RT Journal Article
T1 The cofradías’ role within the Fisheries Local Action Groups system: Implications for small-scale fisheries in Galicia (Spain)
A1 García Lorenzo, Iria
A1 Piñeiro Antelo, Ángeles
A1 Villasante Larramendi, Carlos Sebastián
A1 Pita Orduna, Pablo
K1 Community-led local development
K1 Fisheries areas
K1 Fisheries organisations
K1 Governance
K1 Institutions
AB Structural funds for fisheries have a long history in the European Union, but the use of public funds for the sustainable development of fisheries-dependent areas is a relatively recent practice. This approach is based on the concept of sustainable fisheries management and focuses on increasing the importance of the involvement of local communities in conservation and management. Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs), created to harmonise social development in a broad sense with the specific, sectoral development of fishing, have become key players in this process in some European countries. In Galicia (NW Spain), FLAGs started to be created in 2008, and soon they were deeply integrated into the small-scale fisheries (SSF) sector, which was already highly organised. Thus, synergies have been established between cofradías—fisheries organisations with a key role and strong responsibilities in the management of fisheries resources- and FLAGs. This article studies the interdependencies between cofradías and FLAGs and how these relationships can influence the development of SSF and their communities. Galician FLAGs and cofradías have created in general positive relationships that contributed to the development of the SSF sector. On the other hand, bureaucratic obligations are concentrated funding in larger cofradías, while the needs of the most vulnerable fishing stakeholders are less covered.
PB Wiley
SN 0038-0199
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/40839
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/40839
LA eng
NO García-Lorenzo, I., Piñeiro-Antelo, M.A., Villasante, S. & Pita,P. (2024) The cofradías’ role within the Fisheries Local Action Groups system:Implications for small-scale fisheries in Galicia (Spain). Sociologia Ruralis, 64, 415–444.https://doi.org/10.1111/soru.12490
NO Xunta de Galicia and European Regional Development Fund. Grant Number: ED431C2018/48 Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation and European Regional Development Fund. Grant Number: RTI2018-099225-B-100 Spanish Ministry of Universities European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR Xunta de Galicia and University of Santiago de Compostela. Grant Number: ED431C2019/11 University of Vigo and CRUE-CISUG
DS Minerva
RD 29 abr 2026