Education and training

The ‘Mar das Illas’ cooperation project sees three FLAGs in the Pontevedra province working together to support local fishers and families in their entrepreneurial efforts focused on marine and pesca-tourism.

The ‘Mar das Illas’ cooperation project sees three FLAGs in the Pontevedra province working together to support local fishers and families in their entrepreneurial efforts focused on marine and pesca-tourism.

The Chioggia and Po Delta FLAG has successfully convinced a high school to launch an official training programme in commercial fishing and fish production. The FLAG used their animation activities, together with fisheries stakeholders and the wider local community, to attract their first groups of students who will become the entrepreneurs of the future.

The International Day of Marine Tourism and Pesca-tourism will take place on the 24th of September in the city of Pontevedra (Spain). On this day, the three FLAGs located in the Rías Baixas (Galicia) will present the results of the third edition of the Mar das Illas project, whose main objective is economic diversification through the promotion of marine tourism among fishers and their families.

An Italian FLAG and its partners access funds from EASME Sustainable Blue Economy call to support fishing communities in Tunisia develop their capacity to implement community-led local development (CLLD).

Un FLAG italiano e i suoi partner accedono a fondi del bando dell’EASME nel settore dell'Economia blu per aiutare le comunità di pescatori in Tunisia a potenziare la capacità di attuare lo sviluppo locale di tipo partecipativo (CLLD).

To support the economic revival of the local fishing sector following the COVID-19 crisis, the local fishing communities of the Hauts-de-France region have launched a weekly column in newspapers to promote their seafood products.

Tramite il progetto MedAves Pesca, il FLAG Oeste ha collaborato con la ONG portoghese SPEA per migliorare la comunicazione e le interazioni con il settore della pesca. Lo scopo del progetto congiunto era di adattare le pratiche di pesca per evitare la morte di uccelli marini durante la pesca nella zona delle isole Berlengas.

Un’azienda locale costituita una ventina d’anni fa dalla comunità di Achill ha creato un acquario in un edificio in disuso di sua proprietà; allo scopo, l’azienda ha coinvolto volontari, pescatori in pensione e lavoratori connessi con la filiera della pesca. “The Achill Experience Aquarium and Visitors Centre” è diventato il primo spazio culturale in Irlanda basato sul patrimonio ittico, nonché una delle principali attrazioni della contea.

Finnish and Polish fishermen work together on spreading new fishing techniques which benefit both the natural environment and the fisheries sector