MPA NETWORKS toolbox – Small-scale fisheries management

FishMPABlue2 project (2016-2019)

• Project website
• Governance Toolkit for managing Small-Scale Fisheries in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas (2019).
• Sampling methodologies for monitoring small scale fisheries in Mediterranean MPAs: ecological, economic and social dimension (2017).
• Mediterranean challenges for Marine Protected Areas and Small Scale Fisheries. Proceeding of the 2018 MedPAN Workshop & FishMPABlue2 Conference (2018).
• Small-scale fisheries governance in MPAs. The FishMPABlue2 approach. Key points for decision makers (2019).
• Improving marine protected area governance through collaboration and co-production (2020).

MedPAN North project (2010-2013)

• Fishermen engagement in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas. A key element to the success of artisanal fisheries management (2014).
• Recreational Fishing within Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean (2012).

PHAROS4MPAs (2017-2018)

• Project website
• Safeguarding Marine Protected Areas in the growing Mediterranean blue economy. Recommendations for recreational fisheries (2019).
• Safeguarding Marine Protected Areas in the growing Mediterranean blue economy: Recreational fisheries. Priority actions for public authorities (2019).
• Safeguarding Marine Protected Areas in the growing Mediterranean blue economy: Recommendations for small-scale fisheries (2019)
• Safeguarding Marine Protected Areas in the growing Mediterranean blue economy: small-scale fisheries. Priority actions for public authorities (2019).

ECOSEE/A “Guardians of the Sea” project (2014-2015)

• Layman’s report
• Newsletter 1 EN
• Newsletter 1 IT
• Newsletter 2 EN
• Newsletter 2 IT
• Newsletter 3 EN
• Newsletter 3 IT

MedPAN Small Projects

• Bridges of collaborations over the Adriatic Sea – bringing the successful experiences from Torre Guaceto MPA in Karaburun-Sazani MPA for sustainable fisheries development – ACEPSD, Albania (2019-2020)
• MaReFish: Characterisation of marine recreational fisheries around Cabo de Palos – Islas Hormigas marine reserve – University of Murcia, Spain (2019-2020)
• Strengthen collaboration between the MPAs of the Adratic Sea, while adapting the successful experience of fishermen’s involvement in the management of the Torre Guaceto MPA in Karaburun-Sazani MPA – ACEPSD, Albania (2018-2019)
• Enhancing participation from stakeholders in the Kakoskali Marine Protected Area – Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre, Cyprus (2018-2019)
• Empowering legal fisheries in future Montenegrin MPAs – Mediterranean Center for Environmental Monitoring – MedCEM, Montenegro (2018-2019)
• Tackling the impacts of recreational fishing – University of Gerona, Spain (see p.29)
• Reduce pressure on fisheries by enhancing exotic species value – Mediterranean Conservation Society, Turkey (see p.43)
• Promote co-management among fishers – PN Gouraya, Algeria (see p.45)
• Sustainable management of artisanal fisheries – Strunjan NR, Slovenia (see p.47)
• Develop co-management approaches for sustainable fisheries in Karaburun-Sazan MPA – Royal Albania Foundation, Albania (see p.49)
• Create a label for artisanal fishery products – Tunisian Association for the Development of Artisanal Fisheries, Tunisia (see p.51)
• Monitoring of traditional sustainable fisheries in Torre Guaceto MPA – Torre Guaceto MPA, Italy (see p.37)
• Development of sustainable recreational fishing in MPAs in Turkey with particular emphasis on the Kas Kekova MPA – SAD, Turkey (see p.45)
• Involvement of fishermen in the sustainable management of Habibas Islands Marine Reserve, CNL, Algeria (see p.47)