ADRI.FISH – Promotion of sustainable fishery in Northern Adriatic sea

2A082

Regione Veneto
Via Torino 110
30172 Mestre (VE)
Italy

Dr. Mario Richieri
Tel.:	+390412795581
Fax:	+390412795504
Email:	mario.richieri@regione.veneto.it
Homepage:	http://www.adrifish.org

1 - Spatial development approaches
1.1 - Promoting spatial development

(See here for a priorities and measures overview)

1st Call

The ADRI.FISH project tackled several problems affecting the fishing sector in the Northern Adriatic Sea, in particular with reference to structural, economic and legislative barriers which separate the actors involved in fishing off the Italian and Balkan coasts. Despite their geographical closeness and their common historical background, these lines of division continued to exist. The ADRI.FISH project intends to improve the knowledge concerning the Adriatic fishing sector and to help in the process of qualification and improvement of the added value of fishing products at a transnational level in order to stimulate the development of the fishing sector in the Northern Adriatic area. The project was promoted by the Veneto Region (Lead Partner) in cooperation with partners from the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, the Emilia-Romagna region, and Federcoopesca in Italy as well as the Istrian region in Croatia and the Municipality of Izola in Slovenia.

The most important result of the ADRI.FISH project is the establishment of the Social-Economic Observatory of Fisheries in the Northern Adriatic Sea located in Chioggia (Italy). Today the Observatory employs a transnational staff and plays an important role in co-ordinating the fishing activities as it has become the centre for surveying and analysing social and economic data related to the fisheries sector. The Observatory pays special attention to production, market trends, employment and consumption. A database and statistical reports were created to support the work of the Observatory. Moreover, a transnational feasibility study for the identification of strategic areas suitable for structural interventions was made, focused on the technical evaluation of a proposal for the right typology, dimension, cost of logistics and commercial structures in the Northern Adriatic Sea. In addition to this, the first Fishers' Association in the Istrian region and the first Fishers' Centre in Izola were established and transnational training measures for promoting and marketing fishing products were organised. A specific section for the Socio-Economic Observatory was included on the ADRI.FISH website (available in Italian, English, Croatian and Slovenian) and a regular ADRI.FISH newsletter was published.

Total budget (EUR):	1.971.000,00 EUR
ERDF:	857.048,00 EUR

Start:	04/2002
End:	10/2005

• Regione Veneto, Mestre (VE), Italy
• Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Udine, Italy
• Emilia Romagna Region, Bologna, Italy
• Federcoopesca, Rome, Italy
• Region of Istria, Pula, Croatia
• Municipality of Izola, Izola, Slovenia