The CNPMEM (Comité National des Pêches Maritimes et des Elevages Marins), created under the 2 May 1991 by-law, is the national inter-professional organisation of maritime fisheries and marine aquaculture, which includes 14 regional committees and 39 local committees along the French mainland coastline and in the overseas departments.  Its main activity is the representation and protection of fishing and aquaculture interests.  The CNPMEM ensures the responsible fishing and balanced management of marine resources for the sustained development of these resources and the promotion of the different associated trades and the interests of the men and women who work in this sector.

In association with different French and European partners working together for the protection of the European sturgeon, the CNPMEM has, since 2006, carried out important work in order to gather information and promote awareness of the need to save migratory fish among the French and EC fishing sector.  It has also contributed to the drafting of an international plan of action to restore the species and has participated in discussions relating to the definition of the measures to be taken on a national scale.

Contact : Nicolas MICHELET – Mission representative (nmichelet@comite-peches.fr)
CNPMEM website: http://www.comite-peches.fr

Created in July 2001 and recognised as EPTB (Etablissement Public Territorial de Bassin) in January 2007, the Intermunicipal Joint Association for the Sustainable Development of the Gironde Estuary (SMIDDEST) aims to initiate thought processes and coordinate actions concerning the preservation, promotion and sustainable development of the Gironde Estuary.  The members of this association are: the Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes, the Regional Council of Aquitaine, the General Council of Gironde and the General Council of Charente-Maritime. The presidency of SMIDDEST changes each year and alternates between the two departments.

Since 2003, SMIDDEST has been involved in the drafting of the Development and Water Management Plan (SAGE) entitled "the Gironde Estuary and associated milieus".  Several provisions are anticipated in order to maintain populations of the migratory fish, especially by upgrading the monitoring of catches and biological monitoring of the resource, as well as preserving their habitats (the Local Water Commission decided to ban the opening of any new gravel extraction sites in the minor river beds of the Gironde estuary on the perimeter of the SAGE).  The SMIDDEST is also associated with the restoration programme for the European sturgeon, which is an emblematic species for the Gironde Estuary and the SAGE.

Contact: Jérôme BARON - Director (smiddest@wanadoo.fr)

The general mission of the Intermunicipal Joint Association for the Study and Planning of the River Garonne (SMEAG) is the promotion of coordinated management of the Garonne from its source to the mouth of its estuary.  It defines action programmes for the river, creates the necessary information and monitoring tools to carry out civil works throughout the basin and thus allows for greater coherence in the development plans of the watercourses with, in the long term, economies of scale.  Finally, the SMEAG supports actions taken by local people in order that the recommendations of planning tools for existing and future development plans be best adapted to the length of the River Garonne.

SMEAG has been committed to the theme of "Migrators" in the Garonne since 2005 and develops communication campaigns to mobilise different parties and also defines technical and financial directions of the "Migrators" programme.  SMEAG has, since 2008, run the "Migrators" Garonne programme and co-managed the Garonne Migrators Group.   SMEAG is also associated with the restoration of the European sturgeon programme.

Contact: Aline Chaumel, Mission representative (aline.chaumel@eptb-garonne.fr)
SMEAG website : http://www.eptb-garonne.fr/

MAAP

MEEDDM