🚨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

📢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

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👇 t.ly/Rx7xe

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 @ec.europa.eu

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👇 t.ly/JLxaG @animallaweurope.bsky.social @seasatrisk.bsky.social @animalpolicyint.bsky.social

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

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

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

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👇

“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

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

🚢🐟 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

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

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 @ssfnicole.bsky.social @oceanaeurope.bsky.social

"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

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

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