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Presentation of the project results GAP2 ( Develop a bridge network between fishermen, researchers and stakeholders) and the Handbook of Marine Research "A future for fishing in High Adriatic”

  • When Mar 28, 2015 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (GMT+0 / UTC0)
  • Where Chioggia, Museo Civico della Laguna
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Saturday, March 28 at the Museum of the Lagoon of Chioggia, will be presented in the presence of local authorities and stakeholders in the fishing industry of the Veneto, the volume "A future for fishing in High Adriatic. Results and proposals of the  GAP2 between researchers and fishermen of Chioggia" (Handbook of Marine Research of  ISPRA, 7/2015).

The book, published as part of the editorial series of Handbook of Marine Research of ISPRA   and edited by researchers from the Technical-Scientific Structure of Chioggia, presents the results of the participatory research of the international project 'FP7 "GAP2" -         (Develop a bridge network between  fishermen, researchers and stakeholders)

In this project, which focused as a case study in-depth fishing on the high Adriatic, ISPRA researchers have cooperated with the fishermen of Chioggia and researchers of the Consortium UNIMAR with the aims to establish a process of collaboration that included all the survey phases , from the definition of objectives, data collection, analysis and interpretation, and the identification of the management proposals.

Within the volume ISPRA, there is also a "Charter of values ​​for responsible fishing in High Adriatic", where the fishermen's group GAP2 underline a set of proposals aimed at achieving sustainable exploitation of resources, including a greater coordination with Croatia and Slovenia for the management of shared resources and the need to improve sales processes and product enhancement at the fish markets.

This process should also bring to the development  of "co-management" method involving and empowering fishermen directly in the management of the resources exploited by fishing.

Further information:

Otello Giovanardi : 3351816517 –

otello.giovanardi@isprambiente.it

Sasa Raicevich: 3486113600 –

sasa.raicevich@isprambiente.it