Italy – MedPAN

Revolution: fishing tourism

Presented during the 2018 MedPAN experience sharing-workshop. Two sisters that decide to be fishermen and one day understand that if they bring with them some people to show the beauty of nature and the traditional fishing methods, it can change

The experience of guided tours to the Tonnarella of Camogli and the fishing tourism in Portofino MPA

Presented during the 2018 MedPAN experience sharing-workshop. The Ligurian coast is not famous for typical fishing tourism; the high average age of fishers and mind sets that are not so open have made it difficult to develop this activity.. Only

Fishermen of yesterday, today, tomorrow: the recent history of the Lagoon of Orbetello

Presented during the 2018 MedPAN experience sharing-workshop. The Orbettello Lagoon is one of the most important wetland of the world and is acknowledged by the RAMSAR convention. Fishing in the lagoon is an ancestral tradition that respects seasonal and climate

From MedPAN Project to StaMM: 4 years of monitoring, control and prevention of illegal fishing in the Gaiola Underwater Park

Presented during the 2018 MedPAN experience sharing-workshop. The Gaiola Underwater Park is a small Marine Protected Area located in Naples (Italy), funded in 2002 in order to preserve the biological and archaeological heritage. In fact, because of the metropolitan context

Isola dei Ciclopi Acicastello MPA, Italy

Presented during the 2018 MedPAN experience sharing-workshop. Santo presented the situation where he fishes, and the fact that they only have 10 fishermen in the community. They have decided by themselves to reduce the number of hours in the sea

Developing cooperation with small scale fishers to reducing the fishing effort – The experience of Marine Protected Area of Torre Guaceto

Presented during the 2018 MedPAN experience sharing-workshop. In the framework of FISHMPABLUE2 the MPA of Torre Guaceto capitalized a more than a decade of collaboration with fishers in a shared commitment of reducing of fishing efforts. Powerpoint presentation Contact: Francesco

Community-based management in Pantelleria: A local community response to a Mediterranean-wide crisis

Presented during the 2018 MedPAN experience sharing-workshop. Pantelleria is a small volcanic island mainly devoted to agriculture where professional fishing is rarely practiced, probably due to many factors. The decline of fish, the appearance of invasive species, and many other