The Balance between Capacity and Exploitation
Working group convened in the margin of SGECA-SGRST-07-02 (Review of Scientific advice II), 22-26th Oct 2007. STECF opinion expressed during the plenary meeting of 5-9 Nov in Ispra.
Review of the Annual Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on Member States' effort during 2005 to achieve a sustainable balance between fishing capacity and fishing opportunities.
STECF conducted this review by correspondence following the plenary meeting held in...
Joint Working Group on Economic Affairs (SGECA) and on Stock Reviews (SGRST) of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)
SG.ECA/SG.RST 08-01: held in Brussels (19-22 Feb 2008) and reviewed during PLEN 08-01 (14-18 April 2008), Hamburg.
[ JRC49101 ]
Report of the Working Group on the review of national reports on Member States efforts to achieve balance between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities
SG.BRE 09-01: held in Edinburgh (13-17 Sept 2010) and reviewed during PLEN 10-03 (8-12 Nov 2010), Brussels.
[ JRC55727 ]
Report of the Working Group on the review of national reports on Member States efforts to achieve balance between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities
SG.BRE 10-01: held in Edinburg (13-17 Sept 2010) and reviewed during PLEN 10-03 (8-12 Nov 2010) in Brussels.
[ JRC61983 ]
Review of national reports on Member States efforts to achieve balance between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities
EWG 11-10: held in Edinburgh (12-16 Sept 2011) and reviewed during PLEN 11-03 (7-11 Nov 2011) in Brussels
[ JRC67795 ]
Review of national reports on Member States efforts to achieve balance between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities
EWG 12-11 & EWG 12-21: held in Edinburg (24-28 Sept 2012) and in Barza-Ispra (23-27 Oct 2012); reviewed by PLEN 12-03 (5-9 Nov 2012) in Brussels.
[ JRC76704 ]
Balance indicators
EWG 13-03 + adhoc contract: both sets of indicators were submitted to the STECF and reviewed by written procedure in April 2013
[ JRC81659 ]
Assessment of balance indicators for key fleet segments and review of national reports on Member States efforts to achieve balance between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities
EWG 13-11: held in Edinburgh, 30-4 Sept 2013 and reviewed during PLEN 14-03 in Brussels, 4-8 Nov 2013
[ JRC86350 ]
Balance indicators
EWG 14-04 + adhoc contract: all sets of data tables were submitted to STECF and reviewed by written procedure in May 2014.
[ JRC90403 ]
Assessment of balance indicators for key fleet segments and review of national reports on Member States efforts to achieve balance between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities
[ Indicators.xlsx ]
EWG 14-12 & EWG 14-21: held on 27-31 Oct 2014 in Salerno, Italy and on 13-15 Jan 2015 in Ispra...
Assessment of balance indicators for key fleet segments and review of national reports on Member States efforts to achieve balance between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities
[ Data.xlsx, Indicators.xlsx ]
EWG 15-17: held on 7-11 Sept 2015 in Larnaca (Cyprus) and reviewed by the STECF by...
Assessment of balance indicators for key fleet seg. & review of NRs on MS balance efforts between fleet capacity and fish. opportunities
[ indicators.xlsx ]
EWG 16-09: held in Ispra, Italy, 5-9 Sept 2016 and reviewed during PLEN 16-03, 24-28 Oct 2016
[ JRC103772 ]
Assessment of balance indicators for key fleet seg. & review of NRs on MS balance efforts between fleet capacity and fish.opportunities
[ indicators.xlsx ]
EWG 17-08: held in Larnaca, Cyprus, 18-22 Sept 2017 and reviewed during PLEN-17-03, 6-10 Nov 2017.
[ JRC109762 ]
Balance between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities
[ indicators.zip ]
EWG 18-14: held Larnaca, Cyprus, 17-21 Sept 2018 and reviewed during PLEN 18-03, 12-16 Nov 2018.
[ JRC114767 ]
Assessment of balance indicators for key fleet seg. & review of NRs on MS balance efforts between fleet capacity and fish. opportunities
[ indicators.xlsx ]
EWG 19-13: held in Larnaca, Cyprus from 23-27 Sept 2019. Reviewed during PLEN 19-03 held in Brussels, 11-15 Nov 2019.
[ JRC119006 ]
Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) socio-economic impact assessment
[ Annexes.zip ]
The EWG met online 3-7 of March 2025, with the objective to discuss and assess the socio-economic impacts of area closures for deep-sea fishing (VMEs).
[ JRCxxx ]
Mediterranean Stock Assessments
[ Annex.zip ]
EWG 25-01 met at the JRC in Ispra, Italy, 3-7 March 2025. It was tasked to update and streamline: ToR 1) a number of data preparation decisions and routines; ToR 2) stock assessment methodologies.
