EUMOFA Talk - 25 January 2024 - Digitalisation of the fisheries sector and full traceability of fishery and aquaculture products : achievements and remaining challenges

EUMOFA invites you to join the upcoming Talk, which will be held online on 25 January 2024, from 11.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. (CET), on Zoom. The topic will be “Digitalisation of the fisheries sector and full traceability of fishery and aquaculture products : achievements and remaining challenges”.

This webinar takes place in the context of the agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on the revision of the fisheries control system proposed by the European Commission, five years ago. The revision of the fisheries control system is an opportunity to provide reliable information to public authorities and consumers. The new rules under the revision of the fisheries control system encourage to make use of the best available technology, for instance by installing vessel monitoring systems (VMS) onboard most vessels, ensuring electronic recording of catches, using remote electronic monitoring tools onboard bigger vessels to improve the monitoring of compliance with the landing obligation, etc.The main objectives of this Talk are:

• To provide an overview of the main changes introduced from a regulatory perspective, by providing an overview of the new rules under the revision of the fisheries control system.
• To explore some traceability solutions by presenting a success story of how digitalisation has already brought positive changes for some economic operators.
• To examine the challenges and obstacles encountered by economic operators to ensure full traceability of the value chain of fishery and aquaculture products mainly for small enterprises in the sector.

The panel of speakers include:

• Anne Gautrais - Policy Officer, DG MARE, European Commission (Control Unit)
• Jennifer Leroux - Supply chain manager, Association of buyers of fisheries products in Brittany
• Krishan Kent - Chairman of the Board, Sweden Seafood Association; Member of AIPCE-CEP
• Sébastien Metz - Market Development Europe, Middle East and Africa, Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability

The event will be held in English and will be moderated by:

• Safa Souidi from the EUMOFA Team

Please, click here to register to the event

The talk will be recorded and available on eumofa.eu and EUMOFA YouTube channel.

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