NSACGeneral Assembly

Brussels2015

The First General Assembly of the NSAC was held in Edinburgh in

November 2004

This is the Twelfth General Assembly

The First Year

Meetings…… Meetings…… Meetings………

Interim ExCom Copenhagen September 04Interim Flatfish WG Copenhagen September 04

First General Assembly Edinburgh November 04 Preliminary ExCom Edinburgh November 04

Demersal WG London December 05ExCom Boulogne January 05

Spatial Planning Workshop London May 05Spatial Planning WG London May 05Demersal WG Glasgow May 05Flatfish WG Glasgow May 05

ExCom Hamburg June 05Focus Group on Long-Term Objectives Schiphol August 05Focus Group on Criteria for Managed Areas Schiphol August 05Steering Group Pilot Study of Fishing Areas Schiphol August 05Focus Group on Socio- Economic Data Edinburgh September 05 Meeting with OSPAR Bristol October 05Focus Group on the Plaice Box Schiphol October 05

Demersal WG Stockholm October 05

Second General Assembly Stockholm October 05

Meetings…… Meetings…… Meetings………

2014 Eleventh General Assembly, Stockholm Sept

Executive Committee Stockholm Sept Landing Obligation Focus Group Amsterdam Oct

Mixed Fishery Plan Focus Group Amsterdam OctSpatial Planning Working Group Brussels Nov

Nephrops Focus Group Brussels NovDemersal Working Group Brussels Nov

Pulse Fishing Focus Group IJmuiden Nov Landing Obligation Focus Group London Nov

Skagerrak & Kattegat Working Group Copenhagen Nov2015

Landing Obligation Focus Group London JanPulse Fishing Focus Group Webex Jan

Demersal Working Group Copenhagen Feb

Pulse Fishing Focus Group Amsterdam MarSkagerrak & Kattegat Working Group Göteborg Mar

Mixed Fishery Plan Focus Group Copenhagen MarExecutive Committee Copenhagen Mar

Brown Shrimp Focus Group Amsterdam MarDemersal Working Group Paris Apr

Brown Shrimp Focus Group Utrecht MayPulse Fishing Focus Group Utrecht May

Skagerrak & Kattegat Working Group Copenhagen JuneExecutive Committee Edinburgh June

Spatial Planning Working Group Schiphol JulyDemersal Working Group Brussels July

Pulse Fishing Focus Group Webex SeptNephrops Focus Group Edinburgh Sept

Spatial Planning Working Group Brussels SeptExecutive Committee Brussels Sept

2015 Twelfth General Assembly Brussels Sept

Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy

Marine Spatial Planning – Wind farms; MSFD; N2000 sites

Long Term Management Plan - Nephrops

Mixed Fisheries

Cod Management

Proposed Discard Ban (Landing Obligation)

Working more closely with Scientists

Developing closer links with Member States

General Assembly - Priorities set for 2014/15

Major Topics discussed in 2014/15

North Sea Cod; TACs for 2015; Cod Management Issues

Major Topics discussed in 2014/15

Implementation of the Landing Obligation – the discard ban

Major Topics discussed in 2014/15

Engagement with the Group of North Sea Fishery Directors

The Scheveningen Group

Major Topics discussed in 2014/15

A Mixed Fishery Plan for the Demersal Fisheries of the North Sea 

Major Topics discussed in 2014/15

Presentation of the NSAC Long Term Management Plan for Nephrops and Advice for the Farne Deeps

Major Topics discussed in 2014/15

North Sea Natura 2000 sites & their management

Dogger Bank

Cleaver Bank

Frisian Front

Major Topics discussed in 2014/15

Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Major Topics discussed in 2014/15

Development of a new Framework for Technical Measures

Major Topics discussed in 2014/15

A Prohibition on Drift Net Fisheries

Major Topics discussed in 2014/15

Pulse Fishing

Major Topics discussed in 2014/15

Management of the North Sea Brown Shrimp Fisheries

Major Topics discussed in 2014/15

Management of Sea Bass

Photo: Sue Daly

Major Topics discussed in 2014/15

Changing ICES advice; The management of mixed fisheries taking account of multi-species interactions

 

Major Topics discussed in 2014/15

Fishing Opportunities for 2016

Advice submitted in 2014/15

1. Phasing the Implementation of the EU Landings Obligation for the Demersal Fisheries of the North Sea. 12th December 2014

2. A Long Term Management Plan for North Sea Nephrops. 16th February 2015

3. Development of a New Framework for Technical Measures in the Reformed CFP. 11th March 2015

4. The Implementation of the EU Landings Obligation for the Demersal Fisheries of the North Sea: Exemptions and Other Issues. 31st March 2015

5. Advice on a Mixed Fishery Plan for the North Sea. 30th April 2015

Advice still under development in 2014/15

1. Use of Pulse Fishing in the North Sea

2. Advice on the Brown Shrimp Roadmap provided by ICES

3. Quota Uplift Conditions

4. Dealing with Choke Species

5. Monitoring, Control and Enforcement under the Landing Obligation

6. Revision of the Nephrops Management Plan

7. Management Advice on the Farne Deeps Nephrops Fishery

8. Management of Sea Bass

9. Response to Fishing Opportunities 2016