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GEPETO - GEstion de PEsquerias y Transnational Objectives

On 11/09/2012

This European cooperation project starts up!

Objectives

1. 1. To draw up long-term fisheries management proposals that are more appropriate to the socioeconomic aspects of fishing, to the market, and to the necessity to preserve resources.
2. 2. Pool the knowledge of scientists and professionals to achieve a shared understanding of fishery management.
3. 3. Allow fishing professionals to make a range proposals and to participate in a practical way to the drafting of proposals on the future of their profession. A high level of participation of the sector is key to the success of the project.
4. 4. Propose a fishery management method at appropriate geographical scales, adapted to the special features of each region.
5. 5. The increasing of the RAC's expertise capacity, so that they will be better able to carry out its duties as an advisory body for the European Commission.

Methodology

An atlas of fisheries for the whole project zone will be drawn up to make data on fisheries available in a spatialised form. On the basis of this new set of maps, it will be possible to identify the main management units in the area. We will select pilot management units for which we will develop proposals for long term management plans via a governance platform associating professional from the fishery sector, scientists and NGOs. These proposals will be transmitted to the RACs. The RACs will debate and transmit it to the European Commission.

For further information, please download the project's leaflet below.

to download:

• GEPETO Synthesis English version

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