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Tuesday 19 July 2011

MCS When it's closer to home - will you be affected?

With the increasingly significant changes and possible restrictions being imposed on fishing opportunites in the region, this project might be a suitable forum for fishermen from both sides of the Channel (la Manche) to cooperate and fight for their livelehoods together. A good starting place for the latest information from the MCS can be found here.

The extent of the EDMI project - with the largest ports, Brixham, Newlyn and Plymouth  on the very fringes.
Project Context and strategic dimension:
The context for the project centres on the various strategic interests operating at different scales with the (English) Channel as their focal point of reference. These interests demonstrate an increasing need to co-operate far beyond the eligible area of the current Franco-British INTERREG IIIA programme.
During the current period of increasing European integration, this North-West part of the continent is re-configuring itself in relation to previously accepted imperatives, as well as adding in new ones brought about by societal change.

3 strategic dimensions.

The English Channel is the busiest maritime thoroughfare in the world
  • More than 600 vessel movements both through and across the Straits (of Dover) every day.
  • It is one of Europe's gateways to the world, and North-South an important communications route between Britain and Continental Europe.
  • One of the prime considerations of this strategic dimension is safety, repeatedly evidenced by recent accidents at sea.
  • The strategic interests provided by economic development are less immediately obvious, but nonetheless they represent the backcloth for the future growth of regions bordering the Channel.
  • Maritime traffic will continue to increase, so what powers of imagination, what capabilities, will be required of English and French stakeholders alike to exploit this situation?
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