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UNEP / GEF / SP-MED-LME
Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean
Sea Large Marine Ecosystem
Regional Component: Implementation of agreed actions
for the protection of the environmental resources of the
Mediterranean Sea and its coastal areas.
(EP/INT/602/GEF)
GFCM/SCs meetings/Kavala, September 2007
UNEP Barcelona Convention
Mediterranean Action Plan (Athens)
RAC/SPA (Tunis)
Regional Activity Center for
Specially Protected Areas
SAP MED
SAP BIO
Strategic Action Plan to Address
Pollution from Land-Based Activities
Strategic Action Plan for the
Conservation of the Biological Diversity
FAO input on fisheries
Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Sea Large
Marine Ecosystem – Regional Component: Implementation
of agreed actions for the protection of the environmental
resources of the Mediterranean Sea and its coastal areas
Implementing Agency
UNEP
Executing Agency
Coordinating Unit for the Mediterranean Action Plan
(UNEP/MAP-MEDU) and its associated Regional
Activity Centers (RACs): Cleaner Production (CP/RAC);
Specially Protected Areas (SPA/RAC); Priority Actions
Programme (PAP/RAC); and Information (INFO/RAC)
GEF Executive Agency
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
with
Nations (FAO); and United Nations Industrial
Expanded Opportunities Development Organization (UNIDO);
Co-Executing agencies
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean
(GFCM); United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization International Hydrological
Programme (UNESCO/HP); World Wide Fund for
Nature (WWF); Global Water Partnership Mediterranean (GWP-Med); Mediterranean Information
Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable
Development (MIO-ECSDE); Mediterranean
Environmental Technical Assistance Program (METAP),
and MEDPOL.
12 eligible countries
Albania
Algeria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Egypt
Lebanon
Libya
Morocco
Montenegro
Syria
Tunisia
Turkey
The Palestinian Authority also participates
Note: Country focal points belong to the Environment ministries, not Fisheries
4 Components
1: Integrated approaches for the implementation of the
SAPs and NAPs: ICZM IWRM and management of
coastal aquifers
2: Pollution from land based activities including Persistent
Organic Pollutants: implementation of SAP MED and
related NAPs.
3. Conservation of biological diversity: Implementation of
SAP BIO and related NAPs
4. Project Co-ordination Replication and Communication
Strategies Management and M&E
Component 3. Conservation of biological diversity:
Implementation of SAP BIO and related NAPs
FAO/GFCM leadership in one sub-activity. Not GEF funded.
RAC/SPA – WWF Leadership of the subcomponent
3.1: Conservation of Coastal and Marine Diversity through
Development of a Mediterranean MPA Network
3.2. Promote the Sustainable Use of Fisheries Resources
in the Mediterranean through Ecosystem-based
Management Approaches
FAO/GFCM leadership of the whole subcomponent
3.1 MPAs
3.1.2 New MPAs
3.1.2.6 MPAs
on high seas
3.2.1.1 Identify
EAF priorities
3 Implementation
of SAP/BIO
3.2.1 EAF
3.2.1.2 Apply EAF
to research and
management
3.2.1.3 Legal reforms
3.2 Fisheries
3.2.2 Bycatch
reduction
3.2.2.1 Risk
assessment
3.2.2.2 Demonstrable
solutions
3.2.3 Usustainable
fishing practices
3.2.3.1 Identify areas
Countries involved
3.1.2.6 Identify high seas
fisheries protected areas
Italy, Greece, Cyprus,
Albania, Egypt, Syria
3.2.1.1 Identify regional EAF
priorities
Tunisia, Turkey, Croatia and Montenegro
3.2.1.2 Apply EAF to fisheries
management
Tunisia, Turkey, Croatia and Montenegro
3.2.1.3 Legal reform for EAF
implementation
Tunisia, Turkey, Croatia and Montenegro
3.2.2.1 Risk assessment to
priorities interactions
Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Algeria
3.2.2.2 Demonstrate Bycatch
mitigation solutions
Morocco, Algeria, Turkey
3.2.3.1 Identify areas with
significant impacts
Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Algeria
Subcomponent 3.1: Conservation of Coastal and
Marine Diversity through Development of a
Mediterranean MPA Network
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Activity 3.1.2: Identification and planning of new MPAs to
extend the regional network and enhance its ecological
representiveness
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Sub activity 3.1.2.6. New fisheries-based MPAs in
international waters (High Seas): Enhanced collaboration of
riparian countries for the creation of up to 3 SPAMIs in
international waters
Sub-Component 3.2. Promote the Sustainable Use of
Fisheries Resources in the Mediterranean through
Ecosystem-based Management Approaches
• Activity 3.2.1: Establishment of the ecosystem approach to
fisheries management at regional and sub-regional levels
• Activity 3.2.2: Reduction of bycatch of regionally important
species at a fleet level
• Activity 3.2.3: Identification and addressing of
unsustainable fishing practices at regionally representative
MPA sites
Activity 3.2.1: Establishment of the ecosystem
approach to fisheries management at regional and
sub-regional levels
3.2.1.1. Identify regional needs and priorities for mainstreaming
biodiversity conservation into fisheries research and
management in four countries (Tunisia, Turkey, Croatia,
Montenegro): practical directions to enhance the full
development of EAF-based research supporting the
implementation of policies to address the impact of fisheries on
marine biodiversity and ecosystems
3.2.1.2. Implement biodiversity conservation and ecosystem approach
into fisheries research and management in four countries
(Tunisia, Turkey, Croatia, Montenegro): integration of
ecosystem and environmental considerations in effective
fisheries management policy.
3.2.1.3. Development of legal and management reforms to ensure the
long-term limitation of fishing impacts on biodiversity and
marine ecosystems in four countries (Tunisia, Turkey, Croatia,
Montenegro): Overall fishing impacts on biodiversity and
marine ecosystems are greatly reduced over the long-term.
Activity 3.2.2: Reduction of bycatch of regionally
important species at a fleet level
3.2.2.1. Risk assessment to prioritise regional threats to vulnerable fish
and fisheries interactions with iconic vertebrate species in five
countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Algeria, priority will
be given to the 3 countries involved in 3.2.2.2): to assess the
scale and drivers for the bycatch on vulnerable species
(sharks, certain invertebrates, cetaceans, monk seals, sea
turtles and seabird populations). 1 or 2 fishing metiers per
country to be identified and targeted.
3.2.2.2. Develop and implement demonstrable solutions to bycatch
mitigation for protected / endangered species of fish and
invertebrates and for iconic vertebrate species in two countries
(Morocco, Algeria and Turkey): by-catch mortality on sharks,
marine mammals, sea turtles and sea birds is significantly
reduced.
Activity 3.2.3: Identification and addressing of
unsustainable fishing practices at regionally
representative MPA sites
3.2.3.1. Identification of significant fishing impacts in areas of particular
vulnerability in five countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey,
Algeria). The impact of towed gears on critical bottom habitats,
forbidden fishing practices and protected species significant bycatch identified and mitigation approaches develolped with the
support of stakeholders
Budget and timetable
• Budget FAO: 800 000 USD
• Duration 5 years
• Starting: now