Recent European initiatives in marine protection policy: towards lasting protection for Europe's seas?

M Salomon - Environmental science & policy, 2009 - Elsevier
The seas and oceans are increasingly a focus of policy interest in Europe. This is mirrored in
wide-ranging activities to manage and protect the marine environment, which raises the …

Assessment of the eutrophication status at Mediterranean sub-basin scale, within the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive

M Giani, A Pavlidou, M Kralj, I Varkitzi, A Borja… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The aim of this work is to define harmonized reference conditions and assessment
thresholds for selected criteria elements of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) …

Cetacean conservation in the Mediterranean and Black Seas: fostering transboundary collaboration through the European marine strategy framework directive

M Authier, FD Commanducci, T Genov, D Holcer… - Marine Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) aims at implementing
a precautionary and holistic ecosystem-based approach for managing European marine …

Implementing the Marine Strategy Framework Directive: A policy perspective on regulatory, institutional and stakeholder impediments to effective implementation

J van Leeuwen, J Raakjaer, L Van Hoof… - Marine Policy, 2014 - Elsevier
The implementation of the European Union (EU) Marine Strategy Framework Directive
(MSFD) requires EU Member States to draft a program of measures to achieve Good …

Retrospective analysis of the pelagic ecosystem of the Western Mediterranean Sea: Drivers, changes and effects

M Coll, JM Bellido, MG Pennino… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Western Mediterranean Sea, forage fishes have changed in abundance,
body condition, growth, reproduction, and distribution in the last decades. Different …

Challenges facing a network of representative marine protected areas in the Mediterranean: prioritizing the protection of underrepresented habitats

A Abdulla, M Gomei, D Hyrenbach… - ICES Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Abdulla, A., Gomei, M., Hyrenbach, D., Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, G., and Agardy, T.
2009. Challenges facing a network of representative marine protected areas in the …

Marine protected areas on the high seas: some legal and policy considerations

T Scovazzi - The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 2004 - brill.com
The 2003 meeting of the United Nations Open-Ended Informal Consultative Process on
Oceans and the Law of the Sea made a call to explore a range of tools for the protection and …

Mediterranean pelagic habitat: oceanographic and biological processes, an overview

M Würtz - 2010 - books.google.com
Abstract The Mediterranean Sea is a highly variable and dynamic environment, with very
high biologic diversity. Between 4% and 18% of the world's marine species are found in the …

1983–2013: Development of marine protected areas along the French Mediterranean coasts and perspectives for achievement of the Aichi target

A Meinesz, A Blanfuné - Marine policy, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract In 1983, Meinesz et al.[1] provided an exhaustive survey of the number, surface
area and status of the 17 marine areas protected by the banning of at least one type of …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated assessment of the good environmental status of Mediterranean marine protected areas

S Fraschetti, E Fabbrizzi, L Tamburello… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Local, regional and global targets have been set to halt marine biodiversity loss. Europe has
set its own policy targets to achieve Good Environmental Status (GES) of marine ecosystems …