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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
02ROME5662	2002-11-21 15:06	2011-08-30 01:44	UNCLASSIFIED	Embassy Rome

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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ROME 005662 
 
SIPDIS 
 
OES FOR DAS WEST; OMC FOR TINKHAM, PLE 
 
COMMERCE FOR NOAA/NMFS/IA 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 02        ROME  05662  01 OF 02  211629Z 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD SENV PHSA ETRD IT ITEFIS MARITIME
SUBJECT:  CLOSING THE DRIFTNET LOOP IN ITALY 
 
REFS:  A) STATE 135156  B) TINKHAM-SIGNORETTI MEETING 
 
¶1.  SUMMARY.  DESPITE SEVERAL FOLLOW-UPS, POST HAS NOT YET 
RECEIVED A COMPREHENSIVE REPLY TO REF A DEMARCHE.  HOWEVER, 
GOI OFFICIALS HAVE ASSURED US ILLEGAL DRIFTNETTING HAS BEEN 
PROSECUTED EFFECTIVELY AND THAT THE PHENOMENON IS GOING TO 
EXPIRE. A COPY OF THE 2000 AND 2001 ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WERE 
GIVEN TO OES STETSON TINKHAM WHEN HE WAS IN ROME LAST WEEK. 
THE SUMMARY OF 2002 DRIFTNET DATA AND THE FISHERIES DG'S 
LETTER WILL BE SENT BY FAX.  END SUMMARY. 
 
¶2.  POST SENT REF A DEMARCHE TO FISHERIES DG ATTILIO TRIPODI 
ON JULY 22.  AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WE RECEIVED THE 2000 
AND 2001 PORT CAPTAINCY ENFORCEMENT REPORTS, WHICH 
UNFORTUNATELY AGGREGATED ALL INSPECTION DATA.  DRIFTNET 
VIOLATIONS COULD NOT BE DISAGGREGATED.  WE ASKED FOR 
DRIFTNET-ONLY STATISTICS SOON AFTERWARDS.  SINCE WE HAD NOT 
RECEIVED ANY ANSWER, WE SUBMITTED THE SAME REQUEST AGAIN ON 
NOVEMBER 4, REQUESTING THE INFORMATION ON DRIFTNET NETS 
DISPOSAL AS WELL.  UNFORTUNATELY, TRIPODI TOLD US THAT IT 
WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO EXTRACT DRIFTNET-SPECIFIC 
ENFORCEMENT DATA FROM THE 2000 AND 2001 STATISTICS, AND 
ASKED FOR MORE TIME.  HOWEVER, TRIPODI SENT US A LETTER 
WHERE STATING THAT HE HAD REQUESTED THE 2002 (SIC) 
ENFORCEMENT DATA.  WE IMMEDIATELY CALLED AND EMPHASIZED 
AGAIN THAT WE NEEDED 2000 AND 2001 DATA.  IN THE LETTER 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 03        ROME  05662  01 OF 02  211629Z 
TRIPODI ADDED THAT "2002 DRIFTNET MONITORING ACTIVITY HAS 
BEEN INCISIVE AND SATISFACTORY" (SEE PARA 6 FOR INFORMAL 
TRANSLATION OF THE LETTER). 
 
¶3.  WHILE WAITING FOR A REPLY FROM TRIPODI, POST ALSO SPOKE 
WITH COMM. PIETRO VERNA, THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR 
FISHERY CONTROL.  VERNA SENT US THE 2002 DRIFTNET 
ENFORCEMENT DATA ON NOV. 4.  THE PORT AUTHORITIES HAVE 
DEDICATED 15,101 HOURS AND 93,614 NAUTICAL MILES TO DRIFTNET 
MONITORING IN THE PAST SEASON.  DURING THEIR MONITORING 
ACTIVITY, THEY HAVE CAUGHT AND SEIZED THE NETS OF 9 ILLEGAL 
DRIFTNET VESSELS IN PALERMO, 44 IN CALABRIA, 19 IN CATANIA, 
12 IN BARI, 2 IN NAPLES, AND 17 IN SARDINIA (BELONGING TO 
SICILIAN FISHERMEN).  COM. VERNA WAS SATISFIED WITH THE 
ABOVE-MENTIONED RESULTS AND WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE DRIFTNET 
ISSUE IS RESOLVED:  "THERE WILL BE ALWAYS VIOLATORS, BUT 
ALMOST NONE".  HE ALSO ADDED THAT "ONCE ALL THE FISHERMEN 
RECEIVE THE CONVERSION MONEY (STILL SOME OF THEM HAVE NOT 
RECEIVED IT) AND HAVE THEIR EXPENSIVE NETS SEIZED, THEY WILL 
DEFINITIVELY STOP DRIFTNETTING". 
 
