Table 1.

Historical development of the Asistencias Técnicas (TAs) program in Galicia. [Years years when the plan took place, plan name of the plan, institution institution that hires the TAs, office where is the TA’s office, TAs number of TAs hired, cofradías number and percentage (between brackets) of cofradías participating in this plan, resources resources that are responsibility of the TA, TA roles main roles and duties of the TAs during the plan] (FA stands for fisheries administration, E&MP stand for Exploitation and Management Plan)

Years	Plan	Institution	Office	TAs	Cofradías b	Resources	TAs roles
1993–1995	CIMA’s project	CIMAa	CIMA	2	2 (3 %)	Grooved carpet shell clam and flat oyster	Seeding and intertidal mariculture
1996	Plan 10	Galician FA	Galician FA offices	8	9 (13 %)	Clams and oysters	Seeding and intertidal mariculture
1997–1999	Plan Galicia	Galician FA	Begin: Galician FA offices End: cofradías	From 14, to 31	From 15 (21 %) to 33 (47 %)	Clams and oysters + some S-fisheries	Seeding and intertidal mariculture + E&MP
2000–2006	Collaborative agreement	Cofradías	Cofradías	From 34, to 48	From 36 (51 %) to 51 (73 %)	S-fisheries resources	Many (see Box 2)
2007–2009	Project	Cofradías	Cofradías	48	51 (73 %)	S-fisheries resources	Many (see Box 2)
2010–2012	Collaborative agreement	Cofradías	Cofradías	From 49, to 44	From 52 (74 %) to 47 (67 %)	S-fisheries resources	Many (see Box 2)
2013	Project	Cofradías	Cofradías	44	47 (67 %)	S-fisheries resources	Many (see Box 2)

^aAlthough different institutions hired the TAs at different times, the funds always came from the Galician government using own resources and European Fisheries Funds

^bBy cofradías are also included shellfisher’s groups, shellfisher’s associations, cooperatives and a producing organization, since these other organizations are also granted with funds from the fisheries administration for hiring a TA)