[ JRC xxx ]
78th Plenary report
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) meet on 24-28 March 2025 at the JRC-Ispra, PLEN 25-01, in hybrid mode. This spring plenary was chaired by J. Nord.
[ JRCxxx ]
Monitoring the performance of the Common Fisheries Policy.
[ Annex.pdf ]
An ad-hoc Expert Group comprising experts from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) was convened from January to March 2024 to compute the performance indicator values according to the agreed protocol (Gras et...
Assessment of balance indicators for key fleet seg. & review of NRs on MS balance efforts between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities
EWG 24-13: preparatory meeting, 3-5 September 2024, main meeting, 7-11 October. Review during PLEN 24-03.
[ JRCxxx ]
Evaluation of Member States’ Annual Reports on the Landing Obligation (for 2019)
Adhoc contract in March 2020 and the report was reviewed during STECF PLEN 20-01 .
[ JRC121918 ]
Evaluation of fishing effort regime in the Western Mediterranean – part V
EWG 20-13 meeting: held on 5-9 October 2020 (virtual). This report is the fifth of a suite of STECF EWG reports dedicated to the fishing effort regime in the West Med Sea, following EWG reports 18-09, 18-13, 19-01 and 19-14
[...
Stock Assessments: demersal stocks in the western Mediterranean Sea
[ Annexes.zip ]
EWG 20-09 meeting was held remotely, from 7 to 18 September 2020. The report was reviewed during STECF PLEN 20-03.
[ JRC122993 ]
Stock Assessments in the Mediterranean Sea – Adriatic, Ionian and Aegean Seas
[ Annexes.zip ]
EWG 20-15 meeting held remotely from 12th to 21st October 2020 and reviewed during winter plenary STECF PLEN 20-03.
[ JRC122994 ]
FDI - Fisheries Dependent Information
[ Annexes.zip ]
EWG 20-10 met virtually during 14–18 September 2020 and the report was reviewed during the winter plenary meeting PLEN 20-03.
[ JRC122995 ]
Assessment of balance indicators for key fleet segments and review of national reports on Member States efforts to achieve balance between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities
[ Annexes.zip, Indicators.xlsx ]
EWG 20-11: virtual meeting, held from the 21–25 Sept 2020; reviewed during PLEN 20-03.
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West Med assessments: conversion factors, closures, effort data and recreational fisheries
Virtual meeting, 1-5 March 2021. The report was reviewed by the STECF PLEN 21-01.
[ JRC124913 ]
FDI - Fisheries Dependent Information
[ Annexes. zip ]
The joint EWG report covering the findings of both the EWG 21-10 and EWG 21-12 was made available to the STECF PLEN 21-03.
[ JRC127727 ]
Stock Assessments: demersal stocks in the western Mediterranean Sea
[ Annexes. zip ]
Virtual meeting, 6-10 September 2021. These conclusions come from the STECF PLEN 21-03.
[ JRC127744 ]
Stock assessments in the Mediterranean Sea 2021 – Adriatic and Ionian Seas
[ Annexes.zip ]
EWG 21-15 was held remotely, from 18 to 22 October 2021.These conclusions come from the STECF PLEN 21-03.
[ JRC127766 ]
FDI - Fisheries Dependent Information
[ Annexes.zip ]
EWG 22-10 met from 12-16 September 2022 at Ispra, Italy. The report and the presentation of the EWG 22-10 outcomes were given to PLEN 22-03 by the co-chairs.
[ JRC132080 ]
Stock Assessments: demersal stocks in the western Mediterranean Sea
[ Annexes.zip ]
EWG 22-09 held remotely from 5th to 11th September 2022. The conclusions come from the STECF winter plenary PLEN 22-03.
[ JRC132120 ]
Assessment and advice for non-quota stocks, to support the development of multi-annual strategies in the context EU-UK
EWG 22-04 met online from the 9th to the 13th of May 2022
[ JRC133282 ]
Assessment of balance indicators for key fleet segments and review of national reports on Member States efforts to achieve balance between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities
[ Annexes.zip and Indicator table.xlsx]
Virtual meeting, 17-21 October 2022.
[ JRC133303 ]
Review of the Technical Measures Regulation
EWG 22-19 held from 23rd to 27th January 2023 at JRC Ispra. it has been reviewed during PLEN 23-01.
[ JRC133589 ]
Evaluation of work plans for data collection and data transmission issues
[ Annexes.zip ]
EWG 24-15 met in Brussels from 28 to 31 October 2024 and virtually on 4 November 2024. Reviewed in STECF PLEN 24-03.
