Ba Baltic and No North Sea Pi Pilot Project (BANS NS) Results so far Tallinn, 13 October 2017 Marcin Ruciński Baltic and North Sea Coordinator, LIFE Pilot Project ‘Support Measures for Small-Scale Fishing’ Baltic and North Sea Agreement No. MARE/2014/04 – SI2.727556
PO POLICY WORK AND ADVISORY COUNCILS Su Succe ccesses Next steps Ne Influencing the decision-making for Baltic Sea Hunting for more ExCom seats within BSAC • • fisheries management – 2017 and 2018 More active involvement from some LIFE • Fishing Opportunities Members Fi First BSAC ExC xCom seat , for German LIFE More emphasis on direct work with European • • Member, earned in May Institutions – in particular European Strong involvement in the work of BSAC Parliament and Commission • Elements of Regulation 2015/242 reflected More activities vis-à-vis Regionalization bodies • • within BSAC such as BALTFISH Key principle: work on the basis of our More involvement in HELCOM (LIFE gained • • Members’ views; internal negotiations often observer status in June) needed Challenges Ch So Solutions • Need more involvement in NSAC • Some LIFE Members changing their views on Interests of Region’s small-scale fishers very options within NSAC, seeing the BSAC • poorly reflected in NSAC agenda example Willingness from Region’s small-scale fishers • to participate in NSAC work limited Re Releva vant Project Indicators: small-sc scale fish sher r attendance Advisory Councils: 11 11 attained/6 6 declared and more to come • Brussels Events: d and more to come • 3 attained/4 3 4 de declar lared Member State level: 13 13 atta ttained/3 de declar lared • Other fora (incl. BALTFISH): d and more to come • 6 at attained/3 de declar lared
EX EXCHANGE E OF BEST T PR PRACTI TICE, E, CAPACITY TY BUILDING BANS Workshop, Warsaw, October 2016 BA Releva Re vant Project Indicators Focus on capacity building & networking • • Regional conferences/workshops: Agenda: EU Institutions, CFP, ACs, EMFF, quota 1 attained/2 1 2 declared • management systems, role of women, discards • Exch. of good practice meetings: Good discussions and levels of question from 2 2 attained/3 3 de declar lared • participants Se Seal-sa safe gears, s, Ja Jarnavik, , April 2017 Pl Planned ed… Focus on solving grey seal issue in a non-lethal way • Regional conference/workshop: • Swedish and Polish fishermen and scientists • pr project summar ummary involved; Danes and Germans followed suit thanks Exch. of good practice – ma markets • to their scientific institutes • 10 years worth of experience from SLU’s experiments opened • „teaser” for larger trial & awareness projects AC ACs experience, Hamburg, October 2017 Con Context • Focus on lessons learned from intense ACs • Project dedicated to wo working fishers involvement from the project start – time management crucial • Representatives from 5 nations; many interested in • Attending ACs, etc. ta takes up a lot of workshop documentation fi fishers’ time Looking towards the future of ACs in a wider CFP • context The Hamburg Conclusions •
PU PUBLICATI TIONS Releva Re vant Project Indicators Articles Ar es Project publications per annum, • • 4 in 2016, 4 in 2017 wide dissemination: Covering many topics of importance to small-scale fishers • 4 attained/4 4 4 declared with in Baltic and North Sea regions: Fishing Opportunities, Articles only Landing Obligation, Advisory Councils, European Eel Production of Be Best Practice Guide : • Prepared rigorously, in consultation with directly • planned concerned fishers and with the help of their knowledge Available here: http://lifeplatform.eu/news-media/ • Monthly Newsl Mo sletter r and Social Me Media Covering all the relevant meetings being part of the project • Popularizing events lead by our Members • Translated into 9 languages, mostly by LIFE staff • Numerous Facebook entries, many on project-related • matters Dozens of Tweets on matters relevant to Baltic and North • Sea Members 5 Tutor 5 orials • Several minutes’ long movies financed from LIFE own funds Coverage: EU Institutions, CFP, ACs, EMFF, direct • sales/marketing Meant to explain the complexities in a straightforward way • Translated into 3 languages using Project funds (5 in total) • Will form part of Best Practice Guide •
