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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PelAC Recommendations on 2027 fishing opportunities | The Pelagic Advisory Council wrote to the European Commission with its recommendations on 2027 fishing opportunities for pelagic stocks, broadly advising the EU to follow the ICES scientific advice for each stock. It strongly criticized non-EU coastal states — Norway, the UK, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Russia — for setting unilateral, excessive quotas and failing to agree on sharing arrangements, and called for trade-based deterrents and EU leverage to end this overfishing. The letter also raised concerns about the quality of scientific surveys and assessments, urged the development of ecosystem-based long-term management strategies, and stressed the growing impact of climate change on fish stocks. | 2026 | Letter to Com |