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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Request for revised NEA mackerel catch advice for 2019 | The recent ICES inter-benchmark assessment of North East Atlantic mackerel and the considerable change in the perception of the stock that has resulted from this process, Pelagic AC asks that the European Commission requests ICES to revise the 2019 catch advice for NEA mackerel. | 2019 | Request for revised mackerel advice Commission response |
| Revision of the Technical Measures Regulation | Concerns on impossilbe obligation to fish small pelagic mackerel with an 80mm mesh sieze in the North Sea and 100mm in Western Waters. | 2019 | Revision Technical Measures regulation Commission response |
| Fishing opportunities for 2020 | The Pelagic AC provides recommendations on TACs in 2020 for stocks under its remit. | 2019 | Fishing opportunities 2020 |
| TACs pelagic stocks 2006 | 2005 | 0509 Recommendations TACs 06 |