{"id":17475,"date":"2020-04-09T10:43:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T10:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/?p=17475"},"modified":"2020-04-10T10:10:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T10:10:31","slug":"iimros-proposals-to-support-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/ma\/iimros-proposals-to-support-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"IIMRO&#8217;s proposals to support fishing communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17476\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_2408-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_2408-1024x683-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_2408-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_2408-1024x683-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_2408-1024x683-299x200.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Covid 19: Irish Islands\u2019 Call for Tailored Emergency Measures for Small Scale Fishers<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">9th of April 2020<\/p>\n<p>The Irish Islands Marine Organization (IIMRO <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iimro.org\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.iimro.org\/index.html<\/a>), representing islanders from Counties Donegal, Mayo, Galway and Cork, report that practically all of their members are tied up at present because of the collapse in the markets that usually take catches.\u00a0 The challenges presented by social distancing measures on small vessels are still being examined and it looks like these will remain for the foreseeable future.\u00a0 Many of island fishers have invested in gear for the coming season and will now not be in a position to fish for traditional markets with the subsequent loss of income that entails.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of measures to support small scale fishers including those on the islands IIMRO propose the following:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Urgent immediate term measures<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Direct income support for small scale fishers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is a need to reform of social protection laws for small scale fishers to include the complete value chain as per section 6.3 in the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries \u2013 VGSSF &#8211; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/3\/a-i4356en.pdf\">http:\/\/www.fao.org\/3\/a-i4356en.pdf<\/a>), which states that:<\/p>\n<p><em>States should <strong>promote social security protection for workers in small-scale \ufb01sheries<\/strong>. They should take into account the characteristics of small-scale \ufb01sheries and <strong>apply security schemes to the entire value chain<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>IIMRO also calls for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a repayment holiday on loans taken on fishing gears until the crisis ends; and<\/li>\n<li>a fund to ensure vessels are maintained in a seaworthy condition for the duration of the crisis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Short to Medium term measures:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IIMRO call on the European Commission to urgently issue guidelines to member states to include specific measures to be adopted based on input from small scale fishers\u2019 representative organisations, prior submissions and the FAO VGSSF, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Section 9.4 of the VGSSF: <em>States should consider <strong>assisting and supporting small-scale fishing communities affected<\/strong> <strong>by<\/strong> climate change or <strong>natural and human-induced disasters<\/strong>, including through adaptation, mitigation and aid plans, where appropriate<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Building Back Better<\/strong>, as per section 9.7 of SSF Guidelines. This outlines some key measures which can be introduced in the face of a crisis such as COVID-19.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>States should understand how emergency response and disaster preparedness are related in small-scale fisheries and apply the concept of the relief-development continuum. Longer-term development objectives need to be considered throughout the emergency sequence, including in the immediate relief phase, and rehabilitation, reconstruction and recovery should include actions to reduce vulnerabilities to potential future threats. The concept of \u2018building back better\u2019 should be applied in disaster response and rehabilitation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Urgently address<\/strong> the imbalance in quota access for the small scale fleet across Europe. In Ireland SSF fleet quota uptake was a tiny 0.85% of the total Irish TAC in 2018. This would be in line with: UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 (Life below water):<\/li>\n<li>SDG 14b\u200b: <em>Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets.<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>SDG Indicator 14.b.1 &#8211; <em>Access rights for small-scale fisheries<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Indicator 14.b.1 &#8211; Progress by countries in the degree of application of a legal \/ regulatory \/ policy \/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small-scale fisheries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Facilitate local governance<\/strong>, as per section 10.7 SSF Guidelines.\u00a0 Provide special and differentiated treatment for small scale fisheries through provisions for member states to fast track and promote SSF producer organisation (SSF POs) recognition and membership of Advisory Councils.\u00a0 IIMRO has been refused recognition in Ireland as an SSF PO last year based on criteria from a replaced and repealed EU regulation.\u00a0 Had IIMRO had this PO recognition in place it would be better placed to coordinate a response among its members to COVID-19.\u00a0 This decision is in our opinion discriminatory against SSF and is the subject of an EU complaint.<\/p>\n<p><em>States should recognize, and promote as appropriate, that local governance structures may contribute to an effective management of small-scale fisheries, taking into account the ecosystem approach and in accordance with national law<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>SSF POs will be a vital indicator of progress in this regard.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Immediately adopt all measures proposed by LIFE in its letter to the EU PECHE committee of 22 November 2019 (<a href=\"https:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/ma\/pech_committee_december_2019\/\">https:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/pech_committee_december_2019\/<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Establish a Small Scale Fishers Advisory Council for small scale fishers (under 12 meters using non-towed gear).<\/li>\n<li>Provide core funding to cover running and administration costs of small scale fishery organisations at EU and member state level. Representative organisations that have the capacity to organise and coordinate small scale fisher efforts are\u2019 \u00a0more important than ever and need to be supported directly.<\/li>\n<li>Adopt the Charter for Fishers, Coastal Communities and the Islands developed by Sinn F\u00e9in (<a href=\"https:\/\/afloat.ie\/marine-environment\/coastal-notes\/item\/41602-call-for-political-parties-to-unite-behind-coastal-communities\">https:\/\/afloat.ie\/marine-environment\/coastal-notes\/item\/41602-call-for-political-parties-to-unite-behind-coastal-communities<\/a>), notably:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Principle 10: Building alliances for ordinary fishers. <em>Assist small scale inshore and offshore fishers in exerting political influence and building alliances at European, regional and national levels; To promote fisheries policies that work for all Irish fishing interests, not just the powerful; The full and equal involvement of fishers in the future development and implementation of fisheries policy at national and international level<\/em>;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Principle 20: Looking out for small scale fisheries and provision of aid for Fishers &#8211; <em>Support aid for small-scale fishers of a Member State who are directly affected by an unforeseen closure of a fishery they conduct fishing activities in that lies within the Economic Exclusive Zone of their Member State; Legislate to enable access to compensation, aid or funding for operators of fishing vessels less than 12 metres, particularly those who use static gears; Seek preferential access for small scale, inshore, artisanal or coastal fishers between the baseline and 12 miles out.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#x2666; &#x2666; &#x2666;<\/h3>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-17475\" data-postid=\"17475\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-17475 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Covid 19: Irish Islands\u2019 Call for Tailored Emergency Measures for Small Scale Fishers 9th of April 2020 The Irish Islands Marine Organization (IIMRO http:\/\/www.iimro.org\/index.html), representing islanders from Counties Donegal, Mayo, Galway and Cork, report that practically all of their members are tied up at present because of the collapse in the markets that usually take [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1472,631,1473],"class_list":["post-17475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-covid19","tag-islands","tag-support","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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