The Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) has started a joint deployment plan for pelagic fisheries in Western waters of the North East Atlantic, which gives effect to the European Commission specific control and inspection programme for these fisheries.
The CFCA will coordinate the deployment of control and inspection means of the EU member States, the organization of mixed teams of inspectors of different nationalities and the exchange of information in real time of member States competent authorities.
9 September 2011: The Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) of the EU has started a joint deployment plan for pelagic fisheries in Western waters of the North East Atlantic, which gives effect to the European Commission specific control and inspection programme for these fisheries exploiting herring, mackerel, horse mackerel, anchovy and blue whiting.
The CFCA will coordinate the deployment of control and inspection means of the EU member States, the organization of mixed teams of inspectors of different nationalities and the exchange of information in real time of member States competent authorities. The sharing of information will allow following a common inspection strategy according to the risk management. The member States participating in the plan are Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Spain, France, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and the UK. [EU Press Release]