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NEPTUN I, NEPTUN II, NEPTUN III & NEPTUN IV having been or being
built in 2007-2008 to be fully operational during 2008-2009 by Tehnomont
Pula shipyard for Solin-Croatia-based BFT fishing operator Conex-Trade.
SARDINA I, having been built in 2007 to be fully operational during 2008.
o Spain: Four large BFT PS vessels (LOAs = 33.10m and 49.50m) to be built for
Algeria, delivery 2008, two of which by Astilleros la Parilla (BV certified) for Algerian
companies KBB and Albacore, sarl.
o Italy: According to unconfirmed Industry reports:
Six large BFT PS vessels (LOA = 38m) and six medium BFT PS vessels
(LOA = 31m) to be built for Libya, delivery 2008/2009.
Three EU FIFG-IFOP 25 financed large BFT PS vessels, of which one (Hull:
Steel; LOA = 42m; Main engines: x 2 Guascor SF 480 TA SP 1570 Hp /
1800’) to be built for delivery in 2008/2009 (see Figure 022).
o Tunisia: Two large BFT PS vessels (LOA > 33.10m) having being built at Sfax
shipyard Mecanav. DOB ETA May and October 2006. Delivery in time unconfirmed.
Fully operational in 2008.
• Detected Mediterranean PS fishing vessels with LOAs < 20m, have purposely not been
included in this survey, regardless whether they were registered or not with ICCAT as
authorised BFT fishing vessels.
• Out of 612 detected PS fishing units, 113 vessels were not recorded with ICCAT at the time
the survey was carried-out, of which:
o 26 units were effectively being built at the time the survey was carried-out,
o 6 units were flagged to Algeria and have positively been identified as fully
operational PS fishing vessels (see Annexe 2),
o 17 units were flagged to Croatia and have positively been identified as fully
operational PS fishing vessels,
11 PS multispecies: 28.6m LOA 20m,
6 medium PS: 38.5m > LOA 28.6m.
o 5 units were flagged to EU states and have positively been identified as fully
operational PS fishing vessels,
o 1 unit was flagged to Libya and has positively been identified as a fully operational
large PS fishing vessel, inside the Mediterranean Sea during the 2007 BFT fishing
season,
o 8 units were flagged to Tunisia and have positively been identified as fully
operational PS multispecies fishing vessels, inside the Mediterranean Sea during
the 2007 BFT fishing season,
o 50 units were flagged to Turkey of which:
10 PS multispecies: 28.6m LOA 20m,
23 medium PS: 38.5m > LOA 28.6m,
17 large PS: LOA > 38.5m,
25 FIFG: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance. The Regulation on the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG) set out
the policy priorities and the terms of assistance for the fisheries and aquaculture sector for the period 2000-2006. The FIFG was
designed to help achieve the aims of the common fisheries policy by providing structural assistance to strengthen the competitiveness
of the operating structures and the development of economically viable enterprises. Council Regulation (EC) No 1263/1999 of 21 June
1999 on the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance. This Regulation granted FIFG support to the following in line with the FIFG's
overall objectives: Fleet renewal and modernisation of fishing vessels; adjustment of fishing effort; joint enterprises; small-scale coastal
fisheries; socio-economic measures; protection of marine resources in coastal waters; aquaculture; fishing port facilities; processing and
marketing of fishery and aquaculture products; seeking new outlets for such products; operations by members of the trade; innovative
actions, in particular those of a transnational nature and involving the networking of operators and areas dependent on the sector.
technical assistance.
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