The Pelagic AC provides credible, scientific, and consensus-based advice to inform pelagic fisheries policy, both upon the request of the European Commission and Member States, and on its own initiative. All advice and recommendations are developed and approved by the members of the Pelagic AC.
Our advice — and responses to it — may be accessed below.
| Name | Summary | Year | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|
| PelAC benchmark request for Irish Sea and Celtic Sea herring | The PelAC requested the Commission to ask ICES to carry out as a matter of urgency a combined benchmark of the Irish Sea and Celtic Sea stock assessments to address the aforementioned issues and to conduct a retrospective analysis on the impact of the inappropriate assessment of Irish Sea herring and the provision of inflated advice for the past seven years. | 2024 | Letter to COM |