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Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements
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We are a platform of European and African-based organizations that raises awareness about the impacts of the EU-Africa fisheries arrangements on African artisanal fishing communities.
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The @ec.europa.eu is about to launch the West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme (WASOP) with regional partners ECOWAS, SRFC and FCWC 🌊🐟

As regional fisheries management gains momentum, we look at the ecological gains and social impacts of harmonising biological rest👇
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Regionalising biological rest periods in West Africa: ecological gain or social shock? — Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements
When harmonising regional closed seasons in SRFC and FCWC regions, CFFA calls for considering social and environmental perspectives and ensuring the participation of affected communities.
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The @wto.org agreement on #FisheriesSubsidies entered into force🚢🐟

Yet questions remain - we address them in our latest policy brief

🔍What is still unaddressed
⚖️Costs and opportunities for developing countries
🛶Impacts on small-scale fisheries

Read it now👉 t.ly/Kibng
WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies: Progress with many open questions — Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements
Francisco Mari, advocacy officer for global food security, agricultural trade and maritime policy at Bread for the World , reviews the WTO agreement on fisheries subsidies; following its recent entry...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The @ec.europa.eu is about to launch the West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme (WASOP) with regional partners ECOWAS, SRFC and FCWC 🌊🐟

As regional fisheries management gains momentum, we look at the ecological gains and social impacts of harmonising biological rest👇
shorturl.at/fKhsv
Regionalising biological rest periods in West Africa: ecological gain or social shock? — Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements
When harmonising regional closed seasons in SRFC and FCWC regions, CFFA calls for considering social and environmental perspectives and ensuring the participation of affected communities.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🌍Inshore exclusion zones: African countries recognise the role small-scale fishers play in food security and biodiversity conservation 🍽️🐟

Here’s how the @ec.europa.eu can support priority access & co-management in coastal waters for artisanal fishers 👇

@ssfnicole.bsky.social @caneurope.org
Strengthening Inshore Exclusive Zones with small-scale fishers: A path to food security and biodiversity — Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements
Small-scale fishing communities depend on the coast and inshore waters for their livelihoods. Many African countries now recognise small-scale fisheries’ role in achieving climate and biodiversity goa...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Deadly shipwreck in Mauritania, dubious European interests 🤔

In September, a Spanish-origin trawler flying a Mauritanian flag, sank after a collision with a factory ship owned by a Maltese company with a Gambian flag 🛳️

What of EU's responsibility?

Read our article 👉 cffacape.org/publications...
Behind a deadly shipwreck in Mauritania, some dubious European interests — Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements
In mid-September, a factory ship flying the Gambian flag and owned by a Maltese company collided with and sank a trawler flying the Mauritanian flag and owned by a Spanish company. Five Mauritanian se...
cffacape.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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’The root cause of the problems is the rapidly growing popularity of farmed fish among wealthy consumers in Europe.’ says Beatrice Gorez from @cffacape.bsky.social

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Kweekvis in Nederlandse supermarkten bedreigt voedsel­zekerheid in Afrika
In de strijd tegen overbevissing op zee lijkt de snelle groei van de kweekvissector goed nieuws. Maar in de Nederlandse supermarktschappen ligt kweekvis die met Senegalese sardines gevoerd is. Dat dra...
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September 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Dormant but not dead 😴

@ec.europa.eu lists the EU-Gambia fishing agreement as "dormant"

We argue that fishing agreements should still be used for continued:
🤝Dialogue on sustainable fisheries
🔬Joint Research
👮‍♀️Regional control & surveillance
💵Coordinate donor support

+ info: tinyurl.com/3p6mrvpn
Dormant but not dead: Why The Gambia - EU fisheries agreement still matters — Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements
Dormant SFPAs should not simply be considered as a pause. Since the framework agreements are still in place, they should be utilised for dialogue on science and sustainable fisheries between the two p...
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October 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🚨The EU's future budget (2028-34) is underway:

What are the priorities for financing the EU's external fisheries policy?

💰Allocate 100% of SFPA contributions to sectoral support
🙋Support participatory management of small pelagic species

Read CFFA's recommendations👉 t.ly/a0M48
From fishing access deals to supporting fishing communities: a new course for EU fisheries funding in Africa? — Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements
CFFA urges the EU to align its 2028–2034 budget with its commitments to sustainable development and ocean governance. Support for African small-scale fisheries must be anchored in transparency and bas...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
📢The EU-Seychelles negotiations for the next fishing protocol start TODAY

Small-scale fishers' demands:
🚢Priority access for semi-industrial
💵A FAD "polluter-pays" policy
♀️Gender-disaggregated data
🤝A say in sectoral funds use
👴Backpay for the pension fund

Our policy brief: tinyurl.com/4vnx7v4f
Putting fishing communities first: Priorities for negotiating a fair EU-Seychelles Fisheries Agreement — Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements
In this article, CFFA highlights the Indian Ocean archipelago’s small-scale sector’s concerns and demands in light of the ongoing negotiations for the new EU-Sechelles Sustainable Fisheries Partnershi...
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September 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Seychellois small-scale fishers are seeking to revive their sector by investing in women and youth.

