The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority is advising interested parties that a revised control plan for a derogation to weigh fish after transport has been drafted and invite submissions on the document prior to it being finalised and submitted to the EU Commission for consideration.
Please note that submissions received will not be responded to, but their receipt will be acknowledged. Submissions will be collated with a view to informing the final document to be submitted to the EU Commission. Personal, confidential or commercially sensitive information should not be included in your submission. Submissions should be limited to the following:
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The consultation process remains open until 18th June and submissions are welcome from any interested parties. You are invited to email your submission to sfpaoperations@sfpa.ie
60(1) Weighing Sample Plan Version 2021 v1 3
Control Plan Derogation 2021 v1 5
Commission Implementing Decision_Revoke 61(1) Weighing after transport
Please see guidance presentation to provide you with information that will help you manage and comply with the new scenario of weighing of all fisheries products on landing. Please engage with your local SFPO/SPO if you need additional information or clarification on this information document.
Guidance Presentation for Industry - Weighing at Landing
The SFPA wishes to provide you with information that will help you manage and comply with the new scenario of weighing of all fisheries products on landing. Please engage with your local SFPO/SPO if you need additional information or clarification on this information document.
FAQs - Weighing of Fishery Products at Landing
National Sampling Plans, which under certain circumstances, permit derogation from the requirement for weighing all fishery products on landing.
National Sampling Plan for Weighing on Landing
The Sampling Plan allows for a situation where not all of the catch must be weighed on landing provided that the fishery products are landed in standardised boxes; in such cases, a representative sample may be used. The size of the representative sample is determined on the basis of a risk assessment.
This does not apply to some species, namely pelagic species subject to the provisions of Art 78 of 404/2011; species that are always weighed after landing, e.g. blue whiting and boarfish, tuna, monkfish (ANF), lobster and crayfish; and all the fishery products not stored in standardised boxes, including those stored in bulk.
Sampling Plan Art 60 (1) EU 1224/2009
National Sampling Plans, which under certain circumstances, permit derogation from the requirement for weighing all fishery products on landing.
National Sampling Plan for Weighing on Landing
The Weighing Onboard Sampling Plan applies the principles of sampling where the master is approved to weigh onboard.
Sampling Plan Art 60(3) EU 1224/2009 (Weighing Onboard)
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) may require that certain pelagic species (mackerel, horse mackerel, herring and blue whiting) landing in excess of 10 tonnes are weighed in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) 1224/2009 Article 60 (6). In support of this, where a vessel is required to weigh upon landing written notification by means of “A Notice to Weigh” form will be issued to the operator responsible for weighing of fisheries products on landing and prior to transport.
The Notice to Weigh on Landing that will be issued to the operators is available here in electronic PDF format.
Notice to Weigh