Annual North Atlantic Fisheries Ministers' Conference

The annual North Atlantic Fisheries Ministers' Conference is an opportunity for ministers and officials to discuss conservation and management issues common to fisheries across the North Atlantic Ocean.

The annual meeting brings together fisheries ministers involved in North Atlantic fisheries. These fisheries are managed in large part through two Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) – the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) and the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO). Discussions at NAFMC meetings in recent years have focused on matters such as curbing Illegal, Unregulated, and Unreported (IUU) fishing; and finding new and effective methods by which RFMOs can assert control and enforce regulations.

Links

• Full Accounting for Catches – An increasing necessity for sustainable fisheries management

Backgrounders

• NAFO scheme to prevent IUU fishing activities 

Past NAFMC Communiqués and related News Releases

• 14^th North Atlantic Fisheries Ministers Conference – Kaliningrad, Russian Federation – June 3 to 6, 2009
• 13^th North Atlantic Fisheries Ministers Conference – St Julian's, Malta –
  22 to 24 May 2008
• 12^th North Atlantic Fisheries Ministers Conference – Narsaq (Greenland) –
  20 - 23 June 2007
  • Canada Plays Leadership Role in Shutting Down Ports of Call to Illegal Fishing
• 11^th North Atlantic Fisheries Ministers’ Conference – Tromsø and Brønnøysund, Norway
  June 9, 2006
  • Canada’s Presentation: Improving Fisheries Governance in the Northwest Atlantic
    
• 10^th North Atlantic Fisheries Ministers’ Conference – Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
  May 31, 2005
  • North Atlantic Fisheries Ministers Eager to Make Tangible Progress Regarding High Seas Fisheries Governance Reform June 1, 2005
    
• 9^th North Atlantic Fisheries Ministers’ Conference – Stykkishólmur, Iceland June 5, 2004
  • Canada’s Presentation
    
• 8^th North Atlantic Fisheries Ministers’ Conference – Halifax, Canada June 18, 2003
  • Thibault promotes cooperation and conservation to North Atlantic Fisheries Ministers June 15, 2003