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Sverige: extra kvot till trålare

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Sverige: extra kvottilldelning till trålare kan äventyra överlevnaden

av det västra baltiska torskbeståndet och det kustnära och småskaliga fisket är i fara

Warszawa, den 11 december 2017

Marcin Ruciński

LIFE noterade att Havs- och vattenmyndigheten (HaV) har nu avsatt ytterligare 150 ton av västlig torskkvot till trålare (utöver 120 ton som avsattes i oktober). Detta inträffade när utnyttjandegraden inom segmentet för passiva redskap (dvs. främst småskaligt fiske) nu ligger på 96%, medan utnyttjandegraden inom trålsegmentet endast uppgår till 16% (officiella uppgifter).

Det framgår tydligt från ICES rådgivning och diskussioner inom Östersjöns rådgivande råd och på andra håll att selektiviteten hos de trålar som används för närvarande är långt ifrån godtagbar, vilket bland annat leder till. ökta olagliga utkast av torsk. Vi fruktar därför att ett tillstånd för extra trålars ansträngning kommer att leda till dubbelt så många döda fiskar i vattnet, inklusive en mängd ungar. Vi hoppas innerligt att HaV, genom intensiva inspektioner till sjöss, ska se till att detta inte händer. Om de inte gör det, kommer den så mycket efterlängtade återhämtningen av det västbaltiska torskbeståndet kan äventyras.

Denna kvot borde således ha lämnats kvar där den ursprungligen tilldelades – till det storskaliga, skonsamma torskfiskesegmentet i Sverige som använder passiva redskap på det mest hållbara sättet. Vårt flottsegment har tidigare försvagats kraftigt av låga kvottilldelningar, svåra marknader och den stora inverkan som den växande gråsälspopulationen har. Det visar ändå på motståndskraft och styrka genom att utnyttja den tilldelning som står till förfogande. HaV måste, tillsammans med andra intresserade myndigheter och organisationer i Sverige, stärka de passiva redskapssegmenten för att hjälpa sina storskaliga, lågpåverkande fiskare att överleva och utvecklas, och därmed stödja de kystsamhällen där de verkar. På LIFE förstår vi helt enkelt inte varför motsatsen inträffar.

Efter att ha hört från en högt uppsatt representant för HaV vid Simrishamnskonferensen förra månaden att hotet om att införa överförbara fiskerättigheter (ITQ) inom torskfiskesegmentet inte är aktuellt inom den närmaste framtiden, förlitar vi oss på att detta beslut är inte ännu ett exempel på “historikpumpning” inför den avgörande första tilldelningen av ITQ, att ställa ett flassesgment mot det andra. I händelse av detta får detta olyckliga beslut inte på något sätt ha någon inverkan på framtida kvotfördelning mellan segmenten för passiva redskap och trålare.

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Fiskig verksamhet: Fiskproducentorganisationer i EU

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Pressmeddelande – för omedelbar publicering

Fiskig verksamhet: Fiskproducentorganisationer i EU

Hur underlåtenheten att på ett korrekt sätt erkänna och reglera EU:s producentorganisationer (PO) inom fiskerisektorn misslyckas med att uppfylla den gemensamma fiskeripolitiken och missgynnar storskaliga fiskare, samt vad som bör göras för att lösa detta.

Det finns ett växande intresse bland de småskaliga kustfiskarna (SSCF) i Europa [80% i antal av den totala EU-flottan] för de möjliga fördelarna för dem med att inrätta producentorganisationer som är specifikt inriktade på småskaligt fiske.

Detta skulle vara goda nyheter för alla parter som är intresserade av att uppnå den gemensamma fiskeripolitikens mål, eftersom förordningarna erkänner att producentorganisationerna är “nyckeln” till att uppnå dessa mål och att Europas småskaliga kustfiskare utgör en stor majoritet av alla Europas fiskare.

LIFE beställde denna rapport för att avgöra om de regler och den struktur som Europas SSCF skulle förbinda sig till är ändamålsenliga, öppna, rättvisa och skäliga.

