Norah Parke (Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation) - “Crab management”

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Source: Managing Ireland’s Inshore Fisheries, Bord Iascaigh Mhara

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Source: Managing Ireland’s Inshore Fisheries, Bord Iascaigh Mhara

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Many other voices have been

heard:

• Defra – Juliette Hatchman

• NFFO

• NUTFA

• ICFAs

• NGOs

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BRUSSELS MANAGEMENT

• EU Regulation 1954.2003

• Effort

• EU Regulation 850.1998

• MLS

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Introduction to ACRUNET

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What is ACRUNET?

Atlantic Crab Users Resource

Network

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Who is ACRUNET?

15 Partners:

BIM Bord Bia

KFO SAGB

Seafish IFREMER

France Agrimer CEFAS

Marine Institute NFFO

IPIMAR SFF

CETMAR Seafood Scotland

CNPMEM

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• Why ACRUNET?

• In the past

– Complete lack of trust

– Playing one side against the other

– Drove poor quality, low prices, excessive effort

– a downward spiral

• September 2008

– First transnational meeting

– July 2009 Fishermen’s meeting, Edinburgh

– More meetings followed

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• Contd.

• Meeting in Paris, January 2010

– Conclusions

• A pan-European marketing drive

• A voluntary limit on landings in an effort to maintain

a “break-even” price for live brown crab

• Funding was needed to carry on and

ACRUNET was born

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• What are the challenges for ACRUNET?

– Managing stock as a shared resource

– Managing supply of product from shared

resource to meet market demand

– Lack of consistency in approach to quality

– Increased awareness and demands of

consumers on environmental issues

– Poor market awareness of Brown Crab in its

various forms

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• What will ACRUNET do?

• Objectives:

A transnational industry network

• Co-operation, communication, innovation

An industry/science interface

• Management and policy at national, regional

and EU level

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Contd.

European Brown Crab Standard

• Responsibly caught, quality product

Increase economic viability of entire chain

• Analysis of key cost points

Innovative practices and Products

• Informed by production chain analysis

Consumer education and marketing

• Increase market presence and visibility

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How will ACRUNET achieve its

objectives?

Development of the Transnational

Network is the key

Communications platform Not just a website!

Knowledge transfer

Input of stakeholders - fishermen

Processors, scientists, NGOs, regulatory authorities

Consumer confidence

Consumer opinion

Conflict Resolution

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• Other Activities

– Development of Industry/Science Interface

– Attain ISO 65 accreditation

– Characterisation, analysis and modeling of

industry

– Develop innovative techniques and practices

– Consumer education and marketing

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Thank you.

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