General Assembly

Brussels 2015

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 04 Interim Flatfish WG Copenhagen September 04 First General Assembly Edinburgh November 04 Preliminary ExCom Edinburgh November 04 Demersal WG London December 05 ExCom Boulogne January 05 Spatial Planning Workshop London May 05 Spatial Planning WG London May 05 Demersal WG Glasgow May 05 Flatfish WG Glasgow May 05 ExCom Hamburg June 05 Focus Group on Long-Term Objectives Schiphol August 05 Focus Group on Criteria for Managed Areas Schiphol August 05 Steering Group Pilot Study of Fishing Areas Schiphol August 05 Focus Group on Socio- Economic Data Edinburgh September 05 Meeting with OSPAR Bristol October 05 Focus 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 Oct Spatial Planning Working Group Brussels Nov Nephrops Focus Group Brussels Nov Demersal Working Group Brussels Nov Pulse Fishing Focus Group IJmuiden Nov Landing Obligation Focus Group London Nov Skagerrak & Kattegat Working Group Copenhagen Nov 2015 Landing Obligation Focus Group London Jan Pulse Fishing Focus Group Webex Jan Demersal Working Group Copenhagen Feb Pulse Fishing Focus Group Amsterdam Mar Skagerrak & Kattegat Working Group Göteborg Mar Mixed Fishery Plan Focus Group Copenhagen Mar Executive Committee Copenhagen Mar Brown Shrimp Focus Group Amsterdam Mar Demersal Working Group Paris Apr Brown Shrimp Focus Group Utrecht May Pulse Fishing Focus Group Utrecht May Skagerrak & Kattegat Working Group Copenhagen June Executive Committee Edinburgh June Spatial Planning Working Group Schiphol July Demersal Working Group Brussels July Pulse Fishing Focus Group Webex Sept Nephrops Focus Group Edinburgh Sept Spatial Planning Working Group Brussels Sept Executive 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. 12 th December A Long Term Management Plan for North Sea Nephrops. 16 th February Development of a New Framework for Technical Measures in the Reformed CFP. 11 th March The Implementation of the EU Landings Obligation for the Demersal Fisheries of the North Sea: Exemptions and Other Issues. 31 st March Advice on a Mixed Fishery Plan for the North Sea. 30 th 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