Assessment of the situation relating to the sub-TAC for common sole in Iberian waters
[ background docs.zip ]
STECF produced its advice by written procedure.
[ JRCxxx ]
Othermost Regions
[ Annexes ]
EWG 26-06 met during 15-19 June 2026 in Ispra, Italy. Reviewed during PLEN 26-02.
[JRCxxx]
82nd plenary report
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) meet on 6-10 July 2026 at the Centre Borschette, Brussels, PLEN 26-02 (hybrid). The meeting was chaired by R. Prellezo.
[ JRCxxx ]
Social Data in EU Fisheries: methodology, dissemination, analysis and evaluation
'The authors acknowledge that, while significant efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy and consistency of this report, some inadvertent errors or inconsistencies have remained. A revised version will be...
Monitoring the Performance of the Common Fisheries Policy
[ Annexes.zip ]
An ad-hoc EWG was convened between January to March 2026 to conduct the extensive analysis and presented them to PLEN 26-01.
[ JRCxxx ]
81st plenary report
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) meet on 9-13 March 2026 at the Quartier Leopold , Brussels, PLEN 26-01 (hybrid). The meeting was chaired by R. Prellezo.
[ JRCxxx ]
Different Principles for defining selectivity under the future TM regulation
EWG 13-01 was held from 4 – 8 March 2013 in Dublin, Ireland, to continue the work of EWG 12-14.
Reviewed by the STECF during its 42nd plenary held from 8 to 12 April 2013 in Brussels (Belgium).
[ JRC81584 ]
Technical measures
EWG 16-14 in Brussels, Belgium, 6-10 February 2017. This report was reviewed by the STECF during its 54th plenary meeting.
[ JRC106585 ]
22th plenary report
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) meet on 3-7 April 2006 in Brussels.
[ SEC(xxx) ]
23th plenary report
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) meet on 6-10 November 2006, Barza d’Ispra.
[ SEC(2007)xxx ]
20th plenary report
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) meet on 4-8 April 2005 in Brussels.
[ SEC(2007)469 ]
80th plenary report
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) meet on 10-14 Nov 2025 at the Centre Borschette, Brussels, PLEN 25-03 (hybrid). This winter plenary was chaired by R. Prellezo.
[ JRC145037 ]
Evaluation of work plans for data collection and data transmission issues
[ Annexes.zip ]
EWG 25-16 met from 3 to 7 November 2025 and reviewed during PLEN 25-03.
[ JRC145147 ]
EU Fish Processing Industry
[ Annex.xlsx ]
EWG 25-15 met virtually between 20 and 24 October 2025. Reviewed during PLEN 25-03.
[ JRC145111 ]
The implementation of the technical measures regulation
[ Annexes.zip ]
EWG 25-14 met from 20-24 October 2025, online and reviewed during PLEN 25-02 and PLEN 26-01.
[JRCxxx]
Balance Capacity
[ Annexes.zip , Annexes after PLEN 26-02]
EWG 25-12 met 6-10 October 2025 in Ispra, Italy. This report was reviewed during PLEN 25-03 and PLEN 26-01.
[ JRCxxx ]
Fishing effort regime for demersal fisheries in West Med
[ Annex.pdf ]
The 14th of a suite dedicated to the evaluation of the implementation of the Western Med Sea Multi-Annual management plan. EWG 25-11 met the 5-10 October 2025 (virtual) and reviewed by PLEN 25-03.
[ JRCxxx ]
Evaluation of Fisheries Dependent Information (FDI) for EU Fleets
[ Annexes.zip ]
EWG 25-10 met in Ispra, Italy from 8 to 12 September 2025 and reviewed during PLEN 25-03. Previous meeting EWG 25-05.
[ JRC145076 ]
The 2025 Annual Economic report on EU fishing fleet
[ data.zip ]
EWG 25-03 took place online 7-11 April 2025 (AER I) and EWG 25-07 took place in Ispra, Italy 16-20 June 2025 (AER II). The two EWGs addressed all the ToRs. The report was reviewed during the summer PLEN 25-03.
[ JRC144396 ]
79th plenary report
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) meet on 7-11 July 2025 at the Centre Borschette, Brussels, PLEN 25-02 (hybrid). This summer plenary was chaired by J. Nord.
[ JRCxxx ]
Outermost Regions
EWG 25-18 met in hybrid modality, from 16 to 20 June 2025 in Ispra (Italy). Reviewed during PLEN 25-02.
[ JRC145142 ]
Evaluation of ARs and Data Transmission Issues 2024
[ Annexes.zip ]
EWG 25-08 met in Brussels from 23th to 27th June 2025. The report was reviewed by STECF during PLEN 25-02.
[ JRC145144 ]
FDI methodology
[ Annexes.zip ]
EWG 25-05 met online from May 19 to May 23, 2025. This report was reviewed by STECF during PLEN 25-02. Previous reports: STECF 23-05 and STECF 21-12.
[ JRCxxx ]
Ad-hoc hake assessment
[ Annexes.zip ]
EWG 25-06 met on 16-20 June 2025. The report was reviewed by STECF during PLEN 25-02.
[ JRC145140 ]
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 ]
Mediterranean Stock Assessments
[ Annex.zip ]
EWG 25-01 met at the JRC in Ispra, Italy, 3-7 March 2025. Reviewed by STECF during PLEN 25-01.
[ JRC142274 ]
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.
[ JRC142271 ]
Monitoring the performance of the Common Fisheries Policy.
[ Annex.pdf ]
An ad-hoc EWG was convened between January to March 2025 to conduct the extensive analysis and presented them to PLEN 25-01.
[ JRC145046 ]
The 2024 Aquaculture Economic Report
[ data.xlsx ]
EWG 24-14 met online 21-25 October 2024 and reviewed during PLEN 24-03. It provides a comprehensive overview of the latest information available on the production, economic value, structure and competitive performance of the aquaculture sector at...
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.
[ JRC140753 ]
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.
...
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. EWG 22-04 was the first meeting of STECF on NQS.
[ 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 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.
[ 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 plenary report
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) meet on7-11 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 plenary report
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) meet on 14-18 April 2008, Hamburg.
[ SEC(2008) *** ]
26th plenary report
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) meet on 5-9 November 2007, Ispra. Winter plenary.
[ SEC(2007) *** ]
23th plenary report
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) meet on 23-27 April 2007, Ispra. Spring plenary.
[ SEC (2007) ]
25th plenary report
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) meet on 18-22 June 2007, Ispra. Summer plenary.
[ SEC(2007) xxx ]
21st plenary report
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) meet 7-11 November 2005 in Brussels.
[ SEC ( ) ]
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 ]