Overview
Lobbying Costs
450,000€
Financial year: Jun 2015 - May 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.75 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
6
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Long Distance Advisory Council / Consejo Consultivo de Flota Comunitaria de Larga Distancia en Aguas Lejanas / Conseil Consultatif de Pêche Lointaine (LDAC - CCPL)
EU Transparency Register
905805219213-67 First registered on 15 Oct 2015
Goals / Remit
The Long Distance Fleet Advisory Council (LDAC) is an EU fisheries stakeholder-led body. It represents stakeholders of both the fishing sector (including catching, processing and marketing sectors, and trade unions), and other groups of interest (environmental and development NGOs and civil society). It is currently composed by more than 50 members from 12 EU coastal Member States. It is recognised in the CFP Regulation (UE) No 1380/2013 as an organization aiming a European Interest.
Its mission is to provide advice to the European Institutions (Commission, Council and Parliament) and EU Member States on matters related to Fisheries Agreements with Third Countries, relations with Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) in which the EU is a contracting party, or with international organizations in whose waters the Community Fleet is operating, as well as on business relations and the international market for fishing products.
Its main goal is to promote the conservation of marine biodiversity and the sustainable use of fishing resources.
More specifically, it is focused on three key areas of work:
1. Fighting against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.
The LDAC is actively engaged with the European Commission, the Member States and the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) on this topic.
2. Promoting all elements of the external dimension of the CFP and its coordination with EU environmental, development for cooperation, labour and trade policies.
3. Improving transparency and governance in decision making in fisheries management in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans; and advocating for enhanced participation of fisheries stakeholders in international fora (e.g. UN, FAO, IUCN, OECD, ILO, RFMOs...)Main EU files targeted
EU Common Fisheries Policy
External Dimension:
Fisheries Agreements with third countries
Fight against Illegal, Unregulated and Undeclared Fishing (IUU)
International Governance of the Oceans and the Seas
Regional Fisheries Management Organisations
Ecosystem based approach to fisheries management (EBAFM) and its implementation outside EU waters
Maximum Sustainable Yield
Markets: trade agreements, EFTA, GATT, SGP+, tariffs
Social, Labour and Human Rights of Fish Workers (including crews, processing plants and fishing communities in third countries)
Food security
Labelling and traceability of fish products
Development for Cooperation and Fight against Poverty
Achievement of UNDP 2030 Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG14) to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources.Address
Head Office
Calle del Doctor Fléming 7, 2º Dcha.
Madrid 28036
SPAIN -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 75% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 26 Sep 2016
Name Start date End Date Alexandre Rodriguez Rodriguez 01 Mar 2024 28 Feb 2025 Alexandre Rodriguez Rodriguez 16 Mar 2023 11 Mar 2024 Alexandre Rodriguez Rodriguez 15 Nov 2019 31 Oct 2020 Alexandre Rodriguez Rodriguez 08 Nov 2018 08 Nov 2019 Alexandre Rodriguez Rodriguez 08 Nov 2017 08 Nov 2018 Alexandre Rodriguez Rodriguez 06 Dec 2016 08 Nov 2017 Alexandre Rodriguez Rodriguez 23 Dec 2015 06 Dec 2016 Alexandre Rodriguez Rodriguez 23 Dec 2015 01 Dec 2016 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Alexandre Rodriguez (Secretario General - Executive Secretary)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Alexandre Rodriguez (Secretario General - Executive Secretary)
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Categories
Category
VI - Organisations representing local, regional and municipal authorities, other public or mixed entities, etc.
Subcategory
Other public or mixed entities, created by law whose purpose is to act in the public interest
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Networking
Affiliation
www.ldac.eu
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jun 2015 - May 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
450,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
250,000 € (Source: EU Grant for Action as bodies pursuing an aim of general European interest.)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Technical Coordination Meetings with Commission in preparation for:
* RFMOs: NAFO and ICCAT.
* International Organisations: UNGA, UNFSA, BBNJ, FAO COFI.
EC Workshops on varios issues related to the CFP such as Implementation of Landing Obligation, Review of Control/IUU Regulation or Technical Measures.
STECF
ICESACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Publications from the LDAC are available under publications section of the LDAC website.
Regular press releases and interviews available in the media section of the LDAC website.
Main events outside ordinary LDAC meetings:
Series of International Conferences on the Implementation of the External Dimension of the CFP
* Conference 1 - Enhancing Collaboration between EU and Africa - Las Palmas, 16-17 September 2015
http://ldac.chil.me/ldac-edcfpconference2015
* Conference 2 - Conservation and Management of North Atlantic Fisheries - 1st quarter of 2017 (tbc)Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
6 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 19 Jan 2022 Location Brussels, VC Interactio Subject Inter-Advisory Councils meeting - opening statement DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Charlina Vitcheva (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists - Сдружение "Консултативен съвет за Черно море"
- Baltic Sea Advisory Council
- North Western Waters Advisory Council
- Aquaculture Advisory Council
- Conselho Consultivo para as Regiões Ultraperiféricas
- MEDAC
- Conseil Consultatif des eaux occidentales autrales
- North Sea Advisory Council
- Stichting Advisory Council for pelagic stocks
- Market Advisory Council / Conseil Consultatif pour les Marchés
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Date 05 May 2021 Location Brussels - VC Interactio Subject Inter-Advisory Councils meeting - discussion on key policy developments and functioning of the Advisory Councils DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Charlina Vitcheva (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists - North Sea Advisory Council
- North Western Waters Advisory Council
- MEDAC
- Conselho Consultivo para as Regiões Ultraperiféricas
- Market Advisory Council / Conseil Consultatif pour les Marchés
- Conseil Consultatif des eaux occidentales autrales
- Baltic Sea Advisory Council
- Stichting Advisory Council for pelagic stocks
- Aquaculture Advisory Council
- Сдружение "Консултативен съвет за Черно море"
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Date 15 Apr 2021 Location Brussels - Webex call Subject Arctic cod fisheries DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Charlina Vitcheva (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 18 Jan 2021 Location Brussels VC Interactio Subject Joint inter-Advisory Councils meeting - discussion on key policy developments and priorities DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Charlina Vitcheva (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists - Сдружение "Консултативен съвет за Черно море"
- MEDAC
- Conselho Consultivo para as Regiões Ultraperiféricas
- North Sea Advisory Council
- Baltic Sea Advisory Council
- Market Advisory Council / Conseil Consultatif pour les Marchés
- Aquaculture Advisory Council
- Stichting Advisory Council for pelagic stocks
- North Western Waters Advisory Council
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Date 17 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Role of the EU in the International Ocean Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
- Agne Razmislaviciute-Palioniene (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Nov 2015 Location Saint Julian's, Malta Subject IUU fishing Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Karmenu Vella (Commissioner)
- Meetings