EU fishing industry advocacy group Europêche announced today it was appointing Kathryn Stack, its senior policy adviser on fisheries policy in the European Parliament, to serve as the group’s managing director.
The group, which represents 80,000 fishermen and 45,000 fishing vessels across nine EU countries, said in a statement that the move is part of a new strategy to strengthen its presence and “communicate the modern face of the sector to the public and policymakers.”
“For too long, the sector has struggled to make itself heard among the throng of newly-emerging environmental groups,” Stack said. “The current image of the EU fishing industry does not represent the reality of our fishing operations.”
