Accessibility statement

This statement applies to content published on the domain: https://oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/

This website is managed by Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible, including people with disabilities.

You should be able to:

• zoom up to 200% without problems
• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
• navigate most of the website using a modern screen reader and speech recognition software (on your computer or phone)]

This website is designed to comply with the technical standard for websites and mobile apps, EN 301 549,  v.3.2.1. This closely follows level ‘AA’ of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1.

This website is partially compliant with technical standard EN 301 549 v.3.2.1 and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA. 

The website was last tested on 20 December 2022.

This statement was prepared on 3 March 2023.

The statement is based on a review of a representative sample of web pages by an IAAP-qualified accessibility expert, using a combination of manual and automated testing.

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the https://oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/ website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers:

• Phone: 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11
• Contact form: Write to us (please refrain from providing sensitive information in the form, e.g. any information that would reveal personal financial information, information related to your health, or any other sensitive topic).

The Oceans and Fisheries website is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

• the latest version of Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Brave browsers;
• in combination with the latest versions of JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver and TalkBack.

The accessibility of the Oceans and Fisheries website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

• HTML
• WAI-ARIA
• CSS
• JavaScript

• Ambiguous navigation landmarks: When a page contains more than one navigation landmark, screen reader users will not be able to distinguish between them. We plan to fix this by October 2023.
• Infographics: Some of the infographics on our website have no or insufficient text alternatives for people with a vision impairment. We plan to fix this by October 2023.
• Skiplink visibility: The skiplink is the first link on the page, but it does not become visible when it receives keyboard focus. We plan to fix this by October 2023.