The International
Dogger Bank
Steering Group
Ton IJlstra
Chair of the Dogger Bank
Steering Group
NSRAC Executive Committee Meeting,
Amsterdam, 28th February
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Establishment of the Dogger Bank Steering Group
DBSG state of play
DBSG proposal
Role of the Fishery Sector
Part 1: Establishment and history of the Dogger Bank
Steering Group
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International DBSG;
established May 2011
4 MS incl. DK + observers
from EC + ICES secretariat
RAC involvement: May
2011
DBSG third option
ICES advice: November
2012
Dogger Bank SAC 'Third Option'
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Outline/structure:
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Establishment of the Dogger Bank Steering Group
DBSG state of play
DBSG proposal
Role of the Fishery Sector
Part 2: DBSG state of play
December 2012: DBSG meeting, London
• Presentation and discussion of the ICES Dogger Bank advice
• Discussion on Draft Outline of Fisheries Management Proposal
for Dogger Bank SAC
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Unresolved issues
• Seining
• Potential datacall
• Displacement
• Sector proposal
Part 2: DBSG state of play
March 2013: DBSG meeting, The Hague
• Progress of Fisheries Management Proposal for Dogger Bank
SAC
• Further interpretation of the ICES advice
• Progress of working groups on Monitoring & Compliance
• Outstanding issues (industry proposal, seining, displacement
& datacall)
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Proposed process and Time Table
• Aimed at submitting the Fisheries Management Proposal to
the EC before the summer
Outline/structure:
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Establishment of the Dogger Bank Steering Group
DBSG state of play
DBSG proposal
Role of the Fishery Sector
Part 3: DBSG proposal: Methodology (Step 1)
Step 1: Establishing, attributing and prioritising Csquares
• The total Dogger Bank SAC is divided into 1058 Csquares
• These are attributed to the five benthic communities
• They are also attributed to the Industry proposal and to the NGO
proposal
It is assumed that the potential loss to the industry can be
minimised by selecting those Csquares that have the lowest
landing value from affected gears (i.e. trawls).
Part 3: DBSG proposal: Methodology (Step 2)
Step 2: Start from Industry map
• Basic starting point: Industry
map (from NSRAC position
paper)
• 22% of the SAC is “filled up”
with Csquares , as covered by
the initial industry proposal.
Dogger Bank SAC NSRAC Industry
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Dogger Bank SAC UK Concerns
Part 3: DBSG proposal: Methodology (Step 3)
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Step 3: Add
National and Fishing sector concerns
• Windmill park concerns (as brought forward by the fishing
industry) are partly met by adding to the closed areas those
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Csquares which have been proposed by the NGOs and which are in
either Tranche A or Tranche B.
• German 55.0
50% closure: The Csquares in the German EEZ that are
already suggested by the industry are supplemented with Csquares
that have been suggested by the NGOs (with minimum landing
value)
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• NL: closure of 2 areas to cover localized features
• UK: A proportion approximately equal to the overall closure of the
shallow areas
(less than 20 m depth) is closed (selection: NGO
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proposal, minimum
landing
value)
• This adds up to an additional 6% closure: total closure 28%
Part 3: DBSG proposal: Methodology (Step 4)
Step 4: Add further areas from NGO
proposals until 1/3 is reached
• Further Csquares are added to reach
1/3 coverage of the overall SAC.
This is done by including Csquares 56.0
from the NGO proposal under two
further constraints:
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• 1) only selecting Csquares from
benthic communities that are
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underrepresented compared to the
overall closure rate and
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lowest landing value.
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closure: total closure 33%
Dogger Bank SAC Third Option
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Part 3: DBSG proposal: Methodology (Step 5&6)
Step 5: Remove isolated
Csquares
Step 6: Reducing the
number of Core areas and
smoothening the
boundaries
The total closure (for mobile
bottom contacting gear)
remains to be 33%. This
means that 67% of the
SAC remains open for all
types of fisheries, and
100% for pelagic fisheries
Outline/structure:
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Establishment of the Dogger Bank Steering Group
DBSG state of play
DBSG proposal
Role of the Fishery Sector
Part 4: Role of the Fishery Sector
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Oktober 2012: The fishing industry submitted an amended
proposal to the DBSG, with a 27% coverage. An additional 3%
is to be selected from the (potential) windfarm locations,
adding up to a total of 30% coverage.
December 2012: DBSG (London meeting) asked the sector to
provide insight on how the DBSG TOR and EC legal
requirements are met in the new industry proposal.