Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements
@cffacape.bsky.social
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.
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
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Find out how the EU can support them at the event we co-organise with MEPs @melissacamara.bsky.social Fourreau, Sargiacomo & Do Nascimento Cabral
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June 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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
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
23/ Francisco Marí @brotfuerdiewelt.bsky.social recalls the EU coherence obligation under the Lisbon Treaty:
“EU food and trade policies are not coherent with development goals. Many deals signed by the EU with African countries it has had severe impacts on their local economies”.
“EU food and trade policies are not coherent with development goals. Many deals signed by the EU with African countries it has had severe impacts on their local economies”.
May 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
23/ Francisco Marí @brotfuerdiewelt.bsky.social recalls the EU coherence obligation under the Lisbon Treaty:
“EU food and trade policies are not coherent with development goals. Many deals signed by the EU with African countries it has had severe impacts on their local economies”.
“EU food and trade policies are not coherent with development goals. Many deals signed by the EU with African countries it has had severe impacts on their local economies”.
22/ Gaoussou Gueye calls the @ec.europa.eu DG MARE to support priority access for SSF to small pelagics, key for food security:
“Salmon is fed large quantities of fishmeal from West Africa! It’s not possible that a European consumer indirectly eats in half an hour our yearly recommended intake”
“Salmon is fed large quantities of fishmeal from West Africa! It’s not possible that a European consumer indirectly eats in half an hour our yearly recommended intake”
May 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
22/ Gaoussou Gueye calls the @ec.europa.eu DG MARE to support priority access for SSF to small pelagics, key for food security:
“Salmon is fed large quantities of fishmeal from West Africa! It’s not possible that a European consumer indirectly eats in half an hour our yearly recommended intake”
“Salmon is fed large quantities of fishmeal from West Africa! It’s not possible that a European consumer indirectly eats in half an hour our yearly recommended intake”
21/ Gaoussou Gueye, president of Afrifish-net, the Pan-African platform of non-state actors in fisheries, calls for an area reserved for small-scale fisheries:
“We play an extremely important role in feeding our countries, especially the poorest populations”
“We play an extremely important role in feeding our countries, especially the poorest populations”
May 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
21/ Gaoussou Gueye, president of Afrifish-net, the Pan-African platform of non-state actors in fisheries, calls for an area reserved for small-scale fisheries:
“We play an extremely important role in feeding our countries, especially the poorest populations”
“We play an extremely important role in feeding our countries, especially the poorest populations”
20/ Juan Manuel Trujillo @etf-europe.bsky.social insists: “Those member states whose fleets benefit from fisheries agreements (SFPAs) should especially ratify these conventions and at the same time the EU should improve the budget for improving working conditions and security under SFPAs”
May 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
20/ Juan Manuel Trujillo @etf-europe.bsky.social insists: “Those member states whose fleets benefit from fisheries agreements (SFPAs) should especially ratify these conventions and at the same time the EU should improve the budget for improving working conditions and security under SFPAs”
19/ Rosalie Tukker, from Europêche reminds the audience that only 8 EU member states have ratified the ILO convention of work in fisheries (C188): “It is important for generational change: we should create conditions for young people to stay and also to enter the fishing sector”
May 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
19/ Rosalie Tukker, from Europêche reminds the audience that only 8 EU member states have ratified the ILO convention of work in fisheries (C188): “It is important for generational change: we should create conditions for young people to stay and also to enter the fishing sector”
18/ Martin Orth @ec.europa.eu employment and social affairs reminds that fishing is one of the most hazardous jobs in the world and presents measures the EU implements to improve working conditions, including for non-EU citizens on board EU fishing vessels: "We strengthened provisions under SFPAs"
May 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
18/ Martin Orth @ec.europa.eu employment and social affairs reminds that fishing is one of the most hazardous jobs in the world and presents measures the EU implements to improve working conditions, including for non-EU citizens on board EU fishing vessels: "We strengthened provisions under SFPAs"
17/ Session 4 of EU Long-Distance Advisory Council (LDAC) seminar on external dimension of the EU Common Fisheries Policy talks about how the EU can reinforce food security, local livelihoods and sustainable practices in the fishing value chain, chaired by @judaudu.bsky.social
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May 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
