MEDAC - Mediterranean Advisory Council

GFCM Seminar on GFCM Fisheries Restricted Areas (SemFRA)

When

25 March 2022

Time

9,30-17,30

Place

Online

• Agenda

The main objectives of the seminar were to identify the challenges and difficulties faced by CPCs in implementing FRAs, share experiences on their management and control, and identify minimum conservation measures as well as MCS standards towards an improved FRA network in view of enhancing the level playing field in the region and improve the effectiveness of FRAs. The experts reviewed the results of the questionnaire on the implementation of FRAs by CPCs and analyzed the examples of different FRAs in the GFCM area of application, including MCS measures and control tools towards more effective compliance. The seminar encouraged progress on the transposition of GFCM recommendations into national legislation but also on regular and consistent legal and scientific monitoring, and agreed on the main elements for the development of the GFCM FRA toolkit.