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Fishermen protecting the sea: Dimitris Zannes at TEDxAthens

1,598 views · Published 15 February 2013 · 10:39 · Indexed 7 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism

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About Speaker:

I was born and raised in Andros. I loved the sea ever since I was young and dreamt of becoming a fisherman, despite my family's attempts to prevent this. In 1995 I got my first boat. Since 2002 I have been actively engaged with the organization and protection of the fisherman's profession. In January 2007, the idea for an area of marine regeneration was born between the rowlocks of the boat, in a small shipyard in Syros. Since then, on an effort both to protect my profession, as well as to regenerate the sea, I have been cooperating with local authorities, international NGOs and Members of the European Parliament. With their assistance I have managed to present the idea in Greece, at the European Commission for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, to participate in a number of committee meetings in Brussels on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy, as well as in meetings for the exchange of experiences among coastal fishermen from the rest of Europe. Greek and foreign media alike have shown s strong interest in the opinions that I express on the management of the field of fisheries. During this past year I have been representing MedArtNet (www.medartnet.org) in Greece. Until the 20th September 2012, and for a number of years, I was President of the South Aegean Federation of Coastal Fishermen, at which point the Federation was automatically dissolved, due to a change in the legal framework.Since 1991, Anastasia Sapouna and I sail through life together and we have three children.

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