Control

The European Commission and the EU Council of Ministers issued a joint statement at the October 2011 Agriculture and Fisheries Council on the need to effectively enforce the European salmon fishery. Following the announcement, the European Commission carried out an inspection programme in 2012 on salmon fisheries in the Baltic Sea.

A new report has been published

The EFCA has adopted its Multiannual Work Programme for 2014-2018 and the Annual Work Programme at the meeting of the Administrative Board held on 15 of October 2013.

The European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) has published the results from its "Compliance Evalutation" seminar which took place in Vigo on 26-27 June 2013.

Two Special Inspection and Control Programs (SPICs) have this week been published by the European Commission for the Baltic Sea and the North Sea with adjacent waters.

The European Commission has adopted an Action Plan to address shortcomings in the Latvian fisheries control system.

For the sixth year, the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) coordinates the Joint Deployment Plan (JDP) for the Blue Fin Tuna fishery in the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Atlantic waters for 2013.

The European Fisheries Control Agency has presented the new tools to develop a culture of compliance in a reformed Common Fisheries Policy at the European Parliament today. Indeed, in the context of the new policy being designed, the EFCA, within its mandate, is ready to contribute to the success of the new CFP and the key features of regionalisation and discard ban and develop the necessary tools.

The European Fisheries Control Agency is delighted to invite you to a Hearing at the European Parliament entitled `Tools to improve a Culture of Compliance in the European Fisheries - a EFCA contribution´. More information is available on the EFCA website.

The EFCA has adopted its annual report for 2012 at the meeting of the Administrative Board held on 5 of March.

Further to overfishing by Spain of its mackerel quota in 2009, the European Commission has decided on a deduction scheme for future Spanish quotas.

The European Commission adopted an action plan to improve the catch registration system in Spain. It has been designed jointly by the Commission and the Spanish authorities, following two years of system auditing. The agreed measures will help reinforce the fisheries controls by Spain.