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Book (stand-alone)Is there a future for artisanal fisheries in the western Mediterranean? 2007
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No results found.Artisanal fisheries are found all along the coasts of the COPEMED region, strongly obliging them to act in an uncoordinated manner, without effective associations to represent them and to make known their real problems as an important coastal community. This book has been conceived to expose to a wide public the problems of the artisanal fisheries, the obstacles to their development, and some possible avenues for such development. -
Book (series)Inventory of Artisanal Fishery Communities in the Western and Central Mediterranean 2006
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No results found.For years, the impoverishment of artisanal fishery in Mediterranean countries has been frequently reported at all levels when the urgency for intervention was systematically highlighted. In addition, it has also been reiterated that, at present, there is not enough knowledge either of the primary and secondary magnitudes of artisanal fishery or of the normative and managerial tools that cover the entire spectrum of competence. Information on artisanal fishery, in the wide sense, is fun damental for planning and management purposes. It is, therefore, extremely important to document all the elements which influence and interact directly or indirectly with artisanal fisheries, (e.g. synergies, conflicts or friction, possible interaction and connection, etc.). During the project Cooperation Networks to facilitate Coordination to Support Fisheries Management in the Western and Central Mediterranean (COPEMED), the first-ever inventory of regional artisanal fishery communit ies in the Central and Western Mediterranean was implemented. This was possible through direct assistance to some of the member countries to develop and improve their capacity to collect and analyse information on artisanal fisheries. The inventory resulted in a comprehensive list of all the fishing communities performing artisanal fisheries in the region, including their localization, description, use, pictures and other ancillary information. This exercise, based on 13 582 sites vi sited (interviewed), produced 11 papers, involved 16 scientists (regional and national), and also collected a selected bibliography of about 200 documents. Most of the results are presented in this paper. -
ProjectCOPEMED - Artisanal fishery communities in the Mediterranean: two case studies
Pêche artisanale dans la lagune de Nador, Maroc: exploitation et aspects socio-économiquesEvolution of the artisanal fishery in cilento, Italy
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No results found.Artisanal fishery in the Mediterranean region is a very attractive and interesting tradition. Because of its unpredictable operational pattern and its constant adaptation to internal and external phenomena it is difficult to really assess its status over time. The need to improve our knowledge of artisanal fishery and how it is conducted in the Mediterranean has been highlighted on many occasions and, in a way, still remains an ongoing issue. The FAO-COPEMED Project took up the opportu nity to initiate a sub-regional project activity to assess the situation of artisanal fisheries in the eight countries involved in the project (Algeria, France, Italy, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Spain and Tunisia) in order to contribute regionally to an issue which, to our knowledge, is usually treated in a very superficial way and only at national level. The present work illustrates two case studies dealing with small scale fisheries systems in two different and significant areas of the M editerranean sea: the area of Cilento in Italy and Nador Lagoon in Morocco. Even though the offshore industrial or semi-industrial fisheries are the most productive, smallscale coastal fisheries have a much greater social and cultural significance. Mediterranean artisanal fishing is a very variable activity. It encompasses many types of fishing gears and methods. Its resources, shared among various parties, move from one region to another, and the size of the fish catch varies from c ountry to country, as does its economical value. Catches are highly multi-specific and fishing intensities and strategies show very rapid fluctuations in space and over time. The variation of active fishermen and boats by area, sometimes over very short periods of time, is also a significant characteristic of the artisanal fishery sector.
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