Small-Scale Fisheries in Spain: Diversity and Challenges

Corral, David Florido del; Villasante, Sebastián; Modino, Raquel de la Cruz; Pascual-Fernández, José J.

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“…Galicia is such an important area for fishing because, for example, primary production can reach 250 g C/m 2 /year in the Ría de Arousa, the most extensive estuary of the Rías Baixas (Varela et al, 1984), which is far higher than the average primary production observed in the Atlantic Ocean (100 g C/m 2 /year) and is close to the estimated average for land ecosystems (Fraga and Margalef, 1979). The fisheries sector is a major contributor to the regional gross domestic product (GDP) (Galician Institute of Statistics [IGE], 2020;Pascual-Fernández et al, 2020). Galicia is also the main fishing region in Spain (Freire and García-Allut, 2000), and one of the most fishing dependent areas in the EU (Villasante et al, 2016).…”

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Rapid Assessment of the COVID-19 Impacts on the Galician (NW Spain) Seafood Sector

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This paper aims to develop a rapid assessment of the COVID-19 impact on the Galician (NW Spain) seafood sector, one of the most important maritime regions in the world. Here, we focus not only on the immediate COVID-19 impacts on the extractive fisheries sector, but also on the capacity of the aquaculture and the canned industries to supply seafood markets before and during the pandemic. We synthesize multiple data sources from across the seafood supply chain to show the relative initial responses and variables of recovery during a pre-COVID-19 period (2015–2019) and during the pandemic (2020). Our study shows that seafood sectors and trade were disrupted by abrupt shifts in demand, supply and limitations on the movement of people and goods, with a wide range of impacts and consequences for the seafood sectors. We find that domestic landings, Galician aquaculture production and imports and exports of seafood products (fresh, live and frozen) in 2020 showed an important decrease. In contrast, the canned production and the imports and exports of prepared and preserved seafood products followed an increasing trend during the COVID-19 pandemic. We record a change in the consumption behavior of the Galician population, which significantly increased expenditure in fresh and canned seafood products during the first confinement. Overall, the Galician seafood sectors were able to ensure the supply of seafood products to the population during the period of confinement decreed as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Proximity to markets, investment in domestic or nearby supply chains and the development of new technological innovations helped to avoid food shortages and loss of livelihoods in Galicia. Fishers and fishing enterprises have also acted collectively to reassert their rights to provide essential and high quality seafood products to the Galician population, their livelihoods and safe working conditions, and have leveraged relationships and collaborations with their government counterparts to continue fishing.

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Rapid Assessment of the COVID-19 Impacts on the Galician (NW Spain) Seafood Sector

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“…Based on the systematic literature review conducted in this research, our results showed that the main fisheries management systems studied in Galician SSF during the last three decades are -in this order of importance-co-management systems (including Territorial Users' Rights, TURFs) (Freire and García-Allut, 2000;Freire, 2004;Fernández-Boán et al, 2013;Casal et al, 2020;Garza-Gil et al, 2020), TACs for those species under the Common Fisheries Policy of the European Union, inputs-effort-outputs for the coastal fleet (Villasante, 2009), the development of a new Marine Reserve of Fishing Interest (Fernández-Márquez, 2015;Tubío, 2015;Fernández-Vidal, 2017), and using private and/or public exploitation concessions to develop shellfishing activities for sedentary species in intertidal and subtidal waters (Macho et al, 2013;Pascual-Fernández et al, 2020).…”

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“…Under the Fisheries Law of the Xunta de Galicia (Law 11/2008, December 3, of Galician Fishing), marine reserves of fishing interest are tools for the management of fishing resources and conservation of marine ecosystems (Fernández-Vidal, 2017). In the process of creating the MPA of Os Miñarzos, fishers have taken an active participation in the design and collectively defined the most suitable management plans for sustainable fishing within the reserve (Pascual-Fernández et al, 2020), which led to a greater acceptability and compliance of norms, entering into the navigation phase.…”

