About EIFAAC

The European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) promotes the long-term sustainable development, utilization, conservation, restoration and responsible management of European inland fisheries and aquaculture, consistent with the objectives and principles of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and other relevant international instruments, and to support sustainable economic, social, and recreational activities towards these goals through:

• providing advice, information and coordination;
• encouraging enhanced stakeholder participation and communication; and
• the delivery of effective research.

The objectives of the Commission are:

• promote the sustainable development, utilization, conservation, management, protection and restoration of European inland fisheries and aquaculture resources based on the best available scientific advice and the application of an ecosystem approach, the precautionary approach and the need to safeguard biodiversity;
• identify and address strategic issues for European inland fisheries and aquaculture and provide advice and recommendations on future policies, measures and related actions needed to address the issues in a rapid and accountable manner as requested by Members;
• provide advice to managers/decision makers of inland fisheries and aquaculture as requested based on scientific, social, economic, legal and other factors; and
• serve as a forward-looking international platform for the collation, validation dissemination and consideration of information on common challenges and opportunities to European inland fisheries and aquaculture, and to this end, inter alia, proactively identify:
  • relevant scientific, social, economic, legal, statistical and other information and make recommendations for decision makers taking into account the need to protect and preserve the aquatic ecosystems; and
  • common problems and solutions, and harmonized approaches as appropriate.

Members

Member: Albania,Austria,Belgium,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Republic of Moldova, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland