Fao Fisheries and Aquaculture Proceedings 39

First Regional Symposium on Sustainable Small-Scale  Fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea

27-30 November 2013 Saint Julian’s, Malta

Edited By

Abdellah Srour & Nicola Ferri & Dominique Bourdenet

 & Davide Fezzardi and Aurora Nastasi

Abstract

The First Regional Symposium on Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea was organized from 27 to 30 November 2013 by General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) in partnership with the International Center for Advanced  Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) – Mediterranean  Agronomic Institute of Bari (MAIB), the FAO Fisheries Department and FAO regional projects, the Network of Marine Protected Area Managers in the Mediterranean (MedPAN) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Mediterranean Programme, and hosted by the Government of Malta.

More than 170 participants gathered to share their experience and discuss the future of small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. For the first time in the region, national administrations, international organization, scientists, nongovernmental organizations, fisher communities, stakeholders and civil society sat around the same table to address issues of common interest and challenges for building common strategies, synergies and cooperation to support the sustainable development of this sector.

The discussions enabled insights on the main issues at stake and laid the groundwork for a regional programme fostering knowledge on small-scale fisheries and involving all interested stakeholders. The event was also marked by the signature of a cooperation agreement at the regional and subregional level between fisheries from the northern and southern shores of the Mediterranean. Finally, all participants concurred on the importance of organizing a second regional symposium in order to follow through on this momentum.  

Contents

<!--Introduction and Background

<!--Symposium Overview

<!--[if !supportLists]-->–  Thematic Session 1 – Current Situation of Small-Scale Fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea: Strategies and Methodologies for an Effective Analysis of the Sector.

<!--Thematic Session 2 – Management and Co-Management Options for Small-Scale Fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

<!--Thematic Session 3 – Integration of Small-Scale Fisheries in the Marine Protected Areas (MPAS).

<!--[if !supportLists]-->–  Thematic Session 4 – Enhancing Small-Scale Fisheries Value Chains in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

–   Thematic Session 5 – Setting Up a Regional Platform to Promote the Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication.

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Prep/Ayman Ashry

Manage/ Mona Mahmoud