LIF LIFE MEMBERSHIP HIP, DAIL AILY Y WORK Ne Next steps 5 new Member Organization 5 ons joi oining LIFE Analysing Sweden, looking into Lithuania, 1 from Finland: Kesalahti Fish Base Cooperative • • 1 from Sweden: Svenska Yrkefiskares Forening/SYEF Latvia. Work with „mapped” countries • continues 3 from Poland: Darłowska Group of Fish Producers • and Fishing Boat Owners; Association of Boat Fishers • Focus on tightening and activating the existing „Mierzeja”; Wolin Fishers’ Association – and considerable – Members’ network Mapping activities towards Finland and Estonia • LIFE Membership applications are scrupulously • analysed for all the details Solutions So Ch Challenges Dominant position of traditional „umbrella” Small-scale fishers’ representation questions • • organizations comprising both large- and small-scale merit deeper analysis and policy response by fishers is jealously guarded decision-makers (politically delicate matter!) Break-away action from such organizations faces Look for partnerships with (genuinely!) small- • • many considerable risks scale fisheries-friendly umbrella organizations Individualist approach of un-associated small-scale • fishers Need for a local leader to emerge to create a new • Re Releva vant Project Indicators organization; top-down approach will not work New LIFE Members: 5 5 at attained/6 • de declar lared LIFE serves as a daily “pit-stop” for all the matters of Creation of new organizations: • relevance and interest for our Member Organizations 0 0 attained/4 4 declared
EMER EMERGING CONCLUSIONS “Improved representation mix” “Different thinking about markets” 1. Start by winning back trust 1. First – organize field trips Markets for small-scale fisheries are • • Talk and listen to fishers, understand their situation and problems completely different from those of large-scale • Avoid drawing premature or facile conclusions fisheries • Understand the role of unpredictable factors in their work – Still, too many small-scale fishers are forced • • weather, environment conditions, market difficulties to compete on quantity-based markets, to their detriment • Regulators of all levels should pay more 2. Ta 2. Tailor-ma made de ca capacity building building attention to low impact, sustainable, local Use concrete situations and practical examples • fresh fish and best niche markets for it • Simplify to avoid jargon but avoid simplicity That’s the best way of strengthening small- • Clarify why engaging pays off • scale fishing communities • Help overcome fear of speaking in public (where present) There are some good examples using modern • communication technologies; they could 3. . Pr Promote and and as assis isst in in se self-re repre resentation become more widespread with EU financial Help in preparing for meetings • support Provide broader context – what the interlocutors seek • Underscore the role of small-scale fishers’ practical knowledge • Introduce basic negotiating techniques •
WH WHERE NEXT? HOW TO SUSTAIN INVOLVEMENT OF SMALL-SCALE FISHERS IN THE CFP? Ma Management Financi Fi cing Small-scale fisheries’ reality is Provision of fisheries management advice • • predominantly local and regional (at has been financed by the EU since ACs’ Member State level) creation Many management solutions for this Can com Ca omparable fi financial sol olution ons be • • sector should come from local and applied applie d to more lo local al bo bodie dies suc uch h as as regional level FLAGs FL Gs? • Re Reva vamped FLAGs could play a role here , if • Functioning pan-European networks also tasked with advising on management need continuous financial support matters • Can approp Ca opriate lon ong-te term financial Many problems are similar across Europe, so solutions s be applied to them? • so a a pan pan-Eu European netw twork is also needed At EU level: re-balancing act within ACs • and other decision-making fora, to even out large-scale and small-scale interests
TH THANK K YOU OU www www.lifeplatform.eu Tw Twitter: @LIF LIFEplatformEU, @ , @marruci cinsk skiLIF LIFE https: s://w //www.faceb cebook.com/LIF /LIFEplatformEU/ Marci cin Ruci cińsk ski Pilot Project ‘Support Measures for Ba Balti tic an and No North Se Sea Co Coordinator Small-Scale Fishing’ ba bans ns@lifepl platform rm.e .eu Baltic and North Sea Agreement No. MARE/2014/04 – +4 +48 882 575 882 SI2.727556
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