¶4.  COMMENT:  THE EU DRIFTNET BAN ENTERED INTO FORCE ON 
JANUARY 1, 2002 AND ALL DRIFTNETS ARE NOW ILLEGAL.  ONLY 
ABOUT 80 DRIFTNET VESSELS HAD NOT APPLIED TO THE CONVERSION 
PLAN AND HAD NOT SURRENDERED THEIR NETS.  IN THEORY, THEY 
WERE THE ONLY ONES STILL ABLE TO DRIFTNET.  SINCE THE PC 
ISSUED 103 VIOLATIONS, THE PORT AUTHORITIES APPEAR TO HAVE 
INTERCEPTED THESE DRIFTNET VESSELS AND GOI MONITORING 
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE THIS YEAR.  END COMMENT. 
 
¶5.  DRIFTNET QUESTIONS 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 04        ROME  05662  01 OF 02  211629Z 
 
- SANCTIONS LAW :  NEVER APPROVED 
 
- BILATERAL ENFORCEMENT WITH OTHER EU MED COUNTRIES AND/OR 
EU INSPECTORS IN 2000-2001: 
 
2000:  JUNE 21/ JULY 14 AND JULY 19/AUGUST 11 - GREECE-ITALY 
JOINT INSPECTION ACTIVITIES AT SEA (OUTCOME NOT MENTIONED) 
2001:  JULY 21-25 AND SEPTEMBER 27-30 - GREECE-ITALY JOINT 
INSPECTION ACTIVITIES BY PLANE (OUTCOME NOT MENTIONED) 
2002:  NOT MENTIONED IN THE 2002 PLAN - WHICH IS A VERY 
GENERAL DOCUMENT, MENTIONING ARTICLES OF LAW AND ENFORCEMENT 
CAPABILITY (E.G. PERSONNEL, N. OF BOATS AND PLANES, BUDGET, 
ETC.) BUT NO MONITORING ACTION PLAN. 
 
- STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF ITALY'S VESSEL MONITORING 
SYSTEM: 
 
ACCORDING TO THE EU REGULATION 28/47 ALL EU VESSELS LONGER 
THAN 24 METERS MUST HAVE THE BLUE BOX ON BOARD.  CURRENTLY 
ALL 613 REQUIRED ITALIAN VESSELS HAVE THE BLUE BOX ON BOARD. 
ACCORDING TO COMM. MANCINI, ABOUT 140 VESSELS ARE 
EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS, A PART OF WHICH COULD BE ALSO DUE TO 
INTENTIONAL SABOTAGE TO THE INSTRUMENT.  MOREOVER, DUE TO 
HIGH COSTS OF SATELLITE MONITORING, THE VESSEL DATA ARE 
TRANSMITTED EVERY 6 HOURS INSTEAD OF 2 AS THE EU RULE 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
                           UNCLASSIFIED     PTQ0540 
 
