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LabMAF – a Med project

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Developing a Labelling Scheme for Mediterranean

Small-scale and Artisanal Fish Products (LabMAF)

28th of January 2019

Jerneja Penca

 

Small-scale and artisanal fisheries in the Mediterranean represent an important element of coastal communities engaging in low-impact fishing activities, providing local supplies of fresh fish on a daily basis, and forming an integral part of the cultural heritage. They are naturally highly adaptable, which is crucial in mitigating impacts of ecological and economic changes. However, their multifaceted contribution to the healthy, productive and resilient Mediterranean Sea remains insufficiently recognized both by policy makers and consumers. They face market competition from large-scale fishery products, foreign imports, and aquaculture products. Too little distinction is made between products of various provenience, quality, fishing gear and socioeconomic impact on producers, including their jobs and well-being.

 

Tools for a greater push of the market in the direction of awarding good practices are needed, ideally in the transnational context. This project seeks to contribute to a more aware, sustainable, and sophisticated seafood market that valorizes the role of small-scale fisheries in countries across the Mediterranean. The project will develop a feasibility study of a labelling or another market scheme, awarding recognition for products by small-scale fishers that adhere to and implement sound region-specific ecological and socioeconomic principles.

 

The consortium is composed of seven individuals from research, non-governmental and fishers organisations, as well as a consultancy, and covers areas of fishery and marine science, legal and governance aspects, and social, cultural, and economic factors in selected BlueMed member countries and Lebanon. The consortium and a number of experts relevant to the action will meet three times in the period between January 2019 and March 2020 to address the goal.

 

Consortium members

  • Jerneja Penca, Euro-Mediterranean University, Slovenia (Main Coordinator)
  • Alicia Said, Malta Centre for Arts, Science and Technology Malta / Institut français de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer, IFREMER, France (Co-lead)
  • Simone Libralato, National institute of oceanography and applied geophysics (OGS), Italy
  • Cristina Pita, Centre for Environmental al and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, Portugal
  • Manal Nader, Institute of Environment, Balamand University, Lebanon
  • Bertrand Cazalet, Marepolis, Conseil en politiques de la mer, France
  • Marta Cavallé, Low-Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE), Spain/Belgium

Supported under the BLUEMED Call for Start-up Actions 2018: http://www.bluemed-initiative.eu

 

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Input by members from Spain on a Management Plan for the Med coast- ENG/ES

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The member organizations of LIFE in Spain present amendments to the “Comprehensive Management Plan for the conservation of fishery resources affected by fisheries carried out with purse seines, trawls and passive gears in the Mediterranean coast of Spain”.

Access the official PR in ENG/ES here

Access the official document in ES here

Las organizaciones miembro de LIFE en el mediterráneo español presentan alegaciones al “Plan de Gestión Integral para la conservación de los recursos pesqueros en el Mediterráneo afectados por las pesquerías realizadas con redes de cerco, redes de arrastre y artes fijos y menores”.

Acceda a la Nota de prensa oficial en ENG / ES aquí

Acceda al documento oficial en ES aquí

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LIFE’s contribution to the “Multiannual plan for the Western Mediterranean Sea”.

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LIFE’s Contribution to the EU Consultation on the

“Multiannual plan for demersal stocks in the Western Mediterranean Sea”.

 

Following the inputs provided by the Mediterranean Member organizations, LIFE publishes its contribution to the DG Mare consultation on the Multiannual plan for the fisheries exploiting demersal stocks in the Western Mediterranean Sea. 

Click on this link to access the Contribution

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Contribuciónes al Plan de Gestion Extraordinario

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Contribuciónes de las organizaciones miembros de LIFE al Plan de Gestion Extraordinario para los próximos 3 años (2017-2019) en el Mediterráneo 

Barcelona, 30 September 2016

Marta Cavallé

El 9 y 10 de febrero de 2016, en Catania, los servicios competentes para la Conservación de la Pesca y Control en el Mar Mediterráneo y Negro de la Comisión Europea y el Medac co-organizaron un Seminario de Alto Nivel durante el cual los científicos presentaron un diagnóstico de la situación de los recursos en el Mar Mediterráneo.

Como indicó claramente el Comisario Vella, es un hecho indiscutible que los stoks de peces en el Mediterráneo están disminuyendo, algunos de los cuales están prácticamente agotados. En general, el 93% de los stoks de peces evaluados están sobre-explotados. En el Seminario así como en el posterior encuentro de los Ministros Europeos celebrado en Bruselas en Abril, los Estados miembros mediterráneos y la DG Mare acordaron tomar medidas para resolver la situación. Entre otros países, España tomó la iniciativa para proceder en un “Plan extraordinario” (de medidas de emergencia) por el caladero Mediterráneo.

LIFE y sus organizaciones miembro, como una voz del sector de la pesca de pequeña escala en el país, aplaudieron la iniciativa de hacer frente a la situación y acordaron una posición común presentada a las autoridades españolas con el fin de contribuir al éxito de dicho plan extraordinario.

Para consultar la contribución de LIFE clique en este link

On the 9th and 10th February 2016, in Catania, European Commission services responsible for Fisheries, Conservation and Control in the Mediterranean and Black Sea and the MEDAC co-organized a High-level Seminar during which scientists presented an analysis of the status of the resources in the Mediterranean Sea.

As clearly stated by Commissioner Vella, any facts were undisputed: fish stocks in the Mediterranean are declining, some are close to depletion. Overall, 93% of the fish stocks assessed are over-exploited. In the Seminar and in the following meeting of all Mediterranean fisheries ministers in Brussels in April, the Mediterranean Member States and DG Mare agreed to take action to solve the situation. Among other countries, Spain took the initiative to proceed with an “Emergency Plan” for its Mediterranean fishing grounds.

LIFE and its member organizations, as a voice of the small scale fishing sector in the country, applauded the initiative to face the situation and agreed on a common position presented to the Spanish authorities in order to contribute to the success of such plan.

To access LIFE’s contribution click on this link

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