North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
The North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) is the competent organisation responsible for recommending measures to promote the rational exploitation of fish stocks in the North East Atlantic. The Commission is made up of delegations from five Contracting Parties to the 1982 Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in North East Atlantic Fisheries. Seas At Risk has been an Observer at NEAFC annual meetings since it opened its doors to NGOs in 2002.
In 2005 the NEAFC decided to amend the 1982 Convention and extend its mandate to include the ecosystem approach, protection of biodiversity, and application of the precautionary approach. Most of the NEAFC Convention Area is under the fisheries jurisdiction of NEAFC´s Contracting Parties: Denmark (in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland), the European Union, Iceland, Norway, and the Russian Federation. However, three large areas are international waters and constitute the NEAFC Regulatory Area, for which it can recommend fisheries management measures to its Contracting Parties.
Seas At Risk’s involvement with the NEAFC dates back to 2000, when it first requested observership. The focus of Seas At Risk work at the NEAFC has been the regulation of deep-sea fisheries and the protection of vulnerable deep-sea habitats.
For the web site of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
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For materials relating to past NEAFC meetings click on the "archive" link at the bottom of this page.
Annual Meeting of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (London, 10-14 November 2008)
Seas At Risk Opening Statement to the Annual Meeting of NEAFC (10/11/2008)
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Extraordinary Meeting of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (London, 1-3/07/2008)
Joint NGO Letter to NAFO and NEAFC (28/04/2008)
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Seas At Risk Opening Statement to the Extraordinary Meeting of NEAFC (01/07/2008)
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