The ocean holds the key to our future: climate, food, energy, and security. But we can’t protect what we don’t understand. 🌊
That’s why #OceanEye is our window on the ocean. This initiative will unite Europe’s ocean observation systems, launch an International Alliance to
Costas Kadis
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EU Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans
- 10 years ago, the Market Advisory Council and Aquaculture Advisory Council were created to bring stakeholders together. Today, they stand as pillars of EU fisheries and aquaculture policy. 🐟 From shaping the #CFP to advancing sustainability, the Advisory Councils have shown that
- Europe’s 70,000 km of coastline are home to 95 million people and generate €265 billion annually. Their future depends on how we act now. The adoption of the EU Strategy on Coastal Communities is built on 13 flagship actions and three pillars: prosperity, resilience, and
- Our coasts and islands are Europe’s economic powerhouses, cultural treasures, and the frontline of climate change. Today, alongside @RaffaeleFitto, we adopted the EU Strategies on Coastal Communities and Islands. 🔹 Coastal Communities: Securing prosperity, resilience, and
- Costas Kadis reposted🇪🇺 Oggi, insieme al Commissario @CostasKadis, abbiamo presentato le strategie europee per le isole e le comunità costiere. Milioni di cittadini convivono ogni giorno con i costi dell’insularità: collegamenti più difficili, prezzi più elevati, minori opportunità. La Strategia
- Costas Kadis repostedWhat is #EUBeachCleanup? A global campaign bringing people together to tackle marine litter. Every action count: organise a clean-up, join an event, raise awareness, help protect our seas. Help us stop marine litter. Join the #EUBeachCleanup: link.europa.eu/6x9G6h
- Costas Kadis repostedOur sanctions are working. They are weakening the economic foundations of Russia’s war effort. Today we double down. With a 21st package. Covering energy, banks & crypto, trade including fisheries and visa for Russian soldiers ↓
- Costas Kadis repostedMany cancers once deemed incurable can now be prevented or treated successfully. And with our Beating Cancer Plan, we are pushing for more. Because that's what our fight against cancer is all about. Turning hope into reality ↓ link.europa.eu/mmbJrJ
00:00 - My visit to Normandy ends with a good discussion with the fishing community in Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, a leader in innovation. 🎣🇫🇷 We want to see modernised fishing boats in our ports, young people joining the profession, and a vibrant sector , resilient to external shocks, be
- Cherbourg 🇫🇷 shows what Europe’s blue economy can look like at its best: shipbuilding, marine renewables and cutting-edge maritime innovation powering jobs, growth and sustainability. Together with Normandy’s conservation efforts and smart multi-use planning of marine space, it
- 🇫🇷 is championing EU aquaculture production, especially in shellfish and mussels farming. Together with @CathChabaud @s_yoncourtin a very interesting exchange with the sector in Pirou, Normandy, on a range of challenges: climate change, water quality and invasive predators. The
- Delighted to speak to the next generation of ocean guardians in Paris - schoolchildren actively engaged on the topics of plastic pollution and biodiversity preservation through the Educational Marine Area programme in 🇫🇷. Raising future eco-citizens starts here, and the ocean
- On World Ocean Day, as we mark one year of the 3rd UN Ocean Conference and the adoption of the #EUOceanPact, I am pleased to join the friends of the ocean at Neptune Mission Forum. The message is clear: the ocean’s future depends on global cooperation and on expanding our





































