 10/2/2016

FISHERY MONTHLY CATCH DATA system

• electronic system
• record takeover data and salenotes
• operational from 20/8/2015

TRADE system

Overview of catch registration systems Users and list

• f 1st traders

Overview of catch registration systems e - applications

Overview of catch registration systems

Michael Chatziefstathiou

mhatzi@env.aegean.gr pasti@geocities.com

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