📢 Consumers can get lost in the maze of food labels 🛒📜 Are the EU consumers well informed? In just one day, our special report on food labelling in the EU will be released! Get ready for all the insights you’ve been waiting for 💡📖

Happy to meet with representatives of fishers’ organizations & other stakeholders, ahead of the EU AGRIFISH Council on 9-10/12. I reassured all Advisory Councils that they are at the core of my portfolio. Working together for a more sustainable and resilient fisheries sector.

Commissioner for #Fisheries & #Oceans Costas Kadis and DG Charlina Vitcheva met w/ the ACs. Our Chair, Yobana Bermúdez, stressed importance of economic data (fleet, aquaculture, processing). Our Vice-Chair, Christine Absil, highlighted importance of consumer information in HORECA.

Commissioner Costas Kadis met with representatives from the fisheries sector & other stakeholders at the Advisory Councils meeting 🗣️ "I want a close & honest collaboration with all stakeholders. That’s the basis for achieving more sustainable, competitive & resilient fisheries”

Very symbolic 1st stakeholder mtg for Costas Kadis as he met with the #Fisheries #AdvisoryCouncils. You are a fisheries stakeholder?Join the ACs to ensure you contribute with other stakeholders to EU fisheries policy! Aquaculture Advisory Council Long Distance AC Market Advisory Council MEDAC NSAC @CCRUP1

This past Monday, our WG2 (Markets) met with EU Maritime & Fish to discuss upcoming additional traceability rules for fresh & frozen #fishery & #aquaculture products and marking of lots. 🎣 ➡️marketac.eu/events/working…

The EU Fish Market Report 2024 is out! Key highlights: 🐠 Fish from aquaculture leads with a record 6.82kg/person in 2022 – a decade high! 🌊 EU imports valued at €30B, with volumes back to pre-2020 levels. 📉 Per capita consumption amounts to 23,52 kg europa.eu/!VhkTRD

On 28 January 2025, in Brussels, the MAC and the SWWAC will hold a workshop on "Producer Organisations under the Common Market Organisation in #Fishery and #Aquaculture Products". 🎣 Is it open to the general public: marketac.eu/events/worksho…

Citizens’ Initiative on sharks: European Commission delivers on its promises: 🗓 Jan 2025: The EU will step up tracking the trade of sharks and their fins. 🗣 13 new tariff codes for most traded shark species enter into force 📊 Data will be available on EU_Eurostat.

European Ocean Days (March 3-7, 2025) registrations are open! We are bringing the blue to the spotlight! Join us for a week of unity, dialogues, forward-looking vision for our ocean, and a chance to connect with the blue community.

📢 Save the date! 🌊 Join us for a public hearing on the European #OceansPact! We'll discuss: 🌱 #HealthyOceans 💼 Productive oceans 🌍 Oceans governance and the role of coastal communities 🗓️ 21/01/2025 ⏰ 10:00-13:00 CET 👨‍💻 Online 👉 europa.eu/!B37bmW

Fishers of the Future study 🇪🇺 asked 200+ fishers how they see their profession 🐟 Now it's time to discuss the project’s findings with the sector 🔍 🗓️ Make sure you join us on 14 January for the #FishersoftheFuture event. Register ⬇️ europa.eu/!phJftq

El Market Advisory Council y el SWWAC celebran el 28 de enero en Bruselas un taller sobre organizaciones de productores de la acuicultura y la pesca en la Organización Común de Mercados (OCM) ow.ly/s3gl50UvVWz

#Agenda | El Market Advisory Council y el #SWWAC organizan en Bruselas un taller sobre OPP de pesca y acuicultura en la OCM ow.ly/jcpY50UxNNN

Being a fisher is much more than having a job 🎣 It's a way of life🌊 #FishersoftheFuture consulted about 200 fishers to find out how they perceive their profession 🗓️ Join us to discuss the future of fishers on 14 January! Register now ⬇️ europa.eu/!phJftq #EU #EMFAF

What are the challenges and opportunities for fishers up to 2050? The #FishersOfTheFuture study consulted 200 fishers across Europe to answer this question. 4 possible scenarios have been developed. See the results of the study👇 europa.eu/!dHG4Wc #EU #EMFAF

What will fisheries look like in 2050? The EU’s 'Fishers of the Future' foresight study gathered voices from across Europe, exploring how fisheries will evolve and how policies can support their success in 2040 and beyond. Get it here: europa.eu/!HVPQ6v

Last week, together with Aquaculture Advisory Council & NSAC, we held an event at European Parliament on the "Role of Advisory Councils in the Common #Fisheries Policy". The event was hosted by MEP Sander Smit (BBB MEP) ن🍀🎗️, MEP André Rodrigues, and MEP Ana Miranda.

#EUMOFA Monthly Highlights is out! In this issue: 📌 First sales of #European pilchard & European #sprat 📌 Consumption of #squid in #Italy 📌 #Aquaculture in #Africa 📌 #Seaweed in the EU Read more at ​➡ eumofa.eu/eumofa-monthly…