#WeAssist
Happy #WorldMaritimeDay! 🌊

Protecting our ocean is more than a task—it’s our shared responsibility.

#OurOcean #WeAssist

@ec.europa.eu @imohq.bsky.social @fao.org
September 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
📍 EFCA headquarters

New training for Member States inspectors operating in the #NAFO regulatory area.

🔹 Goal: supporting the uniform & effective implementation of the NAFO Scheme of Control & Enforcement.

✅ Common training for a level playing field.

#FisheriesControl #WeAssist
April 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Thanks to the cooperation with @emsa-eu.bsky.social , each of our patrol vessels — #OceanSentinel, #OceanGuardian & #OceanProtector — is equipped with RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems), enhancing our surveillance capacity from the air.

#FisheriesControl #WeAssist #EUAgencies
Our RPAS services 🛩️are supporting @efca-eu.bsky.social
on board its three chartered fisheries patrol vessels this summer!

The RPAS helps EFCA and the on-board fisheries inspectors to identify fishing vessels & collect information about fishing activity. 🐟🐟🐟
#cooperation
July 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Behind the Scenes: Coordinating #JDPs

We hosted experts from #NorthSea & #Baltic at our Coordination Centre:
📊Planned next year’s actions
📝Fixed inspection data gaps
🎓Explored EFCA e-learning
⚓Visited OPV Ocean Protector

Sustainable fisheries start with coordinated action.

#WeAssist
October 23, 2025 at 7:28 AM
New #RTC alert! 🎣⛔️

A Real-Time Closure has been established by Denmark in the #NorthSea, until 22 October 2025, including.

More information here👉 bit.ly/3LfFzuB

#WeAssist #SustainableFisheries
October 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#HappeningNow 📢 Debate at the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries with our Executive Director @susan-steele.bsky.social

Topic: EFCA work programme 2026 – objectives and priorities for the year ahead

📷 Watch live: bit.ly/4owCQ2v

#FisheriesControl #WeAssist
December 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
New #RTC alert! 🚨⛔️

A Real-Time Closure has been established by Denmark 🇩🇰 in the #NorthSea, starting tomorrow until 03 September 2025, including.

More information here👉 bit.ly/3LfFzuB

#WeAssist #SustainableFisheries
August 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🌊 Today at the Mediterranean Coast Guard Functions Forum in Rome

A space for real exchange & joint action in the Med.

🗣️ “Fish don’t see borders — that’s why coast guard cooperation across the Mediterranean is essential.” — Susan Steele, EFCA Executive Director

#WeAssist
September 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
📘 Our 2024 Year in Review is out!

💪 45,734 inspections
🎣 2,609 officials trained
🌊 7 Joint Deployment Plans
🤝 Cooperation with EU & international partners

Read more 👉 bit.ly/434z8FF

#FisheriesControl #WeAssist #CommonFisheriesPolicy
October 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
📊New Guidelines on Risk Assessment Methodology on Fisheries Compliance

The updated methodology supports improved, transparent, risk-based #FisheriesControl across the EU — helping focus efforts where they’re most needed.🌊

🔗http://bit.ly/3KLjqZD

#WeAssist #CFP
October 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Happy European Maritime Day!

🎣🦈🦐

The 🇪🇺 maritime community is getting together to discuss actions for a sustainable #BlueEconomy.

#WeAssist @ec.europa.eu #EMD2025
May 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
📍Madeira | Western Waters Joint Deployment Plan workshop

28 inspectors from 🇧🇪 🇩🇰 🇪🇸 🇮🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇳🇱 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 joined us to share expertise, tackle challenges, & align fisheries control operations across EU waters.

#Training together for harmonised #FisheriesControl.

#WeAssist
October 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
#LastWeek in Lisbon at the Portuguese Sea Control Centre, we delivered a 2-day seminar on #NAFO port inspections.

Topics included:

📘Legal framework
🎣Harmonised inspection procedures
🤝Exchange of experiences with NAFO landing inspections

#FisheriesControl #WeAssist
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🚢 We kicked off #EFCA20 aboard our operational vessel — a floating school and symbol of EFCA’s mission for effective EU #FisheriesControl.

