FarFish Deliverables

FarFish Public Deliverables

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Deliverable 1.1 | Executive report on the stakeholder Hub: attributes, tools and feedback

In this ‘Executive report on the Stakeholder Hub: attributes, tools and feedback”, we describe the state of the art of the Stakeholder’s Hub in the FarFish project. Some of the main questions we try to respond on are related to how the Stakeholder Hub has been designed and implemented, and how gaps and needs in arenas for stakeholder interaction are being matched. This executive report is the first deliverable of Work Package 1 (WP1 – Stakeholder interaction).

Deliverable 1.2 | Intermediate report on Stakeholder hub implementation: lessons learnt and improvement areas for second spiral interaction

The H2020 project FarFish aims to provide knowledge, tools and methods to support responsible, sustainable and profitable EU fisheries outside European waters. To achieve this, one of the implementation tools is the Stakeholder Hub, a multi-level and multi-stakeholder network integrated by scientists, policymakers, resource users, NGOs and other stakeholders aimed to improve fisheries management competences throughout their participation. The Stakeholder Hub is a responsive and flexible platform that adopts the form of a regional working group for the six case studies involved into the project, but adopting the form of a high-level European platform, or even an international forum for cross-cutting issues. This Intermediate report provides a summary on the Stakeholder Hub implementation in the first half of the project. It highlights lessons learnt and improvement areas for the second part of the project.

Deliverable 1.3 | Report on game theory and associated tools for improving fisheries agreements

The overarching objective of the FarFish project is to provide knowledge, tools and methods to support responsible, sustainable and profitable EU fisheries outside European waters, both within the jurisdiction of non-EU nations as well as international waters. In order to achieve this, the project places emphasis on stakeholder participation in a cocreational approach. Stakeholders in the FarFish case studies are however many and often with very different priorities, and sometimes contradictory agendas and objectives. Game theory is an approach that can be successful in studying exactly such cases. The FarFish project has therefore devoted a special task for applying game theory to produce theoretical optimal behaviours within the context of the case studies in the project. The results of this game theory task are presented in this report, which is in the format of a journal article. The plan is to submit this manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal shortly.

Deliverable 1.4 | Policy Brief on the CFP external dimension towards 2022

The External Dimension of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) has increased its visibility in the last decades, both in relation to its coherence with the internal dimension (comprising bilateral access agreements within EEZ and the management of international waters subject to jurisdiction of Regional Fisheries Management Organizations) and its links with other EU policies such as cooperation for development, human rights, labour, health and trade issues.

Deliverable 1.5 | Summary report for the Workshop on “Improving management under fisheries agreements”

The relevance of the External Dimension aspects of the EU Common fisheries Policy (CFP) is permanently called into question, casting doubts on whether they are properly integrated within the CFP, evaluating their coherence with other EU policies and estimating their conformity and consistency with the international law of the sea. The relevant branches of this CFP are the so-called ‘Sustainable Fisheries Partnerships Agreements (SFPAs) which do represent one of the most pertinent manifestations of the EU’s international dimension.

Deliverable 1.6 | Measuring socio-economic impacts of the SFPA through the analysis of EU Fleet (inter) connections in foreign countries

Data availability is a recurrent barrier when attempting to analyse the human dimension in fisheries. This report introduces a methodological approach to measure the human dimension within Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement fisheries (SFPAs), combining different variables which are going further from those used within the current ex-ante ex-post evaluations.

Deliverable 2.1 | Case study characterization

This report contains basic description of the six case studies (CS) in the FarFish project. Four of the CS have Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPA) with the EU and two are within international waters. The CS cover the Cape Verde tuna fishery (SFPA), the Senegal tuna and hake fishery (SFPA), the Mauritanian mixed fishery (SFPA), Seychelles tuna fishery (SFPA), the high-seas mixed fishery in the South West Atlantic (FAO Major Fishing Area 41) and the mixed fishery in the international waters of South East Atlantic (FAO Area 47).

Deliverable 2.2 | Data Management Plan under the H2020 Open Research Data Pilot

The overall goal of WP2 in FarFish is to “advance knowledge and collate data related to biological characteristics of the main fish stocks in the selected fisheries, and to evaluate the appropriateness, relevance and applicability of stock assessment models currently in use for these fisheries”, as per the DoA. Task 2.2 and deliverable 2.2 contributes towards these goals by creating a “Data Management Plan”, as per the Horizon 2020 Open Research Data Pilot. The deliverable contains 14 forms detailing the content of all datasets used within FarFish, how it will be preserved, and steps taken to make data publically available after the project end.

Deliverable 2.3 | Report on biological and ecological data in FFDB pilot version 1

Task 2.3 of work package 2 (Advancing biological knowledge and evaluation of current stock assessment models) focuses on the compilation of biological, ecological and fisheries dependent and fisheries independent data that is required for other FarFish WPs. During the first year of FarFish, some modifications in the objectives occurred, resulting in changes in the species. For example, in the Cape Verde and Seychelles CSs, the focus is now on by-catch species that are not assessed by the Regional Management Fisheries Organizations (RMFO): the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC).

