Activities in the national fishery data collection programme in 2004

Based on the EU Regulation 1543/2000 for the improvementof quantity and quality of fishery data the FederalMinistry for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture hasinitiated a national data collection programme, executedby three institutions, Federal Research Centre for Fisheries(BFAFi), Federal Agency for Ariculture and Food and theFederal Research Centre Agriculture, co-ordinated by BFAFi.In 2004 samples have been taken from 943 hauls during29 commercial fishing trips; 357 000 fish have been measured. From 2002 to 2004 the number of length and weightand measurements, and age determinations could increasedby 32, 65 and 156 % resp. Pilot inquiries have beencarried out to prepare also the collection of economicaldate of fishing vessels and of fish processing plants from2006. Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries began publishing the Informationen aus der Fischereiforschung = Information on Fishery Research in 2010.