Rapporten klargör behovet av att kommissionen och medlemsstaterna vidtar åtgärder för att säkerställa att villkoren för erkännande av producentorganisationer och branschorganisationer som fastställs i enlighet med artiklarna 14 respektive 16 i förordningen om en samlad marknadsordning uppfylls.

Deras fortsatta underlåtenhet att göra detta utgör ett direkt hot mot de centrala målen för den gemensamma fiskeripolitiken och den gemensamma organisationen av marknaderna.

Vi uppmanar kommissionen att genomföra en brådskande granskning av dess medlemsstaters PO:ns efterlevnad och att överväga våra rekommendationer, som är avsedda att på ett konstruktivt sätt föreslå åtgärder för att komma till rätta med det nuvarande regleringssystemets misslyckande.

Anmärkning till redaktörer: Plattformen Low Impact Fishers of Europe [LIFE] är en organisation som samlar organisationer för småskaliga yrkesfiskare i hela Europa, som drivs av fiskare, för fiskare. Dess uppdrag är att uppnå förutsättningar där fisket bedrivs på ett hållbart sätt och där småskaliga fiskare och fiskekvinnor med låg inverkan i Europa kan maximera sin sociala och ekonomiska bärkraft.

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Nederländska

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TYSKLAND

FRANSKA (kort version)

SPANSKA (kort version)

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För ytterligare information, kontakta Claudia Orlandini, kommunikationsansvarig på LIFE:s Brysselkontor på 0032 2741 2433 eller för brittiska förfrågningar: 0044 1437 751242

Fundacja MARE & LIFE for a cleaner Baltic Sea

Update on the “Clean Baltic” project promoted by Fundacja MARE 

140 tons of ghost nets retrieved by 533 Polish small-scale fishers…and counting!

Warsaw, 23 November 2017 – Abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear (ALDFG), also known as ghost nets, are a well-known global problem in ocean governance. Fishing nets of all kinds, when left in the water, continue catching fish as well as marine birds, mammals and other organisms. If lost on wrecks, they can also be a danger to amateur and professional divers. They contribute to pollution of the oceans with plastics – some 10% of plastics in the ocean come from ALDFG, which as sometimes referred to as “tumbleweed of the oceans” as it bundles up on the seabed and under certain conditions may accumulate in tangled piles, suffocating corals and other benthic marine life.

This is why five organizations of Polish fishers, including three LIFE Members – Darłowska Group of Fish Producers and Fishing Boat Owners, Wolin Fishermen Association and Mierzeja Boat Fishermen Association – have embarked on a large-scale project promoted by Fundacja Mare to deal with this acute problem. The retrieval actions are pursued by 533 small boats in the 12-mile zone, coordinated by the fishers’ organizations themselves and are not confined to ALDFG alone – they also include any marine litter that the fishers find during the action. They use retrieval methods having a minimal impact on the environment, particularly the seabed. Until now, a total of 140 tons of ghost nets and other marine litter has been retrieved.

“Over the last years, the level of societal consciousness on the marine litter problem, including ghost nets, has significantly increased. There are many activities undertaken all over Europe to reduce the negative impact of ghost nets on the environment. We are particularly happy to see the engagement of fishermen in caring for the environment on which they depend.  Their own initiatives, such as the “Clean Baltic” project implemented by five fishers’ organizations across the Polish coast, are particularly valuable” – states Marcin Rucinski, LIFE’s Baltic and North Sea Coordinator

Eager to learn more?

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BFT, ICCAT & SSFs

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Historically High Bluefin Tuna Quota Set by ICCAT

The Bluefin tuna industry received a windfall in Marrakech, with proposed TAC increases over the period 2018 to 2020, culminating in the highest TAC ever set. There is a hike on the 2018 TAC of 4,500 tonnes, up to 28,200 tonnes from 23,655 in 2017, with a projected increase to 36,000 tonnes for 2020. This is despite uncertainties over the extent of the recovery of the resource, uncertainty which meant ICCAT was unable to move from a recovery plan to a management plan.

