Welcome to the North Sea Regional Advisory Council – NSRAC

• NSRAC pushes for self-regulation (03/06/2009)

• Response of the Commission to the Joint RAC letter on data for Deep Sea Species (01/09/2009)Specific Agreement No. 512.529783 between the EC and the NSRAC (03/31/2009)Response of the Commission to the NSRAC advice on Technical Conservation Measures for the North Sea (04/16/2009)NSRAC response to Non-paper on Fishing opportunities for 2010 (07/30/2009)
• NSRAC letter to Mr F Fotiadis on Discards (07/23/2009)
• NSRAC letter on proposed reforms of the Control Policy (07/23/2009)
• Response of the Commission to the initial NSRAC advice on functioning of the RAC’s (05/14/2009)
• Response of the Commission to the NSRAC advice on management of fish stocks without catch option tales (Category 6 Stocks) (04/23/2009)
• Response of the Commission to the NSRAC advice on Technical Conservation Measures for the North Sea (04/16/2009)
• ICES Benchmarking Workshop – Short lived species TOR (04/14/2009)
• Invitation from ICES to Benchmarking Workshop on Short lived species (04/14/2009)
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• Specific Agreement No. 512.529783 between the EC and the NSRAC (03/31/2009)
• Response of the Commission to the NSRAC advice on CFP reform (03/05/2009)
• Response of the Commission to the Joint RAC letter on data for Deep Sea Species

• Initial opinion on the European Commission review of the functioning of RAC’s (04/20/2009)NSRAC Position on In Year review of the CRP (07/20/2009)
• NSRAC Position on Self Regulation (07/20/2009)
• Initial opinion on the European Commission review of the functioning of RAC’s (04/20/2009)
• NSRAC advice on Proposals for Control Regulation (03/31/2009)
• NSRAC advice on Non-paper: Managing Fish stocks without Catch Option Tables (03/25/2009)
• NSRAC paper on 2012 CFP Reform (02/23/2009)
• NSRAC Response to a non-paper on specific Technical Measures for the North Sea (01/08/2009)NSRAC Response to a proposal for a Council Regulation on conservation measures through Technical Measures (01/08/2009)

Other RACs

Baltic Sea RAC
North Western Waters RAC
South Western Waters RAC
Small Pelagic RAC
Distant waters RAC

DG PêcheDirection Générale des Pêches
Committees of the European Parliament – Pêche EUROPARL
DG Environnement
EUR-Lex: Documents d’intérêt public

Ministry of food, agriculture and fisheries(Danmark)
Ministère de l’agriculture et de la pêche (France)
Federal Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (Germany)
Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources (Ireland)
Ministry of agriculture, nature management and fisheries (Netherlands)
Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion (Spain)
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries(Sweden)
UK – Fisheries (United Kingdom)
Department of Maritime Studies and International Transport

CNPMEMComité National des Pêches Maritimes et des Elevages Marins (France)
National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (United Kingdom)
SFO Scottish Fishermen’s Organisation Ltd (Scotland-United Kingdom)
Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (United Kingdom)

ICESConseil International pour l’Exploration de la Mer , CIEM
ACFM Advisory Committee for Fisheries Management , (ICES)
NAFO Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization , OPANO
NEAFC North-Est Atlantic Fisheries Commission , CPANE
IBSFC International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission
Commision OSPARCommission pour la protection du milieu marin de l’Atlantique du nord-est
Département des pêches de la FAO

The Institute for European Environmental Policy
JNCC , Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Sea Fisheries Department (Belgium)
North Sea Centre (Denmark)
Ifremer (France)
Federal Research Centre for Fisheries (Germany)
Irish Marine Institute (Ireland)
Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Norway)
Norwegian College of Fishery Science (Norway)
Institute of Marine Research (Norway)
Institute of Oceanology (Poland)
Göteborg University Marine Research Centre (Sweden)
Tjärnö Marine Biological Laboratory (Sweden)
Kristineberg Marine Research Station (Sweden)
Swedish National Board of Fisheries (Sweden)
CEFAS Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences (United Kingdom)
North Atlantic Fisheries College (United Kingdom)
Fisheries Research Services (United Kingdom)
IMARES (Wageningen) (Netherlands)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Fishery Bulletin Contents
Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science

