Acronym MeSFiDe
Category
Fisheries
Title Mediterranean Small craft Fishery and Development Programme Interreg III
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
Strand B
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
Western Mediterranean
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source European Coordinator Franco Andaloro Coordinator email franco.andaloro@isprambiente.it
Coordinator institution
ISPRA - Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (Italy)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2006 End year 2007 Funding (€) € NA Website NA Summary The MeSFiDe (Mediterranean Small craft Fishery and Development) project was approved in June 2006 within the European Union Interreg IIIB Archimed programme. It aimed at setting up an innovative and experimented model for the regeneration of artisanal fishery as an economically viable employment option, by making use of surplus and underused products. The model identified under used species, setting-up procedures for accountability, quality certification and seals showing that the product is environmentally friendly, providing a guarantee for the consumer, protecting the environment, and favouring the insertion of women and youth in the labour market. The project was developed in pilot areas in Sicily, Greece, Cyprus, and the results were transferred to Egypt also, chosen for its artisanal fishery traditions, presence of tourism and use of fish products to be developed.
Goals:
(1) Identification of Pilot Areas in the South-East of the Mediterranean. Analysis of technical and operational definition of the models to follow. - Implementation of the "Market to the Voice" as a model of innovative and sustainable development; (2) Market development through the promotion of underutilized species, traceability, a system of certification applied to the products of the sea; (3) Collection and analysis of data and marketing products, model revision; (4) Dissemination of results: Final Conference, website and database management.
Keywords
Certification;
Waste valorization;
Discard;
Traceability;
Small scale fisheries;
Product development;
Market;
Marine Region
66
Cyprus Island (GSA 25)
1
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