Such co-operation is important to ensure the effective application of measures designed to conserve fish stocks. Examples of co-operation involving the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency and other enforcement authorities in the UK over the last 12 months include:exchanging and sharing information from monitoring and control activity with other member states as appropriate, but notably Denmark;sharing surveillance/monitoring information with Third Countries, namely Norway, Iceland and Faroes;bilateral meetings with Irish and Norwegian authorities;joint enforcement operations with the Netherlands in the North Sea;participation of fisheries inspectors from other member states and Norway in UK enforcement training courses;routine exchanges of fisheries inspectors with Norway, both at sea and ashore;participation in an International Conference on Monitoring, Control and Surveillance organised by the European Commission in Brussels;participation, in Canada, in an International Fisheries Conference on sustainable fishing at the request of the Scottish Fishing Industry;enforcement operations in waters covered by the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission;the development of an operational protocol on satellite monitoring with France, Spain, Belgium and Ireland.