1. Presented by: Sea Fisheries Protection Authority www.sfpa.ie

2. Union Priority 3 - Specific Objective The Provision of support to monitoring, control and enforcement, thereby enhancing institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administration, without increasing the administrative burden www.sfpa.ie

3. How will EMFF money make a difference? Availability of Funding 2014 to 2020 €46.5 million www.sfpa.ie Key Challenges A reformed and reforming CFP include the reduction of discarded fish and Regionalisation Ireland’s fishery protection area of responsibility extend far beyond the Irish fleet as there are significant fleets of non-Irish vessels fish in waters under our jurisdiction, and their compliance is a significant pillar of the equitable basis of the distribution of marine resources off our shores.

4. How will the Funding be used? We are committed to the continuously fair and sustainable management of the seas, supporting a culture where compliance is the norm. The funding will be used by the SFPA towards achieving this, working together with the Naval Service, Air Corps and DAFM IT. Develop new technologies for managing data, conducting risk analysis and revamping IFIS, VMS, AIS and ERS. We are going to make it easier to verify compliance, and detect noncompliance. EMFF funding will help us develop better risked-based inspection and monitoring programmes where we can combine effective and efficient compliance verification together with targeted enforcement so as to protect the interests of those who uphold the rules for sustainable fishing against those who seek to plunder commonly owned resourced for their own short-term profit. Develop a common information sharing environment across fishery control partners while also improving interaction with other EU Member States. EMFF funding will be also used to support innovation to deliver smart solutions to make it easier to monitor, control and enforce compliance. www.sfpa.ie

5. How will the Funding be used? EMFF funding will facilitate the introduction of education and compliance programs for fishermen to further promote and support a culture of compliance. EMFF funding will be used to assist in Inshore Reporting and Natura Compliance EMFF funding will be also used to support the systems which enable us to trace the fish and the sales of the fish from Ireland to the growing number of markets abroad. EMFF funding will be used towards joint patrols, inspectors visiting and travelling to other key EU ports to carry out inspections, joint training courses to ensure reporting /logging is consistent, whether fish caught in Irish water is landed here or in non-Irish ports. EMFF supported risk analysis systems will lead to more effective sea inspection and air surveillance regime and aligned shore based regime. EMFF funding will be used to renew and upgrade ships and aircraft, substantially deployed in fishery protection throughout the Irish EEZ www.sfpa.ie

6. What are the benefits? Continue our efforts to create a level playing pitch within Irish EEZ and wider. It will also benefit the 7,000 people who make their living from our seas, the vast majority of whom operate within the requirements of the EU Common Fisheries Policy. We aim to protect them through supporting and promoting a culture where compliance is the norm. It will benefit the people of Ireland on whose behalf we regulate, helping to safeguard the future of our seas and the reputation of the sea-fishing industry. The vision for the SFPA is to make compliance easy for them. We will work with DAFM IT to develop IT systems that make it easy for everyone to be compliant and to prove it. The EMFF money will be spent on communication, on information and on accessible advice. www.sfpa.ie

7. In Conclusion The EMFF funding is going to allow the SFPA, and our aligned fishery protection partners to support and promote a culture where compliance is the norm and stop those who are determined not be compliant leading to a safe sustainable future for our shared Marine resource. www.sfpa.ie

8. Thank you for your Attention www.sfpa.ie An Roinn Cosanta Department of Defence