Brussels, June 10th2014.
A working group integrated by the Advisory Councils (ACs), ICES, IFM-AUU and CETMAR has met in Brussels to set the baseline for the improvement of the Ecosystem Approach toFisheries
(EAF)advice.
The meeting was designed to gather useful experiences on current fisheries advice and to explore alternatives for stakeholders’ involvement. The covered topics included identification of systeḿs bottlenecks, communication flows, trends, etc.; and particularly, the
linkage between the fisheries (CFP) and environmental (MSFD)
policies of the European Union. More info.
The main outputs are summarized here: MAREFRAME_WAC_June14_summary