Comité National Des Pêches Maritimes et des Élevages Marins (CNPMEM)

What Comité National Des Pêches Maritimes et des Élevages Marins (CNPMEM) does

The Comité National des Pêches Maritimes et des Elevages Marins (CNPMEM) is the official national-level professional representative body for French maritime fishing and marine aquaculture, established in 1970 under Article L.912-2 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime. It is organized as a private-law entity (organisme de droit privé) charged with public service missions, headquartered at 134 avenue de Malakoff, 75116 Paris. CNPMEM represents approximately 12,400 fishermen operating roughly 6,220 vessels across 60 French fishing ports (the largest fleet in the European Union), plus 1,300 professional shellfish gatherers along the 5,500 km metropolitan coastline and in overseas departments. It coordinates a delegated two-tier network of 12 Regional Committees (CRPMEM) and 13 Departmental/Interdepartmental Committees (CDPMEM/CIDPMEM), and engages with French, European, and international public authorities on behalf of the sector.

Name

Comité National Des Pêches Maritimes et des Élevages Marins (CNPMEM)

Legal name

Comité National des Pêches Maritimes et des Élevages Marins

Website

https://comite-peches.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

French national professional body representing maritime fishing and marine aquaculture since 1970 under legal mandate. Coordinates 12 regional and 13 departmental committees, manages species-by-species fishing licenses, and runs aid programs funded by mandatory member contributions and renewable-energy tax pass-throughs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fisheries Professional Representation

NAICS

Aquaculture (11251), Other Aquaculture (112519), Shellfish Fishing (114112)

SIC

Water Transportation (4400)

akta.pro primary industry

Coastal & Marine Resources Administration (Oceans, Fisheries, Shorelines) (BPAIAMAI)

Keywords

• Fisheries professional representation
• Marine aquaculture governance
• Fishing license management
• Fisheries policy advocacy
• Marine resource management

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Cotisation Professionnelle Obligatoire (CPO): Primary funding source from mandatory professional contributions paid by members: fishing companies, professional shellfish gatherers, and marine farmers. This is the main revenue stream financing the organization's operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CNPMEM is the official national professional representative body for maritime fishing and marine aquaculture in France. It represents fishing enterprises, shellfish gatherers, and marine farmers before national, European and international public authorities; participates in fisheries resource management and regulatory development; administers professional fishing license regimes for species such as sea bass, scallops, crustaceans and whelks; and operates financial aid programs funded by the renewable marine energy tax (EMR) and the Cohésion, Attractivité et Accompagnement (CAA) fund.

Product overview

The CNPMEM is a professional organization (not a traditional product company) that provides a portfolio of services including: fishing license management and regulation for various species (sea bass, scallops, crustaceans, whelks), financial aid programs funded by renewable marine energy taxes (EMR) and cohesion funds (Fonds CAA), professional representation before public authorities, and annual activity publications. The organization coordinates through specialized commissions covering different fishing sectors and geographic zones.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dispositif d'aides via la taxe EMR (Energies Marines Renouvelables)
• Fonds Cohésion, Attractivité et Accompagnement (CAA)
• Pêche professionnelle - Régime de licences (bar, coquille Saint-Jacques, crustacés, bulot, etc.)
• Représentation professionnelle et avis réglementaires

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO): Canadian federal government department managing fisheries and oceans; a much larger, fully governmental analogue, but comparable in mandate for sustainable fisheries management and sector stewardship.

Direct peers

• Seafish (Sea Fish Industry Authority): UK statutory non-departmental public body supporting the seafood industry; comparable to CNPMEM in its mix of statutory mandate, sector representation, and advisory functions.
• Europêche: European federation of national fishermen's organizations including CNPMEM members; the supranational layer above bodies like CNPMEM, engaging with EU institutions on fisheries policy.
• NFFO (National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations): UK national federation representing fishermen across the country; structurally similar to CNPMEM as a national-level professional body advocating for fishermen with government and at supranational level.
• VisNed: Dutch fisheries cooperative association representing cutter fisheries owners in the Netherlands; comparable in function to CNPMEM as the national-level representative body for a major EU fishing nation.

Others

• Marine Stewardship Council (MSC): International sustainable seafood certification body; not a peer in representation but operates in adjacent regulatory/standards space for fisheries and interacts with national representative bodies like CNPMEM.
• WWF Oceans Programme: Global conservation organization with major fisheries programmes; counterpart rather than competitor to CNPMEM, often engaging on the opposing side of fisheries management debates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CNPMEM
• Facebookfacebook.com/CNPMEM
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/comit-national-des-p-ches
• Instagraminstagram.com/comitenationaldespeches

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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