FishMPABlue2 project

Participate in the 9 October webinar – Adopting a governance toolkit for Small-Scale Fisheries in Mediterranean MPAs

On 9 October at 17h CEST / 10am EST, the FishMPABlue2 project will hold a webisnar on the governance of Small-Scale Fisheries in Mediterranean MPAs. Presented by Kate Hogg, Independent Consultant & Nathan Bennett of the University Of British Columbia,

The gouvernance toolkit for managing Small Scale Fisheries in MPAs

The Governance Toolkit for managing Small-Scale Fisheries in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas is a practical collection of 13 sustainable fishery management-related solutions. The Toolkit is ready to be used in any Mediterranean MPA, and will be crucial for setting up

Fishers talk to fishers – 20 short video interviews to share

The FishMPABlue2 project met fishers and MPA managers in 6 European countries… Twenty short 1 to 2 minutes inspiring interviews were produced. They celebrate fishers, the sea, the fish, our responsibilities towards nature and the importance of working with MPAs….

The FishMPABlue2 project ends but its results will last

The final event of the FishMPABlue2 project took place last week in Rome at the GFCM headquarters. This gathering aimed at taking the results of the projects one step further to support the development of sound collaborations between Small Scale

The press is taking up the subject of artisanal fishing

By WWF Adria “We are insatiable and greedy, and that is why there is almost no fish in the Adriatic anymore“. Sebastijan Raveljić, fisher This is just one of the headlines from the articles written by journalists who gathered on

Mediterranean challenges for MPAs and Small Scale Fisheries: a look back on the experience-sharing workshop

The 2018 MedPAN Network regional experience -sharing workshop brought together this year nearly 180 marine actors from 22 Mediterranean countries and beyond (United States, Mauritania, Netherlands), mainly MPA managers, fishermen and their representatives as well as NGOs. This three-day event

Small Scale Fisheries management exchange visit in Es Freus Marine Reserve

Following the MedPAN Workshop and FishMPABlue2 conference week in Mallorca, Spain, 19 participants (13 MPAs and 6 project partners) flew to Ibiza on 16 November 2018 for a one-day field exchange visit that focused on measures implemented or planned in

MedPAN network regional training workshop on the governance of Small Scale Fisheries

MedPAN and several Mediterranean partners organised a training workshop on 9/11 October on improving the governance of Small Scale Fisheries in MPAs, in the framework large Mediterranean programme of the MAVA Foundation and the Interreg Med FishMPABlue2 project. About 60

FishMPABlue2 Project: experimental fishing campaigns with traps in the Strait of Bonifacio Natural Reserve

Traps are selective fishing gear that preserves the catch alive and intact until it’s pulled out of the water, that do not destroy habitats and that are harmless if lost at sea… There are many types of traps, whether traditional

Second Steering Committee of the FishMPABlue2 Project

MedPAN participated in the second Steering Committee of the FishMPABlue2 Project, held in Zagreb, Croatia on 16 May 2017. The project partners (Federparchi, MedPAN, CoNISMa, WWF Adria, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, WWF Mediterranean, IUCN Mediterranean and APAM) met to

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