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“…In addition to the scientific, there are other forms of knowledge, which have demonstrated their effectiveness and ability to survive insofar as they have withstood the world of experience and have been able to make certain predictions or to make certain phenomena occur or prevent them from occurring (García-Allut, 2003a). Traditional ecological knowledge, and specifically, fisher's (including women) ecological knowledge, contains empirical and conceptual aspects, is cumulative generationally and is dynamic insofar as it responds to technological, ecological and socio-economic changes (Freire and García-Allut, 1999;García-Allut, 2003a;Pascual-Fernández et al, 2020).…”

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“…The fisheries sector is a major contributor to the regional gross domestic product (GDP) (IGE -Instituto Galego de Estatística, 2020;Pascual-Fernández et al, 2020). Galicia is also the main fishing region in Spain (Freire and García-Allut, 2000), and one of the most fishing dependent areas in the European Union (EU) (Villasante et al, 2016).…”

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Ever Changing Times: Sustainability Transformations of Galician Small-Scale Fisheries

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The Galician small-scale fisheries sector has been experiencing important changes. The presence of a wide range of ecological, economic, social and institutional drivers have forced the statu quo toward new transitions with the potential to generate desirable transformative changes. Sustainability transformations mean that changes fundamentally alter the entire system’s ecological and/or social properties and functions. However, there is a limited understanding of how a transformative change may look in small-scale fisheries, when and by whom it can be triggered, supported, and implemented. To cover this research gap, the objectives of this paper are twofold: to document the current state of the art of Galician small-scale fisheries, and to evaluate the innovations and changes that occurred between 1990 and 2020, to explore whether such changes have scaled-up as seeds of desirable transformative changes and, if not, what obstacles and/or barriers have been identified in the scientific literature. We selected two cases, the Galician shellfisheries and the Marine Protected Area of Fishing Interest Os Miñarzos, to understand when and how profound changes in small-scale fisheries took place. We hypothesize that obstacles for building resilience to consolidate transformative changes once triggered are the still moderate effectiveness of the fisheries management systems, the low progress of incorporation of scientific and traditional knowledge into decision-making processes and policy arenas, the lack of studies about socio-economic contribution to coastal communities and commercialization models, and the presence of persistent ecological and economic drivers hindering desirable transformative changes.

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Assessing the quality of octopus: From sea to table

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Octopuses (scientific order Octopoda under the scientific class Cephalopoda) are a group of aquatic species with economic importance as a food product in many countries around the world. Octopus products are consumed in many different geographic locations around the world, including East Asia, the Mediterranean region, the Caribbean region, and South American coastal regions. To‐date, a comprehensive scientific review of octopus with direction toward procurement, food processing, and food quality has not been published. The purpose of this review was to provide a practical overview of the nomenclature, procurement (i.e., catching), processing, quality, and shelf‐life of octopus. The objective was accomplished by strategically searching for scientific literature on the topic of octopus and octopus‐derived food products. Octopus‐derived food products have a high protein content (70%–85% on a dry matter basis), significant levels of important major and trace minerals, and significant levels of essential vitamins. In addition, octopus‐derived food products are highly sought after in some areas of the world. However, recognized standards for procurement of octopus and preparation of octopus‐derived food products vary around the world and are frankly inconsistent and under reported. The octopus industry would greatly benefit from greater levels of practical information becoming available, especially as the industry experiences growth and heightened levels of demand.

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Small-Scale Fisheries in Spain: Diversity and Challenges

Cited by 12 publications

References 41 publications

Rapid Assessment of the COVID-19 Impacts on the Galician (NW Spain) Seafood Sector

Rapid Assessment of the COVID-19 Impacts on the Galician (NW Spain) Seafood Sector

Ever Changing Times: Sustainability Transformations of Galician Small-Scale Fisheries

Assessing the quality of octopus: From sea to table

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