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ANNEX I DETAILS ON THE SPECIFIC CONTROL AND INSPECTION PROGRAMME FOR FISHERIES EXPLOITING ICCAT ( 1 ) SPECIES IN THE EASTERN ATLANTIC AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND FOR CERTAIN DEMERSAL AND PELAGIC FISHERIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA (1) This specific control and inspection programme shall cover the geographical areas defined as follows: (a) ‘Eastern Atlantic’ means International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES ( 2 ) ) subareas VII, VIII, IX, X as defined in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 and FAO ( 3 ) division 34.1.2; (b) ‘Mediterranean’ means FAO subareas 37.1, 37.2 and 37.3 or geographical sub-areas 1 to 27 as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 4 ) ; (c) ‘Northern Adriatic’ and ‘Southern Adriatic’ means the geographical subareas 17 and 18 as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011; (d) ‘Strait of Sicily’ means the geographical sub-areas 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011; (2) The Member States concerned are Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain. (3) The following fisheries shall be considered: — Fisheries (including recreational) exploiting stocks of bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea; — Fisheries (including recreational) exploiting Swordfish in the Mediterranean; — Fisheries exploiting Albacore in the Mediterranean; — Fisheries exploiting sardine and anchovy in the Northern and Southern Adriatic Sea; — Fisheries exploiting European hake and deep-water rose shrimp in the Strait of Sicily; — Fisheries exploiting deep-sea shrimps in the Levant and Ionian Sea; — Fisheries exploiting European eel of the species Anguilla anguilla in Union waters of the Mediterranean; — Fisheries exploiting species under the landing obligation pursuant to Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. (4) Target benchmarks for inspections The following benchmarks shall be implemented by the Member States specified in point 2 of this Annex. (a) Inspections activities at sea; On a yearly basis at least 60 % of total inspections at sea (excluding aerial surveillance) shall be conducted on fishing vessels belonging to the fleet segments in the two highest risk level categories identified according to Article 5(1) and 5(2) ensuring that both these fleet segments are adequately and proportionally covered. (b) Inspections at landing (inspections in ports and before first sale); On a yearly basis at least 60 % of total inspections at landing shall be conducted on fishing vessels belonging to the fleet segments in the two highest risk level categories identified according to Article 5(1) and 5(2) ensuring that both these fleet segments are adequately and proportionally covered. (c) Inspections in traps and farming installations related to fisheries exploiting stocks of bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean sea; On a yearly basis 100 % of caging and transfer operations at traps and farm installations, including release of fish, shall be inspected. ( 1 ) International Commission for the conservation of Atlantic Tunas ( 2 ) ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) zones are as defined in Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north- east Atlantic ( OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 70 ). ( 3 ) ‘UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’ ( 4 ) Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on certain provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea ( OJ L 347, 30.12.2011, p. 44 ).