Division 5 Social and economic data on fisheries to enable the assessment of the social and economic performance of the United Kingdom fisheries sector.F1

Such data shall consist of the following:

1. (a)

   Economic variables as indicated in Table 5A according to the sector segmentation of Table 5B and according to the supraregions as defined in Table 5C.

   F2The population must be all active and inactive vessels registered in the United Kingdom Fishing Fleet Register, as defined in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/218, on 31 December of the reporting year and vessels that do not appear on the Register at that date but have fished at least one day during the reporting year.

   For inactive vessels only capital value and capital cost shall be collected.

   In cases where there is a risk of natural persons and/or legal entities being identified clustering may be applied to report economic variables in order to ensure statistical confidentiality. Clustering may also be used if necessary to design a statistically sound sampling plan. Such clustering scheme shall be consistent over time.

   Economic data shall be collected on an annual basis.

2. (b)

   Social variables as indicated in Table 6.

   Social data shall be collected every three years starting in 2018.

   Data on employment by education level and employment by nationality may be collected on the basis of pilot studies.