ASCOBANS Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas
Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Sea , (ASCOBANS)
Convention on Migratory Species – Convention sur Espèces Migratrices
Internet Guide to International Fisheries Law
Oceans and law of the Sea

FAO Species identification and data
FAO Code de Conduite pour une Pêche Responsable FAO Fisheries Department
FIGIS
FishBase : A Global Information System on Fishes
EUROSTAT Statistical Offices of the European Communities
Fish Identification
Fish Information Service (FINS)
Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification
Serveur européen de données de commerciales
GLOBEFISH
Fishsafe Electronic safety mapping system
EuroFishServeur européen de données commerciales

Rationale of the working group

Composition of the group

• Alberto Spagnole (EAFE)
• Antoine Legarrec (UAPF Euronor)
• Bruno Dachicourt (CME)
• Carl O’Brien (CEFAS)
• Caroline Gamblin (CNPMEM)
• Delphine Roncin (CRPMEM Nord-Pas de Calais-Picardie)
• Erik Lindebo (EAFE)
• Guus Pastoor (AIPCE)
• Hazel Curtis (Seafish)
• Jan Kappel (EAA)
• Jenny Hatchard (NSWN)
• Karsten Kristensen (ETF)
• Konstantinos Kalamantis (EBCD)
• Nicki Holmyard (NSWN), chair
• Pim Visser (EAFPA)
• Sebastien Metz (Seafish)

For the reports on Kattegat & Skaggerak Working Groups please see: ‘Publications‘

Work of the group

• Agreed Record

Rationale of the working group

Composition of the group

• Barrie Deas (NFFO)
• Caroline Gamblin (CNPMEM)
• Emiel Brouckaert (Rederscentrale)
• Euan Dunn (BirdLife International), chair
•  Giles Bartlett (WWF)
• Michael Andersen (Danmarks Fiskeriforening)
• Michael Park (SFF)
• Marc Ghiglia (UAPF)
• Paula den Hartog (SNV)
• Peter Breckling (DFV)
• Xavier Harlay (CME)

Work of the group

• Draft Record Berlin
• Map for meeting
• Registration and Accomodation Forms

Rationale of the working group

Composition of the group

• Christine Absil (Seas at Risk)
• Michael Andersen (Danmarks Fiskeriforening)
• Niels Wichmann (ACFA)
• Paula den Hartog (SNV), chair
•  Svend-Erik Andersen (Danmarks Fiskeriforening)
• Willem de Boer (SNV)
• Xavier Harlay (CME)

Rationale of the working group

The Demersal Working Group (DWG) is one of the engines of the North Sea RAC, dealing with demersal fisheries issues.Since the inception of the RAC in 2004 the DWG has played a dynamic role in developing advice and policy for adoption by the Executive Committee (Excom) In 2006, the Flatfish working group was integrated into the DWG and joined Monkfish, Saithe,Nephrops and Cod/Haddock/Whiting as a development group for long term management (LTM) planning as the major challenge which faces LTM is the mixed nature of many fisheries in the North Sea. The guiding principles of the DWG have been to balance the economic viability of offshore and onshore fishing businesses with progress towards sustainable fishing and to build in a much greater involvement of fishermen in the management decisions that affect their livelihoods.

The DWG has continued with the groundbreaking work of the North Sea Commission Fisheries Parnership by offering a forum for co-operation between fishermen and the ICES scientists. This has ensured that the DWG has been pivotal in developing the consensus positions which the North Sea RAC hs been able to provide to the European Commission. Read the rest of this entry »

The members of the Executive Committee are as follows: