Statement by the NEAFC Secretariat to the UN

Statement by the NEAFC Secretariat to the Third Meeting of the Ad-hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction

Date: 
4 Feb 2010

Press release - new President for NEAFC

Press release - new President for NEAFC
Date: 
7 Jan 2010

NEAFC Press Release issued after 28th Annual Meeting

NEAFC Press Release issued after 28th Annual Meeting
Date: 
17 Nov 2009 - 18 Nov 2009

OECD reviews RFMOs including a thorough description of the developments in NEAFC

With the development and entry into force of the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement in 1995, the international community made a commitment to strengthen Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs), established to deal with the management of shared high seas resources.

 

Fisheries Status Report 1998 - 2007

Full Title: 
Fisheries Status Report 1998 - 2007
Date: 
8 May 2009

NEAFC Fisheries Status Report 1998-2007
Edited by Kjartan Hoydal
NEAFC Secretariat

Cooperation with IMO

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) Sign an Agreement of Cooperation
Date: 
10 Dec 2009

A proposal for draft terms of an Agreement of Co-operation between the International
Maritime Organization (IMO) and the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
has now been adopted by the IMO Assembly. It has since been signed and has entered into
force. Under the Agreement of Co-operation, IMO and NEAFC will consult each other on matters
of common interest with a view to ensure maximum coordination of the work and activities
in respect of such matters.

 

Full Document Attached

World Ocean Day 8 June – Our Oceans our Responsibility

NEAFC, the Regional Fisheries Management Organisation of the North East Atlantic, celebrated the World Ocean  with a briefing for Ambassadors and other International Organisations at their HQ by the President. The briefing is attached below.

 

Existing Fishing Area Coordinates

This final version of the maps are based on discussions at the Meeting of PECMAS 28-29 October 2008.

The data have been mapped by Þorsteinn Sigurðsson, Hafrannsóknastofnunin, Iceland

NEAFC Performance Review

The 27th session of the Committee on Fisheries of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, took place between 5 - 9 March 2007 at FAO Headquarters in Rome. One of the agenda items was " Strengthening Regional Fishery Management Organizations (RFMOs) and their performances". This calls for all RFMOs to undertake performance reviews.

Date: 
8 Mar 2008
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