17/ Session 4 of EU Long-Distance Advisory Council (LDAC) seminar on external dimension of the EU Common Fisheries Policy talks about how the EU can reinforce food security, local livelihoods and sustainable practices in the fishing value chain, chaired by @judaudu.bsky.social
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16/ For Roberto Cesari DG Maritime affairs the EU IUU regulation is the best instrument: “It is built up on a real cooperation between @ec.europa.eu, Member States and @europarl.europa.eu and on dialogue with third countries: there is a reasonable level of results when we apply the carding system”
May 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
16/ For Roberto Cesari DG Maritime affairs the EU IUU regulation is the best instrument: “It is built up on a real cooperation between @ec.europa.eu, Member States and @europarl.europa.eu and on dialogue with third countries: there is a reasonable level of results when we apply the carding system”
15/ Arne Kinds, post-doctorate, University of Santiago de Compostela, shares the results of research of 7000 fishing vessels ownership globally:
“Having public high quality data is essential to good governance, but you also need to be able to analyse it to support management decisions”
“Having public high quality data is essential to good governance, but you also need to be able to analyse it to support management decisions”
May 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
15/ Arne Kinds, post-doctorate, University of Santiago de Compostela, shares the results of research of 7000 fishing vessels ownership globally:
“Having public high quality data is essential to good governance, but you also need to be able to analyse it to support management decisions”
“Having public high quality data is essential to good governance, but you also need to be able to analyse it to support management decisions”
13/ Ignacio Fresco (2nd from the left) @oceanaeurope.bsky.social says we must look at the beneficiary state or the owner state responsibility (on top of flag, port, market state resp.): "We are good at looking at what our fleets are doing but not so much at our citizens who are profiting from #IUU"
May 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
13/ Ignacio Fresco (2nd from the left) @oceanaeurope.bsky.social says we must look at the beneficiary state or the owner state responsibility (on top of flag, port, market state resp.): "We are good at looking at what our fleets are doing but not so much at our citizens who are profiting from #IUU"
12/ The executive director of the European Fisheries Control Agency, Susan Steele, recalls that “Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing is a race to the bottom: everyone suffers, even those that are performing IUU fishing, because the stocks will be gone”
May 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
12/ The executive director of the European Fisheries Control Agency, Susan Steele, recalls that “Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing is a race to the bottom: everyone suffers, even those that are performing IUU fishing, because the stocks will be gone”
11/ Good morning Vigo! ☀️
We continue at the Puerto de Vigo the Long Distance Advisory Council (LDAC) seminar on the EU #CommonFisheriesPolicy evaluation –the external dimension.
Session 3 - how to reinforce the fight against Illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries #IUU chaired by Emil Remisz
We continue at the Puerto de Vigo the Long Distance Advisory Council (LDAC) seminar on the EU #CommonFisheriesPolicy evaluation –the external dimension.
Session 3 - how to reinforce the fight against Illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries #IUU chaired by Emil Remisz
May 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
11/ Good morning Vigo! ☀️
We continue at the Puerto de Vigo the Long Distance Advisory Council (LDAC) seminar on the EU #CommonFisheriesPolicy evaluation –the external dimension.
Session 3 - how to reinforce the fight against Illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries #IUU chaired by Emil Remisz
We continue at the Puerto de Vigo the Long Distance Advisory Council (LDAC) seminar on the EU #CommonFisheriesPolicy evaluation –the external dimension.
Session 3 - how to reinforce the fight against Illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries #IUU chaired by Emil Remisz
10/ Edelmiro Ulloa managing director of ACEMIX pleads for the inclusion of “joint fishing ventures” under the Common Fisheries Policy external dimension, arguing that EU fishing investments in 3rd countries have a positive economic, social and environmental impact both in the EU and the 3rd country
May 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
10/ Edelmiro Ulloa managing director of ACEMIX pleads for the inclusion of “joint fishing ventures” under the Common Fisheries Policy external dimension, arguing that EU fishing investments in 3rd countries have a positive economic, social and environmental impact both in the EU and the 3rd country
9/ Roberto Cesari, @ec.europa.eu DG Maritime affairs & fisheries reminds that under Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements the concepts of transparency and sustainability go in pair "because otherwise, how can we determine there is a surplus if we do not know what is the total fishing effort?"
May 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
9/ Roberto Cesari, @ec.europa.eu DG Maritime affairs & fisheries reminds that under Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements the concepts of transparency and sustainability go in pair "because otherwise, how can we determine there is a surplus if we do not know what is the total fishing effort?"
