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[PMEs]) and Reduction Plans fl eets, under
guidance programs Pluri-annual (POP) of the
Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). For a plethora
of fi sheries, these heavy devices endanger the
renewal of the profession in many ports where
the population of fi shermen has already reached a
minimum threshold.
Other measures, such as those regarding vocational training, employment conditions, and
safety at sea continue to hamper the regeneration
of the fi shing profession in these small coastal
trades. Aware that this profession is changing due
to the specialization of the regions in Europe,
fi shermen are willing to consider its redefi nition.
Devices to set up must be in line with the preservation and enhancement of coastal ecosystems,
the regional tourist and residential development
(e.g. in the reduction of engine power, with
reference to trawlers), or the introduction of
diplomas or safety rules defi ned in relation to
ocean navigation.
Chaired by professional fi shermen, Prud’homies
are essential for consultation with a panel of
partners. This partnership, a central link in the
operation of local and regional structures fully
integrates partners in the fi sheries sector alongside the economic, institutional, and territorial
development players.
Networking representatives of users of the
area, including users of the sea, can exchange and
discuss actions to be taken to preserve and
enhance the marine environment and those that
depend on the economic activities.
4
Other Types of Cooperatives
In Europe, the Mediterranean fi sheries differ
from those in Spain, Italy, or Greece in terms of
the limited number of fi shermen spread over the
entire coastline, and the fact that this profession
has maintained a long tradition of local management. While some countries, like Greece, are
plaintiffs in regulatory matters, France has accumulated too many measures and the current problem faced by the profession is to integrate the
‘prud’homal’ mode of management within
European and national systems. In this regard, it
should be noted that the Commission, in a technical context, emphasizes management by sector of
activity and not as a global management territory,
which seems to better refl ect the territoriality of
the small fi shing industry .
This specifi city at the European level of
Mediterranean coastal fi shing, and the harmonization of its operation by its specifi c institutions
imbued with lengthy historical experience could
be used for other fi shing communities and even
constitute a kind of ‘laboratory’. Several reasons
support this view. The French Mediterranean
coast is characterized by a variety of geological
settings: exposure to wind and prevailing currents is found all around the Mediterranean basin;
the continental shelf is often not extended, there
exist steep coastal cliffs, ponds, canals, deep and
rough lagoons, deltas, contributory rivers,
islands, peninsulas, sandy or rocky areas, seagrass, etc. Each of these situations requires specifi c
operating
methods
and
fi shery
management.
5
Prud’homies and Society
Fishing faces many competing activities: industrial areas, shellfi sh, aquaculture, tourism,
agriculture, wildlife farms, urban, port, military,
and so on. Numerous activities are concentrated
in Port-Vendres and Menton. Confl icts have to be
resolved with the cooperation of fi shermen .
Historically, various forms of similar fi shing
prud’homies have existed throughout the
Mediterranean. The French prud’homies are currently the most developed, and some countries
have observed the spirit of these social structures,
born of long experience (Giovannoni 1998 ). This
is, for example, the case in Tunisia and Morocco.
One can imagine that the cultural background
behind the creation and organization of
prud’homies is not so different from what might
work well elsewhere. Prud’homies have, at different stages of their past progressively inserts
several waves of immigration without any major
problems on their specifi city .
Mediterranean Prud’homies
[PMEs]) and Reduction Plans fl eets, under
guidance programs Pluri-annual (POP) of the
Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). For a plethora
of fi sheries, these heavy devices endanger the
renewal of the profession in many ports where
the population of fi shermen has already reached a
minimum threshold.
Other measures, such as those regarding vocational training, employment conditions, and
safety at sea continue to hamper the regeneration
of the fi shing profession in these small coastal
trades. Aware that this profession is changing due
to the specialization of the regions in Europe,
fi shermen are willing to consider its redefi nition.
Devices to set up must be in line with the preservation and enhancement of coastal ecosystems,
the regional tourist and residential development
(e.g. in the reduction of engine power, with
reference to trawlers), or the introduction of
diplomas or safety rules defi ned in relation to
ocean navigation.
Chaired by professional fi shermen, Prud’homies
are essential for consultation with a panel of
partners. This partnership, a central link in the
operation of local and regional structures fully
integrates partners in the fi sheries sector alongside the economic, institutional, and territorial
development players.
Networking representatives of users of the
area, including users of the sea, can exchange and
discuss actions to be taken to preserve and
enhance the marine environment and those that
depend on the economic activities.
4
Other Types of Cooperatives
In Europe, the Mediterranean fi sheries differ
from those in Spain, Italy, or Greece in terms of
the limited number of fi shermen spread over the
entire coastline, and the fact that this profession
has maintained a long tradition of local management. While some countries, like Greece, are
plaintiffs in regulatory matters, France has accumulated too many measures and the current problem faced by the profession is to integrate the
‘prud’homal’ mode of management within
European and national systems. In this regard, it
should be noted that the Commission, in a technical context, emphasizes management by sector of
activity and not as a global management territory,
which seems to better refl ect the territoriality of
the small fi shing industry .
This specifi city at the European level of
Mediterranean coastal fi shing, and the harmonization of its operation by its specifi c institutions
imbued with lengthy historical experience could
be used for other fi shing communities and even
constitute a kind of ‘laboratory’. Several reasons
support this view. The French Mediterranean
coast is characterized by a variety of geological
settings: exposure to wind and prevailing currents is found all around the Mediterranean basin;
the continental shelf is often not extended, there
exist steep coastal cliffs, ponds, canals, deep and
rough lagoons, deltas, contributory rivers,
islands, peninsulas, sandy or rocky areas, seagrass, etc. Each of these situations requires specifi c
operating
methods
and
fi shery
management.
5
Prud’homies and Society
Fishing faces many competing activities: industrial areas, shellfi sh, aquaculture, tourism,
agriculture, wildlife farms, urban, port, military,
and so on. Numerous activities are concentrated
in Port-Vendres and Menton. Confl icts have to be
resolved with the cooperation of fi shermen .
Historically, various forms of similar fi shing
prud’homies have existed throughout the
Mediterranean. The French prud’homies are currently the most developed, and some countries
have observed the spirit of these social structures,
born of long experience (Giovannoni 1998 ). This
is, for example, the case in Tunisia and Morocco.
One can imagine that the cultural background
behind the creation and organization of
prud’homies is not so different from what might
work well elsewhere. Prud’homies have, at different stages of their past progressively inserts
several waves of immigration without any major
problems on their specifi city .
Mediterranean Prud’homies