[ JRC140596 ]
Evaluation of Fisheries Dependent Information (FDI) for EU Fleets
[ Annexes.zip ]
EWG 24-11 met in Ispra, Italy from 9 to 13 September 2024. The report was reviewed during STECF PLEN 24-03.
More details on data dissemination.
[ JRC140593 ]
77th Plenary report
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) meet on 11-15 Nov 2024 in Brussels, PLEN 24-03. The winter plenary was chaired by J. Nord.
[ JRC140580 ]
38th Plenary report
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries held its winter plenary from 7-11 November 2011, Brussels.
[ JRC67714 ]
37th Report of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries held its summer plenary on 11-15 July 2011, Copenhagen.
[ JRC66058 ]
35th Report of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)
8-12 November 2010, Brussels
[ JRC61940 ]
34th Report of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)
12-16 July 2010, Copenhagen
[ JRC59822 ]
33rd Report of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)
26-30 April 2010, Norwich
[ JRC58540 ]
26th Report of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)
9-13 November 2009, Brussels
[ JRC55699 ]
31st Report of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)
13-17 July 2009, Copenhagen
[ JRC53317 ]
30th Report of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)
20-24 April 2009, GALWAY
[ JRC52015 ]
26th Report of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)
7-11 July 2008, HELSINKI
[ SEC(2008) *** ]
STECF SubGroup on MED - BLACK SEA
STECF opinion expressed during the plenary meeting PLEN 08-01
14-18 April 2008, HAMBURG
[ SEC(2008) ]
27th Report of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)
14-18 April 2008, HAMBURG
[ SEC(2008) *** ]
26th Report of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)
5-9 November 2007, ISPRA
[ SEC(2007) *** ]
25th Report of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)
Ispra, 18-22 June 2007
[ SEC(2007) *** ]
Advice on catches of cod in the Baltic Sea from 1 Oct 2006 to 30 Sept 2007
Adopted by correspondence, 7 December 2007
[ SEC(2007) ]
23rd Report of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)
Ispra, 23-27 April 2007
[ SEC (2007) ]
25th Report of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)
Ispra, 18-22 June 2007
[ SEC(2007) xxx ]
23th Report of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)
Barza d’Ispra, 6-10 November 2006
[ SEC ( ) ]
22th Report of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)
Brussels, 3-7 April 2006
[ SEC ( ) ]
21th Report of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)
Brussels, 7-11 November 2005
[ SEC ( ) ]
20th Report of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)
Brussels, 04-08 April 2005
[ SEC( 2007)469 ]
STECF opinion on the report of the first meeting of the subgroup on BY-CATCHES OF TURTLES in the EU Longline fisheries
November, 2005 - STECF opinion expressed during plenary meeting held in Brussels, in November 2005 Plenary Meeting
[ SEC() ]
Evaluation of Plans for Protection of Marine Living Resources on the Italian Mainland, in Sicily and Sardinia
3-7 April 2006,
[ SEC(2007-466) ]
Sensitive and essential fish habitat in the Mediterranean Sea
06-10 March 2006, STECF evaluation during plenary 3-7 April 2006
[ SEC xxx ]
Evaluation of Plans for Protection of Marine Living Resources in Sardinia
6-8 February 2007, STECF opinion delivered in the plenary session of 23-27 April 2007.
[ SEC ( ) ]
Report of the Working Group on Evaluation of Closed Areas
Brussels, 19-17 March 2007 and evaluated by STECF in its plenary session of 18-22 June 2007.
[ SEC(2007) ]
Evaluation of closed area schemes
Meeting held in October 2007 and STECF opinion expressed during PLEN of 5-9 November 2007 in Ispra
[ SEC(2007) ]
Review of Joint Recommendations for Natura 2000 sites at Dogger Bank, Cleaver Bank, Frisian Front and Central Oyster grounds
The STECF produced its advice by written procedure in August 2019.
[ JRC117963 ]
Review of the implementation of the shark finning regulation and assessment of the impact of the 2009 European Community Action Plan for the Conservation and Management of Sharks
This report is from the EWG 19-17 Sharks which met in Ispra between 7th and 11th October 2019 to review the...
Review of the implementation of the EU regulation on the incidental catches of cetaceans
JRC, Ispra (Italy), 17-21 June 2019
[ JRC117515 ]
Advice on fishing opportunities for anchovy in the Bay of Biscay (ICES Subarea VIII) for 2009/10
JUNE 2009, WRITTEN PROCEDURE
[ JRC53015 ]
Scoping for Impact Assessments for Multi-Annual plans for Baltic Multi-species and cod in the Kattegat, North Sea, West of Scotland and Irish Sea
EWG 11-15 held from November 28 to December 2, 2011 in Edinburgh. Report reviewed during STECF 39th plenary meeting held from 16 to 20 April 2012, in...
