Given the need to improve the fisheries and acquaculture sectors in Turkey, the EU Twinning Project Institutional Capacity Building for Fishery Producer Organisations’ has been developed since early February.
The aim of the project team is to implement practical adaptive strategies and integrate lessons learned from different European Union Member States as much as possible, focusing on those from the Netherlands, France and Sweden, Wageningen UR informed.
It has been pointed out that in the country some of the current factors hindering the progress towards a healthy and sustainable fisheries and aquaculture sector are the insufficient stock-assessment research, an effective value chain approach, insight in marketing options of fishery and aquaculture products, insight in consumer preferences, balancing variations in demand and supply.
The project team stated that, through this project, they will search for options for fishermen and fish farmers to collaborate in producer organisations, and as such support reorganising the Turkish market in line with the EU Acquis, the body of common rights and obligations that is binding on all the EU member states.
Another of the goals of the project aims has been to foster a dynamic fishing industry that ensures a fair standard of living for fishing communities, but recognises the impact of human activity on all components of the ecosystem.
As such the project team will work in line with the EU Common Market Organisation (CMO) for Fishery and Aquaculture Products and the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).
The CFP aims to ensure that fishing and aquaculture are environmentally, economically and socially sustainable, and that they provide a source of healthy food for EU citizens.
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