{"id":6371,"date":"2017-07-12T11:17:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T09:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cienciagandia.webs.upv.es\/en\/?p=6371"},"modified":"2017-07-20T08:30:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T06:30:35","slug":"fishing-related-tourism-and-pesca-tourism-a-new-opportunity-for-artisanal-fishing-and-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cienciagandia.webs.upv.es\/en\/2017\/07\/fishing-related-tourism-and-pesca-tourism-a-new-opportunity-for-artisanal-fishing-and-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Fishing-Related Tourism and Pesca-Tourism; a New Opportunity for Artisanal Fishing and Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"

The traditional fisheries<\/strong> sector is facing a difficult situation in the Mediterranean<\/strong> from the socio-environmental point of view, with significant economic and cultural costs. This fact has led to the search for alternatives<\/strong> that reconcile the survival of artisanal fishing within the framework of necessary environmental sustainability<\/strong>. Moreover, trends in the tourist market increasingly point to the demand for experiential activities and, therefore, fishing tourism is perceived as a unique tourist product with a distinct identity that offers new opportunities for Valencia’s coastal tourism destinations.<\/p>\n

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With this in mind, the project entitled “The Case of Fishing Tourism in Gandia<\/strong>“, written by the Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Val\u00e8ncia<\/strong> in collaboration with the Valencian Tourism Agency<\/strong><\/a>, provides a regulatory and technical overview of fishing-related tourism and pesca-tourism in the Region of Valencia<\/strong>, as well as a comprehensive analysis Gandia’s situation<\/strong> to propose a legal and resource-based framework<\/strong> to make this niche form of tourism a reality.<\/p>\n

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The research team differentiates between Pesca-Tourism, Fishing-Related Tourism and Recreational Fishing<\/strong>. Fishing-Related or Maritime Tourism has a recreational nature and includes numerous fishing activities carried out at sea, and others on land. By contrast, Pesca-Tourism takes place on board commercial fishing boats and is aimed at small groups and tourists with very specific profiles. Therefore, Pesca-Tourism activities are subject to greater seasonal restrictions than Fishing-Related or Maritime Tourism. Recreational Fishing is carried out on land or on charter fishing boats for the practice of angling (fishing with a rod and line).<\/p>\n

An extensive bibliographical and regulatory review of European, national and autonomic legislation was carried out for this paper, especially the 21 European countries, Catalonia, Galicia and the Balearic Islands.<\/strong> They also studied the case of the San Francisco Bay area<\/strong> (California, USA), where there has been an important development of marine tourism activities.
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