MARITIME AFFAIRS AND FISHERIES - Conference "Common Fisheries Policy: Which Future for Aquaculture?"

Commissioner Maria Damanaki together with Nicolaus Berlakovich, Austrian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management hosted a high-level conference on the future of European Aquaculture, to discuss how the European Commission, the Member States, the European Parliament and the stakeholders can contribute to unlocking the potential for the further development of aquaculture and in particular freshwater aquaculture in Europe.

Related topics

Aquaculture Maritime Affairs Fisheries

date: 11/05/2012

venue: Austria, Salzburg

About 120 participants attended the event, including representatives of national and regional authorities, professionals from different sectors, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders.

Background paper - CFP: which future for aquaculture? [111 KB]
Minutes of the conference [404 KB]
Participants

Agenda and presentations

09.00-09.30	Registration and coffee
	OPENING SESSION
09.30-10.15	Introductory speeches by Mr Berlakovich [23 KB] – Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management of Austria Ms Damanaki – Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission Mr Stevenson [108 KB] – Member of the European Parliament, United Kingdom
	SESSION 1: Aquaculture in the context of the CFP Chair: Mr Berlakovich, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management of Austria
10.15-10.30	Introductory remarks - from the perspective of the European Parliament: Mr Milana – Member of the European Parliament, Italy - from a national perspective: Mr Bendl [148 KB] – Minister of Agriculture of the Czech Republic
10.30-10.45	Cutting red tape Mr Larsen [349 KB] – Danish Environmental Protection Agency
10.45-11.00	Green inland aquaculture Ms Pyc [2 MB] – Polish Trout Breeders Association, Aller Aqua
11.00-11.15	Marketing and labelling Mr Baummann [437 KB] –Swedish Food Retailers Federation
11.15-11.45	Coffee break
11.45-12.45	Concluding remarks: Mr Schou [946 KB] – Minister Adviser on fisheries and aquaculture, Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark
13.00-14.30	Lunch
	SESSION 2: Adding value to aquaculture Chair: Mr Bianchi – Head of Unit, Common Fisheries policy and Aquaculture, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
14.30-16.00	Aquaculture and its environmental services Mr Simard [2 MB] – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Adding value to the product Ms Ferns [2 MB] – South East Shellfish Co-Operative, Ireland Adding value to the business Mr Levai [4 MB] – Aranyponty Fishing Inc., Hungary Adding value later in the chain Mr Payr – Fischspezialist, Austria
16.00	Q&A
16.30	Closure of the conference