Deliverable 2.4 | Templates and protocols for self-sampling

In the EU, the Data Collection Framework (DCF) applies to all fisheries carried out by EU vessels, including those fishing outside EU waters under Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPA). Although observer coverage of up to 100% has been achieved through collaboration with industry in some SFPA fisheries, the observer coverage in many others SFPAs is low. Lack of data for stock assessment and management of many stocks and species is a global problem.

Deliverable 2.5 | Report on evaluation of current stock assessment models used in the FarFish case studies

One of the key objectives of the FarFish project is: “To advance knowledge and collate data related to biological characteristics of the main fish stocks in selected fisheries outside EU waters that are important for the EU fleet, and to evaluate the relevance and applicability of appropriate stock assessment methods for these fisheries.” In this context, the review and evaluation of stock assessment models used in the different Case Studies and the status of the stocks is one of the primary objectives of the project. The FarFish project has therefore published this report, which contains a review the stock assessment carried out for the target species in each of the case study areas.

Deliverable 2.6 | Report on biological and ecological data in FarFish DataBase pilot version 2

This report summarises the progress in the first two years of the FarFish project in collecting and compiling biological, ecological and fisheries dependent and fisheries independent data relevant for the project case studies. The report follows up on similar report that was published after the first year of the project.

Deliverable 2.7 | Report on the success of the self-sampling programme

Deliverable 2.8 | Report on biological and ecological data in FFDB

This is the third and final report on the FarFish data base (FFDB). Task 2.3 (Advancing biological and ecological knowledge) of WP2 in FarFish aims to compile and make available in the FFDB, developed in WP6, data for the relevant stocks in the different Case Studies (CS). The data feeds into models and management tools that provide better understanding of the biology and ecology of the respective species and ecosystems, and will be used by other WPs (1, 3, 4, 5 & 6) for stakeholder interaction, development of management recommendations (MRs), modelling, stock assessment and for visualisation tools.

Deliverable 2.9 | WP2 final report

In this report we review the main findings, lessons learnt, and provide recommendations based on the nine deliverables that correspond to the five main tasks of WP2 (Advancing biological knowledge and evaluation of current stock assessment models) of the FarFish project. For each task, a summary is provided of the main findings and lessons learnt and recommendations made, based on the deliverables corresponding to each task:

Deliverable 2.10 | Report on the data collected on small pelagics and environmental forcing on the west coast of Africa

Fisheries of small pelagics, namely sardine (Sardina pilchardus), chub mackerel (Scomber colias) and European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) in Morocco and Mauritania are extremely important from the socio-economic perspective. They account for the largest biomasses landed and contribut to the national economies through employment and exports of canned products, fish meal and fish oil, while also being a major source of protein for national consumption. Stocks of small pelagics in upwelling regions are characterised by strong variability in recruitment and abundance, with environmental drivers playing a key role. Most stock assessment approaches do not take into account environmental variability or interactions between species, in an ecosystem context. Understanding the drivers of fluctuations in the variability of small pelagics would contribute to improved management and conservation.

Deliverable 3.1 | General Guidelines for making MRs

This document contains the 1st draft of general guidelines for making management recommendations (MRs) tailored for the EU fleet operating outside European waters; in accordance with the responsive fisheries management system (RFMS). The RFMS is a management approach founded on the concept of results-based management (RBM), where responsibility for fisheries management is transferred to resource users, provided that they meet with necessary requirements set forth by the competent authorities and document that they can achieve specified management objectives.

Deliverable 3.2 | First MR invitations submitted to case studies

This document contains the 1st management recommendation (MR) invitations submitted to the case studies in the FarFish project. The purpose of these MR invitations is to offer selected operators (resource users) the opportunity to develop MRs in accordance with the responsive fisheries management system (RFMS) approach; following the “first draft general guidelines for making MRs” presented in FarFish deliverable 3.1. The RFMS is a management approach founded on the principles of results-based management (RBM). According to RFMS, the responsibility for fisheries management is partly transferred to the resource users, provided that they meet with necessary requirements set forth by the competent authorities and provide documentation confirming implementation and achievement of specified management objectives.

Deliverable 3.3 | Evaluation of the governance structures of the cases

This report contains an evaluation of the governance structures of the EU long-distance fishing fleet in the six case studies of the FarFish project. These case studies include two high seas fisheries and four fisheries that are based on Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs) between the EU and coastal states. All of these fisheries are important for the fishing fleets of multiple EU countries or respond to the priorities of Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) and the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).

Deliverable 3.4 | Description of CS value chains

This report provides a generalised mapping and description of the seafood value chains for the six case studies covered by FarFish. The work is based on publicly available data and has primarily been carried out as desktop analyses. One major challenge in this work has been the lack of reliable data, which in fact is a general challenge for these fisheries. The fisheries are conducted by multi-national fleets and different vessel types, ranging from artisanal fisheries to large scale industrial fisheries; and the reporting from these fleets vary a great deal. The available data from within the value chains from processing to consumption does vary considerably as well.

