The Pelagic AC provides credible, scientific, and consensus-based advice to inform pelagic fisheries policy, both upon the request of the European Commission and Member States, and on its own initiative. All advice and recommendations are developed and approved by the members of the Pelagic AC.
Our advice — and responses to it — may be accessed below.
| Name | Summary | Year | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisheries Action plan to conserve fisheries resources | In its response to the Commission consultation questionnaire on the Fisheries Action plan, the PelAC made a number of general remarks on the consultation format. The questions formulated in the questionnaire were often so generic that it makes responses from ACs the Pelagic AC very difficult. The PelAC recommended the Commission to reflect on the extent to which targeting broad stakeholder groups such as ACs is useful following this format. Many of the questions also requested submission of factual/scientific evidence to support an opinion. The PelAC believes it would be more appropriate to conduct meta-analyses of work done by different institutions on a common topic. Finally, the PelAC felt the issues raised in the questionnaire to be trivial relative to the wider issue of the sustainable management of pelagic stocks in the Northeast Atlantic, which was not mentioned in the questionnaire at all. | 2021 | Letter to COM on the consultation on the FAP to conserve fisheries resources |