The European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) supports the EU project “Mediterranean virtual regional training academy on fisheries control and inspection (e-FishMed)", which has kicked off today in a first meeting with representatives from the participating countries, the European Commission and the consortium of the WestMed Assistance Mechanism.
The European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) is coordinating the European control campaign for bluefin tuna in the framework of its Joint Deployment Plan (JDP). In this context, Member States (MS) pool their control and inspection means to jointly implement control, monitoring and surveillance activities.
The European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) have signed a cooperation agreement in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), concluded for an initial duration of two years.
Sweden has established a new Real-Time Closure (RTC) in their waters of The Skagerrak for the PRA juveniles :
For the period from the 29 of April 2022 to the 13 of may 2022 (See more Information).
Belgium has established a new Real-Time Closure (RTC) in the North Sea:
For the period from the 23 of April 2022 to the 14 of May 2022 (See more Information).
The area is closed for fishery except for the following gears:
(a) pelagic trawls, purse seines, driftnets and jiggers targeting herring,
mackerel, and horse mackerel;
(b) pots;
(c) scallop dredges; and
(d) gillnets
Denmark has established a new Real-Time Closure (RTC) in their waters of The Skagerrak :
For the period from the 20 of April 2022 to the 4 of may 2022, included (See more Information).
The company Ipsos has been commissioned to undertake a survey as part of the Independent External Evaluation of the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA), for the period 2017-2021.
The evaluation seeks to assess EFCA’s working practices, performance, and activities, as well as its impact on the achievement of compliance with the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The evaluation also explores the potential need to make changes to EFCA’s tasks, scope, structure, functions, and working practices. The survey will contribute to the evidence base for this evaluation.
During its meeting held in Vigo, hybrid for the first time, EFCA Administrative Board adopted the Annual Report reflecting all the activities undertaken by the EFCA during 2021, an outstanding year for EFCA due to increased resources and growing tasks.
Fabrizio Donatella, Director of Fisheries Policy Atlantic, North Sea, Baltic and Outermost Regions in the Directorate General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs of the European Commission (EC), has been elected the new Chairman of the EFCA Administrative Board.
Denmark has established a new Real-Time Closure (RTC) in their waters of The Skagerrak :
For the period from the 29 of March 2022 to the 19 of April 2022 at midnight (see more information).
Denmark has established two new Real-Time Closures (RCT) in their waters of The Skagerrak :
For the period from the 8 of March 2022 to the 29 of March 2022 at midnight (see more information).