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In­ter­na­cio­nal: Slow Food Cam­paign - Com­pren­der los ma­res

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What is at is­sue:

What sta­te are our seas in? What fish spe­cies are on the ver­ge of ex­tin­ction? Can we in­fluen­ce the mar­ket? Should we stop ea­ting fish? Is the­re a fu­tu­re for small-sca­le fis­hers?Slow Food has been wor­king in the field of sus­tai­na­ble fish for many years, rai­sing awa­re­ness among sea­food-lo­vers th­rough the biennial Slow Fish fair in Ge­noa and de­ve­lo­ping pro­jects to sup­port res­pon­si­ble ar­ti­sa­nal fis­hing com­mu­ni­ties.

With fis­hing, just as with agri­cul­tu­re, Slow Food stron­gly be­lie­ves that every in­di­vi­dual can con­tri­bu­te in his or her own small way to chan­ging the me­cha­nisms of a glo­ba­li­zed food sys­tem ba­sed on the in­ten­si­ve ex­ploi­ta­tion of re­sour­ces.

"We are re­dis­co­ve­ring dif­fe­rent, for­got­ten fla­vors, which the glo­ba­li­zed mar­ket tends to obli­te­ra­te, and new or up­da­ted re­ci­pes. We are see­king to re­co­ver the tra­di­tio­nal wis­dom of fis­hing com­mu­ni­ties, who of­ten have not mo­ved far afrom an­cient fis­hing prac­ti­ces, the diets of past ge­ne­ra­tions, and the known and unk­nown re­sour­ces guar­ded by ri­vers, la­kes and seas. All the­se things are part of our story and our iden­tity."

In this spi­rit, the in­ter­na­tio­nal Slow Fish cam­paign is laun­ching initia­ti­ves that pro­mo­te ar­ti­sa­nal fis­hing and ne­glec­ted fish spe­cies and ins­pi­re re­flec­tion on the sta­te and ma­na­ge­ment of the sea’s re­sour­ces. To have any chan­ce of suc­cess, this re­flec­tion must start at a lo­cal le­vel.

The in­ter­na­tio­nal Slow Fish cam­paign in­clu­des the crea­tion of a multilingual website, which brings to­get­her exis­ting in­for­ma­tion, or­ga­ni­zed to paint as com­ple­te and nuan­ced a pic­tu­re as pos­si­ble of the com­plex si­tua­tion that lies behind a pla­te of fish.

Wha­t's hap­pe­ning now:

Slow Fish 2019 laun­ches the re­ci­pe for the fu­tu­re of our seas:

We must fish less, and fish bet­ter; cul­ti­va­te more she­ll­fish and al­gae! Slow Fish 2019, or­ga­ni­zed by Slow Food and the Li­gu­ria Re­gion in Ge­noa (Italy) this May, brought to­get­her more than 100 de­le­ga­tes from over 20 coun­tries who told their sto­ries, and abo­ve all sha­red their good prac­ti­ces.

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Wit­hin Slow Fish North Ame­ri­ca, Slow Fish Ca­na­da has laun­ched in the be­gin­ning of De­cem­ber a cam­paign in or­der to help rai­se awa­re­ness of how the Ca­na­dian go­vern­ment is ma­na­ging its fis­hing grounds by using po­li­cies that re­sult in the pri­va­ti­za­tion of ac­cess to fish re­sour­ces, as well as a pe­ti­tion for po­licy re­form of the Fis­he­ries Act.

www.saveourbcfisheries.info

The fair "Slow Fish" ta­kes pla­ce every two years in Ge­noa. It in­forms con­su­mers and deals with sus­tai­na­ble fis­he­ries.

A behind the sce­nes look at our world­wi­de Slow Fish net­work dis­cus­sing the way for­ward for sus­tai­na­ble fis­hing in Ge­noa, Italy. Vi­deo pro­du­ced by Trip in Your Shoes

What we have achie­ved:

Slow Fis­h’s main task was to con­so­li­da­te and work with the net­works on spe­ci­fic ex­chan­ges and pro­jects re­la­ted to po­verty alle­via­tion, eco­lo­gi­cal res­pon­si­bi­lity, pro­mo­tion of lo­cal pro­duc­tion and ca­pa­city buil­ding for com­mu­nity or­ga­ni­za­tion.
Our ac­ti­vi­ties de­ve­lo­ped along 5 the­ma­tic axes:

  • Knowledge sharing as a tool for increasing resilience of rural and coastal communities in southern countries, with a focus on knowledge that can help improve local capacity to organize, increase responsibility towards natural resources, add value to products, and livelihood alternatives development
  • Creative use of invasive species, or how to transform a threat into an opportunity
  • Interconnected waterways, since fisheries are located all along waterways, and the impact of inland fisheries on the ocean.
  • Aquaculture and Aquaponics as a viable and responsible alternative
  • Increasing synergies between indigenous peoples and fishery issues and network.

This vi­deo shows the com­ple­xity of fis­hing in an im­me­dia­te and sim­ple for­mat to bet­ter un­ders­tand fis­he­ries- and coas­tal cul­tu­re. To pre­ser­ve both, we must fo­llow the prin­ci­ples of the Small Sca­le Fis­he­ries Gui­de­li­ne and hu­man rights in the heart of our ac­tions.

The in­ter­na­tio­nal Slow Fish cam­paign is laun­ching initia­ti­ves that pro­mo­te ar­ti­sa­nal fis­hing and ne­glec­ted fish spe­cies and ins­pi­re re­flec­tion on the sta­te and ma­na­ge­ment of the sea’s re­sour­ces.

The Slow Fish event, held every two years in Ge­noa, is the most com­ple­te ex­pres­sion of our ap­proach, with a lar­ge spa­ce de­di­ca­ted to in­for­ma­tion for con­su­mers, awa­re­ness-rai­sing for chil­dren and en­coun­ters bet­ween peo­ple in­vol­ved in sus­tai­na­ble fis­hing. And of cour­se, the­re are plenty of op­por­tu­ni­ties for tas­ting all the de­li­cious sea­food that vi­si­tors have been lear­ning about.

The mul­ti­lin­gual web­si­te, to paint a com­ple­te and nuan­ced pic­tu­re of the com­plex si­tua­tion that lies behind a pla­te of fish. Slow Food pro­vi­des a tea­ching tool that illus­tra­tes the ba­sic con­cepts of fish sus­tai­na­bi­lity, such as sea­so­na­lity, si­zes and re­pro­duc­ti­ve age, to help every class re­search their own lo­cal fish spe­cies.

TheSlow Food Foundation for Biodiversity is pla­ying a key role. In re­cent years it has laun­ched 23 Pre­si­dia pro­jects with Te­rra Ma­dre fis­hing com­mu­ni­ties. The Slow Fish in Action sec­tion gi­ves vi­si­bi­lity to the­se pro­jects, along with all the ac­ti­vi­ties un­der­ta­ken every day by the mem­bers of our net­work to pro­mo­te good, clean and fair fish.

Project archive Slow Fish

Reports:

Re­port 2019

Slow Fish Webseite

Slow Fish Web­si­te

This web­si­te of­fers path­ways for an­yo­ne who wants to learn how to use com­mon sen­se, cu­rio­sity and ap­pe­ti­te to make choi­ces that are cons­cious, deli...

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