Inventory of Artisanal Fishery Communities in the Western-Central Mediterranean Salvatore R. Coppola Fishery Resources Officer Marine Resources Service Fishery Resources Division FAO, Rome September 2001 FAO-COPEMED Project ii COPYRIGHT AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 2001 The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. All copyright and intellectual property rights reserved. 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The Original Programme. ......... ......... ................................................................................. 2 2.1 The objective .............................................................................................................. 2 2.2 The objective situation reported ................................................................................. 3 2.3 Effort to define the artisanal fishery in the Copemed area ......................................... 4 2.4 The agreed change of objectives................................................................................. 5 2.5 Meeting’s conclusions and recommendations ............................................................ 6 3. The New Approach ............................................................................................................... 8 3.1 The programme of work ............................................................................................. 8 3.2 The inventory programme .......................................................................................... 9 3.3 Standardisation of the data items ................................................................................ 10 3.3.1 Fishing gear ...................................................................................................... 10 3.3.2 Target species ................................................................................................... 11 3.3.3 Species name .................................................................................................... 11 3.3.4 Fishing zone...................................................................................................... 11 3.3.5 Fishing port....................................................................................................... 11 3.3.6 Fishing seasons................................................................................................. 11 3.4 Data structure.............................................................................................................. 12 3.5 Coverage .....................................................................................................................12 3.6 The spatial structure.................................................................................................... 13 3.7 The implementation process ....................................................................................... 14 3.7.1 The field work .................................................................................................. 14 3.8 The data processing tools............................................................................................ 15 3.8.1 ArtFiMed database ........................................................................................... 15 3.8.2 The CD Rom builder (Janus tool) .................................................................... 15 3.8.3 The “Janus” interface ....................................................................................... 16 3.9 Expected outputs from this component ...................................................................... 17 3.9.1 Preliminary results............................................................................................ 17 3.9.2 Final results ...................................................................................................... 18 3.10 Synergies with other activities in the Project.............................................................. 18 4. The Status of the collected Information by Country............................................................. 18 4.1 The fieldwork was conducted in all countries with a different degree of coverage ... 18 4.2 Ports with artisanal fishery operations........................................................................ 20 4.3 Regional standardisation/grouping ............................................................................. 20 4.3.1 Fishing seasons................................................................................................. 20 4.3.2 Fishing zones.................................................................................................... 21 4.3.3 Species.............................................................................................................. 21 4.3.4 Gear .................................................................................................................. 21 5. Preliminary Statistical Estimates .......................................................................................... 21 5.1 The data source ........................................................................................................... 21 5.2 The consistency of the databank................................................................................. 21 5.3 Gear composition........................................................................................................ 22 5.4 Species and catch composition . ................................................................................. 23 5.5 Fishing zone................................................................................................................ 25 5.6 Fishing activity ........................................................................................................... 26 5.7 Fishermen composition............................................................................................... 27 5.8 Matching results between countries............................................................................ 28 5.8.1 General ............................................................................................................. 28 6. Case Studies .......................................................................................................................... 34 iv Page Appendix 1 – Contributors.............................................................................................................. 37 Appendix 2 – Preliminary area stratification and localization of artisanal fishery communities in the Western-Central Mediterranean ................................................ 38 Appendix 3 – Selected bibliography on artisanal fisheries in the Mediterranean........................... 65 Preface The review of Artisanal fisheries in the Mediterranean, or rather to give artisanal fisheries different attention than in the past, has already been initiated through recurring debates on the future status of the fisheries in the Mediterranean. Artisanal fisheries is the weakest part when negotiating management issues on a large scale, and its interaction with the many other activities in the same (shared) area calls for a special attention. It is believed that more knowledge, and specifically results from case studies based on actual situations, can help to visualise the changes needed to direct artisanal fisheries toward a more modern management,