General Assembly
The General Assembly is composed of all the members. It shall meet at least once per year.
Chair:
Vice-Chairs:
Among others, the General Assembly shall:
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is composed of up to 25 members, appointed for a period of three years. It meets at least twice a year.
Chair:
Vice-Chairs:
The Executive Committee shall, among others:
Members of the Executive Committee 2023-2026
Working Groups
Working Groups are established to facilitate the work, particularly the consideration of topics and the drafting of advice.
Chair:
Julien Lamothe
Vice-Chair:
Vacant
- Common Markets Organisation and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (2014-2020).
- Evaluation of first sale trends.
- Impact of recovery plans on markets.
- No-commercialization of undersized fish/juveniles in the context of new technical measures regulation and discard ban implementation.
- Promotion and competitiveness of products.
Chair:
Pierre Commère
Vice-Chair:
Vacant
- Supply (annual status and trends).
- Trade with third countries: Community Custom Code, General System of Preferences (GSP), Free Trade Agreements, Economic Partnership Agreements, World Trade Organisation.
- Monitoring of community imports and tariff situation, regulation of suspension and tariff quotas for fishery and aquaculture products.
- Promoting social and environmental aspects of the international trade in fishery and aquaculture products.
- Analysis of consumption trends.
- Price developments ‘from sea to table’ (from the fisherman to the consumer) – Studying market efficiency and diversity in the Member States, inter alia, using data from EUMOFA.
- Effects of the IUU regulation on the market.
Chair:
Benoît Thomassen
Vice Chair:
Paulien Prent
- Labelling issues
- Voluntary information on fish products
- Hygiene Regulation implementation
- Relevant contaminants legislation; additives and residues issues
- Traceability of seafood products
- Food fraud
- Implementation of IUU Regulation-issues other than tackled by WG2
- Possible revision and implementation of the Control Regulation when related to trade and markets
Focus Groups
Focus Groups may be established to prepare preliminary input for the Working Groups on specific questions or issues.
Chair:
Norah Parke
Members:
- CRPMEM
- DFPO
- VisNed
- German Fishermen Association
- EMPA
- Visfederatie
- PSPR
- ISWFPO
Chair:
Pim Visser
Members:
- OPESCAYA
- EAPO
- Europêche
- DPPO
- EMPA
- EMPA
- ANFACO-CECOPESCA
- AIPCE
- CONXEMAR
- ANCIT
- Visfederatie
- MSC
- WWF
Chair:
Pierre Commére
Members:
- CFFA
- Europêche
- WWF
- AIPCE
- Visfederatie
- EMPA
- ANFACO-CECOPESCA
- OPPC3
- FEAP
- EAPO
Chair:
Poul Melgaard Jensen
Members:
- EAPO
- Visfederatie
- AIPCE-CEP
- MSC
- Danish Seafood Association
- WWF
- Oceana
Chair:
Georg Werner
Members:
- Europêche
- EAPO
- FEAP
- FEDEPESCA
- Bundesverband der deutschen Fischindustrie und des Fischgrosshandels e.V.
- EuroCommerce
- ETF
- MSC
- Oceana
- MSC
- WWF
- Danish Society for a Living Sea
Moderator:
Pedro Reis Santos
Members:
- EAPO
- APROMAR
- FEAP
- ADEPALE
- European Fishmeal
- MSC
- Good Fish
Secretariat
The Secretariat is responsible for and leads the daily work of the MAC. It is appointed for three years terms.
Secretary General
Pedro Reis Santos
Pedro holds a Bachelor degree in Law and a Master’s degree in International Law and International Relations from the University of Lisbon with a thesis titled “Marine Protected Areas beyond National Jurisdiction”.
Before his appointment, in July 2019, as Secretary General, Pedro worked as a consultant for a Brussels-based business intelligence service monitoring EU developments on fisheries, agriculture, food, animal welfare, alcohol and tobacco policy.
Prior to that, he was a trainee at the Fisheries Unit of the Council of the European Union and a trainee at the Control Unit of the Portuguese Fisheries Authority.
Besides his first language, Portuguese, he speaks English and Spanish.
Financial Officer
Dawlat Blik
Administrative Officer
Alexandra Philippe
Alexandra holds a Bachelor degree and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Université Libre de Bruxelles as well as a Master’s degree in European Affairs from the College of Europe in Natolin.
Before starting as Administrative Officer, Alexandra worked for eight years in the European Parliament, mostly as accredited parliamentary assistant to the Chair of the Committee on Fisheries.
She speaks English and French.