Deliverable 3.5 | Draft 2 general guidelines for making Management Recommendations

This report contains the 2nd draft of general guidelines for making management recommendations (MRs) tailored for the EU fleet operating outside European waters; in accordance with the responsive fisheries management system (RFMS). The RFMS is a management approach founded on the concept of results-based management (RBM), where responsibility for fisheries management is to a point transferred to resource users, provided that they meet with necessary requirements set forth by the competent authorities and document that they can achieve specified management objectives.

Deliverable 3.6 | Second Management Recommendation invitation submitted to case studies

This report contains the 2nd management recommendation (MR) invitations submitted to the case studies in the FarFish project i.e. the high-seas fisheries in SW-Atlantic and SE-Atlantic, and the SFPA fisheries in Cape Verde, Senegal, Mauritania and Seychelles. The purpose of these MR invitations is to offer selected operators (resource users) the opportunity to develop MRs following the “second draft general guidelines for making MRs” presented in FarFish deliverable 3.5. The approach presented in the guidelines are based on principles of results-based management (RBM), where the responsibility for fisheries management is partly transferred to the resource users, provided that they meet with necessary requirements set forth by the authorities and provide documentation confirming implementation and achievement of specified management objectives. The advantages of such an approach include facilitation of more bottom-up style of management where the actual resource users and other stakeholders are involved. This approach is likely to increase the sense of ownership, by the resource users, in the management. Other advantages are for example increased transparency, as well as reduced costs and increased coverage of monitoring, control and surveillance.

Deliverable 3.7 | General guidelines for making MRs published as CWA

A key component of the FarFish project was the development of so-called Management Recommendations (MRs) in the project’s six case studies. The case studies included two high-seas areas and four areas where the EU has negotiated access for its long-distance fleets in Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs). The case studies were in the Southwest Atlantic international waters (FAO area 41), the Southeast Atlantic international waters (FAO area 47, SEAFO Convection Area), The Cape Verde SFPA fishery, the Senegal SFPA fishery, the Mauritania SFPA fishery and the Seychelles SFPA fishery.

Deliverable 3.8 | Report on the governance of European fisheries in international- and SFPA waters

This report is the third deliverable of Task 3.1 within the FarFish project, which focuses on analysing the governance of the EU external fishing fleet, that is industrial vessels over 24m LOA flagged in EU Member States operating most of its time outside EU waters. In the previous deliverable of this task, D3.10, the development of the monitoring and control of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs) providing fisheries access in other coastal states’ EEZ was analysed. In this deliverable, FarFish analyses fisheries on the high seas, more precisely the fisheries taking place in the Southwest Atlantic high seas and highlights the lack of an adequate regional framework with a set of rules to effectively manage and control the fisheries taking place in this area. The deliverable is a manuscript for a scientific journal. It briefly describes the fisheries in the area, and given the lack of obligations for coastal and port states, it is mainly focused on the obligations of the flag states to manage the fisheries and to cooperate to that end. Finally, it presents a number of reasons that might explain why there is not binding conservation and management measures in place on the Southwest Atlantic high seas fisheries.

Deliverable 3.9 | Report on the value chain analysis for EU fisheries in international- and SFPA waters

This report contains a value chain analysis of the FarFish case studies and builds on a previously published report* from the project, where the value chains were described. The report is the final deliverable for task 3.2 of the project (‘Analysing the value chains of the FarFish case studies’). The original intention was to provide one draft manuscript for a peer-reviewed journal. As the covid-19 pandemic did not allow in-country case visits and with the large differences encountered between the various value chains in the identified case studies, we instead refined our research questions and instead present three draft value chain manuscripts intended for journal submission.

Deliverable 3.10 | Review on how European fleet international- and SFPA water fisheries are managed and conducted

This report contains a journal manuscript analysing the development in four bilateral fisheries access agreements that the EU has made with non-member coastal states in terms of monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS). The four bilateral fisheries access agreements, today termed Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs) are: the agreement with Capo Verde, Mauritania, Senegal, and the Seychelles. The study analyses the changes in the access agreements over time and how the reforms in the CFP (in 1992, 2002 and 2013) and accompanying changes in regulations addressing the external dimension of the EU fleet, are enshrined in the fisheries access agreements. In addition, some considerations are made on how implementation challenges are reflected in the development of the agreements. The focus is on the formal development of the agreements and how new MCS requirements are introduced and operationalized.

Deliverable 3.11 | Policy recommendations relating to how European fleet international- and SFPA water fisheries could be managed and conducted

This report synthesises the main findings from the value chain- and governance analysis in FarFish, and point at some potential policy changes that could improve governance of the SFPAs and the high seas fisheries of the European external fishing fleet.

