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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discard ban in the Skagerrak | The Pelagic RAC supports the advice issued earlier by the North Sea RAC regarding a discard ban in the Skagerrak. | 2013 | 1213PRAC76 Landing obligation in the Skagerrak (Evans) 1213ref26 Discard ban in the Skagerrak |
| Fishing opportunities herring stocks 2014- part 1 | Recommendation regarding fishing opportunities in 2014 for three of the herring stocks. | 2013 | 1314PRAC01 fishing opportunities herring stocks 2014 1314ref07 EC Response on fishing opportunities 2014 |
| 2nd revised rebuilding plan for herring in area VIaSouth and VIIb,c | 2nd revision of a previously proposed rebuilding plan for herring in ICES area VIaSouth and VIIb,c. | 2013 | 1314PRAC08 2nd revised rebuilding plan herring VIaSouth 1314ref04 response EC rebuilding plan herring area VIa South and VIIbc |
| Fishing opportunities 2014 for blue whiting, horse mackerel and boarfish | The Pelagic RAC advises on fishing opportunities in 2014 for the following stocks: blue whiting, western horse mackerel, North Sea horse mackerel, southern horse mackerel and boarfish | 2013 | 1314PRAC12 fishing opportunities blue whiting horse mackerel and boarfish 2014 1314ref07 EC Response on fishing opportunities 2014 |
| Fishing opportunities 2014 for mackerel and herring stocks- part 2 | The Pelagic RAC advises on fishing opportunities in 2014 for the following stocks: North Sea herring, Western Baltic spring spawning herring, Atlanto-Scandian herring, herring in ICES area VIaSouth and VIIb,c and Northeast Atlantic mackerel. | 2013 | 1314PRAC09 fishing opportunities mackerel and herring stocks- part 2 1314ref07 EC Response on fishing opportunities 2014 |
| Data collection under the EMFF | The Pelagic RAC recommends that funding for data collection under the EMFF will not be decreased compared to the Commission’s initial proposal and that Member States receive more flexibility to shift additional funding to data collection. | 2013 | 1314PRAC14 Data collection under the EMFF |
| Member State group for pelagic fisheries | The Pelagic RAC strongly recommends that the Member States form a group dealing exclusively with pelagic fisheries rather than splitting up the pelagic stocks into different regional groupings. | 2013 | 1314PRAC29 Member State group for pelagic fisheries 1314ref12 EC Response Member State group for pelagic fisheries |
| Number of Executive Committee representatives | The Pelagic RAC recommends flexibility regarding the absolute number of representatives in the Executive Committee of the future Pelagic Advisory Council. | 2013 | 1314PRAC16 Flexibility on number of ExCom representatives 1314ref20 Response EC on flexibility nbr ExCom repr |
| Boarfish TAC in the quota regulation 2014 | The 2014 TAC for boarfish in the Northeast Atlantic is still listed as a precautionary TAC although ICES has changed its assessment method and therefore no longer provides advice based on the data limited approach. Contrary, boarfish has since September 2013 been considered a category 1 stock with a full analytical assessment. | 2014 | 1314PRAC33 Boarfish TAC in the quota regulation 2014 1314ref22 Response EC Boarfish TAC in the quota regulation 2014 |
| Recommendations on implementing the EU landing obligation | In this document the Pelagic AC provides recommendations regarding the implementation of the EU landing obligation for the thirteen pelagic stocks under its remit. | 2014 | 20140429 PRAC land obl recom |