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

Sent letter to European Investment Bank (EIB) regarding concerns over €35M funding for shrimp farming project

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 Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) consultation

Provided feedback on the Common fisheries policy (evaluation)

Submitted TNFD Fishing Guidance feedback

Provided comments on the Public Consultation on Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

EU Consultation: Sustainable fishing in the EU

Provided official comments on the community catch standard

Contributed to the global consultation, sharing feedback and expectations for the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference

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

Provided comments on the Scoping Document for Gear Considerations in Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fisheries

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)

Sign on: Submission to the Sharm El-Sheikh Joint Work on Implementation of Climate Action on Agriculture and Food Security

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

UNEP one pager

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

MCS Marine Conservation Society

 
 
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