Costas Kadis

Responsibilities

Fisheries 

As Commissioner for Fisheries, Costas Kadis will develop and implement a long-term vision for a resilient, competitive, and sustainable European fisheries and aquaculture sector to help secure Europe’s food sovereignty. 

He is responsible for: 

• implementing the current Common Fisheries Policy; evaluating its economic, environmental, and social dimensions
• preparing a broader vision for the fisheries sector for 2040
• resolving issues that affect the fishing community and working to support job creation in the fisheries sector
• protecting the European fisheries chain from unfair global competition, and ensuring stability of access to neighbouring waters
• developing strategies for EU fisheries cooperation with the rest of the world by pursuing Europe’s zero-tolerance approach to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and working on a new Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements

Read more about the EU’s fisheries policy.

Oceans

Costas Kadis is also Commissioner for Oceans. His task is to ensure the EU leads global efforts to restore the health and security of the world’s oceans and support coastal communities across Europe.

He is responsible for:

• presenting a new European Ocean Pact that will ensure coherence across all policy areas linked to the oceans
• strengthening the EU’s approach to maritime spatial planning to help optimise the different uses of the sea, keeping in mind ocean health
• developing an EU Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy, including exploring the feasibility of European blue carbon reserves
• leading efforts to ratify and implement the Treaty on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction
• ensuring that Europe leads the way on international ocean governance
• organising Fisheries and Oceans Dialogues to listen to the views of all stakeholders, including small-scale and artisanal fisheries

Read more about the EU’s contribution to international ocean governance and the European Ocean Pact.

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Transparency

Meetings and missions

As part of the Commission's commitment to transparency, Commissioners and their Cabinet members publish information on and minutes of all meetings they hold with interest representatives. Every two months, they also publish an overview of mission expenses.

• Meetings with Commissioner Kadis
• Meetings with Commissioner Kadis's Cabinet members
• Missions of Commissioner Kadis

European Parliament hearings

Read Commissioner Kadis's answers to the European Parliament questionnaire.

Declaration of interests

In line with the Commission's Code of Conduct for Members of the Commission, each Commissioner publishes a declaration of interests. A signed, authentic version is published at the bottom of this page. A machine-readable version of all declarations is also available, as required by the Code of Conduct.