We tell you their stories on how they developed a course on fishing business for women and how they sensitize school-age kids about their profession👇

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In the Seychelles, fishers invest in women and school-aged children to revamp their sector — Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements
The Indian Ocean archipelago’s ageing population of small-scale fishers strives to bring generational renewal to fisheries by sensitizing school kids on the profession and training young women to re-s...
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September 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
For its new external fisheries strategy, the EU must ensure policy coherence and prioritize food security, stakeholder participation, and human rights.

📢 Read CFFA’s recommendations. t.ly/cOf3v

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Towards a fair and sustainable EU strategy for fisheries external action — Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements
In this position paper, CFFA contributes to the Commission open consultation on an EU strategy for fisheries external action. In it, CFFA calls for a strategy that looks into policy coherence for deve...
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September 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Subcommittee on Fish Trade: 16 CSOs warn of the impacts of industrial aquaculture: pollution, coastal land grabbing, threats to small-scale fisheries and local communities. Read the statement👇

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@animallaweurope.bsky.social @seasatrisk.bsky.social @animalpolicyint.bsky.social
Joint statement: “FAO and its members must address the destructive impacts of industrial feedlot aquaculture” — Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements
At the occasion of the 20th session of the FAO subcommittee on trade, more than 16 CSOs and small-scale fisheries organisations, the signatories ask that FAO and its members adopt “blue food systems” ...
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September 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Liberian fishers' struggle to protect their Inshore Exclusive Zone from competition continues... 💪🚢🛶

In a letter to their government they oppose a new fisheries management plan which would allow trawlers in their reserved area

More info 👉 cffacape.org/publications...

@ec.europa.eu @giz.de
The crisis is deepening for Liberia artisanal fishers: the EU must listen and act — Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements
Encouraging the reform and enlargement of the Inshore Exclusive Zone (IEZ) in Liberia would reinforce the EU leadership on responsible fisheries governance and build on recent regional trends, such as...
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August 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Ten years after its launch, the Fisheries Transparency Initiative shows that transparency, stronger governance, greater recognition of small-scale fisheries, and improved dialogue among stakeholders are a powerful driver of change.

Read our article here👉 t.ly/mEyul

@fiti-global.bsky.social
FiTI: a decade down, a sea of possibilities ahead — Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements
Ten years on, the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) has empowered African small-scale fishers by promoting transparency, accountability, and inclusive policymaking. It strengthens visibility, s...
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July 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Did you know women ♀️ are present at every stage of the fisheries 🐟 value chain in Africa?

Find out how the EU can support them at the event we co-organise with MEPs @melissacamara.bsky.social Fourreau, Sargiacomo & Do Nascimento Cabral

Register TODAY!👉 t.ly/GhxAc pic.x.com/Jsw3ZSxzSi
June 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
1/ We are following the Long Distance Advisory Council (LDAC) seminar on the EU #CommonFisheriesPolicy evaluation – the external dimension

LDAC Chair Iván López & Leandro Melgar
from Vigo Port give words of welcome: “It is essential that we defend sustainable fisheries”

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May 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“The UN Ocean conference #UNOC declaration sounds more like an investment briefing than a political statement”

Our comments on the 0-draft from the point of view of small-scale fisheries, and plea for a human-rights approach to ocean conservation

👉https://t.ly/YhCNG
May 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
L'avant-projet de déclaration de l'#UNOC : pitch pour attirer les investisseurs ou déclaration politique?

Pour connaître le point de vue de la petite pêche et notre plaidoyer en faveur d'une approche de la conservation des océans fondée sur les droits humains :

👉https://t.ly/o2gFT
May 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
🚢🐟 Mind your vessels!

In our new brief, we look at coastal state obligations to regulate their fishing vessels, including in the waters of another state, and look at how @ec.europa.eu can support coastal states in fulfilling their obligations

+ Info 👉https://t.ly/zQnS3

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April 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Yesterday the @ec.europa.eu launched a campaign to promote the consumption of EU aquaculture products - we urge them to only promote practices that meet the highest animal welfare as well as environmental & social sustainability standards. #RethinkFish
March 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Sardinella: a shared responsibility... between the coastal states of West Africa

This @fao.org documentary explores the vital role of these 🐟 in food security, livelihoods and local economy, particularly for women processors ➡️ t.ly/G_e0u

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Sardinella: A shared responsibility
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March 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"In fisheries and biodiversity management, women in small-scale fisheries are a driving force "

At the occasion of #InternationalWomenDay2025 ♀️ we interview Ms. Raissa Madou, fish processor 🐟from Ivory Coast 🇨🇮

Check it here ➡️ t.ly/i2Kie
"In fisheries and biodiversity management, women are a driving force" — Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements
To mark International Women's Day, and taking advantage of her visit to Brussels as part of the Fisheries and Oceans Dialogues organised by the European Commission, we interview Raïssa Madou, a fish p...
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March 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Good morning! 👋☀️(1)

@cffacape.bsky.social is at the #EUOceanDays with Ms. Raissa Madou, fish processor from Ivory Coast and representing the African confederation of artisanal fisheries organisations (CAOPA)

Follow this thread for our thoughts on EU-Africa ocean relations 👇

#EUOcean #SSF
March 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Hi👋

We launch CFFA's profile by sharing our latest newsletter
We look at:

🏝️Debt swaps and the rising power of US ENGOs over ressource management
💰#COP16: An open letter on the bogus figures of the funding gap
🌊The impacts on EU-Africa relations of the European Ocean Pact

Check it here: t.ly/QAp3e
March 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM