Πανελλήνιος Σύλλογος Τεχνολόγων Ιχθυολόγων
ΠΑ.Σ.Τ.Ι.
Ο Πανελλήνιος Σύλλογος Τεχνολόγων Ιχθυολόγων (ΠΑΣΤΙ) είναι Επιστημονικός και Επαγγελματικός Σύλλογος, με έτος ίδρυσης το 1991, και αντιπροσωπεύει πάνω από 2.500 πτυχιούχους Ιχθυολόγους που εργάζονται σε Ελλάδα & Κύπρο.
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Lobbying Activity
Response to Communication on the functioning of the Common Fisheries Policy
30 Aug 2022
Θεωρούμε ότι οι διαβουλεύσεις που πραγματοποιεί η Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή για να συγκεντρώσει τις απόψεις των ενδιαφερόμενων μερών σχετικά με τη λειτουργία της ΚΑΠ είναι ικανοποιητικές.
Το περιεχόμενο της παρούσας Έκθεσης είναι ορθό, και αντικατοπτρίζει πλήρως την κατάσταση, καθώς - από την δική μας εμπειρία - οι διαβουλεύσεις πράγματι στοχεύουν όλα τα ενδιαφερόμενα μέρη που έχουν σχέση με ή επηρεάζονται από τη διαχείριση της αλιείας και της υδατοκαλλιέργειας, ιδίως στον αλιευτικό κλάδο (όπως είναι οι μεμονωμένοι αλιείς, αλλά και οι οργανώσεις που πους εκπροσωπούν), αλλά και τους υδατοκαλλιεργητές και τις οργανώσεις τους, καθώς και τις μη κυβερνητικές οργανώσεις, τα κράτη μέλη, τις περιφερειακές και τοπικές δημόσιες αρχές, τους ακαδημαϊκούς, επιστημονικούς, κοινωνικούς και οικονομικούς εταίρους, κ.α.
Read full responseResponse to Towards a strong and sustainable EU Algae sector
23 Dec 2020
The Commission has to boost the European algae culture sector, by advising EU countries to reducing the administrative burdens, and to include algae culture on their multiannual plans to increase their production.
Algae, including micro-algae and macro-algae, are one of the most important - and at the same time unexplored - natural resources on the planet, and although they were used by humans for nutritional purposes, we have just begun to cultivate them more extensively.
Their culture is significant for the blue bioeconomy, as we can produce not only food, but also materials and energy, and will help EU to accelerate its progress towards a circular and low-carbon economy.
Microalgae are promising photosynthetic microorganisms and an innovative solution to food, energy and health problems, as they do not need drinking but sea water for their production and do not require the commitment of fertile agricultural land, since they can reproduce in any environment (they grow 10 times faster than terrestrial plants, needing less than a tenth of the same surface to produce an equivalent amount of biomass).
The goal must be a continuous progress to make all stages of algae production chain - from cultivation to harvest, and, from processing to final product circulation - cheaper, and more efficient.
Read full responseResponse to Green Recovery for the Blue Economy (tentative)
2 Dec 2020
PASTI shares the European Commission’s view that the Blue Economy forms an integral part of the European Green Deal and that a new approach is needed to develop such economy in a sustainable way through coordinated management.
The European Commission’s Communication proposal aims to reach its objectives by encouraging sustainable solutions, innovative products and services and emerging sectors with high employment potential and low environmental impact.
PASTI acknowledges the prominent role of aquaculture in the Blue Economy, alongside other economic activities, and believes that aquaculture is part of the solution to meet the objectives in the Green Deal for the following reasons:
1. Aquaculture production demonstrates a high ecological efficiency and low environmental impact.
2. Aquaculture systems convert feed into body mass very efficiently.
3. Aquaculture requires little land use and almost none freshwater consumption, while pressure on them are key drivers of biodiversity loss.
4. Aquaculture provides jobs to women and young people in rural, coastal, and island regions.
5. Aquaculture is compatible with other activities like fishing, nature conservation and tourism.
6. Aquaculture has clear synergies with other new activities like renewal energies.
PASTI accepts and supports the subsequent needed initiatives, proposed by FEAP:
1. Develop regulatory frameworks and revise existing regulations to address barriers to growth of aquaculture.
2. Create a best practice platform to foster knowledge transfer and closer collaboration among Member states.
3. Strengthen social acceptance and address false perceptions about aquaculture.
4. Establish a competitive level playing field for aquatic products in Europe.
5. Investigate the possibilities to increase the share of circular economy in aquaculture.
6. Allocate physical and environmental space to aquaculture via maritime spatial planning.
7. Facilitate compensatory measures integrating farming of low-trophic species with fish farming.
8. Improve consumer information at sale points to ensure responsible purchasing decisions.
9. Promote holistic innovation and research to implement new aquaculture technologies and to optimize conventional aquaculture systems.
10. Disseminate the natural values and ecosystem services of aquaculture sites (freshwater, brackish and marine) and their role in the maintenance of wetland habitats.
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