Despite this windfall, the Spanish industry was disappointed by the outcome. It accused the EU of not knowing how to negotiate, given the acceptance by the EU of a small reduction in its TAC allocation key. Others accused ICCAT of placing short term profit ahead of longer term conservation, and the TAC hikes a disgrace.

With such relatively large increases in TACs over the next 3 years, it is well within the powers of Member States to step up and allocate a quota to the small-scale fishery sectors, which have been on the sharp end of conservation measures since 2006.

Interestingly ICCAT highlighted that the needs of artisanal fisheries in coastal developing contracting party countries (CPCs) could receive part of the unallocated reserves from ICCAT in 2019 and 2020. This could pave the way for a dedicated artisanal fishery Bluefin tuna quota at ICCAT level, given political will to do so.

In this sea of plenty, LIFE urges the EU and Member States to do the right thing, and allocate a fair share tuna quota to small scale hook and line fishers, as we have been urging for years.

Letter of LIFE to decision-makers in English

Lettre de LIFE aux décideurs en français

Carta de LIFE a los tomadores de decisiones en español

LIFE’s documentary “Blue Hope Tuna”

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News from the Deck – October 2017

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NYHETER FRÅN DÄCK

Det månatliga nyhetsbrevet från Low Impact Fishers of Europe

The newsletter of October 2017 includes:

  • Our Ocean Conference 2017: an unmissable showcase for low impact fishers
  • LIFE organizes a workshop to encourage the attendance of small-scale fishers in the Advisory Councils
  • Andra nyheter från EU
  • Nyheter från våra medlemmar
  • Välkommen ombord
  • Press review

Follow this link to download News From The Deck – October 2017

FFKP

LIFE and FFKP

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LIFE and the FAO’s Family Farming Knowledge Platform :

working together to raise awareness on small-scale fisheries 

 

Rome and Brussels, 15 November 2017

Teodor Dosa (FFKP) and Claudia Orlandini (LIFE)

 

During the 2014 International Year of Family Farming (IYFF), FAO and various partners and stakeholders expressed the need to go beyond the celebrations and to put in place a set of concrete actions aimed at addressing issues and challenges raised throughout the year. In response to that, the decision was made to implement a web-based knowledge platform that could share information and knowledge on key topics and the state of policy making related to family farming across the world in a user-friendly facility on the web. The platform therefore represents one of the main and long lasting legacies of the IYFF 2014, as a worldwide reference to facilitate informed decision making on family farming policy processes.

The Family Farming Knowledge Platform gathers digitized quality information on family farming from all over the world; including national laws and regulations, public policies, best practices, relevant data and statistics, researches, articles and publications. 

It integrates and systematizes existing information to better inform and provide knowledge-based assistance to policy-makers, family farmers’ organizations, development experts, as well as to stakeholders in the field and at the grassroots level.

By spotting a huge amount of diverse information and knowledge, the platform helps giving sense of the enormous contribution that family farms give to address some of the most press challenges we face today, such as food security and the needs of sustainable food systems that preserve natural resources in times of climate change and the challenges they face themselves. In addition, the users can find all kind of information on the work of FAO in HQ and at the field level to help family farms prosper.

The FFKP is directed to all those involved in family farming and rural development related issues: from farmers’ organizations to Governments to universities students, the audience is quite transversal.

In addition, the FFKP allows its worldwide contributors and focal points from national governments to collaborate. Currently the Platform includes more than 100 focal points appointed by their governments and another 100 contributors worldwide. A strong coalition of stakeholders sharing their knowledge is the foundation of this initiative. Contributors and focal points therefore play a vital role in this project, since they are not only FFKP users, but they also regularly feed the database with updated and relevant material. Two years after from its launch, the FFKP databases includes more than 15 000 documents and has already been visited by approximately 170 000 users since its launch, in June 2015. Among these important contributors is the Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE), the association giving voice to the thousands of small-scale fishers that work along Europe’s coast. Thanks to LIFE and FFKP, data and content are now made available to governments, academia and stakeholders so that the latter can get to know better the immense environmental, social and economic value of local fishing communities and that the message of those who for too long have been labelled the “forgotten fleet” is now heard loud and clear worldwide.

Eager to learn more? Explore the FFKP website by clicking here !

