Please note that this format allows documents to be linked to the relevant agenda item to allow greater clarity, it is not intended to replace the Annotated Agenda shown above.

1. Welcome address by the President and opening statements

2. Adoption of the agenda and appointment of rapporteur

3. Establishment and arrangements for the Finance and Administration Committee, and other groups

Finance and Administration Committee Report

4. Statistics on quota uptake
(a) Monthly reports from Contracting Parties up to 1 October 2007
(b) Compilation of final monthly catch statistics for 2006
Catch Statistics Rev 1
(revision of catches of Redfish - in ICES Areas I & II only)
Catch statistics Rev 2

(Revision of Pelagic Stocks 2006 only)
(c) Weekly catch reporting incl. reporting of catches of redfish in ICES Sub-areas I and II
(d) Progress in inputting catch data directly into database on NEAFC’s website

5. Report by the Advisory Committee on Fisheries Management

6. Reports from Working Groups and Coastal State discussions on management measures for 2008
(a) Pelagic Sebastes mentella in the Irminger Sea
(b) Blue whiting
(c) Norwegian spring spawning (Atlanto-Scandian) herring
(d) Mackerel
(e) Rockall haddock
(f) Deep-sea species
(g) Area management
(h) Pelagic Sebastes mentella in ICES Sub-areas I and II in the Regulatory Area

7. Recommendations of management measures for 2008 for:
(a) Pelagic Sebastes mentella in the Irminger Sea
(b) Blue whiting
(c) Norwegian spring spawning (Atlanto-Scandian) herring
(d) Mackerel Revised 10.00am Friday 16 Nov
(e) Rockall haddock
(f) Deep-sea species, Deep-water Corals

i. Permanent measures for orange roughy
Revised 10:15 Fri 16 Nov

i. Proposal from the EU for NEAFC recommendation for Conservation & management Measures for Organge Roughy in the NEAFC RA.

ii. Blue Ling spawning aggregations
(g) i. Area management
ii. Norwegian Proposal on the Protection of Vulnerable Deep-water Habitiats
(h) Pelagic Sebastes mentella in ICES Sub-areas I and II in the Regulatory Area

8. Relationships with other fisheries management organisations
(a) Observer reports
Report by Norway on SEAFO AM
Report by Denmark on NAFO AM
Report by the Secretary on NARFMO Meeting
Report by Iceland on the ICES Annual Science Conference
Report from NAMMCO
Report from the Coastal States Meeting
Report from the 12th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Conservation and Management of Pollock Resources in the Central Bering Sea.

(b) Report of the Fifth Meeting of North Atlantic Regional Fisheries Management
Organisations, NARFMOs

9. The NEAFC Scheme of Control and Enforcement
(a) Reports of the Meetings of PECCOE (9-10 October in London and the Advisory Group on Data Communications 11 October in London)
(b) Implementation of the Scheme
(c) Possible adoption of proposals from the PECCOE
(d) Possible adoption of proposals from the Advisory Group on Data Communications
(e) A- and B- lists of IUU vessels Revised 11:30 Fri 16 Nov
(f) Cooperating non-Contracting Parties

Proposal from Denmark in Respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland on Allocation of Catches

Proposal from Iceland and Norway on Terms of Reference for PECCOE
Proposal from EU for Mandate to PECCOE

10. NEAFC and the ecosystem approach to fisheries management and integration of fisheries and environmental policies

Note prepared by the Secretariat Part I & Part II
PECMAS Working Document by the Secretariat

Report on an FAO Workshop on Knowledge and Data on Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas Held at FAO HQ, Rome, Italy Nov5-7, 2007

a) Contacts with OSPAR
b) Meeting of COFI, FAO 5 March – 9 March 2007
c) 1st Meeting of Regional Fishery Bodies Secretariats Network 12-13 March 2007
(continuation of the meetings of Regional Fisheries Bodies)
d) Challenges of fisheries globalization, 16-17 April OECD
e) 6th ICP State parties 23-24 April, UN
f) ICES client commission meeting (MCAP-MICC) 7-8 May
g) Meeting of the IUU network, Chatham House 8-9 May
h) Meeting of GESAMP, UNESCO-IOC 9-11 May
i) Nordic Workshop on Marine Spatial Planning 6-8 June 2007
j) UNECE international workshop -involving the public in international forums 20-21 June
k) 8 UN ICP 25-29 June
l) FAO Expert Consultation on port State measures 4-8 September
m) 100th Meeting of OECD Committee on Fisheries 29-31 October 2007

Report from PECMAS

11. Report from the NEAFC performance review panel
a) Comments by PECMAS
Terms of Reference for PECMAS

12. Request for advice
a) Formulation of the request for scientific advice from ICES under Article 14
b) Other requests for advice

13. Finance and Administration Committee
(a) Report on the Secretariat’s activities during the year
FAC briefing
NEAFC Activity Report

(b) Preliminary statements for 2007 (August inclusive)
(c) Draft budget for 2008 and draft budget estimate for 2009
(d) Review of annual contributions from Contracting Parties with reference to Article 17.4
of the Convention
(e) Any other business