Translation of "capacité de bord " (French → English) :

1. In order to improve health, hygiene, safety, working and living conditions on board for fishermen, the EMFF may support investments on board or in individual equipments provided that these investments go beyond standards required under national or Union law and do not increase the fishing capacity of the vessel .

13. Regrets that investment on board fishing vessels, funded by the European Fisheries Fund (EFF), could increase the ability of individual vessels to catch fish; considers that the interpretative note, prepared by the Commission and sent to Member States following the Court of Auditors' Special Report on the ability of the vessels to catch fish in which the Court of Auditors called for national authorities to enforce stricter checks before deciding on the funding of projects of investments on board, is insufficient;

15. Suggests that, once the five basic indicators and the associated methodology have been sufficiently developed to produce results of high quality, the Commission should consider including in the Scoreboard additional long-term indicators such as those relating to market shares, quality, advertising, transparency and comparability of offers, indicators related to enforcement and consumer empowerment, social, environmental and ethical indicators, as well as indicators to measure redress and consumer detriment; considers, however, that this should be done gradually in order to ensure a focused and intelligible Scoreboard, with a view to ensuring a more comprehen ...[+++]sive approach to consumer protection and enabling consumers to benefit fully from the advantages offered by the internal market;

15. Suggests that, once the five basic indicators and the associated methodology have been sufficiently developed to produce results of high quality, the Commission should consider including in the Scoreboard additional long-term indicators such as those relating to market shares, quality, advertising, transparency and comparability of offers, indicators related to enforcement and consumer empowerment, social, environmental and ethical indicators, as well as indicators to measure redress and consumer detriment; considers, however, that this should be done gradually in order to ensure a focused and intelligible Scoreboard, with a view to ensuring a more comprehen ...[+++]sive approach to consumer protection and enabling consumers to benefit fully from the advantages offered by the internal market;

2. Such a special fishing permit shall only be issued to fishing vessels, which have demonstrated a capacity to use all parts of sharks, and have justified the need for the separate processing on board of shark fins and the remaining parts of sharks.

It seems that putting that kind of capability on those 47 ships — if that is the right number — could at least solve the problem in a fairly short space of time and with less expense.