Species not commercially exploited: This indicator should be applied in the case of species and stocks that are not subject to catches by commercial fleets, such as marine mammals, turtles or seabirds. See explanation below on the reasons for not applying in the case of fish and demersal cephalopods from the shelf life of the platform. In the case of demersal fish and cephalopods, follow the proposed EU decision on criteria for defining “Good Environmental Status” (BEA), would require estimating by-catch rates by the fleet for almost all species, since most are subject to incidental catch or discard by fishing fleets, especially trawls, without being a direct target of commercial fisheries, in fact many are subject to sales and harvesting. Therefore, the concept of incidental catch is not considered to be applicable to these species and it is not considered feasible to calculate the mortality rate derived from incidental catches.

Demersal cephalopods not analysed in this cycle due to the low number of species identified in the catches in the surveys and sampling, which makes it difficult to obtain conclusions in the approach to the use of binomial distribution to see the potential significance of results in terms of species in BEA or species outside the BEA.

Species not commercially exploited: This indicator should be applied in the case of species and stocks that are not subject to catches by commercial fleets, such as marine mammals, turtles or seabirds. See explanation below on the reasons for not applying in the case of fish and demersal cephalopods from the shelf life of the platform. In the case of demersal fish and cephalopods, follow the proposed EU decision on criteria for defining “Good Environmental Status” (BEA), would require estimating by-catch rates by the fleet for almost all species, since most are subject to incidental catch or discard by fishing fleets, especially trawls, without being a direct target of commercial fisheries, in fact many are subject to sales and harvesting. Therefore, the concept of incidental catch is not considered to be applicable to these species and it is not considered feasible to calculate the mortality rate derived from incidental catches.

Insufficient data A situation very similar to that of the first assessment is observed, being an indicator of status/trends, and the observed situation of stability cannot be said to be either in the BEA or that the situation is deteriorating as compared to the first assessment.

For opportunistic cephalopod/platform ecotype for opportunistic species only for Eledone Eledone species we note very slight modifications. The remainder will remain with the increasing trends in both periods. For the non-platform coastal/platform ecotype for vulnerable species, it continues to show a growing trend.