EuroMarineGeneral information
The number of recorded non indigenous species (NIS) in the Mediterranean Sea is far higher than in other European Seas, their number more than doubled (223%) between 1970 and 2015, with the greatest increase recorded in the 1990s and the 2000s.
The EU Regulation on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species (IAS Regulation) (EC 2014) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), where NIS constitute part of the evaluation of ‘Good Environmental Status’ (GES) (EC 2008, EC 2010), acknowledge the critical role of vectors in biological invasions and consider it crucial to manage the pathways. The general provisions ask Member States to “carry out a comprehensive analysis of the pathways of unintentional introductions and spread of invasive alien species in their territory and identify the pathways which require priority action (priority pathways)” (EC 2014, Art.13.1).
Yet, of the 23 states bordering the Mediterranean Sea only 9 are EU Member States. Though States are responsible for ensuring that activities within their jurisdiction do not damage the environment of other States, for the IAS Regulation concerning marine NIS to be effective in the Mediterranean Sea, implementation depends on policy coordination with the Regional Sea Convention (Barcelona Convention).
At the next Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean and its Protocols (Athens, Greece, 9-12 February 2016) the parties are meant to approve the ‘Updated Action Plan concerning Species Introductions and Invasive Species in the Mediterranean Sea’ (attached, Annex III). The updated Action Plan focuses on the collection of data on NIS at national level and the further development of the Marine Mediterranean Invasive Alien Species (MAMIAS) Database “in order to prevent the introduction of alien species, control the spread of those already introduced, and endeavour to mitigate the damage they cause to the marine ecosystem”.
The EuroMarine workshop ‘Management of bioinvasions in the Mediterranean Sea - the way forward’ aims to discuss and develop a general framework of what a comprehensive action plan for managing NIS under the unique conditions of the Mediterranean Sea should contain, including detailed instructions on contents as well as examples of best practices. Amongst others, we will be considering issues such as: i) Pan-Mediterranean harmonized data collection and dissemination, ii) development of monitoring parameters and reporting protocols, iii) management of vectors to minimize risk of primary (and possibly also secondary) transfers, iv) NIS population spread and abundance control, v) establishment of rapid response protocols, and vi) NIS management in and adjacent to marine conservation/protected areas.
The workshop objective is fully in line with the CBD decision of “Identifying and prioritizing pathways of introduction of invasive alien species, taking into account, inter alia, information on the taxa, the frequency of introduction, and the magnitude of impacts, as well as climate change scenarios” and to discuss the feasibility of the Aichi target 9 of the CBD, according to which “By 2020, invasive alien species and pathways are identified and prioritized, priority species are controlled or eradicated, and measures are in place to manage pathways to prevent their introduction and establishment”.
The objective of the guidance document is to help national authorities to develop their action plans for the management of NIS pathways. It builds on the need to provide countries with some technical support for the practical implementation of the Action Plan concerning Species Introductions and Invasive Species in the Mediterranean Sea, as well as the IAS regulation. In fact, one of the key provisions of the EU regulation on IAS, i.e. art. 13, specifically requires Member States to develop action plans for the management of pathways (including the analysis of pathways, and the identification of priority pathways).
You are invited to provide a poster (format 70x100 cm) which subject has a bearing on ‘Management of bioinvasions in the Mediterranean Sea’. If you decide to avail yourself of this option, please send by April 15th 2016, a title & summary (max. 500 words) of your poster (preferably, but not limited to one or more of the following: i) data collection and dissemination, ii) monitoring parameters and reporting protocols, iii) pathway management, iv) abundance control, v) rapid response, vi) management in and adjacent to marine conservation/protected areas.
You may wish to reserve a room at the “Villa Maria” Hotel in Ischia, where the workshop will take place, please see the options offered for half or full-board and fill and send the application form included in this message (if you did not sent it already) to: mariacristna.gambi@szn.it or gambimc@gmail.com Attendance and coffee breaks are free.
Programme:
3rd May 2016
15:30 Registration opens at the Villa Maria Hotel, Workshop secretary desk in the hall
18:00 – 20:00 Hang your poster at the Villa Maria meeting and hall room
20:00 Dinner. At the Villa Maria Hotel for those with reservations; free night out for others
4th May 2016
9:00 Welcome Prof. Roberto Danovaro, President of the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Introduction to the workshop Maria Cristina Gambi
9:30 MANAGEMENT OF BIOINVASIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA - THE WAY FORWARD Bella Galil National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, Haifa, Israel
HOW CAN WE USE OCEAN CIRCULATION KNOWLEDGE TO IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE PATHWAYS OF INVASION Leo Berline Université Aix-Marseille, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, Campus de Luminy, Marseille, France
10:50 Coffee break and posters’ viewing in the meeting room and hotel hall
11:30 INTENTIONAL AND ACCIDENTAL TRANSPORTS OF MARINE ORGANISMS INTO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: TRACKING AND REGULATING PATHWAYS
Frédéric Mineur Aix-Marseille University, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), Marseille, France
MONITORING MARINE INVASIVE SPECIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN Sea
Melih Ertan Çinar Ege University, Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Hydrobiology, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
13:00 Lunch at the Hotel Villa Maria for those with reservations; lunch out for others.
