# Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC, Article 25: Data requirements for fisheries management

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. A fisheries administration must, in accordance with the rules adopted in the area of data collection, collect biological, environmental, technical and socio-economic data necessary for fisheries management, manage those data and make them available to end-users. Those data shall, in particular, enable the assessment of:
(a) the state of exploited marine biological resources;
(b) the level of fishing and the impact that fishing activities have on the marine biological resources and on the marine ecosystems; and
(c) the socio-economic performance of the fisheries, aquaculture and processing sectors within and outside United Kingdom waters.
2. The collection, management and use of data shall be based on the following principles:
(a) accuracy and reliability, and collection in a timely manner;
(b) the use of coordination mechanisms with a view to avoiding duplication of data collection for different purposes;
(c) safe storage and protection of collected data in computerised databases, and their public availability where appropriate, including at aggregated level, whilst ensuring confidentiality;
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(e) the availability in a timely manner of the relevant data and the respective methodologies by which they are obtained, for bodies with a research or management interest in the scientific analysis of data in the fisheries sector and for any interested parties, save in circumstances where protection and confidentiality are required under applicable ... law.
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6. The collection, management and use of data shall be carried out in a cost-effective manner.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1380/article/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1380/article-25
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