FARNET
Fisheries Areas Network

Good Practice

EU FLAG projects as of February 2020With the second generation of FLAGs now up and running, there is a growing number of project examples from the past and the present which can inspire other actions aimed at developing fisheries and aquaculture areas around Europe, be it through economic, environmental or social support and investment.
The project descriptions and short stories below give an insight into some of the local projects funded by the FLAGs, while the methods provide helpful examples of effective programme management, ranging from community outreach to FLAG self-assessment.

Good practice examples from 2010-2016

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  • Energy Island: Networking for local economic impact

    17/05/2021
    Denmark
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    Business support, Diversification, Environment, Energy, Integrated coastal management
    A FLAG supported project brings together a network of 17 local businesses in order to consolidate Bornholm as one of Denmark’s two “energy islands”, focused on the production and transformation of wind energy.
    1. da
    2. en
    3. es
    4. fi
    5. fr
    6. pt

  • Better salinity and temperature data to improve flat oyster spat collection

    10/05/2021
    France
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    Aquaculture, New technology, Fisheries resources, Integrated coastal management
    The oyster farmers of south Brittany installed a high-frequency multi-sensing buoy to support the understanding of spat settlement of the flat oyster, a key resource in the area.
    1. da
    2. de
    3. en
    4. es
    5. fr
    6. pt
  • Wind turbine

    Eco-diversifying the local economy

    26/04/2021
    Poland
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    Business support, Diversification, Environment, Climate change, Energy, Education and training, Infrastructure
    In Poland, the North Kaszuby FLAG supported the setting up of an experimental wind turbine in a local engineering company, helping to establish a new local energy supply, to promote economic diversification, and to create a new educational offer.
    1. en

  • From Denmark to the Rhodopes: bringing fisheries closer to citizens

    16/04/2021
    Bulgaria
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    Tourism, Society and culture, Cultural heritage, Education and training, Infrastructure
    After a study visit to Fyn FLAG in Denmark, a fishers’ association member was inspired to adapt one of the Danish projects to his area’s needs. The project aims to boost tourism and improve local knowledge of fisheries heritage.
    1. bg
    2. da
    3. en
    4. lv
    5. pl
    6. ro

  • A coastal management plan by local fishers and fish farmers

    07/04/2021
    Italy
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    Governance, Fisheries resources, Integrated coastal management, Small-scale and coastal fisheries
    Small-scale coastal fishers and fish farmers have been actively involved in the design of a coastal management plan for the Emilia-Romagna coastline. This stock management plan focused on three local high value species identified by the sector at regional level.
    1. el
    2. en
    3. es
    4. hr
    5. it
    6. pt

  • Reducing waste linked to processing shellfish

    30/03/2021
    Ireland
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    Aquaculture, Labelling, Processing, Environment
    An Irish FLAG has supported a local, family aquaculture business that farms Gigas oysters to improve processing methods, reduce energy consumption and cut waste.
    1. en

  • Fishers campaigning for reducing plastic in ports

    23/03/2021
    Slovenia
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    Marine activities, Environment, Marine litter, Small-scale and coastal fisheries, Education and training
    The FISHEKO Operation, covering the whole coastline of Slovenia, is a project giving local fishers communication training and hiring them to carry out an awareness-raising campaign against single-use plastics in marine activities.
    1. en

  • "Rudens pasažai 2020“: žuvininkystės skatinimas senajame Nesebero mieste

    02/03/2021
    Bulgaria
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    Arts and crafts, Gastronomy, Tourism, Small-scale and coastal fisheries, Society and culture, Cultural heritage
    2020 m. Nesebero savivaldybė surengė pirmąjį „Rudens pasažų“ festivalį. Šio festivalio metu vietos bendruomenė ir turistai mėgavosi įvairiomis veiklomis, kurių tikslas – populiarinti Juodosios jūros žuvininkystės produktus, skatinti žvejybos profesiją bei saugoti jūrų paveldą.
    1. bg
    2. de
    3. en
    4. lt
    5. pl
    6. ro

  • MPAs: under fishers' surveillance

    12/02/2021
    Spain
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    Environment, Governance, Fisheries resources, Small-scale and coastal fisheries
    With support from the FLAG, local fishers are helping enforce protection measures and halt poaching in the region’s oldest fisheries marine reserve, Cabo de Palos. Its improved protection has favoured an increase of endemic species.
    1. el
    2. en
    3. es
    4. fr
    5. hr
    6. pt

  • A network for seafaring women

    01/02/2021
    Spain
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    Governance, Education and training, Women
    A cooperation project between two Catalan FLAGs has supported the creation of an association, which aims to increase the visibility of women from fishing and aquaculture and improve their ability to develop business projects that help diversify the sector.
    1. en
    2. es
    3. fr
    4. it
    5. pl
    6. pt