Review of Management Options for the Landing Obligation

Room for improvements- better arrangements for exchange needed but obstacles often political

Any improvements in trading help - Danish system good example of what can be achieved

CCTV best option but need to level playing field.

Renegotiating relative stability unlikely - best way improve trading mechanisms. Supports online trading/centralised information.

Better to operate at PO level- need to remove economic incentive to target pool. Tax and withhold profit.

Improving internal leasing key- increased tradability do no harm. Need to make it more efficient, transparent to help with leasing. Improving quota trading and management key for compliance. Move towards open public trading.

Risks pools fine only if strong economic measures in place- tax (deemed values) can be effective but very hard to set

Make selective gear mandatory- needs to be monitored. Only option CCTV and observers- CCTV more effective as it. Need to place a high cost on illegal discarding- CCTVs achieve this.

Room for improvement- facilitation of better market mechanisms good here (i.e. transparency and information)

Better run by POs

POs should work any pooling mechanisms. Strong role for greater tradability of quotas.

Quota should be given to POs to manage if any pooling is in operation- POs most effective for this

CCTV best option.

Current arrangements inefficient- lack of information key problem.

Need greater transparency (regarding MS mixed catches and choke species) to open up MS willingness to trade. Movement away from Relative Stability increasingly likely.

Support online trading/centralised information.

Strongly agreed. Need to remove incentive to catch.

Risks Pools run by industry fine- but not 100% of quota- some ring fenced for government control.

CCTV only way to effectively manage and enforce discard ban.

Need better transparency at EU level regarding enforcement to generate level-playing field

Most over-quota catch easily marketable. Fundamental issue with NS hake, saithe and cod- catching too many of big sizes.

Clunky, slow cumbersome- answer (theoretically) is to create a market/quota exchange here, issue is with political limitations.

Supports online trading/centralised information.

Support

Option under concordat for SG to make fishing rights really strong. Increase security and tradability vital to LO. Supports online trading platform

Demonstrate right to go to sea before leaving harbour- demonstrate sufficient quota. Need carrot and stick approach- use CCTV but get rid of rest of controls (effort and gear)

Idea of problems of weird and wonderful species- red herring. LO applies to species with TACs, in most cases market for species to be landed.

Depends upon drawing up or Regional discard plans- create quota trading/exchange place at regional sea basin level. Need to understanding choke species problems across all EU fleets

Supports online trading/centralised information.

Support in short-run. In the long-run, not a great idea but given time constraints- practical approach.

Current quota management cannot go on as it is- need to improve trading mechanisms. Supports online trading platform.

Issue is the POs are not collaborative but competitive. Need strong economic control/depends on the stock.

Demonstrate right to go to sea before leaving harbour- demonstrate sufficient quota

Supports notion of more efficient trading/ centralised information mechanisms but pessimistic of impact- other not want to swap.

Supports notion of proportion of quota held centrally but needs strong internal measures

Need to reduce pressure on lease costs vital. Supports online trading.

ok for minor species- never accepted for major species such as hake.

Demonstrate right to go to sea before leaving harbour- demonstrate sufficient quota

More powers to POs

Fear of undermining the markets - reduce price.

Anxiety over transparency at EU level for swaps- undermine current agreements

Yes to government pool but needs to be allocated to individuals and ring fenced for their use.

Either a pooling system or ITQ works- the current intermediate does not.

POs want ability to vary licences and stop vessels going to sea on a real-time basis.

Supports online trading system for Europe but information not a problem.

Improve tradability key in fixing initial inefficient allocations from FQA system- supports online trading platforms.

Pooling systems don't work.

POs need more powers to control members.

System adequate- want 'use it or lose it' provisions built in Trading platform good idea but quota ownership/management mechanisms differ too much across Europe.

Supports some notion of buffer pool - against top slicing to create this.

Industry pushed for trading platform for years- government who has resisted. Help with quota leasing- leasing a good thing, high price is not. Real-time swapping key for LO. Govt not got appetite for this. Want 'use it or lose it' rules within a transfer window and other triggers to stop market heating up at end of year.

Risk Pools for lower end species fine. Not for hake and cod.

CCTV vital- if not members openly admit if not being monitored will continue discarding. Govt needs to give POs more powers to have real-time effect to stop vessels misbehaving.

Visible long term solution is trade- ITQs at European-level theoretical solution to this. Not going to improve international allocation unless some things given up- can see a movement away from RS as a partial solution.

Trade is the solution.

Improved efficiency key- supports online trading, greater transparency.

Strongly supports

Increased tradability vital- Online trading platform vital to ease up quota leasing issues

Risk pools for some species.

CCTV vital.

Ease of quota trading key to correct initial inefficiencies in allocation

Ease of quota trading key to correct initial inefficiencies in allocation

Risk Pools have a potential role to play in managing bycatch and choke species- hugely successful elsewhere

CCTV vital. When observers used- need 100% coverage- expensive. When used, state funding required- when state funding pulled, industry want CCTV.

Flexible international trading key- European ITQs not in short-run, so need to correct inefficiencies now

Supportive of Government buffer zones (can be used to meet several objectives)

Public online trading platforms supported for across Europe.

Risk pools highly successful- Denmark referenced as a model for private operations between fishermen or POs

CCTV most effective, issue is political will.

Trading vital tool in aligning quota with catches- ITQ best. Online trading good

Risks Pools supported- evidence of success from West Coast and Whiting fishery

Same as International Manager 1:. When observers used- need 100% coverage- expensive. When used, state funding required- when state funding pulled, industry want CCTV. CCTV most effective. Compliance is crucial- need to know what is being caught