Deliverable 4.1 | MP0 for each case study

This report is the detailed description of the current state of affairs in each FarFish case study (CS). It also adresses potential improvements by suggesting case study specific objectives. The MP0 will be a significant chapter in the management plan invitation to be sent to the operators, after the dialogue process including authorities and operators. MP0 describes the current status in the fishery in question and is the background for the development of the MP1 (the tailor-made good practice recommendation). MP0s focus on the current state of affairs, the main problems faced and form the basis for the suggested case study (CS) objectives. In advance of the project meeting in November 2017, a common template was designed to collect and compile data from the different CSs. Most of the CS leaders were present at the meeting and provided useful information.

Deliverable 4.2 | Report from the MR kick-off meeting

FarFish is a H2020 project that aims to provide knowledge, tools and methods to support responsible, sustainable and profitable EU fisheries outside European waters. To achieve this, FarFish will develop practical, achievable and cost-effective fisheries management tools and advice. The work will be done in collaboration of scientists, policy makers, resource users and other stakeholders aimed to improve fisheries management competences. A key output of the project are case specific Management Recommendations (MRs) that are based on Results-Based Management (RBM) principles in line with the Responsive Fisheries Management System (RFMS) approach, which was developed in the FP7 project EcoFishMan. The fisheries included in FarFish are in the high-seas areas of the SW-Atlantic Ocean (FAO area 41) and the SE-Atlantic Ocean (FAO area 47); as well as in the waters of Cape Verde, Senegal, Mauritania and the Seychelles.

Deliverable 4.3 | Management Recommendations 1 for each CS

More than 20% of the European fishing fleets catches are taken from non-European waters. Access to these waters is often based on agreements with coastal states that allow the EU fleet to fish from surplus stocks in return for financial support. These agreements have been subjected to criticism, as these fisheries are sometimes poorly regulated and management decisions are often based on limited knowledge, compliance, and enforcement capabilities. It is also too often the case that trust between stakeholders is lacking. The aim of the FarFish project is to overcome these hurdles. The FarFish project is designed around six case study areas in which the European fleet is actively engaged in fishing activities, including Cape Verde, Mauritania, Senegal and Seychelles, as well as the international high-seas areas in the southeast and southwest Atlantic.

Deliverable 4.4 | MR2 for each CS

More than 20% of the catches of the European fishing fleet are caught in non-European waters. Access to fish in these waters is based on agreements with coastal states. EU pays for access to fish from surplus stocks. These agreements have been criticised, as the fisheries are sometimes poorly regulated, and management decisions are often based on limited knowledge. In addition, the level of compliance is considered low, and enforcement capabilities are limited. In many cases, the trust between different stakeholders involved in a fishery is low. The FarFish project aimed to overcome these challenges.

Deliverable 4.5 | Report on “Implementing RFMS in international- and SFPA waters: lessons learned in pilot studies”

This report is the final deliverable of work package four (WP4) within the FarFish project. The WP is titled “Development of management recommendations” and has focused on developing so called Management Recommendations (MRs) within the FarFish case studies. The MR concept is based on Results-Based Management (RBM) approaches, with the aim to delegate management responsibilities to resource users. The aim or this report is to review the RBM process applied in FarFish and the lessons learned in the case studies. The report is in the format of a peer-review journal paper, which is planned to be submitted to a journal shortly. Chapter 2 contains the paper.

Deliverable 5.1 | Audit of the Management Recommendations 1

The overarching objective of the FarFish project is to provide knowledge, tools and methods to support responsible, sustainable and profitable EU fisheries outside European waters, both within the jurisdiction of non-EU nations as well as international waters. To achieve this, FarFish aims to develop practical, achievable and cost-effective fisheries management tools and advice. Among those tools are user-friendly guidelines on how to create management recommendations (MRs) within these fisheries, which builds on the concepts of results-based management, where responsibility for fisheries management is to a point transferred to resource users, provided that they meet with necessary requirements set forth by the authorities.

Deliverable 5.2. | Report on challenges and suggestions for improvements

The EU is obliged to ensure sustainable utilization of the fisheries’ resources to which EU fleets have access to, both in the high seas and through bilateral agreements, based on the principles of good economic and social governance. This is mainly done through cooperation with Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) and national authorities in partnership countries to improve knowledge and management of the fisheries. Inadequate governance of these fisheries can hinder the goal of sustainable utilization of fisheries’ resources, resulting in suboptimal or over-exploitation of shared and straddling fish stocks. On the other hand, limited knowledge regarding the processing and market conditions in partner coastal states has contributed to substantial criticism regarding the social and economic benefits that the international fisheries actually bring to the partners’ countries.

Deliverable 5.3 | Report on DSTs used in case studies for developing Management Recommendations 1

This This report studies investment opportunities within the small pelagic fisheries in Mauritanian waters, and the associated value chains, as well as the tuna fish pole and line fishery by the coast of the Atlantic Façade of Africa (mainly SW – Senegal), and the associated value chains. Also, a section is dedicated to investigating the specific case of investment of French capital in tuna fisheries in Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.t.

