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This Guide, the third in a series of Guidelines for the Sustainable Development of Mediterranean Aquaculture, aims at providing basic recommendations to decision makers and other parties interested in responsible aquaculture practices and certification.

This project aims to validate the methodology for the implementation of an Ecosystem Approach for aquaculture. The objective is to assist stakeholders in improving and/or setting up a more robust Ecosystem Based Management (EBM) framework in order to shift to a consensual approach between all…

This Guide, the second in a series of Guidelines for the Sustainable Development of Mediterranean Aquaculture, aims at providing basic recommendations to decision makers and other parties interested for aquaculture site selection and site management.

Almost 6000 species assessed, 25%* threatened, but there are so many more!

Seahorses and pipefishes in the Mediterranean are threatened by habitat loss and degradation that is caused by commercial, residential, and tourism coastal development, and by unintentional damage by destructive fishing gears such as trawls and dredges.

Of the 355 reptile species found in the Mediterranean, 13% are threatened, with 3.9% Critically Endangered, 6.2% Endangered and 3.1% Vulnerable.

North Africa is considered the poorest of all African sub-regions in terms of freshwater resources: except for the Nile River, permanent rivers are only found in the northern part of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The increasing demand for freshwater, due to economic and demographic developments…