1.[F1A fisheries administration must, in accordance with the rules adopted in the area of data collection, collect biological, environmental, technical and socio-economic data necessary for fisheries management, manage those data and make them available to end-users. Those data shall, in particular, enable the assessment of:]
(a)the state of exploited marine biological resources;
(b)the level of fishing and the impact that fishing activities have on the marine biological resources and on the marine ecosystems; and
(c)the socio-economic performance of the fisheries, aquaculture and processing sectors within and outside [F2United Kingdom] waters.
2.The collection, management and use of data shall be based on the following principles:
(a)accuracy and reliability, and collection in a timely manner;
(b)the use of coordination mechanisms with a view to avoiding duplication of data collection for different purposes;
(c)safe storage and protection of collected data in computerised databases, and their public availability where appropriate, including at aggregated level, whilst ensuring confidentiality;
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(e)the availability in a timely manner of the relevant data and the respective methodologies by which they are obtained, for bodies with a research or management interest in the scientific analysis of data in the fisheries sector and for any interested parties, save in circumstances where protection and confidentiality are required under applicable F4... law.
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6.The collection, management and use of data shall be carried out in a cost-effective manner.
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 25(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(15)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 25(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(15)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Art. 25(2)(d) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(15)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Word in Art. 25(2)(e) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(15)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Art. 25(3)-(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(15)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Art. 25(7) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(15)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
A fisheries administration must consult appropriate scientific bodies. Consultations of scientific bodies shall take into account the proper management of public funds, with the aim of avoiding duplication of work by such bodies.]
Textual Amendments
F7Art. 26 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(16); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
A fisheries administration must carry out fisheries and aquaculture research and innovation programmes.]
Textual Amendments
F8Art. 27 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(17); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)