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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing opportunities 2013 blue whiting, boarfish and horse mackerel | This advice deals with fishing opportunities in 2013 for blue whiting, boarfish, North Sea horse mackerel and Western horse mackerel. Furthermore it addresses issues relating to the management plans for some of these stocks. | 2012 | 1213PRAC07 Fishing opportunities 2013 for blue whiting boarfish horse mackerel 1213ref13 Responce EC on blue whiting and horse mackerel |
| Fishing opportunities 2014 for blue whiting, horse mackerel and boarfish | The Pelagic RAC advises on fishing opportunities in 2014 for the following stocks: blue whiting, western horse mackerel, North Sea horse mackerel, southern horse mackerel and boarfish | 2013 | 1314PRAC12 fishing opportunities blue whiting horse mackerel and boarfish 2014 1314ref07 EC Response on fishing opportunities 2014 |
| Wanted vs unwanted catch for North Sea horse mackerel | The Pelagic AC advises against a quota top-up for North Sea horse mackerel based on discard data. | 2017 | 1617PAC98 wanted vs unwanted catch NS hom |
| Long-term management strategy for southern horse mackerel | The Pelagic AC has developed a proposal for a long-term management strategy for southern horse mackerel in close collaboration with scientists from IPMA and IEO, as well as members of the SWWAC. | 2017 | 1718 PAC08 PELAC management strategy southern horse mackerel 1718ref06 Management strategy southern hom |
| Support management plan Southern horse mackerel (fish. opp 2020) | PELAC asks Member States Spain and Portugal to support the application of the management strategy for the stock of Southern horse mackerel during the upcoming discussions of the December Council. | 2019 | Support for the management plan for Southern horse mackerel Consultation on fishing opportunities (Spain) Support for the management plan for Southern horse mackerel Consultation on fishing opportunities (Portugal) Response Member State Spain (ES) Response Member State Spain (EN) Response PELAC to Member State Spain Responce COM on letter to the Spanish administration regarding the southern horse mackerel management strategy |
| ICES advice for Southern horse mackerel | In light of the 2020 TAC setting, PELAC strongly urge the Commission to request ICES to base its advice for Southern horse mackerel, expected in October 2019, on the management plan that has been developed by the Pelagic AC. | 2019 | ICES TAC advice southern horse mackerel Commission response |
| Consistency in the wording of de minimis exemptions in discard plans | Pelagic AC raises an issue with regard to the de minimis exemptions for horse mackerel and mackerel in the North Western Waters discard plan for the period 2019-2021 and to highlight the perceived inconsistency in the details of the implementation fo the landing obligations between this plan and for certain demersal fisheries in the North Sea Plan for the period of 2019-2021. | 2019 | Consistency in the wording of de minimis exemptions in discard plans Commission response Commission response (annex) PELAC explanatory note TAC reductions de minimis calculations |