Acronym PROTOMEDEA
Category
Fisheries
Title Towards the establishment of Marine Protected Area Networks in the Eastern Mediterranean Programme DG MARE + EMFF
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source European Coordinator Paraskevi Karachle Coordinator email pkarachle@hcmr.gr
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
AUTh - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) ,
ELIA - Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre (Cyprus) ,
NMPANS - National Marine Park of Alonissos and Northern Sporades (Greece) ,
CNR - National Research Council (Italy) ,
UCY - University of Cyprus (Cyprus) ,
UAEGEAN - University of the Aegean (Greece) ,
Start year 2015 End year 2019 Funding (€) € 668,065 Website https://imbriw.hcmr.gr/protomedea/#:~:text=5-,PROTOMEDEA%3A%20Towards%20the%20establishment%20of%20Marine%20Protected,Networks%20in%20the%20Eastern%20Mediterranean&text=PROTOMEDEA%20stands%20for%20%E2%80%9CPROTecting%20MEDiterranean,EU%20Mediterranean%20waters%E2%80%9D%20 Summary The ultimate goal is to design a Marine Protected Area (MPA) network in the study areas, taking into account the protection of ecological characteristics and Essential Fish Habitats (EFH), significant areas for fisheries, as well as their socio-economic impacts through a participatory bottom - up process.
The PROTOMEDEA project focuses on proposing a Marine Protected Area (MPA) network aiming to achieve the Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Towards that direction, mapping of existing MPAs and EFHs, will
be done, and the effect of MPAs on MSY and the development of ECOPATH models in selected MPAs, will be examined using previous and new data in order to evaluate the current overall contribution of MPAs in fisheries sustainability. In addition, what-if scenarios of MPAs’ impacts on MSY and ECOPATH/ECOSPACE models will be evaluated. These scenarios will be discussed with a wide range of stakeholders in order to propose commonly agreed and more effective MPAs in the study areas. Finally, different management schemes will be developed and examined in order to support the optimization of fisheries management.
Keywords
MPA;
Fisheries management;
Ecosystem approach;
Economy;
Marine Region
66
Cyprus Island (GSA 25)
62
Aegean Sea (GSA 22)
2
Marine Region Map
