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Fishing Vessels

Volume 494: debated on Monday 15 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs who the members are of each Under 10-Metre Fleet Regional Advisory Council. (278888)

There are seven regional advisory councils (RACs) that cover all sea areas of the EU and the activities of those vessels that fish outside EU waters. The purpose of the RACs is to provide stakeholders’ advice to the Commission and member states on any aspect of fisheries management under the common fisheries policy (CFP). Representatives of the under 10 metre fleet are free to attend meetings of RACs and are eligible to apply to become members of the councils themselves.