Fisheries Local Action Groups: A New Theme For Researching Maritime Communities

The aim of the article is to outline consequences of Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs) forming and implementing of Common Fisheries Policy by financial support of axis 4 European Fisheries Fund. Central point of the article refers to characteristic of FLAGs in Poland. On this basis, Author indicates two opposite processes in fishing industry: 1) intensive development and rising importance of inland fishing; 2) limitation of maritime fishing. The article attempts to attract scientific environment to establish partnership project for European Research Network and in-depth, international researches on maritime communities.