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MEDITERRANEAN
SEA
LET’S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT
OUR ACTIONS AND OUR FIELDS OF INTERVENTION
16 projects
connecting nearly fifty partners.
Dozens of activities carried out
together, to limit the pressures
on Mediterranean biodiversity.
significant
.
Our impact is
co-management is essential
.
Our strike force is unparalleled in this region, where
we offer fishers capacity building
trainings on sustainable fishing
and we certify fisheries.
WE WORK IN COLLABORATION
WITH FISHERS:
PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE FISHING
To mitigate the impact of fisheries on biodiversity, to protect key sensitive areas and to promote
sustainable fishing practices, we are united to collect data on bycatch and depredation
and to facilitate ongoing engagement and collaboration with cooperative fishers.
allowing us to aggregate and
compare results (GFCM methodology).
WE BUILD A COMMON METHODOLOGY
FOR DATA COLLECTION,
we create species identification guides
and other communication tools.
WE RAISE KEY
STAKEHOLDERS’ AWARENESS:
including data on species,
on habitats, small-scale fishery
fleets and fishing practices.
WE COLLECT RELIABLE DATA
ON FISHING PRACTICES:
we test, apply and replicate.
WE DEVELOP BYCATCH
MITIGATION MEASURES:
ENGAGE MEDITERRANEAN COMMUNITY
Through communication campaigns, experience sharing, networking and capacity building,
we engage the Mediterranean community into a co-management approach, which has
allowed us to implement successful conservation activities by and for coastal communities.
between fishers from different
countries or between MPA managers
from all over the Med and through
scientific collaborations.
WE SHARE GOOD PRACTICES
AND EXCHANGE KNOWLEDGE,
to diagnose biodiversity pressures, to identify threats on
specific species (e.g. turtles). Mapping has played a great role
in mediation and concertation between stakeholders.
WE MAP VULNERABLE HABITATS TO DESIGN MPAS,
allowing the establishment and enforcement of
no-take zones, and the restauration of ecosystems
(e.g. Posidonia oceanica meadows) or
the population of specific species (e.g. sharks).
THANKS TO CITIZEN SCIENCE, WE CARRY
OUT RESEARCH LEADING TO STRONG
KNOWLEDGE BASES FOR RESTAURATION,
with public authorities, locals, fishers, tourists
and many other stakeholders. We improve
the visibility of conservation activities and
we measure their socio-economic impact.
WE WORK TO ENSURE SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY
OF CONSERVATION INITIATIVES,
for monitoring and
mooring management.
WE CREATE TOOLS FOR MARINE
PROTECTED AREAS MANAGERS
FOSTER FINANCIAL TRANSITION
We ensure long-term financial sustainability of conservation projects.
We create new mechanisms to guarantee the financial sustainability
of fisheries that are willing to shift to sustainable practices.
through trainings, documentaries, success
stories and co-management with fishers.
WE COMMUNICATE AND SPREAD
KNOWLEDGE ON THE MED’S STATE OF HEALTH
We train marine protected
areas managers on business and financial
planning. We deliver a guide
on self-financing mechanisms for
Mediterranean MPAs. We facilitate
fees collection for mooring zone managers.
WE WORK FOR THE EFFICIENCY
AND FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF MPAS:
We deliver capacity building for fishery stakeholders.
We help some Mediterranean small-scale
fishers access to European funds to shift
toward better fishing practices.
WE WORK FOR FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
FOR SUSTAINABLE SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES:
We create innovative financing mechanisms to provide
micro-credits to fishermen to shift to more sustainable
and less impactful practices. We encourage them to use
fishing gear made locally in an artisanal way by
women’s cooperatives (e.g. Morocco).
WE BUILD INNOVATIVE FUNDS TO
SUPPORT SMALL SCALL FISHERIES:
We promote ideas for sustainable, artisanal
entrepreneurship in isolated coastal areas in the
face of mass tourism development. We create a
revolving fund with an ethical bank to make
micro-credits to local entrepreneurs to launch
their complementary income activity.
WE SUPPORT BLUE ENTREPRENEURSHIP:
OUR IMPACT
VALORIZE SUSTAINABLE
SEAFOOD
We foster a shift towards sustainable practices
for Mediterranean fisheries via the
implementation of certifications and labelling
process. We make sustainable seafood
alternatives more accessible for consumers.
with the collection of reliable data and
through a standardized methodology.
WE ANALYSE SEAFOOD
CONSUMPTION HABITS IN THE MED,
including short circuits,
seasonality and sustainable gears.
WE PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE
CONSUMPTION OF SEAFOOD
we create local cooperatives, raise awareness,
share good practices, and build short circuits.
WE EMPOWER PEOPLE TO ACT TOGETHER
TO CREATE LONG-LASTING IMPACT:
thanks to a standardized methodology (GFN) and
have launched several campaigns to understand
and influence consumers food choices.
