North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission

E730962

intergovernmental organization regional fisheries management organization

The North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission is an intergovernmental organization responsible for managing and conserving fishery resources in the North-East Atlantic Ocean through cooperative regulation and scientific advice.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission canonical	2
North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission	1
North-East Atlantic Fisheries Convention of 1959	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8393659 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
Context triple: [International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, cooperatesWith, North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission]

A. Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission
The Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission is a regional body under the FAO that promotes sustainable management and development of fisheries in the western central Atlantic Ocean.
B. OSPAR Commission
The OSPAR Commission is an international body responsible for coordinating cooperation among European countries to protect and conserve the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic.
C. European Fisheries Control Agency
The European Fisheries Control Agency is an EU body responsible for coordinating and improving compliance with fisheries rules to ensure sustainable and fair use of marine resources across member states.
D. Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission is an international body responsible for the conservation and management of tuna and other highly migratory fish stocks in the western and central Pacific Ocean.
E. Committee on Fisheries
The Committee on Fisheries is a key FAO body that advises on international fisheries and aquaculture policy, management, and conservation.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
Target entity description: The North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission is an intergovernmental organization responsible for managing and conserving fishery resources in the North-East Atlantic Ocean through cooperative regulation and scientific advice.

A. Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission
The Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission is a regional body under the FAO that promotes sustainable management and development of fisheries in the western central Atlantic Ocean.
B. OSPAR Commission
The OSPAR Commission is an international body responsible for coordinating cooperation among European countries to protect and conserve the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic.
C. European Fisheries Control Agency
The European Fisheries Control Agency is an EU body responsible for coordinating and improving compliance with fisheries rules to ensure sustainable and fair use of marine resources across member states.
D. Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission is an international body responsible for the conservation and management of tuna and other highly migratory fish stocks in the western and central Pacific Ocean.
E. Committee on Fisheries
The Committee on Fisheries is a key FAO body that advises on international fisheries and aquaculture policy, management, and conservation.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intergovernmental organization ⓘ regional fisheries management organization ⓘ
abbreviation	NEAFC ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ⓘ linked to: Food and Agriculture Organization International Council for the Exploration of the Sea ⓘ North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission ⓘ
founded	1980 ⓘ
geographicScope	high seas areas of the North-East Atlantic ⓘ waters beyond national jurisdiction in the North-East Atlantic ⓘ
hasLogo	logo of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission ⓘ
hasMember	Denmark (in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) ⓘ linked to: Denmark European Union ⓘ Iceland ⓘ Norway ⓘ Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Russia
hasObserver	coastal states ⓘ intergovernmental organizations ⓘ non-contracting parties ⓘ non-governmental organizations ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ
hasSubsidiaryBody	Advisory Group on Data and Information ⓘ Finance and Administration Committee ⓘ Permanent Committee on Management and Science ⓘ
headquartersCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
implementsMeasure	area closures ⓘ control and enforcement scheme ⓘ effort limitations ⓘ port state control system ⓘ technical conservation measures ⓘ total allowable catches ⓘ vessel monitoring system requirements ⓘ
legalBasis	Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in North-East Atlantic Fisheries ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC±00:00 ⓘ
mainGoverningBody	Commission ⓘ
monitorsSpecies	blue whiting ⓘ deep-sea species ⓘ herring ⓘ mackerel ⓘ pelagic redfish ⓘ
policyArea	combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing ⓘ marine conservation ⓘ
purpose	conservation of fishery resources in the North-East Atlantic ⓘ cooperative fisheries management ⓘ implementation of ecosystem-based fisheries management ⓘ long-term sustainable use of fishery resources ⓘ
regionServed	North-East Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
replaced	North-East Atlantic Fisheries Convention of 1959 ⓘ linked to: North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
sector	fisheries management ⓘ
website	https://www.neafc.org ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea → cooperatesWith → North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission ⓘ

European coastal states of the North-East Atlantic → participatesIn → North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission ⓘ

North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission → replaced → North-East Atlantic Fisheries Convention of 1959 ⓘ

linked to: North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission

Regional Fisheries Management Organization → hasExample → North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission ⓘ

subject linked to: Regional Fisheries Management Organizations