Baltic and North Sea small-scale fishers and their representative organisations from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and Poland gathered in the heart of the EU to draw the conclusions of an EU-funded project that over the past two years allowed them to drastically improve their representation within European and national decision-making process. The initiative, facilitated by the Low Impact Fishers of Europe Platform [LIFE] and having as panellists EU Commission’s and Farnet’s representatives, attracted the interest of a number of EU officials and stakeholders.