EU - National Report 2021

The EU fleet fishing in the waters of the Indian Ocean is composed of two main segments. The first is an offshore segment including  Purse seiners métiers targeting the three species of tropical tunas o Data 2020:  26 active vessels  37.104 m³.j transport capacity  4.242 searching days and 5.608 days at sea  204.202 t of catch  • YFT 34,3 % • SKJ 57,6 % • BET 7,9 % • Other s 0,2 %  Longliners targeting swordfish with significant associated catches of some pelagic shark species o Data 2020  14 active vessels  3,246 * 106 hooks  5.625 t of catch
 SWO 36,4 %
 BSH 51,8 %
 SMA 8,0 %
 OTHERS 3,8 %  Longliners targeting swordfish with significant associated catches of tunas (La Réunion) o Data 2020  17 active vessels (≥12m)  3,69 * 106 hooks  1.613 t of catch
 SWO 48,0 %
 YFT & BET 30,0%
 ALB 13,0%
 OTHERS 9,0%
The second is a coastal segment, comprising vessels of less than 12 m fishing for and harvesting large pelagic species and associated species, some of which use anchored fish aggregating devices (AFADs) around Mayotte and Reunion Island the two outermost regions of the European Union of the Indian Ocean. This coastal segment corresponds to the following métiers:  Longliners
o Data 2020

 20 vessels at Reunion Island (<12m)
 0,488 *106 hooks
 388,6 t of catch
o SWO 32,3 %
o YFT & BET 30,0 %
o ALB 15,5 %
o OTHERS 22,2%  2 vessels at Mayotte Island  catch and effort data not available  Trolling line and hand-lines o Data 2020  Reunion :124 vessels  fishing days not available  539,0 t of catch (YFT- -DOX-WAH-BIL 92%)  Mayotte : 111 active out of 143 yoles in the formal professional sector; 400 boats and 762 canoes in the non-professional sector . Total production estimated for 2020, only for professional boats, is 189t. The fishing capacity of the EU fleet authorized to deploy a fishing activity for large pelagic species in the IOTC Convention Area is governed by provisions on capacity limits set out in the IOTC Resolution and by European Union legislation. Furthermore, the conditions of access to certain fishing areas in waters under the jurisdiction of coastal states of the South West Indian Ocean are subject to specific provisions defined in public agreements engaging the European Union and called Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPA). In accordance with IOTC Resolution 15/02, flag EU Member States (Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and United Kingdom) have submitted scientific data characterizing the activity of the EU fleet fishing in 2019 in the IOTC area of competence, and enabling the IOTC Scientific Committee to conduct its work.