FARNET
Fisheries Areas Network
FLAG Factsheet
The area is situated in the south-west part of the Baltic Sea. It is a popular tourist destination. The fisheries sector here is still important, though it is generally declining. The main species caught here are cod, flatfish, herring and eel.
The fishermen have organised themselves into a co-operative through which they sell a major part of their catch. The rest is sold directly to clients.
Specific challenges here include maintaining the economic importance of fisheries and cultivating it as part of the cultural heritage of the area. For this reason, strong relations with the tourism sector is another important aim.
The strategy aims to help the fishermen stay competitive, for example by supporting methods of diversification or direct marketing.
The FLAG seeks to increase knowledge about the local fishing industry as well as fish as a valuable source of food including fish cultivation as cultural heritage. Projects that have a relationship to the boost of tourism development will be very important in this context.
Local
No specific deadlines, in general projects are presented and selected once or twice a year.
The FLAG has expertise in tourism and conversation of cultural heritage.
It is interested in any type of cooperation that contributes to the aims of the mentioned strategy.
The FLAG area shares part of its territory with the local LEADER group, “Innere Lübecker Bucht”. The FLAG is situated within the area of the LAG (coastal areas) and has an own strategy. Still, the FLAG is integrated in the overall structure of the LAG, the FLAG decision-making body being a working group of the LAG. Three members of the working group are also board members of the LAG.
The FLAG coordinates its work with the other FLAGs in Schleswig-Holstein.
Members include municipalities, tourism organisations, private companies, fishermen, fishermen’s organisations and private individuals