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ECOSAFIMED project partners and associates contributing to international marine policies

Thursday, 23 July, 2015

The ECOSAFIMED project of the ENPI CBC MED programme, co-ordinated by the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment in Spain, promotes responsible practices in artisanal fisheries and the conservation of benthic ecosystems in the Mediterranean basin.

The Marine Science Institute of Spain’s Scientific Research Council hosted the meeting, aimed at discussing how to integrate project results into their relevant maritime activity programs to increase sustainability of artisanal fisheries in the Mediterranean basin.

The fourth newsletter of ECOSAFIMED project is now available

Wednesday, 8 July, 2015

How information sharing and capacity building have contributed to ECOSAFIMED project

ECOSAFIMED study area: Galite Islands, Tunisia

ECOSAFIMED participates to the Joint Meeting on protection of marine areas in the Mediterranean and Black Sea held in Tunisia

Monday, 15 June, 2015

ECOSAFIMED partners took part in the Joint Meeting on Marine protected Areas in the Mediterranean and Black Sea to introduce the project, its characteristics and its preliminary results in Tunisia. The meeting was held in Gammarth, Tunisia, from 9 to 12 June 2015.

In fact, ECOSAFIMED project is implemented in six study areas, of which 3 are Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): Balearic Islands (Minorca Channel) in Spain; Gulf of Patti in Italy; and La Galite archipelago in Tunisia.