Deliverable 5.4 | Report on the MR2 audit

This document presents the audit of a draft version of the second Management Recommendations (MRs) in the FarFish project. This MR2 draft was updated during the last months of the project considering the second audit recommendations, hence providing a more final MR within the project’s lifetime. The audit process is a fundamental step for the implementation of the Results-Based Management (RBM) approach. In RBM, the resource users are directly involved in the management and decision-making process. The relevant authorities continue defining the policy goals but delegate (partly) the responsibility for the planning and implementation of the management means to attain those goals to the resource users. The auditor, as an independent third party, should be able to assess the extent to which these goals have been met (Nielsen et al., 2017). In FarFish, the auditor is enacted by a research institute. However, this role can be taken by any organization with auditing capacity or by a joint audit committee designated by both parties.

Deliverable 5.5 | Policy recommendations for improved management through the adoption of RFMS for EU vessels fishing in international- and SFPA waters

The results-based management (RBM) is a concept introduced in the Common Fisheries Policy of the European Union in 2009, to reduce micromanagement and increase the degree of co-management by transferring part of the responsibility for fisheries management to resource users. A practical framework to RBM was developed in the FP7 project EcoFishMan, where the RBM was conceptualized as a contract situation (Nielsen et al., 2015, 2017) where the relevant authorities set specific and measurable objectives to be achieved, leaving resource users to propose ways to achieve them and to document their achievement (Santiago et al., 2015). This approach to RBM was operationalized within six different case studies (CS) within the FarFish project, involving two EU fisheries in the high-seas, in the Southwest and Southeast Atlantic respectively, and four under Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPA) in Cape Verde, Senegal, Mauritania, and Seychelles. Relevant institutions and operators’ representatives were involved in the implementation of the RBM approach.

Deliverable 6.1 | Data Input Protocol for the FFDB

This document contains the initial data input protocol for the FarFish Database (FFDB) where much of the data collected within the project will be stored and made available for the project partners, as well as beyond the project. The first section re-states and clarifies the aims of Task 6.1 (Development of the FarFish database); that it is a collection of components whose aim is to collate data from partners and integrate FarFish outputs with the FarFish website. Secondly, we detail the likely nature of these components, and finally we discuss the infrastructure and architecture required to support these tools.

Deliverable 6.2 | FFDB Pilot Version 1

One of many products of the FarFish project is the FarFish Data Base (FFDB), which is intended to make the data collected within the various tasks within the FarFish project available for project partners in an operational way. The FFDB will be a repository for vide range of data and will allow for users to easily upload new data and make queries e.g. for input to visualisation- and decision support tools developed in other tasks in the project. The FFDB will be open access on the FarFish webpage and towards the end of the project the relevant datasets will be uploaded from FFDB to OpenAIRE; the data repository of the H2020 Open Research Data Pilot. A data input protocol for the FFDB (D6.1) was developed within the first four months of the FarFish project.

Deliverable 6.3 | Visualisation materials and tools available for MR1 development

Visualization materials, and other tools, that can assist operators and other stakeholders in developing Management Recommendations (MRs), are an important part of each case study in the FarFish project, as well as for the outcome of the project. The visualization tools will give information on important biological, ecological, economic and social issues that can be relevant for the MR1 development and give information on potential effects of MR1 implementation (what if? scenarios). For the project to be successful, as with any project of relevance, it is of utter importance to make sure that complex issues and concepts are broken down for additional understanding.

Deliverable 6.4 | Report on the developments needed to produce relevant management tools

This document reports on the developments needed to produce management tools that are relevant for each of the case studies in the FarFish project. The tools have been selected in coordination with the production of Management Plan zero for each case study (D4.1 – MP0 for each case study). It has shared with Work Package 4 the consultation process with partners of FarFish, including the case study leaders, and with external relevant bodies such as ICCAT or IOTC. The selected tools have been incorporated into the Management Plan Zero and have also been coordinated with Work Package 2 to feed through Deliverables 2.3 (Report on biological and ecological data in FFDB pilot version 1) and 2.6 (Report on biological and ecological data in FFDB pilot version 2), and the data these tools will demand.

Deliverable 6.5 | FarFish Database pilot version 2

This report summarises the progress and current state of the FarFish Data Base (FFDB). One of many products of the FarFish project is the FFDB, which is intended to make the data collected within the various tasks within the project available for project partners in an operational way. The FFDB is a repository for vide range of data, which allows users to easily upload new data and make queries e.g. for input to visualisation- and decision support tools developed in other tasks in the project. The FFDB is at present available for project partners only but will be open access on the FarFish webpage soon and towards the end of the project the relevant datasets will be uploaded from FFDB to OpenAIRE; the data repository of the H2020 Open Research Data Pilot.

