FARNET
Fisheries Areas Network

Infrastructure

  • From marine litter to tools for the fisheries sector

    12/11/2021
    - Good Practice Project
    Le GALPA Costa Sostible a soutenu la rénovation d’une école locale à l’abandon en un centre de transformation des déchets marins pris en charge par trois associations pour personnes handicapées.
  • Making oyster farming energy self-sufficient

    29/06/2021
    - Good Practice Project
    Le Chantier Bretagne Sud a mis en œuvre un projet visant à soutenir la transition des exploitations ostréicoles vers les énergies renouvelables, en analysant leurs besoins et en mettant à leur disposition une technologie adaptée.
  • From Denmark to the Rhodopes: bringing fisheries closer to citizens

    26/04/2021
    - Page de base
    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.
  • Supporting small-scale fisheries and aquaculture businesses

    03/11/2020
    - Good Practice Project
    The development of small-scale fisheries and aquaculture businesses in the Western Lithuania FLAG area is a vital part of the economic development of regions such as Klaipeda and Priekulė. This project, implemented by a small local company, aims to improve the processing of local fisheries and aquaculture products through a series of FLAG-funded strategic investments.
  • Converting a former mining area into a recreational and professional space for fisheries

    17/09/2020
    - Good Practice Project
    Le GALPA Sud-Leipzig soutient cette initiative de redéploiement dynamique d’un ancien bassin minier, reconverti en « base de pêche » pour pêcheurs amateurs et professionnels. L’idée est d’accroître la production halieutique et de développer davantage le tourisme local dans la région du lac de Störmthal.
  • Reinstating wetlands and pike spawning grounds on the Stockholm archipelago

    04/09/2020
    - Good Practice Short Story
    To restore natural balance to ecosystems on the Swedish archipelago, the Stockholmsbygd FLAG has supported an initiative aimed at reinstating coastal wetlands in an effort to increase pike stocks. Key predators in the Baltic, pike are essential to maintaining biodiversity and healthy waters in the area.
  • Creating a network for marine litter management

    10/04/2020
    - Good Practice Short Story
    Four Sardinian FLAGs have linked up with the University of Cagliari to create a waste management system for efficiently dealing with marine litter caught by local fishers.
  • Old boat engine factory transformed in a multipurpose community hub

    02/10/2019
    - Good Practice Project
    On Ærø Island, a disused boat engine factory has been turned into a community hub supporting local maritime entrepreneurship. The project aims to boost the island’s economy and social cohesion.