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Desarrollo Sostenible de las Pesquerías Artesanales del Arco Atlántico PRESPO

Desarrollo Sostenible de las Pesquerías Artesanales del Arco Atlántico PRESPO. Miguel Gaspar. Atlantic Area Conference - DUBLIN, Ireland, February 7th 2012. European Union ERDF. Investing in our common future. The PRESPO Partnership. Start date: 1 Jan 2009 ; End date: 31 Jun 2012.

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Desarrollo Sostenible de las Pesquerías Artesanales del Arco Atlántico PRESPO

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  1. Desarrollo Sostenible de las Pesquerías Artesanales del Arco AtlánticoPRESPO Miguel Gaspar Atlantic Area Conference - DUBLIN, Ireland, February 7th 2012 European Union ERDF Investing in our common future.

  2. The PRESPO Partnership Start date: 1 Jan 2009; End date: 31 Jun 2012 Portugal Spain France + 6 associated partners Atlantic Area Conference - DUBLIN, Ireland, February 7th 2012

  3. Importanceofartisanalfisheriesin EU 82519 fishing vessels 69127 artisanal vessels (overall length <12m) EU22 PRESPO is integrated in the Priority 2 “Protect, secure and enhance the marine and coastal environment sustainability”, Objective 2.2 “Sustainable management and protection of the resources of marine spaces”

  4. Importanceofartisanalfisheries Employment creation (directly and indirectly); Population establishment. Although in most NUTS II regions the contribution of artisanal fisheries to GDP is low, the impact of this activity in other economic activities is high (Tourism, catering); Constitutes the economic basis of many fishing communities. Artisanalfisheries Cultural identitystronglyrootedinfishing, thatshouldbepreserved. Artisanalfisheries are exertedinareasecologicallysensitive. Atlantic Area Conference - DUBLIN, Ireland, February 7th 2012

  5. Contextand objective ofthe PRESPO project Lack of knowledge Management problems Low profitability Fishing impacts Which fishing gear are used? Dramatic increase of the production costs Top-down management Habitats Target species Where they fish? Models mainly based on biological data Low price at the whole sale market (buyers lobby, illegal fishing, recreational fishing and imported fish) Bycatch species Which is the fishing effort? Ecosystem effects Legislation not adapted to artisanal fisheries Which species are being target? PRESPO has as main objective to collect scientific and technical information in order to improve the management of artisanal fisheries contributing for their sustainability in biological, socio-economic and environmental terms. Atlantic Area Conference - DUBLIN, Ireland, February 7th 2012

  6. Structureof PRESPO project Lack of knowledge Management problems Low profitability Fishing impacts Howcanwe….. …Improve? …Mitigate? …Increase? Task 2 Task 3 Tasks 4 and 5 Task6 Data collection Model development Diversification and Trading Selectivity and discards Seek for common solutions Site specific Stakeholders were involved in the process! Atlantic Area Conference - DUBLIN, Ireland, February 7th 2012

  7. Mainoutcomes Data collection This should be mandatory at EU level Model development Atlantic Area Conference - DUBLIN, Ireland, February 7th 2012

  8. Mainoutcomes Trading Diversification http://www.cripsul.ipimar.pt/PRESPO/ or http://webs.cetmar.org/prespo/ Selectivity and discards Atlantic Area Conference - DUBLIN, Ireland, February 7th 2012

  9. Main contributions to the Atlantic Area Programme MaritimePolicy CommonFisheriesPolicy WFD, MSFD Atlantic Area Conference - DUBLIN, Ireland, February 7th 2012

  10. Referencedocuments Atlantic Area Conference - DUBLIN, Ireland, February 7th 2012

  11. Final remarksReferencedocuments PRESPO final seminar Vigo, 11 April 2012 CETMAR headquarters For more information visit the PRESPO website: http://www.cripsul.ipimar.pt/PRESPO/ Atlantic Area Conference - DUBLIN, Ireland, February 7th 2012

  12. Thank you very muchfor your attention Atlantic Area Conference - DUBLIN, Ireland, February 7th 2012 European Union ERDF Investing in our common future.

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