The last 15th of March, a delegation of EFTPs’
(European Fisheries Technology Platform) Board
of Directors met with the European Commissioner
for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Ms. Maria
Damanaki. The aim of the meeting was to make the
EFTP available for the Commissioner and for DG
Mare and to show the progress achieved in this
organization.
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EFTP delegation visit Mrs. Maria
Damanaki
15/03/2011
In the afternoon of 15th of March,
a delegation of EFTPs’ (European Fisheries
Technology Platform) Board of Directors met with the
European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and
Fisheries, Ms. Maria Damanaki. The aim of the
meeting was to make the EFTP available for the
Commissioner and for DG Mare and to show the
progress achieved in this organization.
Javier Garat, president of
Europeche and CEPESCA thanked the Board for
electing him as a Chairman of Tthe EFTP emphasizing
his interest and hopes about this new initiative.
He emphasized that the EFTP can
help and dynamize the fisheries sector to get
involved in research and innovation activities and
can reinforce this sector to become one more modern
and competitive.
On May 18th in the
frame of the NAVALIA Exhibition, in Vigo, there will
take place the official Kick-off meeting of the
European Fisheries Technology Platform (EFTP). This
one is an initiative of the European fishing sector
set up with the aim to integrate all the relevant
stakeholders in the process of research,
technological development and innovation, to
modernize the fishing activity and to make it more
sustainable and long-term competitive.