14:30 TRANS-NATIONAL DISPERSAL OF NIS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: PATHWAYS OF SECONDARY SPREAD AND CONTROL STRATEGIES Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, Italy
A WAY FORWARD THE LIST OF ALIEN SPECIES: THE CASE STUDY OF THE FOULING IN THE GULF OF TARANTO, ITALY Adriana Giangrande¹, Marco Lezzi¹, Michela Del Pasqua¹, Maria Cristina Gambi² ¹Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali, Università del Salento, Unità CoNISMa, Lecce, Italy; ²Laboratory of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
15:50 Coffee break and posters’ viewing in the meeting room and hotel hall
16:10 Oral poster presentations (5 minutes, 1 slide for each poster)
20:15 Dinner. At the Villa Maria Hotel for those with reservations; free night out for others
5th May 2016
9:00 MANAGEMENT OF MARINE INNS IN MARINE CONSERVATION AREAS
Elizabeth Cook Scottish Marine Institute, Oban, Argyll, UK
UNORTHODOX ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MARINE BIOINVASIONS Baruch Rinkevich National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, Haifa, Israel
10:20 Coffee break
11:00 UNMASKING JELLYFISH ALIEN SPECIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: A ROLE FOR INTEGRATIVE TAXONOMY (AND TAXONOMISTS) Stefano Piraino Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
MANAGING MULTIPLE VECTORS FOR MARINE BIOINVASIONS Henn Ojaveer Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu, Pärnu, Estonia
13:00 Lunch at the Hotel for those with reservations; lunch out for others
14:30 General discussion of the joint document; co-chairs Maria Cristina Gambi and Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi
16:30 Coffee break
17:00 Closing remarks Maria Cristina Gambi and Bella Galil
20.00 Dinner at the Villa Maria Hotel.
Content
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Venue
Ischia, Italy
Punta San Pietro, 127, 80077 Ischia NA, Italy
Application
Qualification
The number of recorded non indigenous species (NIS) in the Mediterranean Sea is far higher than in other European Seas, their number more than doubled (223%) between 1970 and 2015, with the greatest increase recorded in the 1990s and the 2000s.
The EU Regulation on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species (IAS Regulation) (EC 2014) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), where NIS constitute part of the evaluation of ‘Good Environmental Status’ (GES) (EC 2008, EC 2010), acknowledge the critical role of vectors in biological invasions and consider it crucial to manage the pathways. The general provisions ask Member States to “carry out a comprehensive analysis of the pathways of unintentional introductions and spread of invasive alien species in their territory and identify the pathways which require priority action (priority pathways)” (EC 2014, Art.13.1).
Yet, of the 23 states bordering the Mediterranean Sea only 9 are EU Member States. Though States are responsible for ensuring that activities within their jurisdiction do not damage the environment of other States, for the IAS Regulation concerning marine NIS to be effective in the Mediterranean Sea, implementation depends on policy coordination with the Regional Sea Convention (Barcelona Convention).
At the next Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean and its Protocols (Athens, Greece, 9-12 February 2016) the parties are meant to approve the ‘Updated Action Plan concerning Species Introductions and Invasive Species in the Mediterranean Sea’ (attached, Annex III). The updated Action Plan focuses on the collection of data on NIS at national level and the further development of the Marine Mediterranean Invasive Alien Species (MAMIAS) Database “in order to prevent the introduction of alien species, control the spread of those already introduced, and endeavour to mitigate the damage they cause to the marine ecosystem”.
The EuroMarine workshop ‘Management of bioinvasions in the Mediterranean Sea - the way forward’ aims to discuss and develop a general framework of what a comprehensive action plan for managing NIS under the unique conditions of the Mediterranean Sea should contain, including detailed instructions on contents as well as examples of best practices. Amongst others, we will be considering issues such as: i) Pan-Mediterranean harmonized data collection and dissemination, ii) development of monitoring parameters and reporting protocols, iii) management of vectors to minimize risk of primary (and possibly also secondary) transfers, iv) NIS population spread and abundance control, v) establishment of rapid response protocols, and vi) NIS management in and adjacent to marine conservation/protected areas.
