FARNET
Fisheries Areas Network

Education and training

  • Mobilising and training volunteers to prevent poaching

    09/12/2021
     - Good Practice Short Story
    High Western Rhodopes is a popular fishing destination, which creates economic and social benefits for the local communities, but also environmental concerns, such as poaching. To prevent poaching, the FLAG financed training for volunteers to protect the local environment.

  • Promoting underused fish species and improving migrants´ integration

    15/11/2021
     - Good Practice Project
    El GALP de Ostrobotnia apoyó un proyecto por el que un grupo formado por miembros de la comunidad local y migrantes creó recetas innovadoras a partir de especies de pescado infrautilizadas. Como resultado del proyecto, ha aumentado el consumo de especies de pescado menos valoradas, y ha mejorado igualmente la interacción cultural de los migrantes y su integración.

  • From marine litter to tools for the fisheries sector

    12/11/2021
     - Good Practice Project
    El GALP Costa Sostible ha subvencionado la reforma de una escuela local abandonada para que tres asociaciones de discapacitados la utilicen como nuevo centro de transformación de residuos marinos.

  • Joint promotion for increasing local incomes

    30/09/2021
     - Good Practice Short Story
    Two FLAGs in Poland have joined efforts to implement a project promoting the fishing potential of two different regions. By focusing on their areas of greatest expertise, the FLAGs made a greater impact in their respective localities.

  • Recruiting young people to train with experienced fishers

    29/06/2021
     - Good Practice Project
    El GALP de Laponia ha financiado un proyecto de contratación y formación de pescadores a fin de rejuvenecer el envejecido sector pesquero de la zona alrededor de los lagos de Lokka y Porttipahta. Como resultado de dicho proyecto, han empezado a faenar 14 pescadores jóvenes de ambos sexos.

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

    26/04/2021
     - Basic page
    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.
  • Wind turbine

    Eco-diversifying the local economy

    26/04/2021
     - Good Practice Short Story
    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.

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

    16/04/2021
     - Good Practice Project
    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.

  • Fishers campaigning for reducing plastic in ports

    23/03/2021
     - Good Practice Short Story
    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.

  • A network for seafaring women

    03/02/2021
     - Basic page
    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.