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Inventory of Artisanal Fishery Communities in the Western and Central Mediterranean

Year of publication 2006

Pages 82

Author Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 9789251056066

Series title General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) - Session Reports

Series number 1020-9549 - 77

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) 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.

Statutory body / Meeting title General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)

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Coppola, S.R.Inventory of artisanal fishery communities in the Western and Central Mediterranean.Studies and Reviews. General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean. No. 77.Rome, FAO. 2006. 82p.

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