Press Release: EU Fisheries Control Agency adopts first work programme for 2007

At a meeting on 27 October 2006, the Administrative Board of the Community Fisheries Control Agency adopted the first work programme for the newly created Agency. The Agency’s task is to strengthen inspection and control of fisheries measures and to make enforcement more uniform throughout the European Union. To do this, it will organise operational coordination of Member States’ inspection and monitoring activities from the fishing vessel to the first sale of fish landed in or imported to the Union. In 2007, the Agency will give priority to the implementation of the recovery and management of cod stocks, protection of bluefin tuna, the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, reduction of destructive fishing practices and discards. The Administrative Board also adopted the € 5 million budget of the Agency for 2007.