PIANC Working Group 224 ‘’Planning of Fishing Ports’’ is an update of WG18 (1998). Overall, it is an update to account for changes, more than 25 years later, including updates to previous sections on fishery resources, planning, technology, use of IT and auction halls. There are new chapters on Disaster Resilience, and Maintenance. It covers both new fishing ports as well as updates/improvements to existing fishing ports.
The working group were from fishery ports, national fisheries organisations, consultants and universities, with 21 members from 15 countries (Argentina, Australia, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain, UK and USA).
It starts with the development of fishing port and resource planning policies before focusing on the planning principles. Disaster resilient ports, institutional arrangements, cost benefits are covered before then covering auction hall layouts, ICT/IoT utilisation in depth as well as maintenance, training and the environment. The main text is some 171 pages.
The appendices (113 pages) cover case studies (planning, resilience, maintenance and institutional arrangements) as well as regulations and standards on fishery products.
The document will be of interest to those involved in the planning, design, maintenance and operation of fishing ports of all types, including greenfield ports as well as for ongoing evolution of existing ports.