The workshop objective is fully in line with the CBD decision of “Identifying and prioritizing pathways of introduction of invasive alien species, taking into account, inter alia, information on the taxa, the frequency of introduction, and the magnitude of impacts, as well as climate change scenarios” and to discuss the feasibility of the Aichi target 9 of the CBD, according to which “By 2020, invasive alien species and pathways are identified and prioritized, priority species are controlled or eradicated, and measures are in place to manage pathways to prevent their introduction and establishment”.
The objective of the guidance document is to help national authorities to develop their action plans for the management of NIS pathways. It builds on the need to provide countries with some technical support for the practical implementation of the Action Plan concerning Species Introductions and Invasive Species in the Mediterranean Sea, as well as the IAS regulation. In fact, one of the key provisions of the EU regulation on IAS, i.e. art. 13, specifically requires Member States to develop action plans for the management of pathways (including the analysis of pathways, and the identification of priority pathways).
You are invited to provide a poster (format 70x100 cm) which subject has a bearing on ‘Management of bioinvasions in the Mediterranean Sea’. If you decide to avail yourself of this option, please send by April 15th 2016, a title & summary (max. 500 words) of your poster (preferably, but not limited to one or more of the following: i) data collection and dissemination, ii) monitoring parameters and reporting protocols, iii) pathway management, iv) abundance control, v) rapid response, vi) management in and adjacent to marine conservation/protected areas.
You may wish to reserve a room at the “Villa Maria” Hotel in Ischia, where the workshop will take place, please see the options offered for half or full-board and fill and send the application form included in this message (if you did not sent it already) to: mariacristna.gambi@szn.it or gambimc@gmail.com Attendance and coffee breaks are free.
Programme:
3rd May 2016
15:30 Registration opens at the Villa Maria Hotel, Workshop secretary desk in the hall
18:00 – 20:00 Hang your poster at the Villa Maria meeting and hall room
20:00 Dinner. At the Villa Maria Hotel for those with reservations; free night out for others
4th May 2016
9:00 Welcome Prof. Roberto Danovaro, President of the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Introduction to the workshop Maria Cristina Gambi
9:30 MANAGEMENT OF BIOINVASIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA - THE WAY FORWARD Bella Galil National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, Haifa, Israel
HOW CAN WE USE OCEAN CIRCULATION KNOWLEDGE TO IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE PATHWAYS OF INVASION Leo Berline Université Aix-Marseille, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, Campus de Luminy, Marseille, France
10:50 Coffee break and posters’ viewing in the meeting room and hotel hall
11:30 INTENTIONAL AND ACCIDENTAL TRANSPORTS OF MARINE ORGANISMS INTO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: TRACKING AND REGULATING PATHWAYS
Frédéric Mineur Aix-Marseille University, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), Marseille, France
MONITORING MARINE INVASIVE SPECIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN Sea
Melih Ertan Çinar Ege University, Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Hydrobiology, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
13:00 Lunch at the Hotel Villa Maria for those with reservations; lunch out for others.
14:30 TRANS-NATIONAL DISPERSAL OF NIS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: PATHWAYS OF SECONDARY SPREAD AND CONTROL STRATEGIES Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, Italy
A WAY FORWARD THE LIST OF ALIEN SPECIES: THE CASE STUDY OF THE FOULING IN THE GULF OF TARANTO, ITALY Adriana Giangrande¹, Marco Lezzi¹, Michela Del Pasqua¹, Maria Cristina Gambi² ¹Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali, Università del Salento, Unità CoNISMa, Lecce, Italy; ²Laboratory of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
15:50 Coffee break and posters’ viewing in the meeting room and hotel hall
16:10 Oral poster presentations (5 minutes, 1 slide for each poster)
20:15 Dinner. At the Villa Maria Hotel for those with reservations; free night out for others
5th May 2016
9:00 MANAGEMENT OF MARINE INNS IN MARINE CONSERVATION AREAS
Elizabeth Cook Scottish Marine Institute, Oban, Argyll, UK
UNORTHODOX ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MARINE BIOINVASIONS Baruch Rinkevich National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, Haifa, Israel
10:20 Coffee break
11:00 UNMASKING JELLYFISH ALIEN SPECIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: A ROLE FOR INTEGRATIVE TAXONOMY (AND TAXONOMISTS) Stefano Piraino Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
MANAGING MULTIPLE VECTORS FOR MARINE BIOINVASIONS Henn Ojaveer Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu, Pärnu, Estonia
13:00 Lunch at the Hotel for those with reservations; lunch out for others
14:30 General discussion of the joint document; co-chairs Maria Cristina Gambi and Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi
16:30 Coffee break
17:00 Closing remarks Maria Cristina Gambi and Bella Galil
20.00 Dinner at the Villa Maria Hotel.
