Cross-analysis of fuel data with the scientific Fisheries Dependent Information (FDI) dataset

The theoretical LOA-based fuel use model was applied to the
Scientific Fisheries Dependent Information (FDI) effort dataset to infer
specific fuel consumption per fishing day (including steaming and towing) for
each fishery and vessel segment. National FDI landings were matched to the
effort data, hence fuel consumption, to allow the computation of FUI and CF at
the entire fleet and vessel segments level.

Annual fishing fleet effort and landing 2019 data of the entire
national trawl fleet were obtained from the FDI database, made freely available
in aggregated form for ease of access by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) data
dissemination tool, with detailed landings by gear, species and area of
capture.

The FDI database is updated annually and published at https://stecf.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dd/fdi
together information on the data-handling procedures. The JRC data dissemination
tool provides access to data submitted by EU Member States to the European
Commission under the provisions of the Data Collection Framework (DCF). Fishery data are collected
by EU Member States on the basis of national sampling programmes.