Engl

6th

MeSFiDE Meeting of the partners

8th-9th-10th October 2007 Kavala

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Actions’ report on behalf of the Prefecture of Heraklion

• Data collection regarding the Piscatorial Fleet, the fishermen, and the fish mongers of the Prefecture of Heraklion. • We prepared and distributed questionnaires to the fishermen and we have extracted results that present the existent situation of the fishery sector.

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• We prepared and distributed questionnaires to the fishmongers of our area. Unfortunately up to know their response was limited. • We have realized three informative meetings, with the fishermen and the involved authorities. 3

Photos of the 1st informative meeting with the fishermen and local authorities

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Photos of the 2nd informative meeting

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Meeting with local fishermen of Heraklion city

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• We have recorded the problems that fishermen face today and we have forwarded them to the European Parliament, through the European Deputy Mr. Stavros Arnaoutakis. We have also forwarded the problems to the Ministry of Mercantile Marine and to the Hellenic Ministry of Rural Development and Food, through the Prefect of Heraklion Mrs. Evangelia Schoinaraki – Iliaki. 7

• We have collected traditional fish recipes. • In cooperation with the Fishery Directorate we have collected the legal frame that concerns the fishery sector. • We presented a sample of the data base for the fishery. • A research has been made consisting of the following chapters: 8

Α) “Fishing” in History. Sea environment and human societies. 2. Fishery in Paleolithic and Neolithic Age, in Ancient, Minoan and Mycenaean times, up till the recent past. 3. Fishery Techniques of the past. 4. Fishermen manners and customs, habits and stories, through time. 5. Fishery and Art. 1.

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Β) Sea Environnent.

1. Significance of the term “life”. a) Chemistry of «life». b) Nature of «life» in sea environment. 2. Animals Classification and Phylogeny. 3. Constitution sea resources. 4. Features of Sea Water. 5. Sea environment: a) Features of sea bottom. b) Sea organisms’ types and Classification. c) Ecological Classification of Sea environment. d) Significant Sea Ecological factors. e) Mediterranean specific Sea Ecological factors. 6. Biotic structures of sea environment. a) Sea communities. b) Larvae. c) Pelagic environment. d) Pelagic food chain. Drugs from the sea.

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C) Fishes.

1. Fishes origin. 2. Fishes biology. 3. Structural and Functional Adaptations a) Suspension and Navigation Mechanisms. b) Movement through sea water. c) Nutrition habits and models. 4. Emigration 5. Reproduction. a) Perpetuation of life and effective reproduction

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models. b) Reproductive isolation –strategies. c) Reproduction of Mediterranean Fishes. Sea zones Greek sea fishes. Fish species monthly availability. Sustenance of fishes. 11

D) Fishery.

1. Traditional Fishery. 2. Fishery kinds (open sea, inner water sea, middle sea).

3. The importance of weather in fishery, fishermen glossary and symbols. 4. Fishing fields. a) Global level b) National level (natural and artificial fisheries). 5. Marketable fish catches. 6. Fishing Legislation. 7. Modern Fishing Techniques. 8. Sea recreation ecosystems. 9. Fishing tourism. 10.Sea shelters. 11.Coastal fishery. 12

Ε)Fishery in our days.

1. “Marketable fish catches” in relation with population rise. 2. Human influence on sea environment. 3. Aquaculture. a) Basic types. b) Species and Area selection. 4. Mediterranean Fishery. a) Over-Fishing b) Sea Water Pollution c) Fishery Boats d) Cretan Sea.

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F) Fishery and Sea Environment Management.

I) Environment a) Maintenance and upgrade of Sea Environment. b) Feature prospects. c) Environmental Ethics. II) Europe III) Greece a) Fishery Management. b) Fishery fleet. c) Fishery Stock Management. d) Fishery products – Certification. e) Fishery products promotion (Processing, Commerce) f) Legal protection of fisherman while commercialize. g) Legal protection and advices of consumer. h) Programmes, activities about fishermen professional training. i) Women and youths in Fishery. k) Athletic Fishery. l) Science, Technology, Art and Fishery. IV) Island of Crete

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• We came in contact with the Hellenic Food Authority and we collected the civic-national legislation regarding the categories and the freshness’ criteria of the fish as well as the legislation about the selling standards of the fish in the markets. 15

• Search on the possibility of creation a Fishery Faculty so that the fishermen can be trained on their field and become more competitive • We combined MeSFiDE project with THON.DOC project which refers to fishing tourism, so as to provide fishermen with an alternative way to grow their income. 16

• We organized the 1st Fisherman’s Feast in the frames of Mercato alla Voce • Folders’ creation and printing for the project. • Creation and printing of promotional leaflets for the Fisherman’s Feast. • Poster creation for the project. 17

Fisherman’s Feast The Prefecture of Heraklion in cooperation with the fishermen’s association organized successfully the 1st Fisherman’s Feast in the frames of MeSFiDE and THON.DOC project.

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Actions to be done in near future • We will organize at least one more Fisherman’s Feast to a port in the south coast of Crete according to the demands of the project. • We will distribute the questionnaires that the Lead Partner will send us to the fish consumers

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• We will intervene to the traditional fish market so as to make it comply with the hygiene conditions. • We will organize a training seminar to the fishermen, the fishmongers. • We will send the questionnaires to the fish mongers for the 2nd time. • Connection – creation of a tradechain among our fish markets.

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Proposal Due to the problems that we had to deal with (Managing Authority, subsidy contract, budget modification etc.), the progress of the project is not the expected one. That is why, we propose a four-month extension (April 2008), if all partners agree with that.

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Financial item BUDGET CATEGORIES

(Α)

PAID EXPENSES (B)

UNPAID EXPENSES (C)

TOTAL(D) B +C

REST (Α) (Β)

30.000,00

0

0

0,00

30.000,00

10.000,00

252,40

2443,39

2695,79

7304,21

17.000,00

3498,79

1727,48

5226,27

11773,73

35.000,00

102,82

778,78

881,60

34118,40

EXPERTISE

15.000,00

4.451,00

0,00

4451,00

10549,00

6. EQUIPMENT

20.000,00

1.729,07

2826,25

4552,320

15444,68

COSTS

3.000,00

296,48

0,00

296,48

2703,52

TOTAL

130.000,00

10330,56

7775,90

18106,46

111893,54

100%

8%

6%

14%

86% 22

1. PERSONNEL 2. SEMINARS – MEETINGS 3. TRAVELS ACCOMMODATION 4. PROMOTIONPUBLICITY 5. EXTERNAL

7.OPERATIONAL

PERCENAGE

Thank you for your attention

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