Working at North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)

The North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) is an Intergovernmental Organisation with Headquarters in London, UK. Its mandate derives from the NEAFC Convention of 1980. The objective of the Commission is “to ensure the long-term conservation and optimum utilisation of the fishery resources in the Convention Area, providing sustainable economic, environmental and social benefits.”

To fulfil this objective, NEAFC has adopted a number of legally-binding measures. This includes conservation and management measures to ensure the sustainable use of the fishery resources and to safeguard the marine ecosystems in which these resources occur, as well as a variety of monitoring, control and enforcement measures.

NEAFC’s Contracting Parties are Denmark (in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland), the European Union, Iceland, Norway and the Russian Federation.

Please see the NEAFC website for more details.