1. Pilot project "Support measures for small-scale fishing" - Agreement number - MARE/2014/04 - SI "Actions aimed to enhance the participatory role of Mediterranean small-scale fishing in the decision making and advisory processes at national and EU level"
CROATIAN CASE STUDY – FINAL EVENT Hotel Valamar Diamant, Brulo 1, 52440, Poreč – Croatia 20th October 2016

2. 1. meeting, July 2016 Pula and Poreč – port identification
presentation regarding SSF framework on the European level (institutions, legislation, role of science, DCF, facts about SSF in the Mediterranean countries) and national level (institutions, legislation, national facts about SSF,), funding and opportunities for the stakeholders
During that discussion several issue have surfaced as main problems of local SSF:
competition with large or industrial fisheries working with bottom trawl, purse seiners and dredges both for space and resources but also for market
competition for space with other SSF and recreational fishers
unfair competition with recreational fisheries who very often work outside the legal framework
competition with dolphins
competition with touristic operations with speedy boats and other vessels in small ports during summer months
finding new channels for placing catch on the market
finding ways for better surveillance of fisher’s activities on sea by local authorities

3. 1. meeting, July 2016

4. 2. meeting, September 2016 fulfilling of the questionnaire
importance of data collection and sharing for the strengthening of the sector participation in the decision-making process.
In total, 36 fulfilled questionnaires are collected,
examples of more actively involvement of local SSF in the decision-making process in Croatia
stock assessment of common lobster, Hommarus gammarus in western coast of Istria (northern Adriatic)
assessment of damage caused by competition between dolphins and SSF

5. Final event, October 2016-Italy
Presentation of the project and outcomes of the preliminary investigation
Working group with fishers
SSF and MEDAC
Summary and concluding remarks

6. Final event, October 2016-Slovenia
Presentation of the project and outcomes of the preliminary investigation
Working group with fishers
SSF and MEDAC
Summary and concluding remarks

7. Comprehensive understanding of threats and challenges
in-depth scientific research
reliable official statistics
fishers’ participation in management processes
Workshops (awareness)

8. Fishery mismanagement
Direct effects
Indirect effects
abundance decrease
changes in size
species composition
modifications of population parameters
trophic shift
bottom disturbance
Act on short and long-term temporal scales!!!

9. Challenges Sustainable fisheries managament (EBM)
Reduce discard and bycatch
Reduce gost fishing
Reduce competion between dolphins and fishers
prevent new pollution
Adaptations related to climate change (animals, humans, infrastructure)
Biodiversity conservation

10. Final event, October 2016-Croatia
Presentation of the project and outcomes of the preliminary investigation
Working group with fishers
SSF and MEDAC
Summary and concluding remarks

11. IZRADA PROCJENE ŠTETA OD PREDATORA (DUPINA) U HRVATSKOM RIBARSTVU
sveobuhvatni pregled interakcije dupina i ribara kroz preliminarne upitnike na području cijele istočne obale Jadrana te strukturirane tjedne ankete
dnevni izvještaji ribara
promatranje s broda tijekom ribolovnih operacija, analiza ponašanja i veličine grupe dupina
procjena direktnih šteta na različitim ribolovnim alatima
procjena direktnih i indirektnih šteta ulova
vremenska i prostorna raspodjela učestalosti napada
davanje stručne podloge, preporuka te mjera smanjenja šteta

13. Procjena stanja hlapa, Hommarus gammarus u sjevernom Jadranu
Dosadašnje projektne aktivnosti:
Zatraženo rješenje od Uprave za ribarstvo o suradnji s 10 lokalnih ribara na zapadnoj obali Istre o zadržavanju hlapova u vrijeme lovostaja za potrebe ovog istraživanja (KLASA: UP/I /16-01/139; URBROJ: / )
Dodjeljivanje specifičnih registratora za praćenje ribarima s kojima je dogovorena suradnja
Popisivanje ulova ostvarenih od strane ribara u razdoblju srpanj – listopad
kvalitativno-kvantitativna analiza ulova
Prikupljanje biološkog materijalaza populacijsku analizu ciljane vrste (hlap)

15. Planirane daljnje aktivnosti
nastavak gore navedenih istraživanja (listopad svibanj 2017)
provedba ciljanih ribolovnih aktivnosti uz pomoć mreža stajaćica (jednostruke i trostruke)i klopkastih alata (vrše) radi verificiranja ulova ribara i prikupljanja biološkog materijala
analiza očevidnika u kojima su zabilježeni ulovi velikih rakova i aktivnosti ribara u zadnjih 5 godina u radu s navedenim alatima
kvalitativno-kvantitativna analiza ulova,
prostorno-vremenska raspodjela populacije
zastupljenost nedoraslih jedinki i onih < MLS, ribolovni napor, CPUE po pojedinom tipu alata
prikupljanje biološkog materijala za populacijsku i genetsku analizu ciljane vrste
obrada biološkog materijala
statistička analiza
izrada izvješća i prezentiranje konačnih rezultata.
interpretacija podataka za potrebe donošenja novih prijedloga i mjera upravljanja
komunikacija rezultata