Received 4 February 2021
Decided
Part-Granted
Request Reference 21/049
Requester Type Journalist
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: 1) LANDING OBLIGATION REPORT Ireland's report to the European Commission on the landing obligation for fisheries, as detailed in the subsequent report in June 2020 (COM(2020) 248 final - https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/rep/1/2020/EN/COM-2020-248-F1-EN-MAIN-PART-1.PDF). It says in this report: To assess progress on the landing obligation, the Commission received reports from 18 Member States and five advisory councils. 2) IRELAND'S FISHING REPORTS 2019 & 2020 Ireland's report to the European Commission for 2019 and 2020 in relation to its efforts to balance fishing capacity and fishing opportunities. In an EU 2017 Audit (https://op.europa.eu/webpub/eca/special-reports/fisheries-08-2017/en/), it states: Member States report on their efforts to balance fishing capacity and fishing opportunities each year. They are sent to the Commission and are reviewed by the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries. 3) 2018 AUDIT REPORT The final European Commission audit report: IE-D4-2018-01-A (on fishing controls) 4) 2015 AUDIT REPORT The European Commission audit report: IE-2015-C2-01-A (on fishing controls)