PAGE 01        ROME  05662  02 OF 02  211629Z 
ACTION OES-00 
 
INFO  LOG-00   NP-00    AGRE-00  AID-00   CEA-01   CG-00    CIAE-00 
      CTME-00  DINT-00  DODE-00  DOEE-00  ITCE-00  DOTE-00  SRPP-00 
      DS-00    EB-00    EXME-00  EUR-00   E-00     UTED-00  VC-00 
      FRB-00   H-01     TEDE-00  INR-00   IO-00    ITC-01   JUSE-00 
      L-00     VCE-00   AC-01    NSAE-00  NSCE-00  NSF-01   OIC-02 
      OMB-01   OPIC-01  PA-00    PM-00    PRS-00   ACE-00   P-00 
      SP-00    SSO-00   SS-00    STR-00   TEST-00  TRSE-00  T-00 
      USIE-00  EPAE-00  PMB-00   DSCC-00  DRL-02   G-00     NFAT-00 
      SAS-00     /011W 
                  ------------------0C7404  211641Z /38 
R 211506Z NOV 02 
FM AMEMBASSY ROME 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 7011 
INFO USEU BRUSSELS 2964 
USDOC WASHDC 
AMEMBASSY PARIS 
AMEMBASSY LONDON 
AMEMBASSY MADRID 
AMEMBASSY DUBLIN 
AMEMBASSY LISBON 
AMEMBASSY ATHENS 
 
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 02 ROME 005662 
 
SIPDIS 
 
OES FOR DAS WEST; OMC FOR TINKHAM, PLE 
 
COMMERCE FOR NOAA/NMFS/IA 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 02        ROME  05662  02 OF 02  211629Z 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD SENV PHSA ETRD IT ITEFIS MARITIME
SUBJECT:  CLOSING THE DRIFTNET LOOP IN ITALY 
 
REQUIRES.  THE MONITORING NETWORK INCLUDES ROME AND 13 MAJOR 
ITALIAN PORTS. 
 
- DETAILS ON THE FINAL DISPOSITION OF SEIZED OR SURRENDERED 
DRIFTNETS:  POST ASKED AGAIN THIS INFORMATION ON NOVEMBER 4 
AND WAS PROMISED TO RECEIVE A REPLY "SOON". 
 
- RESULTS OF ITALY'S COAST GUARD (CG), AND POLICE SHORESIDE 
AND AT-SEA BOARDING AND INSPECTION PROGRAMS FOR 2000-2001 
(OVERALL ACTIVITY) 
 
                         2000                2001 
                    CG   POLICE            CG     POLICE 
 
INSPECTIONS AT SEA  8,856   30,000      19,420     34,000 
INSPECTIONS IN PORTS2,187    5,972      13,657      4,883 
ADMIN. VIOLATIONS   2,705    3,970       4,300      4,490 
ADMIN. SEIZURES     1,091      772       1,323        947 
PENAL VIOLATION       564    1,358         913      1,358 
PENAL SEIZURES        309      739         507      1,202 
 
¶6.  BEGINNING OF EMBASSY INFORMAL TRANSLATION OF DG 
TRIPODI'S LETTER DATED NOVEMBER 14, 2002 
 
AFTER HAVING RECEIVED YOUR NOTE, WE HAVE REQUESTED THE 2002 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 03        ROME  05662  02 OF 02  211629Z 
(SIC!) DRIFTNET ENFORCEMENT DATA FROM ALL ENFORCEMENT 
AUTHORITIES (PORT CAPTAINCIES, CARABINIERI AND CUSTOM 
POLICE).  AS SOON AS THE REQUESTED DATA ARE AVAILABLE WE 
WILL IMMEDIATELY SEND THEM TO THE EMBASSY.  HOWEVER, WE 
THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE TO ENSURE YOU THAT ALL DRIFTNET 
CONVERSION PLAN MEASURES HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT BOTH 
ADMINISTRATIVELY AND OPERATIONALLY (DISPOSAL OF NETS AND 
MONITORING ACTIVITY).  MOREOVER, DURING THE 2002 CAMPAIGN, 
WE PLANNED AND CARRIED OUT AN INTENSE MONITORING ACTIVITY 
WHICH INVOLVED ALL ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES, AND THE PORT 
CAPTAINCIES IN PARTICULAR, AND HAD SATISFACTORY RESULTS AS 
SHOWN IN THE ATTACHED SUMMARY. 
 
END OF EMBASSY INFORMAL TRANSLATION. 
 
SEMBLER 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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