Deliverable 6.6 | Visualisation materials and tools available for Management Recommendation 2 development

This report summarises the progress and main outputs when it comes to development of visualisation materials and visualisation tools within the FarFish project. Development of visualisation materials and other visualisation tools that allow stakeholders to easily understand otherwise complicate data on e.g. biological, ecological, economic, social and political issues relevant for the six FarFish case studies is an important component of the FarFish project. These visualisation materials and tools have the purpose of assisting stakeholders within the case studies when developing Management Recommendations (MRs), by sowing in a simple manner historic data and forecasts. The forecasts are in particular intended to provide stakeholders with most likely scenarios or effects of MR implementation (what if? scenarios). The visualisation materials and other visualisation tools do also have an important purpose for overall aim of the FarFish project, when it comes to advancing knowledge on fisheries in the case studies, both for internal use within the project and for stakeholders outside of the project.

Deliverable 6.7 | Report on DSTs used in case studies for developing Management Recommendations 1

This report gives a summary of the Decision support tools (DSTs) developed within the FarFish project. The DSTs have been tailored for the FarFish case studies, in order to enable stakeholders to take more informed decisions when developing management recommendations (MRs). These tools have been selected in coordination with needs and requests of stakeholders when producing the 1^st version of the MRs for each case study. It continues the work program outlined in other tasks of the project.

Deliverable 6.8 | Interactive Platform to integrate codes, visualization and data interaction tools for the selected FarFish case studies

This report provides an overview of the interactive platform developed within the FarFish project to integrate codes, visualization and data interaction tools for the Case Studies within the project. The overall objective the work described in the repot has been to develop tools that provide added value, relevance and usefulness in support of management and decision making for the actors involved in each of the case studies in the project. To achieve this, the project has developed a suite of R-based tools that let users upload and analyse their own data purely through a web browser, so they can be used on any computer without installation or knowledge of the R programming language. The source code for the tools is also public and hosted on GitHub, allowing institutions to manage their own installation if required in the future.

Deliverable 6.9 | FFDB

One of many products of the FarFish project is the FarFish Data Base (FFDB), which is intended to make the data collected within the various tasks within the project available for project partners in an operational way. The FFDB is a repository for vide range of data, which allows users to easily upload new data and make queries e.g. for input to visualisation- and decision support tools developed in other tasks in the project. The FFDB is at present available for project partners but will be open access on the FarFish webpage soon and towards the end of the project the relevant datasets will be uploaded from FFDB to OpenAIRE; the data repository of the H2020 Open Research Data Pilot.

Deliverable 6.10 | Report on the DSTs used in CSs for developing MR2

This document contains a report of the Decision support tools used for developing management recommendations (MRs) in each of the FarFish case studies. These tools have been selected in coordination with the production of the version two of the Management Recommendations for each case study. It continues the work program outlined in Deliverable 6.4 and 6.7 in collaboration with other work packages (WPs) of FarFish, mainly WP1, WP4 and WP7. The report shows the outputs of the satellite work in support of compliance. It summarizes the use of the FarFish-DLMtool developed for supporting stock assessment in data limited situations, including implementation, training applications and dissemination beyond FarFish. It also describes how some data limited methods were explored using small pelagics data from West Africa and the plan to use them to understand the effect of the environment on the population.

Deliverable 6.11 | Report on small-pelagics and environmental forcing off the west coast of Africa

The north west coast of Africa, particularly the Moroccan Atlantic coast is characterized by a high primary production and high derived biomass of small pelagic species. The fishery of this group plays a key role in the Moroccan fisheries sector. The recent registered increase of the fishing mortality levels during the last decades requires intervention and analyses of the fishing pressure level on the small pelagic stocks, as there are several biological signal indications of a decrease in the stock capacity under a highly dynamic hydro-climatic environment. This report aims to represent the contribution of different oceanographic variables explaining the stock abundance fluctuations.

Deliverable 7.1 | Project webpage

The FarFish Project website <a href=”https://www.farfish.eu/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.farfish.eu/”>www.farfish.eu</a> is the primary dissemination and communication platform of the project. The site gives project partners, stakeholders and the general public the opportunity to get information on the project and its progress. It also enables for easy linkage to social media. The content on the website is designed to be informative on main tasks in the project and to provide detailed information on the case studies, workshops, meetings and other activities, as well as progress. The website allows for those interested to sign up for a newsletter, which will be published regularly throughout the project lifetime. Once the FFDB (FarFish DataBase) is up-and-running it will be accessible through the webpage.

Deliverable 7.2 | Dissemination and exploitation plan

This plan for the dissemination of knowledge and exploitation of FarFish describes the project partners’ strategies and actions related to the exploitation, dissemination and communication of the project results. The plan will be revised and updated on a continuous basis. The FarFish consortium aims to disseminate and communicate the results and recommendations obtained from the project’s work to all relevant parties, including FarFish partners, stakeholders and the general public. The use of efficient and productive internal and external communication, actions, tools and participative events will ensure that all target groups are reached. This plan describes how the new knowledge and tools created will be exploited and disseminated, and defines a clear set of actions in the project timeline including; purpose, target groups, methods, vehicles, timing, indicators and success criteria.

