Following its annual general assembly, the Aquaculture Advisory Council (AAC) has confirmed that its members chose Brian Thomsen as the organisation’s chair for the next three years.
Thomsen has represented the Danish Aquaculture Organisation in the AAC since the creation of this European Union consultative body on aquaculture matters. Since 2017, he has assumed the Vice-Chairmanship of the AAC Horizontal Affairs Working Group and its Chairmanship since 2019.
Thomsen said, “My predecessor Javier Ojeda has done an outstanding job as AAC Chair. He has decided to step down and I am honoured to be appointed. We have a very competent and dedicated secretariat and the AAC members have repeatedly demonstrated their ability to provide answers to complex issues. I am committed to further strengthening and developing the AAC and I am confident that we will deliver.”
Also appointed were Paul Denekamp (Vissenbescherming) as 1st Vice-Chair, Philipe Le Gal (Comité National de la Conchyliculture) as 2nd Vice-Chair and Addy Risseeuw (PO Mosselcultuur) as Treasurer for the period 2022-2025.
AAC is a body of EU interest, providing advice to the European Commission and the EU member states on matters affecting EU aquaculture.
