Enhancing Fisheries and Aquaculture Value Chains in the Mediterranean - GCP/INT/745/ITA
Capture fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean face both sustainability challenges and opportunities for improving competitiveness, which need to be addressed through appropriate policies and strategies for the development of these sectors. Some of the main challenges currently facing the capture fisheries and aquaculture value chains in the Mediterranean include the globalization and increasing complexity of markets and production, growing international competition, restructuring of value chains imbalance in bargaining power between actors, tighter standards for production, increasing consumer demand for quality, convenience and traceability and ecocertification. On the other hand, Mediterranean fisheries and aquaculture value chains enjoy opportunities for maximizing economic and social benefits from aquatic products. Well-established seafood processing and value addition capacity, innovation, functioning institutions, active producers’ organizations, well-established sector management bodies, and well-developed human capital are some of the key routes to fully utilize the potential of sustainable fisheries and aquaculture value chains. In this context, the objective of this project was to develop visions, policies and strategies for upgrading the wild shrimp and farmed trout value chains in the Mediterranean region to improve competitiveness and sustainability performance. Five countries were selected for the implementation of project activities: Albania, Italy, Lebanon, Tunisia and Türkiye.
| Format: | Project biblioteca |
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| Language: | English |
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FAO ;
2024
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| Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cd1844en |
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| Summary: | Capture fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean face both sustainability challenges and opportunities for improving competitiveness, which need to be addressed through appropriate policies and strategies for the development of these sectors. Some of the main challenges currently facing the capture fisheries and aquaculture value chains in the Mediterranean include the globalization and increasing complexity of markets and production, growing international competition, restructuring of value chains imbalance in bargaining power between actors, tighter standards for production, increasing consumer demand for quality, convenience and traceability and ecocertification. On the other hand, Mediterranean fisheries and aquaculture value chains enjoy opportunities for maximizing economic and social benefits from aquatic products. Well-established seafood processing and value addition capacity, innovation, functioning institutions, active producers’ organizations, well-established sector management bodies, and well-developed human capital are some of the key routes to fully utilize the potential of sustainable fisheries and aquaculture value chains. In this context, the objective of this project was to develop visions, policies and strategies for upgrading the wild shrimp and farmed trout value chains in the Mediterranean region to improve competitiveness and sustainability performance. Five countries were selected for the implementation of project activities: Albania, Italy, Lebanon, Tunisia and Türkiye. |
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