1. Building a network of
“Fisheries Villages”
Serge Gomes da Silva
FARNET Support Unit

2. • Tourism is one of the main pillars of Blue
Growth in Atlantic Action Plan. Still…
• “Fisheries villages” present distinctive
features making them particularly
attractive for tourists. Fact.
• Fisheries communities
and professionals can
connect and cooperate to
promote this
attractiveness
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Building a network of Fisheries Villages
…but how?

3. • FLAGs : Fisheries Local Action Groups
• 2007/2014 : 312 in EU, over 50 across Atlantic arc
• 10000 projects tourism, training, R&D…
• In 2014/2020: more opportunities for
Community Led Local Development
• linkages EMFF/ERDF/ESF
• “locally driven” European cooperation
• Strategic opportunity to develop it
within the priorities of the Atlantic
Action Plan
• For candidate FLAGs (strategy building phase)
• For other local stakeholders (join CLLD!)
Building a network of Fisheries Villages

4. • Build up on the two projects Villas mariñeras
& Aldeias do Mar
• Exchange experience, opinions on the
role & goals of a Fisheries Villages Network
• Identify partners and first steps.
Building a network of Fisheries Villages

5. FLAG N&W Cumbria
FLAG Cornwall
FLAG Auray
FLAG Arcachon - Val de l'Eyre
FLAG CABO LASTRES-PUNTA OLIVO
FLAG A Mariña-Ortegal
FLAG Costa da Morte
FLAG Seo Fisterra Ría Muros Noia
FLAG Ría de Pontevedra
FLAG Litoral Norte
FLAG Mondego
FLAG Barlavento do Algarve
FLAG GRAN CANARIA
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6. On Twitter:
use #fishvillages
Tweet to
@EU_FARNET,
@EUAtlantic,
@EU_MARE
sgs@farnet.eu / @serge_at_FARNET
On LinkedIn:
Join the discussion
and find FLAG
partners
Building a network of Fisheries Villages