| dc.description.abstract | The 12th Liaison meeting was held in Brussels on 8th and 9th October 2015 to address the following Terms
of Reference:
TOR 1. Discussion on possible follow-‐‑up to the main outputs/recommendations of:
• The 2015 RCMs -‐‑ specific recommendations addressed to the Liaison Meeting
• PGECON, PGDATA, PGMed – outcomes and recommendations from their 2015 meeting
• STECF EWG and STECF Plenary -‐‑ outcomes and recommendations from their 2015 meetings
• Data end users (ICES, STECF, RFMOs – GFCM, IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, WCPFC, NAFO,
SPRFMO, CECAF, WECAFC)
TOR2. End user feedback on data transmission and related issues
• Discuss feedback received from data end-‐‑users on data transmission: main issues and possible
harmonization of end user feedback to the Commission
• JRC data transmission IT platform: experience gained and future steps
• Discuss best practices on automatization of data upload by MS: data validation tools used by
end users
• Discussion on new set-‐‑up for STECF evaluation of AR2014 & data transmission 2014 used in
2015 – continue like this next year?
• Harmonisation and dissemination of DCF metadata: codelists, metiers, nomenclatures, best
practices, standards
• RCM data calls – overview of how MS responded
TOR 3. Regional cooperation
• Call for proposals MARE/2014/19 'ʹStrengthening Regional Cooperation in the area of fisheries
data collection– state of play'ʹ. Presentation by a representative of the two RCG grants and
discussions by LM thereafter. What should be the way forward?
• Regional databases
• Overview of use of the Regional Databases for RCMs in 2015 and problems identified
• Other developments (RDB trainings in 2015, RDB Med&BS development)
• Changes for the future – any recommendations from the LM?
• Future role of RCMs and DCF-‐‑related meetings: best practices, coordination, cohesion and
common structure in line with emerging needs of DCF
TOR 4. EU MAP
• Discuss recommendations/ output of RCMs: List of proposed stocks, landing obligation, metiers
• Discuss design-‐‑based sampling in relation to DCF: does it fulfil DCF requirements?
TOR 5. Availability of data
• Overview of latest developments (DCF Database Feasibility Study and plans for a follow-‐‑up
study to this)
TOR 6. AOB
• Agree on a list of recommendations relating to DCF (that MS will need to report on in their
AR2015) – COM will provide a compilation of proposed recommendations from LM & STECF
Plenaries in 2014 as input
• Prepare a list of recommended meetings for 2016 as guidance for MS
• Review and prioritize DCF-‐‑related study proposals from RCMs, PGECON, EGs etc
• ICES update on workshop on concurrent sampling and plans to re-‐‑evaluate surveys | es_ES |
