"The Blue Economy is the economy of collective responsibility. It is a supply chain and community economy. And here in Cetara these concepts are values of identity. We have an epochal challenge to face together: the climate crisis. And the sea is one of the elements in which the effects of climate change are more evident. We must therefore not only reflect on sustainability, but act. Building a model that is sustainable from an environmental, social and economic point of view. Without fish there is no fishing, without economic sustainability there are no fishermen ".
Thus the Minister Teresa Bellanova today in Cetara at the Conference "Blue Economy: sustainable fishing, the engine for the development of local Mediterranean communities" on the occasion of the Capering of the Colatura delle Alic di Cetara Ceremony.
“The new integrated approach must involve an entire community, helping to achieve a balance between respect for the marine resource, and economic and social sustainability for fishermen, businesses and workers. Transformation of fish production, diversification of economic activities, investments in the field of all-round services, ports and tourism "- underlined Teresa Bellanova -" A virtuous path that can be replicated in many of the 7 thousand kilometers of coast of our country " .
"To meet the needs of the territory, we have already started an evaluation process on the principles underlying the management plan for small pelagics. The collaboration between the Central Administration, the Campania Region, Local Authorities, Research Institutions, and operators in the sector can concretely create a resource management model based on the principles of the Blue Economy. This model could represent a pilot initiative, as well as a good practice, to be proposed in other realities of the Peninsula ", the Minister concluded.