The quest from tourists and visitors for authentic places with a real identity can lead to an opportunity to maintain some fishing activities at the seaside. In this context, fishing activities not only provide commodity goods but also have other functions (environmental, social, and territorial, among others). In this respect,...
While French marine fisheries must cope with increasing difficulties, the concept of
multifunctionality of fisheries (as previously observed in agriculture) is emerging
through a diversification of activities. Indeed, fishers resort to alternatives in order to
sustain their activity by calling on new ways to interact with environment, institutional
players, scientists,...
In the context of the restriction of production, French agriculture modifies its activities by developing multifunctionality. This concept translates the fact that, beyond the saleable production of agricultural and food processing products, the agricultural activity fulfills other functions: economic, social, environmental. Multifunctionality of agriculture is implemented in a number of...
Proceedings of the Eighteenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade, held July 11-15, 2016 at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Center (AECC), Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.