05/02/2024 (Agence Europe) – A team of national researchers led by Tetra Tech and its partners, a consortium appointed by the European Commission, have consulted fishers in all 22 coastal EU Member States to define who they are, how they live, and what drives them, the European Commission announced on Monday 5 February. This research is part of the Commission’s ‘Fishers of the Future’ project, launched in October 2023. The findings of this first phase have been compiled into 12 distinct profiles, which aim to encapsulate the features that exist across today’s fishers, whether they be the devoted fisher with generational solid ties, to the adaptive fisher who combines part-time fishing with other income-generating activities such as pescatourism or the itinerant crew fisher who is contracted as crew on medium, large-scale or distant water EU fleets. For further information: https://aeur.eu/f/apw (LC)