14 Jan 2025
New research has found more than 200 measures to protect sharks and rays across the 22 coastal states of the Mediterranean region Overfishing, illegal fishing and increasing marketing of shark meat pose significant threats to the more than 80 species of sharks and rays that inhabit the Mediterranean Sea, according to a new study. […]
28 May 2024
The first restorative aquaculture centre in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea will be located in La Rapita, Cataluña, Spain, and is expected to open by the end of 2024. The announcement was presented at the Global Seafood Expo in Barcelona last month. The innovation and capacity building centre will be in La Rapita, Spain […]
14 Feb 2023
Protected marine areas are one of the essential tools for the conservation of natural resources affected by human impact —mainly fishing—, but, are they enough to recover the functioning of these systems? A paper published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science highlights the limitations of marine reserves in restoring food webs to their pristine state […]