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 15 January 2024.

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

• Heading hierarchy: Some headings do not follow the correct heading hierarchy, which can cause problems for screen reader users. We plan to fix this by over the course of 2024.
• Graphs and charts – use of colour: Some graphs and charts on the website rely on colour alone to communicate information, which is confusing for people with colour vision deficiency. In charts where labels are not visually associated with the corresponding coloured section, clicking on the labels in the legends toggles the corresponding line, bar or section on or off, which allows users to check which label belongs to which part of the chart. We plan to fix this issue over the course of 2024.​
• Sliding captcha: It is important to note that the sliding captcha is not accessible to deaf-blind users.
• Video player – keyboard accessibility: We are aware of some issues with the keyboard accessibility of our video player (when selecting the caption language from the menu, it is not possible to use the arrow keys to move between languages, this can only be done with the TAB key).
• Audio description: Videos on this website do not have audio description.