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Name
European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA)
Address
Edificio Odriozola, Avenida García Barbón, 4
Zipcode
E-36201
City
Vigo
Country
Spain
Phone
+34 986 12 06 10
Centre Website
https://www.efca.europa.eu/

organisation profile

The European Fisheries Control Agency is a European Union agency. The agency’s mission is to promote the highest common standards for control, inspection and surveillance under the CFP. Its primary role is to organise coordination and cooperation between national control and inspection activities so that the rules of the CFP are respected and applied effectively.

The EFCA will function at the highest level of excellence and transparency with a view to developing the necessary confidence and cooperation of all parties involved and, in so doing, to ensure effectiveness and efficiency of its operations.

European Union governments agreed to establish the agency in the 2002 reform as part of the drive to instil a culture of compliance within the fisheries sector across Europe. In April 2005, they adopted the necessary legislation with Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005.

The added value of the work of the agency lies in its contribution to a European-wide level playing field for the fishing industry so that European obligations are observed by everyone and everyone in the sector is treated equally, wherever they might be operating. Secondly, it contributes towards sustainable fisheries by enhancing compliance with existing conservation and management measures to the benefit of present and future generations.

The Agency, in cooperation with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and the European Maritime Safety Agency, each within its mandate, supports the national authorities carrying out coast guard functions.

EFCA has its official seat in Vigo, Spain.

edmo metadata

EDMO record id
5259
Collating centre
IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute (IEO-CSIC)
Latest update
2 July 2020 9:49:56 AM