Monitoring the performance of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is required by Article 50 of the CFP. The European Commission requests the Scientific Technical Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) to report on this performance every year. To ensure consistency of the indicators over time, this protocol was developed by JRC experts and approved by STECF. The protocol defines the geographical scope of the analysis as FAO area 27 (northeast Atlantic, NEA) and FAO area 37 (Mediterranean and Black Sea, MED).JRC.D.2 - Ocean and Wate
