{"id":4769,"date":"2013-04-24T11:34:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T15:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/?p=4769"},"modified":"2013-04-24T11:34:22","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T15:34:22","slug":"ngos-should-focus-on-helping-fishermen-implement-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2013\/04\/24\/ngos-should-focus-on-helping-fishermen-implement-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"NGOs should focus on helping fishermen implement policies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It\u2019s no secret that working directly with fishermen to implement fishery management solutions is the most effective way to support positive change. Recently, we have begun engaging in conversations with fishermen, fishery stakeholders and MEPs on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy in Europe. EDF was recently acknowledged in <\/span>an article in Under Current<\/em> News<\/a> for being a leading NGO in European fisheries reform\u2014due in large part to our collaborative approach with fishermen. \u00a0Britt Groosman, our EU Program Director, was quoted extensively in this article.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019EDF has found that the most successful way of working towards fishery management is by consulting fishermen in a participatory process,\u2019 Britt Groosman, program director for EDF in the EU, told <\/span>Undercurrent<\/em>. \u2018The way to find that out is to talk to all the stakeholders and see what everyone\u2019s concerns are, to try and find a way to get environmental improvement with the buy-in of all the stakeholders involved. Because the more you impose your will on people the more you\u2019ll end up with control issues. People don\u2019t like being told what to do and they\u2019ll try to get around rules. The fishermen are the people who implement the policy on the water, and have the real influence,\u2019 she said.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full article to learn more about \u00a0how we find solutions, at home and abroad, no matter how challenging the problems. <\/span>Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s no secret that working directly with fishermen to implement fishery management solutions is the most effective way to support positive change. Recently, we have begun engaging in conversations with fishermen, fishery stakeholders and MEPs on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy in Europe. 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