The South Western Waters Regional Advisory Council (CCR.S, S for South) has been created in April 2007 in respect to the July 19th of 2004 Council decision, establishing the Regional Advisory Councils (RAC).
The South Western RAC covers the Atlantic area going from the point of Brittany point in its North to the Straits of Gibraltar in its South as well as the ultraperipheric regions of Madera, Azores and the Canarias Islands
The South Western RAC mission is to contribute to achieve the goals of a sustainable exploitation like it is fixed by the Common Fisheries Policy.