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.
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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
’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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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”
14/ For Roberto Alonso, from ANFACO-CECOPESCA, IUU fishing is not so much about labelling, but about standards:
“We have the most competitive industry in the world: we are able to operate with traceability, but we cannot compete with IUU caught fish”.
“We have the most competitive industry in the world: we are able to operate with traceability, but we cannot compete with IUU caught fish”.
May 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
14/ For Roberto Alonso, from ANFACO-CECOPESCA, IUU fishing is not so much about labelling, but about standards:
“We have the most competitive industry in the world: we are able to operate with traceability, but we cannot compete with IUU caught fish”.
“We have the most competitive industry in the world: we are able to operate with traceability, but we cannot compete with IUU caught fish”.
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"