ANNEX IIISupplementary provisions
ANNEX III DETAILS ON THE SPECIFIC CONTROL AND INSPECTION PROGRAMME FOR CERTAIN PELAGIC AND DEMERSAL FISHERIES IN THE BALTIC SEA (1) This specific control and inspection programme shall cover the geographical areas defined as follows: Union waters of the ‘Baltic Sea’, where ‘ Baltic Sea ’ means ICES zones IIIb, IIIc and IIId; (2) The Member States concerned are Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden. (3) The following fisheries shall be considered: — Fisheries exploiting cod (including recreational fisheries in subdivisions 22-24), herring, salmon, sprat; — Fisheries exploiting European eel of the species Anguilla anguilla in Union waters of the Baltic Sea; — 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.