8/ Benoît Caillard, consultant F&S Maritime affairs, agrees that among the possible evolutions for SFPAs, an avenue could be a total separation of sectoral support from access, and a transition to a budgetary support regime, as may be the case for @ec.europa.eu DG International partnerships projects
May 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
8/ Benoît Caillard, consultant F&S Maritime affairs, agrees that among the possible evolutions for SFPAs, an avenue could be a total separation of sectoral support from access, and a transition to a budgetary support regime, as may be the case for @ec.europa.eu DG International partnerships projects
7/ For Béatrice Gorez, @cffacape.bsky.social the @ec.europa.eu DG MARE & DG International partnerships must work together: "EU development policies & fisheries partnerships need to align their objectives so that the offer to third countries brings tangible and visible benefits for local populations"
May 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
7/ For Béatrice Gorez, @cffacape.bsky.social the @ec.europa.eu DG MARE & DG International partnerships must work together: "EU development policies & fisheries partnerships need to align their objectives so that the offer to third countries brings tangible and visible benefits for local populations"
6/ Taoufik El Ktiri, executive secretary of ATLAFCO/COMHAFAT:
"In the new agreements, we shouldn't change the packaging, but the content. It should be geared towards capacity building, people, social action and solidarity: a balanced and shared vision between the EU and the third country"
"In the new agreements, we shouldn't change the packaging, but the content. It should be geared towards capacity building, people, social action and solidarity: a balanced and shared vision between the EU and the third country"
May 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM
6/ Taoufik El Ktiri, executive secretary of ATLAFCO/COMHAFAT:
"In the new agreements, we shouldn't change the packaging, but the content. It should be geared towards capacity building, people, social action and solidarity: a balanced and shared vision between the EU and the third country"
"In the new agreements, we shouldn't change the packaging, but the content. It should be geared towards capacity building, people, social action and solidarity: a balanced and shared vision between the EU and the third country"
5/ In the last session for today (more tomorrow!) the panel discusses recommendations for the new generation of sustainable fisheries partnership agreements and also EU fishing investments in 3rd country with a representative panel, chaired by Ángela Cortina from ARVI.
May 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
5/ In the last session for today (more tomorrow!) the panel discusses recommendations for the new generation of sustainable fisheries partnership agreements and also EU fishing investments in 3rd country with a representative panel, chaired by Ángela Cortina from ARVI.
4/ We continue with session 1 - The role of the EU in international ocean governance
Ernesto Penas, president of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas: "The problem is not fisheries management, but the absence of it. Where there is good management, resources are fine"
Ernesto Penas, president of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas: "The problem is not fisheries management, but the absence of it. Where there is good management, resources are fine"
May 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
4/ We continue with session 1 - The role of the EU in international ocean governance
Ernesto Penas, president of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas: "The problem is not fisheries management, but the absence of it. Where there is good management, resources are fine"
Ernesto Penas, president of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas: "The problem is not fisheries management, but the absence of it. Where there is good management, resources are fine"
3/ Ramón de la Figuera, from the Spanish fisheries secretariat concludes the introductory remarks:
"Global sustainability does not only depend on responsible fleets, but also on ensuring that the products entering the markets meet the same sustainability standards"
"Global sustainability does not only depend on responsible fleets, but also on ensuring that the products entering the markets meet the same sustainability standards"
May 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
3/ Ramón de la Figuera, from the Spanish fisheries secretariat concludes the introductory remarks:
"Global sustainability does not only depend on responsible fleets, but also on ensuring that the products entering the markets meet the same sustainability standards"
"Global sustainability does not only depend on responsible fleets, but also on ensuring that the products entering the markets meet the same sustainability standards"
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”
Follow this🧵 for + info👇
LDAC Chair Iván López & Leandro Melgar
from Vigo Port give words of welcome: “It is essential that we defend sustainable fisheries”
Follow this🧵 for + info👇
May 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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”
Follow this🧵 for + info👇
LDAC Chair Iván López & Leandro Melgar
from Vigo Port give words of welcome: “It is essential that we defend sustainable fisheries”
Follow this🧵 for + info👇
“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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
🚢🐟 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
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@oceanaeurope.bsky.social
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
@oceanaeurope.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🚢🐟 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
@oceanaeurope.bsky.social
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
@oceanaeurope.bsky.social