s fisheries and shellfish gathers in galicia
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Presentation by Xoan López, Secretary of FGCP in a meeting between GAP2 and CFRN members in CanadaTRANSCRIPT
S-fisheries and shellfish gathering in Galicia
Management organization of the fishing resources
Xoán LópezSecretario General.
The resources
Based on the origin of the stocks we can define:
• Resources based on TAC system and quotas.• Resources exploited by S-fisheries in coastal
waters and • Aquaculture.
Stocks based on TAC
• Fishing possibilities limited by: – Relative stability imposed by the entrance of Spain
and Portugal in the UE.– Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) to achieve 2015
horizon. – Unique Atlantic stocks consideration for small
pelagic fish which prevents a detailed management in the European South based on Multi-year Plans to modify rules based in the state of the resources: biomass, spawn, juveniles, … and the fleet
Directly managed resources
• Allows small scale management.• Coastal fleet can guarantee sustainability.• It is possible a trustable control.• The exploitation of the resource is linked to it’s
planning.
Aquaculture
• There is form of aquaculture in Galicia that is performed in a rational and sustainable extensive way in community areas and mainly developed by women that pertains to the Cofradías (fishing brotherhoods).
• Versus the intensive aquaculture or industrial aquaculture.
Galician fleet
Most of the Galician fleet performs artisanal fishing and shellfish gathering
nº barcos tripulantesGran Altura 120 1.322 Altura 90 1.249 Semiindrustrial 84 840 Bajura 4.033 9.121 Acuicultura 1.263
Production
• Total production is important to the regional economy.
Puntos de venta LONJAS
KG, EUROS
61 169.827.771 415.262.071
Planning and management of fishing and shellfish gathering
• The planning of the fisheries managed by TAC and quotes:– Some examples on Management Plans:
• Anchovy fishing: elaborate by the extractive sector of some Spanish regions dedicated to artisanal fishing and some French regions dedicated to semi-industrial fishing.
• Pelagic fishing: Management Plans for all Europe.
• Management Plans for the coastal fisheries.– Annual Management Plans that regulates: fleet, technical measures, control measures,
schedule and timing.
• Exploitation Plans for shellfish gathering (clams and other bivalves) and specific resources (other invertebrates with commercial interest).– There are 240 exploitation micro-plans that exhaustively plan the number of
participants, working areas, fishing days schedule, timing, maximum catch per day, health samplings, and market issues. Although they are not legally Marine Protected Areas, actually they are TURF’s with particular rules.
E.g.: Goose barnacle exploitation plan.
It is clear to me that the fishing and the shellfish gathering sector have got a communication problem, and Galicia is not an
exception
This mail sent to me by a French journalist is an example of the general lack of knowledge on the management made by the fishers.
What is the Galician Federation of Cofradías?• We are a Federation integrated by 3 provincial Federations
and 63 Fishers Cofradías of Galicia.• We’ve got 9,000 associated in the Cofradías.• Functions and activities as a co-management stakeholder:
– We are a consulting and collaborative member with Administrations:• Autonomic , we are part of:
– Galician Fishing Council .– Economic and Social Council.– Galician Port Council.– Galician Environment Council.– Galician Statistical Council.
• National: – Cantabric and North West Working Group.– General Council of the Social Security of the Sea.
• European:– Consulting Regional Council of the SW Atlantic. Chair of the Traditional Fishery Working Group.– Consulting Council of the Fisheries and Aquaculture (AFCA).
Other duties of the FGCP
• Participation on projects and transference of technology aimed to our strategic future projection, some e.g:– GAP2: improving our continuous collaboration with the
Marine Resources and Fisheries team of the University of A Coruña.
– GEPETO: definition of management units, fisherieas and resources mapping to implement Multi-Year Plans in the future.
– VALORPESCART: we deep in the market issues for the Galician fleet.