The launch of the MUTUALMAR project

The MUTUALMAR project marks a decisive step for the French fish wholesaling sector, offering a new pooled risk management system designed to strengthen the economic resilience of a sector severely weakened by a succession of crises.

The MUTUALMAR project, initiated by the Union du Mareyage Français (UMF), aims to create a pooled risk management system to support fish wholesaling companies, severely weakened by a succession of recent crises (Brexit, health and energy crises, closure of the Bay of Biscay) and by more structural environmental and geopolitical uncertainties. Funded by the EMFAF, the project plans to establish an adjustment reserve that can be mobilized quickly to help companies face market uncertainties.

Developed in close collaboration with sector stakeholders and public authorities, MUTUALMAR is part of the 2025 Strategic Sector Contract and is expected to result, within 18 months, in an operational risk pooling fund, marking a key step in strengthening the resilience and future of French fish wholesaling.