European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC)

The European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) concluded its 32nd Session in Pula, Croatia, on Friday (11 October).
The Government of the Republic of Moldova recently decided to become Member of the European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC).
North Macedonia has joined the European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as it 37th member.
Slovenia has become the latest country to join the European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission.

The mission of EIFAAC is to promote 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.
Recent publications
Proceedings of the Conference on management advice to reduce cormorant predation impacts
16/09/2025

The Conference on Management Advice to Reduce Cormorant Predation Impacts was held in Brussels, Belgium, on 3 June 2025, organized by EIFAAC and hosted...

Proceedings of the EIFAAC workshop on the problems and challenges of climate change, and its impact on inland aquatic resources and fisheries of Europe
04/08/2025

The EIFAAC workshop on the problems and challenges of climate change, and its impact on inland aquatic resources and fisheries of Europe was held virtually...

Proceedings of the EIFAAC Symposium on Building a sustainable future for inland fisheries and aquaculture in a time of multiple stressors
22/04/2025

The 2024 EIFAAC Symposium as held in Pula, Croatia, on 7–9 October 2024. The symposium was held in conjunction with the Thirty-second Session of EIFAAC...

Recent meetings

18/11

2025

19/11

2025

Budapest (Hungary), 18/11/2025 - 19/11/2025

Participation in this meeting is open to Members of the two EIFAAC committees.

Observers can attend upon request to the EIFAAC Secretariat.

3/6

2025

03/06/2025

The Presidency of Poland to the Council of the European Union and the European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) are organizing a Conference on...

25/4

2025

Virtual Event, 25/04/2025

The European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) is organizing a Stakeholder consultation on the draft European Cormorant Management Plan.

8/4

2025

Virtual Event, 08/04/2025

This online workshop aims to provide a platform for sharing key research findings. It focuses on future directions, synthesizing existing studies to identify knowledge gaps, define research priorities, and explore adaptation strategies —both those currently in practice and potential approaches— to sustain inland fisheries in an era of climate change.

8/10

2024

08/10/2024

Since the adoption of the EU Birds Directive (79/409/EEC) in 1979, the very small popula...

7/10

2024

9/10

2024

17/5

2024