The 45th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) is taking place from September 18-22, 2023 in Vigo, Spain. Read below the DSCC’s NAFO Checklist for Success
Available in English.
18 September, 2023
16 April, 2021
The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition’s (DSCC) 2020 Report informs on Fisheries, Deep Seabed Mining and Ocean Governance.
- Available in English.
24 March, 2021
Seamounts are fragile and biologically diverse marine ecosystems that are vulnerable to deep-sea fisheries activities and, increasingly, other human impacts.
This briefing examines the current state of seamount science and protection. It summarizes who continues to fish in these unique habitats and presents a case for urgent and intensified political action to protect these biodiversity hotspots.
- Available in English.
30 October, 2020
Authors: Susanna Fuller, Duncan Currie, Matthew Gianni, Lyn Goldsworthy, Cassandra Rigby, Kathryn Schleit, Colin Simpfendorfer, Les Watling, Barry Weeber.
16 years have passed since the UNGA first called for States and RFMOs “urgently to adopt … conservation and management measures, in accordance with international law, to address the impact of destructive fishing practices.
This report by the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) reviews the progress made since 2016 and makes recommendations on what more should be done to ensure that both individual high-seas fishing nations and regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) fully implement the actions called for in UNGA Resolutions 61/105, 64/72, 66/68 and 71/123. It is the latest in a series produced by the DSCC that have been published in advance of the formal reviews conducted by the UNGA.
Although the UNGA review workshop scheduled for August 2020 was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the information in this report is relevant to RFMO Commission and Scientific Committee meetings taking place over the next 12 months and will help inform the UNGA workshop when it is rescheduled. All documents are available only in English.
- Preventing biodiversity loss in the deep sea – SUMMARY REPORT (PDF)
- FULL ANNEX: Detailed review of actions taken by RFMOs and in the Southwest Atlantic (PDF)
- Annex Sections by RFMO:
- Section 1: Northeast Atlantic – NEAFC (PDF)
- Section 2: Northwest Atlantic – NAFO (PDF)
- Section 3: Southeast Atlantic – SEAFO (PDF)
- Section 4: Indian Ocean – SIOFA (PDF)
- Section 5: Southwest Atlantic and other non-RFMO areas (PDF)
- Section 6: North Pacific – NPFC (PDF)
- Section 7: South Pacific – SPRFMO (PDF)
- Section 8: Southern Ocean – CCAMLR (PDF)
- Section 9: Mediterranean Sea – GFCM (PDF)
- Annex Sections by RFMO:
23 September, 2019
In a letter send to:
João Aguiar Machado
European Commission, Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Anders Jessen,
European Commission, Law of the Sea and Regional Fisheries Organisations, DG-MARE
the DSCC, WWF- EU and Seas At Risk adress the topic of ‘Closing seamounts to bottom fisheries and unregulated fishing in the NAFO Regulatory Area’.
Available in English.
DSCC documents submitted to the 41st Annual Meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
23 September, 2019
Location: Bordeaux, France September 23-27, 2019
DSCC’s Opening Statement to NAFO
- Available in English.
Oceans North and DSCC’s Recommendations to NAFO
- Available in English.
Joint letter to the European Commission on closing seamounts to bottom fisheries and unregulated fishing in the NAFO Regulatory Area. From DSCC, WWF EU and Seas at Risk.
- Available in English.
19 September, 2018
Checklist for Success by the Nothwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization.
Source: Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
Available in English.
18 September, 2017
The Ecology Action Centre (EAC), individually and as an active member of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) respectfully submit this position paper to the 38th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO).
Available in English
23 September, 2016
The Ecology Action Centre (EAC), individually and as an active member of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) respectfully submitthis position paper to the 38th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO).
Available in English.
1 September, 2015
The World Wildlife Fund(WWF) and the Ecology Action Centre (EAC), both members of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) respectfully submitthis position paper to the 37thAnnual Meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO).
Available in English.