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Second Symposium on Fishery-Dependent Information , Rome 3-6 March , 2014

New horizons in the co-management of the octopus fishery in Galicia (NW Spain) due to the development of the European projects GAP2 and GEPETO. Second Symposium on Fishery-Dependent Information , Rome 3-6 March , 2014 Pablo Pita, Duarte Fernández-Vidal and Ramón Muíño . Background.

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Second Symposium on Fishery-Dependent Information , Rome 3-6 March , 2014

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  1. New horizons in the co-management of the octopus fishery in Galicia (NW Spain) due to the development of the European projects GAP2 and GEPETO Second Symposium on Fishery-Dependent Information, Rome 3-6 March, 2014 Pablo Pita, Duarte Fernández-Vidal and Ramón Muíño.

  2. Background

  3. The octopus fishery 8 of 10 news in the main Galician newspaper show rallies or confrontation between fishers and managers. Managers complain that their regulations are routinely ignored, while fishermen argue that these regulations are implemented without their participation.

  4. The octopus fishery Source: http://www.pescadegalicia.com/

  5. Philosophy behind GAP2 and GEPETO GAP2 project in Galicia Participatory approach to integrate FK on target species and fishing grounds with SK and with the results of a fisheries monitoring to allocate CPUE to improve the spatial information of the coastal fisheries. GEPETO project in Galicia Regional approach to fisheries management by associating professional, scientific, fishers and NGOs. Combines stakeholders’ resources and capabilities to improve the long-term sustainability and profitability of the Galician octopus fishery.

  6. The octopus fishery by the GAP2 project in Galicia

  7. The octopus fishery by the GAP2 project in Galicia We identified local experts by a snowball procedure and performed 4 semi-directed personal interviews to octopus fishers and skippers. In the interviews, the fishers sketched in maps the extension of the areas where they fish for octopus. The information was introduced in a GIS superimposing the information obtained from each fisher to achieve a single layer.

  8. The octopus fishery by the GAP2 project in Galicia Validating the octopus cartography

  9. The octopus fishery by the GAP2 project in Galicia Octopus fisheries monitoring

  10. Distribution CPUE

  11. Collaboration between GAP2 and GEPETO

  12. Contact and information: www.recursosmarinos.net/gap2 www.gap2.eu gap2galicia@gmail.com Sourcesofthephotos in press: La voz de Galicia El Faro de Vigo

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