Where junior inspectors train, Member States exchange expertise, and cooperation takes shape at sea. 🎓🌊

#WeAssist #SustainableFisheries
April 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🔍 The #ECGFF plenary continues

Our Head of Unit – Strategy & Cooperation, Pedro Galache, presents on #AI & emerging tech in #FisheriesControl — exploring future potential, challenges & collaboration across EU Agencies.

#CoastGuardCooperation #MaritimeSecurity #WeAssist
September 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A week of coordination, learning & operational alignment at the EFCA Coordination Centre!

7 experts from Belgium, Latvia, Denmark, Germany and Sweden gathered to advance the #NorthSea and #BalticSea Joint Deployment Plans.

Great teamwork & progress!

#FisheriesControl #JDPs #WeAssist
March 12, 2026 at 9:12 AM
🚢 Training for safer seas

We joined MME Callatis 2025 in the Black Sea, led by Frontex & Romanian authorities.

🤝 Through joint drills — from oil spill response to fisheries inspections — we boost EU cooperation at sea.

#CoastGuardCooperation #WeAssist
Mangalia, Romania: #MMECallatis2025

Frontex, Poliţia de Frontieră & EU partners practice search and rescue, boarding operations & satellite asset tracking in the Black Sea.

First time Frontex officers crew on a EU Member State asset, a Maltese patrol boat.
#EUatSea
August 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
📢 New EFCA guidelines out now!

Explore the technical standards for Remote Electronic Monitoring (#REM) to support #FisheriesControl & the landing obligation ( #LO) across the EU 🎣📹

🔗 www.efca.europa.eu/en/content/t...

#CommonFisheriesPolicy #WeAssist
May 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
👀Eyes in the sky for our oceans!🌊

Drones are now a key tool in fisheries monitoring — offering real-time, cost-effective, & safer surveillance at sea.

At EFCA, they help us:
✅ Detect possible illegal activities
✅ Monitor remote areas
✅ Support safer inspections

#FisheriesControl #WeAssist #EFCA20
April 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🌍 Strengthening regional cooperation to combat #IUUFishing at the 16th Conference of Ministers of the Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC/CPCO) — a key forum for advancing sustainable fisheries governance in the region.

#WASOP #WeAssist #FisheriesControl #CapacityBuilding
November 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Fisheries control doesn’t stop at Europe’s shores 🌍
We support compliance with EU fisheries rules in the outermost regions too.

📍Today in Las Palmas, our Executive Director @susan-steele.bsky.social presented EFCA's work at the @CC_RUP & @MarketAC_EU General Assembly.

#WeAssist #IUU
September 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🤝Today, our team, led by our Executive Director, welcomed the Dutch Inspector General at our premises.

We presented EFCA’s activities with a focus on:
🔹The #NorthSea #JointDeploymentPlan
🔹Training and capacity building
🔹EFCA Operational Assets

#FisheriesControl #WeAssist
September 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🐟Last week, coordination took center stage!

We met with the steering groups for:
🔹#NorthSea
🔹#NAFO–#NEAFC
🔹#WesternWaters
🔹#BalticSea

With Member States & the @ec.europa.eu we:
📌 Reviewed 2025 deployments
📌 Set priorities for 2026 #JointDeploymentPlans

#WeAssist #FisheriesControl
September 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Training for uniform #FisheriesControl in the #Med! 🌊🎣

Last week, we trained 90+ EU Fisheries Inspectors under the 2025 Mediterranean #JDP to ensure harmonised inspections & effective surveillance ahead of the swordfish & albacore fishing seasons.

#WeAssist #SustainableFisheries

⬇️
April 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🤝

We took part for the 2nd year at #SIPA2025 in Oran, alongside Algerian authorities.

➡️Strengthened cooperation under the #BlueEconomy Programme and the #RESUP project.
🎯Goal: to enhance fisheries governance and sustainability in #Algeria.

#FisheriesControl #WeAssist 🌍
L’ #EFCA était présente pour la 2ᵉ année au #SIPA2025 à Oran, aux côtés des autorités algériennes.

➡️Coopération renforcée dans le cadre du #ProgrammeEconomieBleue et du projet #RESUP.

🎯Objectif : renforcer la gouvernance et la durabilité de la pêche en #Algérie.

#PêcheDurable #ContrôleDesPêches
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM