Pelagic AC – General Assembly and Executive Committee
Welcome to the website of the Pelagic Advisory Council. The Pelagic AC prepares and provides advice on the management of pelagic fish stocks on behalf of the fisheries sector and other stakeholders. This website provides an overview of its activities; past, present and future. The Pelagic AC receives Union funding …
North Western Waters AC – General Assembly
The North Western Waters Advisory Council (NWWAC) is a representative and legitimate EU fisheries stakeholder body which is legally recognised as an organisation aiming an European Interest. It is established in Ireland and it produces regular advice on its own initiative or at request of the European Commission and the …
South Western Waters AC – Executive Committee and General Assembly
The CCR.S joins all fisheries actors to propose to the European Commission and to the Member States statement on the fish management on the south Atlantic. The CCR.S is one of the 7 Regional Advisory Councils established by the Council in order to stimulate the participation of the interested parts …
Baltic Sea AC – Executive Committee
The main aim of the Baltic Sea Advisory Council is to advise the European Commission and Member States on matters relating to management of the fisheries in the Baltic Sea. It was created in 2006. A new so-called Basic Regulation 1380 (2013) laying down rules and provisions for the Common Fisheries Policy …
North Sea AC – Executive Committee
NSAC is a membership organisation established in 2004 to provide greater stakeholder involvement in fisheries management at regional level. It is one of seven Regional Advisory Councils within Europe.The NSAC prepares and provides advice on the management of fisheries in the North Sea on behalf of its members; fisheries organisations …
Landing obligation is approved
Fishermen will have two years to “adapt” before sanctions for failing to comply with the new fish “discard” ban take effect, under a law passed by Parliament on Tuesday. The draft law, already informally agreed by MEPs and ministers, amends the “omnibus” regulation on arrangements for enforcing the ban. Obliging …
Baltic Multiannual management plan is just around the corner
On the 28th April 2015 the European Parliament gave a positive vote on the multiannual Baltic Plan, a long-term management plan which establishes targets and conservation reference points for cod, sprat and herring stocks. The plan is a big step forward in making fishing in the Baltic more sustainable. It …
Discard ban: The Norwegian example
Following the coming into force of the landing obligation for pelagic stocks, as well as the upcoming discard ban on demersal species in 2016, the EU fishing fleet has been faced with the issue of minimising unwanted by-catch via new and more selective management measures. A peer reviewed paper on …