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Fishing communities along the Channel and southern North Sea are facing challenges and changes at a time of strict regulation and measures to address the ‘crisis’ in fisheries. GIFS is major a project co-funded by the [http://www.interreg4a-2mers.eu/en/%20%20 Interreg IVa 2 Seas programme] (the GIFS project will be undertaken from December 2011 to September 2014)and aims to understand the socio-economic and cultural importance of inshore fishing to better inform fisheries policy, coastal regeneration strategies and sustainable community development by:
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* Identifying best practice in coastal zone governance and marine fishing
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* Exploring the social and cultural values of fishing places and communities
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* Valuing the economic benefits of inshore fishing
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* Understanding grassroots perspectives on inshore fishing through the ‘voice’ of communities
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* Creating a ‘snapshot’ of fishing life at the start of the 21st century

Revision as of 11:54, 11 October 2013

Fishing communities along the Channel and southern North Sea are facing challenges and changes at a time of strict regulation and measures to address the ‘crisis’ in fisheries. GIFS is major a project co-funded by the Interreg IVa 2 Seas programme (the GIFS project will be undertaken from December 2011 to September 2014)and aims to understand the socio-economic and cultural importance of inshore fishing to better inform fisheries policy, coastal regeneration strategies and sustainable community development by:

  • Identifying best practice in coastal zone governance and marine fishing
  • Exploring the social and cultural values of fishing places and communities
  • Valuing the economic benefits of inshore fishing
  • Understanding grassroots perspectives on inshore fishing through the ‘voice’ of communities
  • Creating a ‘snapshot’ of fishing life at the start of the 21st century