He is a regular participant in fisheries representative forums because, as president of the Dutch association of pelagic freezer-trawlers, he is also active in European professional organisations of vessel owners, particularly the General Committee for Agricultural Cooperation (Cogeca) and Europêche, of which he is a vice-president.
Tá seantaithí aige ar fhóraim ionadaíocha an iascaigh, óir, mar uachtarán chumann Ollannach na dtrálaer peiligeach cuisniúcháin; bíonn sé gníomhach freisin i gcónaidhmeanna gairmiúla úinéirí loinge na hEorpa, go háirithe Cónaidhm Ghinearálta na gComharchumann Talmhaíochta (Cogeca) agus Europêche, a bhfuil sé ina leasUachtarán air.