The Regional Coordination Groups are the main hub for regional coordination and cooperation within the different regions contributing to the fisheries Data Collection Framework. They also make efforts to coordinate their actions with third countries having sovereignty or jurisdiction over waters in the same marine region.
In accordance with the Reg (EC) 2017/1004, RCGs should aim at developing and implementing procedures, methods, quality assurance and quality control for collecting and processing data with a view to enabling reliability of scientific advice to be further improved.
RCGs consist of experts appointed by Member States, including MS’ national correspondents for data collection, and the Commission Currently, they involve more than 300 experts and more than 100 organizations in all the EU Member States.
