Our hosts

Francisco Guerreiro, Portuguese MEP from the Greens/EFA group. He is a member of the Parliament’s committees on Fisheries and Agriculture.

Anja Hazekamp, member of the Dutch Party for the Animals, MEP from The Left political group and member of the Committees on Fisheries and on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

The panel discussion

Krzysztof Wojtas, Head of the Fish Policy team of Compassion in World Farming, will outline why the revision of animal welfare legislation would be incomplete without addressing fish welfare.
Christine Xu, Head of Strategic Initiatives at the Aquatic Life Institute, will present key considerations for achieving sustainable EU aquaculture.
Joao Luis Saraiva PhD, an ethologist focusing on fish welfare at the Algarve Centre of Marine Sciences and working on the FishEthoBase at Fairfish, will talk about fish welfare, with a presentation titled: “Fish have minds but who minds the fish?”
Tobias Troll, Marine Policy Director at Seas at Risk, will talk about how to reduce the “aquatic foodprint” and what are the pathways for low-impact alternatives to our aquatic food system.
Ester Alaez Ponz from the animal welfare unit of the European Commission’s department for Health and Food Safety will provide an overview of the revision of the EU animal welfare legislation.
Felix Leinemann, Head of the Blue Economy Sectors, Aquaculture and Maritime Spatial Planning unit of the EU Commission’s department for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries will be talking about the implementation of the Commission’s Strategic Guidelines for a more sustainable and competitive EU aquaculture.

For more information, please email eu.office@ciwf.org.