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Åtgärder mot bifångst av sjöfåglar

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LIFE och BirdLife går samman för att förhindra bifångst av sjöfåglar

Seabirds forage in highly productive areas of the ocean, which are also targeted by commercial fishing vessels. This overlap can cause them to be accidentally caught on hooks, or entangled in nets. For small-scale low impact fishers, such incidental by-catches of seabirds represent a potential danger to life and limb. For this reason, LIFE and BirdLife are jointly asking the MEPs of the European Parliament to tackle the problem with appropriate management measures within the framework of the Technical Measures 2016/0074(COD)) Regulation.

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News from the Deck – September 2017

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NYHETER FRÅN DÄCK

Det månatliga nyhetsbrevet från Low Impact Fishers of Europe

The newsletter of September 2017 includes:

  • LIFE engaged from the start in the new Working Group on small-scale fisheries set up by the GFCM
  • Small-scale fishers working in the Southern North Sea worried about the impact of pulse fishing
  • Andra nyheter från EU
  • Nyheter från våra medlemmar

Follow this link to download News From The Deck – September 2017

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Recruiting a Trainee Office Manager

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Trainee Office Manager

 

 LIFE is seeking an enthusiastic trainee for its European office in Brussels.

 

The Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) is a European umbrella organisation, established to represent the interests of the small-scale, low impact commercial fishers who fish in the coastal waters of Europe. Its mission is to achieve conditions in which fishing is performed in a sustainable manner and small-scale, low impact fishermen and women in Europe can maximise their social and economic viability. More information can be found on our website www.lifeplatform.eu .

MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

  1. ADMINISTRATION/SECRETARIAL

(a) Manage the day to day operation of the LIFE’s Brussels office

(b) Track and manage incoming and outgoing correspondence and circulate appropriately

(c) Act as a first point of contact for telephone calls

(e) Make necessary travel arrangements; arrange trains, flights, hotel and venues bookings as required

(g) In liaison with the Finance Manager process orders and invoices, maintain records of expenditure and monitor budgets

(h) Manage and monitor the annual organisation planning and reporting timetable.

(i) Maintain filing systems and records for all documents – including managing HR files and contacts with Belgian social security services

 

  1. MEETINGS and EVENTS

(a) Organise meetings by preparing and circulating agendas & documentation, in particular, for LIFE Board meetings and Annual General Assembly

(b) Take responsibility for meeting logistics, interpretation and equipment

(c) Take minutes of meetings as required, arrange translations of all papers as necessary and; track action points

 

 

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Listed below are the requirements needed to undertake this job. Selection of candidates will be based on the extent to which these requirements are met.

Administration/Secretarial

  • Proven experience in a related role
  • Experience of working with minimal supervision in a fast-paced environment
  • Experience of and familiarity with Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint) packages and video conferencing systems
  • Experience of administering meetings, including minute taking
  • Experience working with a similar organisation

Logistics

  • Ability to organize conferences, meetings (travel, accommodation, venue, catering, etc)

Communication

  • A high standard of written and oral communication skills
  • Fluency in English and French (both written and verbal)
  • Fluent in at least one Northern or Eastern Mediterranean language

Personal Qualities

  • A high degree of motivation and professionalism
  • Excellent inter-personal skills
  • Respect for confidentiality at all times
  • Ability to develop effective working relationships at all levels
  • Ability to work unsupervised and with a high level of initiative
  • Proactive, creative and flexible in finding solutions to problems
  • Ability to remain calm and deliver to tight deadlines under pressure
  • Takes in information and learns new skills quickly

Flexibility and reliability

  • Willingness to work unsocial hours if required
  • Willingness to travel within Europe if required

Based in Brussels, eligible to work under Belgian law and immediately available

This is initially a 6 months contract under Belgian “Convention d’Immersion Professionnelle”  with a monthly remuneration of € 781,30. If you are interested, please send a CV + Cover letter in English to recruitment@lifeplatform.eu . Deadline for applications is Friday 3/11, interviews will take place in Brussels mid-November with a view to start as soon as possible after that. Due to the high number of applications, only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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