Ecotourism and good fishing practices: a commitment to the socio-economic and environmental sustainability of the fishing sector
Pleamar program
Description
SEO/BIRDLIFE has developed a project to promote sustainable environmental fishing practices, emphasizing the incorporation of ecotourism as a complementary activity that is also committed to the socio-economic sustainability of the sector, especially the artisanal fleet.
To this end, two phases have been proposed in the execution:
Firstly, an identification of needs (legal and regulatory, technical, marketing and promotional) that have made it possible to develop ecotourism as a development tool in the fishing sector in Spain, with special emphasis on the Autonomous Communities of Andalusia, Galicia, the Principality of Asturias, and the Region of Murcia. Secondly, the development of a manual of good practices , including ecotourism.
Line of action:
Marine ecosystemsStatus:
FinalizadoExecution date:
2014
The project seeks ways to promote ecotourism as a sustainable complementary activity for the artisanal fishing fleet.
Throughout the project, the fishing and tourism sector has been the protagonist of the process in the participation of workshops to provide previous experiences and knowledge in this innovative strategic commitment to economic diversification for professional artisanal fishing. SEO/BIRDLIFE has foreseen an increase in fishing tourism and the environmental consequences on the marine environment that an unplanned activity may entail. For this reason, the manual has sought to incorporate the role that protected areas, especially the Natura 2000 Network and Marine Areas of Fishing Interest, also play in the conservation of the marine environment and the sustainability of fishing activity in the long term.
The achievement of the project has included training sessions to publicize the manual and the results of the project, taking the opportunity to distribute this manual in the main guilds and to know the assessment of the fishermen.
Ecotourism and good fishing practices: a commitment to the socio-economic and environmental sustainability of the fishing sector
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