Multiannual management plans SWW and NWW
[ Annexes.zip ]
EWG 15-04 Vigo 25-29 May 2015 & EWG 15-09 Séte 15-19 June 2015. Report reviewed during STECF 49th plenary meeting held from 6 to 10 July 2015 in Varese, Italy
[ JRC96964 ]
Western Mediterranean Multi-annual Plan
[ Annexes.zip ]
Varese, Italy, 6-10 July 2015. Report reviewed by during sTECF 49th plenary meeting held from 6 to 10 July 2015 in Varese, Italy
[ JRC97008 ]
EU MAP and template for National Work Plan
EWG 16-01 meeting held in Hamburg, Germany, from 7 to 11 March 2016. Report reviewed during STECF 51st plenary meeting held from 11 to 15 April 2016 in Brussels, Belgium
[ JRC101530 ]
Multiannual plan for demersal fisheries in the Western Mediterranean
[ Annexes.zip ]
EWG 16-02 convened in September 2016 in Varese (Italy). Report reviewed during the winter plenary BRUSSELS, 24-28 October 2016
[ JRC103958 ]
Special request for evaluating Baltic cod additional measures
This report was issues by written procedure by the STECF in November 2016
[ JRC104496 ]
Management Plan for Mechanised Dredges in Andalusia, Spain
This report was issued by the STECF by written procedure in February 2017
[ JRC105973 ]
Bio-economic Methodology
This report was reviewed by the STECF during its 54th plenary meeting held from 27 to 31 March 2017 at JRC, Ispra, Italy
[ JRC106583 ]
Assessment of the implementation report of the management plan for boat seines ('sonsera') in the autonomous region of Catalonia
[ JRC110676 ]
Data gaps and Biomass Escapement Strategy for Adriatic anchovy and sardine
[ Annexes.zip ]
Ispra, Italy, 26 February - 2 March 2018
[ JRC111721 ]
Evaluation of alternative scenarios for Adriatic small pelagic MAP
STECF issued its advice by written procedure in January 2018
[ JRC111685 ]
Management Plan for boat seines in Murcia, Spain
This report deals with the review of a management plan for boat seines in Murcia, Spain. The STECF produced its advice by written procedure in September 2019.
[ JRC118074 ]
Methods for developing the fishing effort regime for demersal fisheries in western Mediterranean Sea – Part III
Third EWG report dealing with methods for developing the fishing effort regime for demersal fisheries in western Mediterranean Sea, after EWG 18-09 and 18-13
[ JRC116968 ]
Evaluation of multi-annual plan for the Nord Sea demersal stock
This report was reviewed by the STECF of its 48th plenary meeting held fro 13 to 17 April 2015 Brussels, Belgium
[ JRC95959 ]
Evaluation /Scoping of Management plans - Data analysis for support of the impact assessment for the management plan of Bay of Biscay anchovy (COM(2009)399 final).
This report was reviewed by the STECF during its’ 45th plenary meeting held from 24 to 28 March 2014 in Brussels, Belgium
[ JRC89792 ]
Evaluation/scoping of Management plans Evaluation of the multi-annual plan for the management of Western Channel sole (Regulation EC 509/2007)
This report was reviewed by the STECF during its’ 45 th plenary meeting held from 24 to 28 March 2014 in Brussels, Belgium
[ JRC89793 ]
Evaluation/scoping of management plans Evaluation of the multi-annual management plan for the North Sea stocks of plaice and sole
This report was reviewed by the STECF during its’ 45th plenary meeting held from 24 to 28 March 2014 in Brussels, Belgium
[ JRC89797 ]
Multispecies management plans for the Baltic
This report was reviewed by the STECF during its’ 39th plenary meeting held from 16 to 20 April 2012 in Brussels, Belgium
[ JRC70982 ]
North Sea and Kattegat scoping for mixed fisheries
This report was reviewed by the STECF during its’ 39th plenary meeting held from 16 to 20 April 2012 in Brussels, Belgium
[ JRC70966 ]
Evaluation of multi-annual plans for cod in Irish Sea, Kattegat, North Sea, and West of Scotland
This report was reviewed by the STECF during its 37th plenary meeting held from 11 to 25 July, 2011 in Copenhagen, Denmark
[ JRC66051 ]
Impact Assessment of multi-annual plans for Southern hake, angler fish and Nephrops
This report was reviewed by the STECF during its 37th plenary meeting held from 11 to 25 July, 2011 in Copenhagen, Denmark
[ JRC66050 ]
Impact Assessment of Baltic cod multi-annual plans
This report was reviewed by the STECF during its 37th plenary meeting held from 11 to 25 July, 2011 in Copenhagen, Denmark
[ JRC66048 ]