the wgssf agreed however that a wide range of fishing activities fell within these length and gear parameters including some activity with very high fishing effort gfcm it was therefore concluded that a more refined characterization of ssf was needed in the mediterranean and the black sea box in certain countries there is still a need for complete and uptodate fleet registers for the smallscale subsector furthermore in many cases ssf may lack dedicated infrastructure and catches are landed at numerous remote landings sites along the coast including informal sites such as beaches hindering regular data collection and record keeping