Coordinating research in support to application of EAF (Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries) and management advice in the Mediterranean and Black Seas

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The overexploitation of stocks and impact of fishing on the environment, the increasing number of uses and pressures on aquatic systems, as well as the influence of climate change on the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems and fisheries, calls for more integrated strategies on fisheries and on marine ecosystems management. The project established an effective collaboration network among key role players in Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries research and management. The project identified the gaps (in terms of data, knowledge, training, coordination) which hamper at present the full application of the Ecosystem Approach in the management of Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries. The project had a strong training and capacity building component to help harmonize data collection and methodologies used in fisheries assessment and management. The project served to establish the guidelines for the application of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea, both in EU member states and third countries.

Project information

Lead

Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza, IAMZCIHEAM (Spain)

Partners

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC (Spain). Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, HCMR (Greece) Consorzio per il Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata “G. Bacci”, CIBM (Italy) University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy) Institut Français de Recherche et Exploitation de la Mer, IFREMER (France) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, IRD (France) Instituto Español de Oceanografía, IEO (Spain) National Research Council – Institute for Coastal Marine Environment, CNR-IAMC (Italy) Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, INRH (Morocco) National Institute for Marine Sciences and Technologies, INSTM (Tunisia) Ege University Fisheries Faculty (Turkey) National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa“, NIMRD (Romania) Institute of Oceanology – BulgarianAcademy of Sciences, IO-BAS (Bulgaria) Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, VNIRO (Russian Federation) Southern Scientific Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, YugNIRO (Ukraine) Alexandria University (Egypt) Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, IOR (Croatia) American University of Beirut (Lebanon) Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs (Malta) Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment of Cyprus (Cyprus) Water Ecology and Fisheries Research Institute, WEFRI (Georgia)

Source of funding

FP 7

Reference information

Websites:

http://www.cream-fp7.eu/

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Jun 7, 2016

Keywords:

ecosystem approach data collection

Adaptation Approaches:

Adaptation Plans and Strategies

Sectors:

Marine and Fisheries

Funding Programme:

FP7: 2007/2013 - Seventh Framework Programme

Duration:

2011-2014

Geographic characterisation:

Europe

Macro-Transnational region:

Black Sea Basin (NEXT), Mediterranean Sea Basin (NEXT), Danube Area, Adriatic-Ionian, Mediterranean (Euro-Med)

Countries:

France, Italy, Spain

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Coordinating research in support to application of EAF (Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries) and management advice in the Mediterranean and Black Seas (CREAM)