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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/885",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 14 November 2011 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and the provisional application of the Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau setting out fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties currently in force (2011/885/EU)",
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  "number": "ANNEX III",
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  "text": "Outline of the objectives and performance indicators to be complied with under Articles 3, 8 and 9 of the Protocol\nStrategic priorities and objectives\nIndicators\n1. Improvement of health and hygiene conditions to develop the fisheries sector\nPreparations to obtain export approval\nRules on minimum health and hygiene standards applicable to industrial vessels, canoes and fishing enterprises products drawn up/adopted by Parliament and implemented\nCompetent authority in place\nCentro de Investigação Pesqueira Apliquada (CIPA) brought up to standards (ISO 9000)\nLaboratory provided to carry out microbiological and chemical analyses\nShrimp monitoring and analysis plan (PNVAR 2008) adopted and incorporated into law\nNumber of health inspectors trained\nNumber of health workers and fisheries ministry staff trained in hygiene standards\nApproval for export to the European Union obtained\n1.1.\nModernisation and upgrading health and hygiene of the industrial fleet and the small-scale fleet\nNumber of industrial vessels brought up to standards\nNumber of wooden canoes replaced with canoes made of more suitable materials (in absolute terms and as a percentage)\nNumber of canoes equipped with iceboxes\nIncreased number of unloading points\nSmall-scale fishing vessels and coastal fishing vessels brought into compliance with health standards (number in absolute terms and as a percentage)\n1.2.\nDeveloping infrastructure, in particular port infrastructure\nRefurbishment of Port of Bissau and extension of fishing port\nPort fish market for unloading catches from small-scale and industrial fishing developed and restored to standards\nPort of Bissau brought up to international standards (ratification of OLAS Convention)\nWrecks removed from port\n1.3.\nPromoting fisheries products (health and plant-health conditions of the products landed and processed)\nInspection system for fishery products adapted and operational\nActors made aware of health and hygiene rules (number of training courses organised and number of people trained)\nAnalytical laboratory operational\nNumber of sites developed for non-industrial landing and processing\nPromoting technical and commercial partnerships with private operators overseas\nEco-labelling system launched for Guinea-Bissau products\n2. Improving monitoring, control and surveillance of the fishing zone\nImproved legal framework\nAgreement adopted between the ministry of fisheries and of defence on surveillance and control\nNational monitoring, control and surveillance plan adopted and implemented\n2.1.\nStrengthening monitoring, control and surveillance\nBody of sworn independent inspectors operational (number of people recruited and trained) and corresponding budgetary allocation entered in the finance act\nNumber of days of surveillance at sea: 250 days/year at the end of the period covered by the Protocol\nNumber of inspections in port and at sea\nNumber of aerial inspections\nNumber of statistical bulletins published\nRadar coverage rate\nRate of VMS coverage of the fleet as a whole\nTraining programme adapted to surveillance techniques implemented (number of hours of training, number of technicians trained, etc.)\n2.2.\nMonitoring boarding of vessels\nImproving the transparency of the system of boarding, penalties and payments of fines\nRules on payment of fines improved and ban introduced on payment of fines other than financial\nImprovement of system for collection of fines\nPublication of annual statistics on fines collected\nSetting up a blacklist of vessels penalised\nDrawing up of and annual publication of statistics on fines\nFISCAP annual report published\n3. Improving fisheries management\nManaging shrimp and cephalopod fishing effort\nMaintaining in 2007 existing agreements with third countries and the European Union However, if the fishing opportunities granted to third countries remain unused on 1 January 2007, these opportunities shall not be mobilised in 2008 and subsequent years.\nNo fishing opportunities shall be granted to chartering\nDefinitive withdrawal from and formal termination of any agreement with European companies or associations/enterprises within thirty days of the entry into force of this Protocol\n3.1.\nModernisation and stepping up of fisheries research\nStrengthen CIPA research capacities\n3.2.\nImproving information on fishery resources\nAnnual trawling carried out\nNumber of stocks evaluated\nNumber of research programmes\nNumber of recommendations issued and followed on the state of the main fisheries resources (in particular freezes on fishing and conservation measures for overfished stocks)\nEvaluation of annual fishing effort for species which are the subject of a development plan\nInstrument to manage operational fishing effort (setting up a database, statistical monitoring instruments, networking the services responsible for fleet management, publication of statistical bulletins, etc.)\n3.3.\nControlled development of fisheries\nAdoption of annual management plan for industrial fishing before the start of the year concerned\nAdoption and implementation of development plan for over-exploited resources\nVessel register kept in EEZ, including small-scale fishing\nNumber of development plans drawn up, implemented and evaluated\n3.4.\nImproving the effectiveness of the technical services of the Ministère des Pêches et de l’Economie Maritime (Ministry of Fisheries and the Marine Economy) and the services involved in managing the sector\nAdministrative capacities strengthened\nTraining and retraining programme drawn up and applied (number of agents trained, number of hours of training, etc.)\nMechanisms for coordination, consultation and cooperation with partners strengthened\nSystem of data collection and statistical monitoring of fisheries strengthened\n3.5.\nDeveloping the system for managing licences and monitoring vessels\nNumber of hours of training for technicians\nNumber of technicians trained\nNetworking of services and statistics",
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