Enhancing Animal Welfare in EU Aquaculture: Strategic Guidelines for Sustainability

Strategic guidelines focus on EU aquaculture policy, aiming to improve animal welfare, meet societal demands, and align with the European Green Deal. Key objectives include growth, sustainability, and competitiveness, with a focus on resilience and knowledge enhancement. Specific horizontal objectives aim to build resilience, drive innovation, and ensure social acceptance. Areas of work include environmental performance and animal welfare improvements, with emphasis on good practices, indicators, and research in fish welfare.

• Animal Welfare
• Aquaculture Policy
• Sustainability
• European Green Deal
• Innovation

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1. STRATEGIC GUIDELINES FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND COMPETITIVE EU AQUACULTURE ANIMAL WELFARE ASPECTS Lorella de la Cruz Iglesias European Commission, DG MARE 1 1

2. EU aquaculture policy EU legislation Exchange of best practices (OMC) National Strategic Plans EU Guidelines New guidelines 2021 Consolidation Review 2021 Funding Programmes 2021-2027 EMFAF, Horizon Europe, etc. 2

3. FARM TO FORK STRATEGY Transition to sustainable food systems Need to improve animal welfare Review of animal welfare legislation/Animal welfare labelling Significant increase in organic aquaculture Action Plan on Organic Farming 3

4. Key objectives of the new guidelines Growth, sustainability, resilience and competitiveness Aquaculture meets societal demands Consolidate lessons learnt Maximise impact on performance European Green Deal 4

5. Specific horizontal objectives Building resilience and competitiveness Participating in the green transition Increasing knowledge and Innovation Ensuring social acceptance and information to the consumer 5

6. Areas of work Participating in the green transition: Environmental performance Animal welfare 6

7. Animal welfare in strategic guidelines on EU aquaculture Areas of focus Further action focused on: good practices on fish welfare during farming, transport and killing; Common fish-welfare indicators throughout the production chain(including in transport and slaughtering); Research and innovation, knowledge and skills on fish welfare of aquaculture producers and other operators that handle live farmed fish. 7

8. Animal welfare in strategic guidelines on EU aquaculture Recommended action Commission Code of good practice on fish welfare Support development of fish welfare indicators by MS and industry Research and innovation (Horizon Europe) EU MS Knowledge and skills on animal welfare Dissemination of code of good practice Information on research and innovation AAC disseminate the code of good practice Information on research and innovation. 8

9. Whats next? Assistance mechanism Guidance and technical support On-line platform 9

10. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION MARE-AQUACULTURE@ec.europa.eu 10