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Pelagic Freezer-trawler Association

Business / industry · Agriculture & food · HQ: Netherlands · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Pelagic Freezer-trawler Association appears in 5 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with European Conservatives & Reformists.

5
declared meetings
with current MEPs
3
MEPs met
€600,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“uitoefening van duurzame pelagische visserij door vriestrawlers sustainable pelagic fisheries by freezer-trawlers”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 5 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European Conservatives & Reformists480%
European People's Party120%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2024. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2024).

2020
1
2021
0
2022
1
2023
1
2024
2

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Bert-Jan Ruissen
3 meetings · ECR
Sander Smit
1 meeting · ECR
François-Xavier Bellamy
1 meeting · EPP

The 5 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
6 Dec 2024Bert-Jan RuissenFisheries
11 Sep 2024Sander SmitEU Fisheries
29 Nov 2023François-Xavier BellamyEnjeux stratégiques de la pêche - sécurité, souveraineté et puissance économique
23 May 2022Bert-Jan RuissenControleverordening
23 Sep 2020Bert-Jan RuissenControl Regulation

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