Mediterranean Sea

This identification guide has been developed to support the monitoring of bycatch of vulnerable species in Mediterranean fisheries.

La présente stratégie de conservation offre un résumé des informations disponibles pour les trois espèces d’ange de mer présentes dans l’Atlantique Est et en Méditerranée. Les menaces, buts et objectifs y sont présentés. Toutefois, ce document se veut également une invitation à toute personne intéressée souhaitant transmettre des recherches pertinentes pour les régions mises en avant.

Esta estrategia de conservación proporciona un resumen de la información disponible para las tres especies de angelotes en el Atlántico Oriental y el Mediterráneo. Se describen las amenazas, las metas y los objetivos, no obstante este documento sirve también como una invitación a las personas interesadas para contribuir a las actividades de investigación pertinentes en las regiones señaladas.

This conservation strategy provides a summary of available information for the three species of angel shark in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. Threats, goals and objectives are outlined, however this document acts as an invitation for interested individuals to contribute relevant research for the highlighted regions.

Providing a comprehensive account of marine conservation, this book examines human use and abuse of the world's seas and oceans and their marine life, and the various approaches to management and conservation. Healthy marine ecosystems - the goods and services that they provide - are of vital importance to human wellbeing. There is a pressing need for a global synthesis of marine conservation issues and approaches.

This report presents the conservation status of the anthozoans occuring in the Mediterranean Sea, based on the assessment of 136 species using the IUCN Red List methodology. It identifies those species that are threatened with extinction at the regional level to guide appropriate conservation actions in order to improve their status. 

This publication summarises the results of the European Red List for marine habitats. It provides an overview on the character, extent and status of benthic marine habitat types through assessments undertaken between 2013 and 2016. The results are presented at two geographic levels: across the EU28 and EU28+, the latter including parts of Russia and Norway, as well as Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania, Turkey, Ukraine and Georgia.