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The objective of NEAFC is to ensure the long-term conservation and optimum utilisation of the fishery resources in its Convention Area, providing sustainable economic, environmental and social benefits.

Press Release from 2020 NEAFC's 39th Annual Meeting

2020 Press Release - 39th Annual Meeting
Date: 
16 Nov 2020

Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community

For information, following the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, it should be noted that during the transition period, the United Kingdom will be treated as a Member State of the European Union for the purposes of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission.

Date: 
17 Feb 2020

The North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) is the Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (RFMO) for the North East Atlantic, one of the most abundant fishing areas in the world.

It is comprised of Contracting Parties which have signed up to the Convention on Multilateral Cooperation in North East Atlantic Fisheries, which entered into force in November 1982. The area covered by the NEAFC Convention stretches from the southern tip of Greenland, east to the Barents Sea, and south to Portugal.

Most of the information on this website is aimed at scientists, control experts, statisticians and managers from the Contracting Parties and other international organisations.

NEAFC Scheme of Control and Enforcement

Within the NEAFC regulatory area fishing vessels must abide by both the current management measures and the NEAFC Scheme of Control and Enforcement. Vessels which fail to do so can be considered to be participating in illegal, unregulated or unreported (IUU) fishing.

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