12th meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries on 22 April 2026 – agenda
Updated 17 April 2026
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Date: 22 April 2026
Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm BST, 2:00pm to 5:00pm CEST
Venue: Hybrid – London and video conference
1. Opening of the Specialised Committee and adoption of the agenda
2. Adoption of the SCF recommendation on Monitoring, Control and Surveillance arrangements
3. Fisheries management and conservation, including the management of non-quota stocks:
a. Update on fisheries management measures and planning
i. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
ii. Offshore wind compensatory measures
iii. Crown Estate work on fisheries data and offshore wind
b. Technical measures in Celtic Sea, Irish Sea and Channel
c. Rebuilding plans for depleted stocks (including mixed fisheries science)
d. Brown crab management
e. Multi-year strategy for king scallops
f. Skates and rays
g. Spurdog monitoring and management measures
h. Guidelines for special stocks
4. Fishing opportunities, including scientific coordination:
a. Seabass (ICES tool and 2026 monitoring effort)
b. Sole in area 7hjk and sole in area 7e ICES advice request
c. Northern Shelf ling roadmap
5. Control and enforcement, data exchange:
a. Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM)
b. Data sharing using the United Nations/ Fisheries Language for Universal Exchange (UN/FLUX)