Deliverable 7.3 | Tutor-web FarFish initial setup

This document reports progress and conclusions on deliverable D7.3, Tutor-web FarFish initial setup, in project FarFish. The report describes the launch of the FarFish part of www.tutor-web.net making available existing teaching material directed to the target audience. The material is made available in the tutor-web as a course, under the heading “Methods and techniques for data-limited fisheries.” This course consists of multiple tutorials, providing material and drills at various stages of development, on topics from prerequisite mathematics, statistics and programming, through introductory fish population dynamics to methods for data-limited fisheries.

Deliverable 7.4 | Report on training needs assessment

The United Nations University Fisheries Training Programme (UNU-FTP) completed Training Needs Assessments in relation to the FarFish project in the four Case Study countries; Mauritania, Senegal, Cape Verde, and Seychelles. The primary aim of these assessments was to determine mutually agreed upon capacity building priorities to form the basis for training administered through work package 7 (WP7) in the FarFish project. These Training Needs Assessments targeted institutions partnering in the FarFish project within the case study countries and were conducted through site visits during which key staff were interviewed by UNU-FTP team. The initial results of these assessments were presented to FarFish partners on site at the end of the field visits, and input from FarFish partners were incorporated in this final Training Needs Assessment report.

Deliverable 7.5 | University level diploma programme in Marine Management and Innovation launched

Within task 7.4 in the FarFish project, Development of a university level Certificate program in Marine Management and Innovation, a certificate-awarding programme has been set up consisting of short courses taught by different FarFish institutions. The short-term courses are designed to further educate especially fish business operators and EU fleet representatives. The planned programme is made up by several short-term courses and two main topics have been selected for the focus of the programme: Laws and regulations, and Value chain analysis. The first course will be run in March 2020 in Tromsø, Norway, with parallel streamed sessions in Vigo, Spain, and Reykjavik, Iceland. UiT the Arctic University of Norway is responsible for coordination and administration of the programme. The aim is to educate at least 5 students to graduation, and to provide an open access and adaptable <strong>on-line course for at least five years after project end.

Deliverable 7.6 | Advanced post graduate training programme launched

More than 20% of the European fishing fleets catches are taken from non-European waters. Access to these waters is often based on agreements with coastal states that allow the EU fleet to fish from surplus stocks in return for financial support. These agreements have been subjected to criticism, as these fisheries are sometimes poorly regulated and management decisions are often based on limited knowledge, compliance, and enforcement capabilities. It is also too often the case that trust between stakeholders is lacking. The aim of the FarFish project is to overcome these hurdles.The FarFish project is designed around six case study areas in which the European fleet is actively engaged in fishing activities, including Cape Verde, Mauritania, Senegal and Seychelles, as well as the international high-seas areas in the southeast and southwest Atlantic. In this context of geographic, economic and cultural diversity, the project will gain insights into the sustainability of commercially important species.

Deliverable 7.7 | Tutor-web educational material ready

Among the key objectives of the H2020 project FarFish is to build capacities in stock assessment and fisheries management. Among the training and capacity building tools developed in the project are e-learning courses that are made available at www.tutor-web.net . This report provides a summary of the educational materials that have been developed as part of FarFish for tutor-web. The materials include updates of previously existing tutor-web courses that have been tailored for FarFish, as well as new teaching materials directed at FarFish target audience. The material is made available in the tutor-web as a single course, under the heading “Methods and techniques for data-limited fisheries.” It consists of multiple tutorials, providing material and drills at various stages of development, on topics from prerequisite mathematics, statistics and programming, through introductory fish population dynamics to methods for data-limited fisheries. The choice of material is in large part based on discussions, meetings and interviews with potential users.

Deliverable 7.8 | Report on Tutor-web training activities in FarFish

Training and capacity building are important components of the FarFish project, and one of the project’s products are e-learning courses that are intended to educate stakeholders and scientist in the basics of fisheries management and stock assessment. The courses are made available at www.tutor-web.net. This report provides an overview of the e-learning component of the project, the tutor-web tool and the training activities facilitated by FarFish to promote uptake and use of the tool. The setup and content of the FarFish material available on Tutor-web has previously been reported on in previous FarFish reports but is briefly reviewed in the report to provide insight into why this platform is important and relevant for the FarFish project.

Deliverable 7.9 | Report on University-level certificate programme in Marine Management and Innovation

This report contains an evaluation of the university-level certificate programme in “Marine Management and Innovation” (SVF-6013) that was developed and ran as part of the FarFish project. The programme was organised by University of Tromsø (UiT – The Arctic University of Norway) and ran from 9-13th March 2020. A total of 22 students from all across the world attended the programme onsite in Tromsø, and many more watched live streaming from the lectures. The lectures were also recorded and have been available at the FarFish website since then. Throughout the week, participants were trained on topics such as international ocean governance, traceability, value and supply chains, food safety and economics. The training consisted of lectures, group work, field trips and final thesis. Among the 29 participants attending the programme, eight took the exam to be able to receive the certificate, and they all passed. The project therefore reached its goal of graduating at least five participants from the programme.

