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Programme 2007 - 2013 Atlantic Area

Date of latest update: 2025-04-26

Description

Description (EN):

The strong presence of artisanal fisheries along the Atlantic coast, assumes increasing importance due to a variety of factors, namely, the great diversity of fishing gears and target species; the high commercial value of the products; the large number of fishermen and stakeholders involved; the socio-economic and cultural importance at local, regional and national level and the decreasing importance of the traditional fisheries undertaken by long distant fleets in third countries. Despite its importance, artisanal fisheries are poorly recognized at both national and EU levels. This reflects the fact that artisanal fishermen are poorly organized and therefore weakly represented in local, regional, nationaland European administration agencies. Artisanal fisheries have been heavily penalized by the rising of fuel prices and problems concerning marketing and distribution of the fishing products, leading to lower profitability of the fishing activity and consequently to the increase of fishing effort over coastal resources. Furthermore, the low economic diversification that characterizes most fishing communities makes them highly dependent on this activity. Therefore, the collapse of any fishing resource exploited by the artisanal fleet has a relevant impact on local economy. In this context, PRESPO aims to build up a set of scientific information to improve artisanal fisheries management, thus increasing their sustainability in biological, environmental, social and economic terms.

Achievements (EN):

Among the main results achieved must be highlighted: the development of a methodological approach to segment the European fishing fleet; the use of new ICT (tracking devices) in the collection of data on artisanal fisheries management; it was defined the concept of diversification and it was produced a guide of recommendations as a tool to support and optimize the creation and development of diversification initiatives; it was described and analysed the value chain of fishing products; it were identified the mechanisms that can add value to the fishing products, such as ecolabelling; and knowledge on the selectivity and discards from several métiers was improved. PRESPO will contribute to consolidate the international scientific network of collection of fisheries biological, social and economical data, promote international cooperation between the main research centres of the project partners and to achieve the objectives of new Common Fisheries Policy.

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Coastal management and maritime issues Sustainable management of natural resources Agriculture and fisheries and forestry

Partners (11)

Lead Partner: Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos / IPIMAR

Address: IPIMAR, Av. 5 de Outubro, 8700-305 Olhão, Portugal

Legal status: public

Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)

Name: Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)

Address: Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto Porto, Portugal

Legal status: n/a

Réseau d’Information et de Conseil en Economie des Pêches (RICEP)

Name: Réseau d’Information et de Conseil en Economie des Pêches (RICEP)

Address: 6, rue des boers, 44000 NANTES, France

Legal status: n/a

Centro Tecnológico del Mar-fundación CETMAR

Name: Centro Tecnológico del Mar-fundación CETMAR

Address: Eduardo Cabello s/n, 36209 Vigo, Spain

Legal status: n/a

Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Rural del Principado de Asturias

Name: Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Rural del Principado de Asturias

Address: Avenida Príncipe de Asturias s/n. Escuela Náutico Pesquera, 33212 Gijón, Spain

Legal status: n/a

UNIVERSIDAD DE HUELVA

Name: UNIVERSIDAD DE HUELVA

Address: C/Dr. Cantero Cuadrado, 6, 21071 Huelva, Spain

Legal status: n/a

Universidad de Cádiz

Name: Universidad de Cádiz

Address: C/ Benito Pérez Galdós, s/n., 11002 Cádiz Cádiz, Spain

Legal status: n/a

Ins. Andaluz de Inv. Y Formación Agraria, Pesquera, Alimentaria y de la Producción Ecológica (IFAPA)

Name: Ins. Andaluz de Inv. Y Formación Agraria, Pesquera, Alimentaria y de la Producción Ecológica (IFAPA)

Address: Centro IFAPA Agua del Pino, Ctra. El Rompido - P. Umbría Km. 3,8., 21459 El Rompido (Cartaya) El Rompido (Cartaya), Spain

Legal status: n/a

AZTI-Tecnalia

Name: AZTI-Tecnalia

Address: Txatxarramendi ugartea, z/g, 48395 Sukarrieta (Bizkaia), Spain

Legal status: n/a

Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer IFREMER

Name: Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer IFREMER

Address: Technopole Brest Iroise BP 70, 29280 Plouzan, France

Legal status: n/a

Aglia

Name: Aglia

Address: Quai aux vivres, 17300 Rochefort, France

Legal status: n/a

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Project name (ES): Desarrollo Sostenible de las Pesquerías Artesanales del Arco Atlántico

Project acronym: PRESPO

Project start date: 2009-01-01

Project end date: 2011-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 3 671 186.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 386 219.34

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2007 - 2013 Atlantic Area

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2015-12-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

70 / 70 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

655 / 655 (100%)

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