14 14 Regarding products fished in European waters, the required information is the fishing area at the scale of the ICES division in the North-East Atlantic and at the scale of the GSA (geographical sub- area) in the Mediterranean Sea. [...] Therefore, according to these authors, and more generally according to the current scientific literature available on the topic, the EWG 20-05 suggested a way of scoring the potential impact on the physical structure of benthic marine habitats of the gear categories listed in the Annex 3 of the CMO Regulation. [...] As in system 1, the scoring of the species sensitivity will be defined by the sensitivity of its habitat using the list of species available in the Annex II of the CMO Regulation. [...] 1.3.2 Objectives and tasks of the ad hoc contract on the impact on the seabed One of the key criteria for fishery products identified by the STECF EWG 20-05 report was the fishing activities’ impact on the seabed, which could be implemented in the short term. [...] The resulting indicator would reflect the impact of the fishing gear used in the production process on the physical structure of the catch area’s seafloor habitat in line with the methodology proposed by the STECF: fishing gear categories (a regulatory classification exists under the CMO Regulation) and the targeted fish species would be the input parameters for the indicator, the latter (i.e.
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