Deliverable 7.10 | Report on the advanced post-graduate training program

Training, education and capacity building are key objectives of FarFish. The project has addressed these objectives in variable approaches, depending on the needs of the different target groups. One of these approaches is outlined in Task 7.5 of the FarFish project description, as “advanced post-graduate programme for key personnel working in releant supply chains”. The programme was successfully delivered by the GRÓ Fisheries Training programme (GRÓ-FTP), as reported in this document. This six-month porgramme was adapted for FarFish partners in the Case Study SFPA countries and targeted participants in influential positions, to provide and create in-depth knowledge on fisheries management and related issues.

Deliverable 7.11 | Report on the success of in-country workshop

The FarFish in-country short course (Task 7.6) was delivered as a hybrid online/in person workshop September 29th-October 1st 2021. The course was broken into two sections, commencing with an open seminar on Data Limited Methods, and followed by a closed workshop on the use of the FarFish DLM Tool. A total of 50 participants attended the open seminar, and nine (9) attendees took part in the closed workshop that followed. The timing of the course, delivery methods, and target audience were modified in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deliverable 7.12 | Project summary report aimed at a wider audience

The FarFish project published a so called “Legacy booklet” towards the end of the project, which is intended to summarise progress and key results to a wider audience e.g. to stakeholders that do not have scientific background or expert knowledge on the main project topics. The publication of this “project summary report aimed at a wider audience” was described in the original project description as follows:
Task 7.8 Project summary report aimed at a wider audience: In order to make the project results widely known and understood by everyone with an interest in the subject, the project coordinator will produce a project summary report at the end of the project. The report will describe in layman-terms the project as a whole, the main challenges and the most important results. This will facilitate dissemination to a wider audience, which will be important when considering the wide range of stakeholders connected to the subject.

Deliverable 7.13 | Concluding symposium

The FarFish project facilitated an international final conference in the last month of the project. The aim of the conference was to disseminate key results of the project to the external community and stakeholders interested in the subject. The conference had been planned as a physical event in Brussels but was in the end run as an online event, due to COVID.

Deliverable 8.1 | First annual report

This 1st annual report provides an overview of the overall progress in the FarFish project during its first year from the viewpoint of WP8 (Project management). The report contains details on the main meetings organised by WP8, which were the kick-off meeting in June 2017, seven Project Management Group Meetings (PMG), the first annual meeting held in Portsmouth in May 2018, the Scientific Group (SC) meeting in connection with the annual meeting in Portsmouth, and a Work package – and Case study leaders workshop meeting held in Faro, Portugal in November 2017. WP8 has also followed progress and use of resources by collecting financial and technical reports from each partner every six months. Meeting minutes, agendas, participant lists from the various meetings are compiled in this deliverable (D8.1).

Deliverable 8.2 | Second annual report

This 2nd annual report provides an overview of the overall progress in the FarFish project during its second year from the viewpoint of WP8 (Project management). The report contains details on delivery dates of deliverables and milestones i.e. if they were submitted on time and justifications if not; and if there were any deviations from the project plan regarding content. The report does also review the contribution and use of resources of each partner; and whether it is in line with what was expected in the project plan. The 1st periodic report, which covers the first 18 months of the project, is as well discussed; highlighting the most important issues that came out of the review process. Main consortium meetings are discussed. Deviations from original project plan and mitigation measures deployed are as well covered in the report, identifying what has not gone as planned and how that is being addressed by the consortium.

Deliverable 8.3 | Third annual report

This 3rd annual report provides an overview of the overall progress in the FarFish project during its third year from the viewpoint of WP8 (Project management). The report contains details on delivery dates of deliverables and milestones i.e. if they were submitted on time and justifications if not; and if there were any deviations from the project plan regarding content. The report does also review the contribution and use of resources of each partner; and whether it is in line with what was expected in the project plan. Main consortium meetings are discussed. Deviations from original project plan and mitigation measures deployed are as well covered in the report, identifying what has not gone as planned and how that is being addressed by the consortium.

Deliverable 8.4 | Final report

This report provides an overall review of the FarFish project regarding project progress and main results. The project started in June 2017 and came to an end in November 2021. The main objective of the project was to “improve knowledge on and management of EU fisheries outside Europe, while contributing to sustainability and long-term profitability”. Looking back on what the project has delivered it is safe to say that it has made significant contributions towards its main objective.

Deliverable 9.1 | POPD – Requirement No. 1

The FarFish project will collect considerable amount of non-personally identifiable data as well as personal data. It is recognised by the project consortia that privacy and data security is of the upmost importance and will be given special attention. FarFish will follow national and EU regulations on data protection; in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which enters into force in May 2018. The purpose of this document is to provide detailed information on the procedures that will be implemented for collection, storage, protection, retention and destruction of data within the FarFish project and to confirm that they comply with national and EU legislation.

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