Policy feedback
View feedback and joint letters for the Octopus Farming Ban Campaign, here.
2024
Consultation on plans to extend planning regime further offshore (Scotland, UK)
Sent comments to Draft Restoration Plan 4 (Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group)
GSSI Public Consultation Iceland Responsible Fisheries Foundation
Public consultation on plans to extend planning regime further offshore (Scotland, UK)
Sent official comment to WOAH Aquatic Animals Commission (through ICFAW)
Sent comments to Draft Restoration Plan 4 (Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group)
Sent inputs to the 2025 UN Ocean Conference Declaration
Sent comments to Third and to the Fourth informal consultations on the theme for the seventh session of UNEA
Submitted survey for An Ocean of Possibilities: A call to imagine the future of ocean sustainability
Took part in the survey on Code of good practices on fish welfare and fish welfare indicators
Public Comment - First National Nature Assessment's Zero Order Draft
EU Public Consultation - Animal Health Law Evaluation
Took part in the Public consultation for the first ocean science-based targets
Provided feedback on the Common fisheries policy (evaluation)
Submitted TNFD Fishing Guidance feedback
EU Consultation: Sustainable fishing in the EU
Provided official comments on the community catch standard
Provided comments on Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management Road Map (NOAA)
Sign on and contribution: Global goal on adaptation letter by Food & Climate action group
Took part in the HLPE-FSN consultation on building resilient food systems
Sign on: COP29 Catering Letter
Sign on: FAO aquaculture strategy
Sign on: Feedback's letter to Norwegian authorities on colonialism in fish feed
Sent comments to NZ government on permit extension for farms
Provided feedback for Horizon Europe work programme 2025 (Cluster 6)
Provided input on FAO guidance on strengthening national science-policy interfaces for agrifood systems
EU Public Consultation: Animal welfare – protection of animals during transport
Sign on: One Health Letter Pandemic Treaty
Sign on: Wildlife Trade and Pandemics
Sent list of priorities for ALI to EU fish welfare reference center
Sent ALI inputs on ocean literacy priorities for 2030
Commented on AAC doc: Fish Welfare - Draft Code of Good Practices
Sign on: Submission Global Goal on Adaptation
Submission to Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue 2024
Submission to UNFCCC JTWP
EU Consultation: Protecting the seabed from bottom trawling by fishing vessels
South African Draft Aquaculture Development Bill
Mitigation Work Programme submission
Survey on DGMARE's fishers’ future in EU society up to 2050
Sign on: Letter to EIB to stop investments in insect farming
Sign on: Joint feedback to CBD sustainable wildlife management
2023
Provided comments on paper: Good husbandry practices for aquaculture (through AAC)
Provided comments on Guidance Document: Environmental performance (through AAC)
Provided comments on Background paper: Access to space and water for inland aquaculture (through AAC)
Provided comments on Climate-change Adaptation in the Aquaculture Sector (through AAC)
United Nations 2024 ECOSOC Partnership Forum - Global Online Stakeholder Consultation
Submitted Comments to NOAA Fisheries on Proposed Rule to Implement the Prohibition of Commercial Fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument
Submitted feedback on public consultation "National One Health Framework To Address Zoonotic Diseases and Advance Public Health Preparedness in the United States: A Framework for One Health Coordination and Collaboration Across Federal Agencies"
Submitted written feedback to the EU consultation on "Sustainable fishing in the EU: state of play and orientations for 2024"
A collective call for a holistic food systems approach in FAO’s Roadmap
Submitted written feedback to the EU consultation on climate target for 2040
Took part in the questionnaire on EU climate target for 2040
Took part in the UN consultation on the Thrid Ocean Conference
Provided feedback on the draft proposals for the National Organic Standard in New Zealand
Took part in the EU Survey for the JRC study on Mapping the Risks and Vulnerabilities in the EU Food Supply Chain
Provided comments on New Zealand Draft Fisheries Industry Transformation Plan
EU Consultation Survey on good husbandry practices for farmed fish
Sign on: Letter to Call for Climate-Friendly Food at COP28
Participated in Veterinary Medicine's Directorate Consultation
Submission sent to Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA)
Provided comments to NOAA National Seafood Strategy
Provided comments on the US Seafood Import Monitoring Program
Sign on: A manifesto for animals – a better future for people and planet
Provided comments on the New Zealand Draft Hauraki Gulf Fisheries Plan
Ask EU Commissioner not to delay the review of the promotion policy for agri-food products
Sign on: Joint letter to Mark Spencer re. decapod welfare
Ask Congressional Ag leaders to support a more humane 2023 farm bill
2022
Comment on proposed fishery management plan amendment (NOAA)
Provided comments on the new Agriculture Bill - Scotland
NOAA Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Policy Revision
Global Seafood Alliance – Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard Issue 2.1 - Public Comment Form
Sign on: Letter to EU Commissioners on octopus farming
EU Public Consultation on vehicles transporting livestock - animal welfare rules
Sign on: Letter to IFC on InnovaFeed
Comment on petition for the House of Commons to ban cephalopod imports and farming in Canada
Letter as part of WFA to FIC (Finance in common) secretariat
Public submission on Victoria's new animal care and protection laws
European Commission public consultation on the functioning of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)
EU Commission consultation on Sustainable EU food system
Comment on the EU maritime security strategy and its action plan
Comments on Nova Scotia - Aquaculture Regulatory Review Public Consultation
Crustacean Compassion Benchmark
Comment on DG-MARE’s Code of Conduct
EU Commission consultation on food waste
HSI (Humane Society International) farmed fish feedback
Feedback on South African draft Aquaculture Development Bill
Feedback to NOAA on aquaculture opportunity areas in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico
EU Commission consultation on sustainable EU food system
New Zealand Fisheries Bill feedback
Comments on the environmental impact of Nueva Pescanova
Comentarios sobre el Impacto Ambiental de la granja de cultivos marinos de Nueva Pescanova
2021
MCS Marine Conservation Society
Washington state department of ecology (Marine Net Pen Aquaculture)
EU Blue Bioeconomy / Algae Strategy
Inception Impact Assessment of the Revision of the EU Legislation on Animal Welfare
Implementation of the common fisheries policy
GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) Feedback
AWC (Animal Welfare Committee)
Fish farms exempt from registration & record-keeping rules
Review of the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme
French Ministere of Agriculture
Canada Aquaculture Act
GALPC Submission to Washington State Department of Ecology