{"id":20139,"date":"2024-02-01T15:34:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T14:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cc-sud.eu\/who-are-we\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:26:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:26:25","slug":"who-are-we","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cc-sud.eu\/en\/who-are-we\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are we?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"20139\" class=\"elementor elementor-20139 elementor-10\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aa7ead e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4aa7ead\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-685a05f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"685a05f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">South West Waters Advisory Council (SWWAC, s for south, ex SWW RAC)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1875344 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1875344\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The SWWAC brings together all actors who have an interest in fisheries management to put forward opinions to the European commission and the member states on the management of the fisheries in the south Atlantic. The SWWAC is one of the seven advisory councils established by the will of European institutions to encourage the participation of all stakeholders with a view to achieving sustainable fishing objectives laid down by the common fisheries policy.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a56c8e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1a56c8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4824a1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d4824a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a828c68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a828c68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Created in April 2007 in accordance with the decision of the Council on 19 July 2004 to set up the Regional Advisory Councils (RAC). The creation of these RACs is one of the lynchpins of the 2002 reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. Their goal is to allow greater participation of the of the Fishing sector in the management of the marine resources of the European waters.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c7c4ec e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c7c4ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad74543 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ad74543\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our tasks :<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ce544b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ce544b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Give opinions arising from agreements between the Fishing sector and civil society to the European Commission and the Member States.<\/li>\n<li>Reply to the different consultations (communications, proposed Regulations), organised by the European Commission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c3df72 en-avant e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3c3df72\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1e1686 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f1e1686\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-577e06e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"577e06e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>SWWAC covers the Atlantic zone running from the tip of Brittany in the North, to the Strait of Gibraltar in the south and including the outermost regions of Madeira, the Azores and the Canary Islands (zones ICES VIII, IX and X, and the COPACE divisions 34.1.1., 34.1.2, 34.2.0).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df91a1d image_texte e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"df91a1d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1787934 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1787934\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-559bded e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"559bded\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bbf71b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bbf71b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our elected representatives<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f975769 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f975769\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Sergio Lopez<br \/><strong>(President)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Humberto Jorge<br \/><strong>(Vice-President &#8211; PT)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Serge Larzabal<br \/><strong>(Vice-President &#8211; FR)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Raul Garcia<br \/><strong>(Vice-President &#8211; OIG)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3ea2c8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f3ea2c8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c472f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c472f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The secretariat<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e1c473 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e1c473\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Chlo\u00e9 Pocheau<\/li>\n<li>Aur\u00e9lie Drillet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1934b6d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1934b6d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7074872 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7074872\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our members<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03e54b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"03e54b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE SWWAC INCLUDES :<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb2aa46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb2aa46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>60% of the representatives of the fishing sector (fishermen, shipowners, producers&#8217; organisations, processors, wholesale fishmongers and market organisations) in five Member States (Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium and the Netherlands).<\/li>\n<li>40% of the members of the civil society (aquaculture, consumer associations, environmental associations, seaman&#8217;s wives associations, non-professional fishing associations, etc.).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SWWAC must allow all its members, over the whole of a very large fishing zone, to work together and find agreement. In parallel, it is consulted and must fulfil its role as an interlocutor in the new stage of the decision-making process in the Common Fisheries Policy, and in the new governance of the fishing sector.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a2a6c0 elementor-blockquote--skin-clean elementor-blockquote--align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"4a2a6c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tSWWAC gives precedence to collective working and to achieving a consensus of all the interests within its members.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b4cab elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"36b4cab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/cc-sud.eu\/en\/directory\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">See the members'directory<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South West Waters Advisory Council (SWWAC, s for south, ex&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20139","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Who are we? 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