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13th meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries on 23 September 2026 – agenda

Updated 16 September 2026

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Date: 23 September 2026

Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm BST, 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm CEST

Venue: Hybrid – Brussels and video conference

1. Opening of the Specialised Committee and adoption of the agenda

2. Fisheries management and conservation, including the management of non-quota stocks:

  1. Update on fisheries management measures and planning

    i. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

    ii. Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs)

  2. Technical measures in Celtic Sea, Irish Sea and Channel
  3. Rebuilding plans for depleted stocks (including mixed fisheries science)
  4. Brown crab management
  5. Multi-year strategy for king scallops
  6. Seabass management
  7. Stocktake on non-quota stocks (NQS) discussions
  8. Skates and rays management
  9. Spurdog management measures

3. Fishing opportunities, including scientific coordination:

  1. Rockall cod roadmap
  2. Ling roadmap
  3. Western red seabream roadmap
  4. North Sea lemon sole roadmap

4. Control and enforcement, data exchange:

  1. Common guidelines for Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM) systems
  2. REM interoperability workplan
  3. Data sharing using the United Nations/ Fisheries Language for Universal Exchange (UN/FLUX)
  4. Data exchange on the utilisation of footnotes and interannual flexibilities

5. Any other business (AOB)

  1. Inshore Vessel Monitoring System (IVMS)

6. Closure

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