WE MEASURE THE ECOLOGICAL
FOOTPRINT OF SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION
IMPROVE LEGAL & POLICY FRAMEWORK
We mobilize and advocate to scale up successful local solutions, accelerate
implementation of legislation, influence European and Mediterranean policies,
and develop a stronger legal framework for the Mediterranean biodiversity.
we presented recommendations on
bycatch during the 44
th
session of
the General Fisheries Commission
for the Mediterranean of the Food
and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations.
WE ADVOCATE
AT THE GFCM LEVEL:
we contributed to the
adoption of the EU Bycatch
Action Plan, we’re
facilitating access to the
European Maritime,
Fisheries and Aquaculture
Fund (EMFAF) and took
part in the Farm to Fork
Strategy negotiations.
WE ADVOCATE AT
THE EUROPEAN LEVEL:
we participated in the road map of the
post-2020 strategy of the Strategic Action
Programme for the Conservation of the
Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean
Region (SAPBIO); we presented
recommendations during the negotiations
of the Barcelona Convention, in particular
to reach the 30% objective of marine
protected areas for 2030 and we
advocate for the commitment for 10% of
highly protected areas.
WE ADVOCATE AT
THE MEDITERRANEAN LEVEL:
thanks to knowledge dissemination and
awareness campaigns, we have been
able to improve and harmonize national
laws with international conventions. We
contributed to the official declaration of
several Mediterranean marine protected
areas and make governments commit for
10% of no-take zones. We have tested
and implemented a national compen-
sation system for dolphin depredation.
We strengthen marine protected areas
surveillance.
WE ADVOCATE AT LOCAL
GOVERNMENTAL LEVEL:
These results at the Mediterranean scale would not have been possible
without all the partners, our dynamic coordination, knowledge and
expertise sharing at the Together for the Med scale.
OUR IMPACT
16 projects
connecting nearly
fifty partners.
Dozens of activities
carried out together,
to limit the pressures
on Mediterranean
biodiversity.
Our impact is
signifiant
.
Our strike force
is unparalleled in
this region, where
co-management
is essential
.
LET’S TAKE A CLOSER
LOOK AT
OUR ACTIONS
AND OUR FIELDS
OF INTERVENTION
MEDITERRANEAN
SEA
PROMOTE
SUSTAINABLE FISHING
To mitigate the impact of fisheries on
biodiversity, to protect key sensitive areas
and to promote sustainable fishing
practices, we are united to collect data on
bycatch and depredation and to facilitate
ongoing engagement and collaboration
with cooperative fishers.
allowing us to aggregate
and compare results (GFCM
methodology).
WE BUILD A COMMON METHODOLOGY
FOR DATA COLLECTION,
we offer fishers capacity building
trainings on sustainable fishing
and we certify fisheries.
WE WORK IN COLLABORATION
WITH FISHERS:
we create species
identification guides and
other communication tools.
WE RAISE KEY
STAKEHOLDERS’
AWARENESS:
including data on species,
on habitats, small-scale fishery
fleets and fishing practices.
WE COLLECT RELIABLE DATA
ON FISHING PRACTICES:
we test, apply and replicate.
WE DEVELOP BYCATCH
MITIGATION MEASURES:
ENGAGE
MEDITERRANEAN
COMMUNITY
Through communication campaigns,
experience sharing, networking
and capacity building, we engage
the Mediterranean community into a
co-management approach, which has
allowed us to implement successful
conservation activities by and
for coastal communities.
to diagnose biodiversity pressures, to identify
threats on specific species (e.g. turtles).
Mapping has played a great role in mediation
and concertation between stakeholders.
WE MAP VULNERABLE
HABITATS TO DESIGN MPAS,
with public authorities, locals, fishers, tourists
and many other stakeholders. We improve
the visibility of conservation activities and
we measure their socio-economic impact.
WE WORK TO ENSURE SOCIAL
ACCEPTABILITY OF
CONSERVATION INITIATIVES,
allowing the establishment and enforcement
of no-take zones, and the restauration
of ecosystems (e.g. Posidonia oceanica
meadows) or the population of specific
species (e.g. sharks).
THANKS TO CITIZEN SCIENCE,
WE CARRY OUT RESEARCH
LEADING TO STRONG KNOWLEDGE
BASES FOR RESTAURATION,
for monitoring and
mooring management.
WE CREATE TOOLS FOR MARINE
PROTECTED AREAS MANAGERS
between fishers from different countries
or between MPA managers from all
over the Med and through scientific
collaborations.
WE SHARE GOOD PRACTICES
AND EXCHANGE KNOWLEDGE,
through trainings,
documentaries, success stories
and co-management with fishers.
WE COMMUNICATE
AND SPREAD KNOWLEDGE ON
THE MED’S STATE OF HEALTH
FOSTER
FINANCIAL
TRANSITION
VALORIZE
SUSTAINABLE
SEAFOOD
We ensure long-term financial
sustainability of conservation projects.
We create new mechanisms to
guarantee the financial sustainability
of fisheries that are willing to shift to
sustainable practices.
We foster a shift towards sustainable
practices for Mediterranean fisheries
via the implementation of certifications
and labelling process. We make
sustainable seafood alternatives more
accessible for consumers.