FARNET
Fisheries Areas Network

Small-scale and coastal fisheries

  • Paphos FLAG

    31/08/2017
    - FLAG Factsheet
    The area has an excellent climate, is rich in natural resources and landscapes, and has a rare flora and fauna. The fisheries sector in the area is considered particularly important because it creates jobs and offers healthy products to the people.
  • South West FLAG

    28/08/2017
    - FLAG Factsheet
    Kerry is one of the most sparsely populated counties in Ireland with the most rural and peripheral areas in the county experiencing declining populations over the last 20 years. This is especially true of the coastal regions.
  • Olympias FLAG

    25/08/2017
    - FLAG Factsheet
    The area includes the coast of the Ilia prefecture and the Pinios Lake and is located along the western half of the Peloponnese peninsula. The fisheries activities found here are mostly small-scale.
  • Aitoliki FLAG

    25/08/2017
    - FLAG Factsheet
    The FLAG area consists of a combination of mountainous and coastal landscapes. It possesses Greece’s largest lagoon (the Messolonghi lagoon). Most of the fishing activity is small-scale and traditional and takes place in the Messolonghi lagoon.
  • Evros FLAG

    24/08/2017
    - FLAG Factsheet
    The FLAG area lies in Eastern Macedonia, near the Turkish border. It can be characterised economically by the development of tourism, especially on the island of Samothraki.
  • Cyclades FLAG

    22/08/2017
    - FLAG Factsheet
    The Cyclades Archipelago is made up of 24 small islands; 16 of which have a population of less than 3 000 people. This means that both human and economic resources are fragmented here.
  • Exporting live octopus

    20/07/2017
    - Good Practice Project
    TRANSPOLVO is a research project which explores the conditions for transporting octopus live to consumers.
  • Health Trainers Working with Fishermen

    04/07/2017
    - Good Practice Project
    A two-year pilot project working with fishermen to improve their overall health and well-being and connect them with local health and well-being services.
  • Pescadoartesanal.com

    04/07/2017
    - Good Practice Project
    Pescado artesanal on veebiplatvorm ja kommunikatsioonikampaania rannalähedaselt püütud mereandide tarbimise suurendamiseks. Veebiplatvorm koondab nelja oksjoni tooteid, muutes kohalikud mereannid ostjatele rohkem kättesaadavaks.
  • Fishermen and municipality join forces to set up a local fish market

    04/07/2017
    - Good Practice Project
    Fishermen and the local municipality worked together to improve selling conditions for fresh fish in Olt county with a local fish market for 170 fishermen.