The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) launched the Medfish project in 2015. This project is divided into 3 phases. Phase 1, finalised today, aimed to map 100 French and Spanish Mediterranean fisheries. Of these 100 fisheries, 14 (7 per country) have been selected for Phase 2 to carry out a more comprehensive assessment using the sustainability criteria of the MSC Fisheries Standard. Phase 3, which will be held in the first half of 2017, will aim to identify among the 14 fisheries, those that can claim MSC certification (sustainable fisheries label), and for the others to formalize action plans so that they move towards sustainability.
Pre-assessment of a selection of French and Spanish fisheries operating in the Mediterranean (Medfish Project)
Section
Fishing
Date of completion
September 2015 to December 2016
Client(s)
Marine Stewardship Council and World Wildlife Fund (Not-for-Profit Organizations)
In partnership with
SAI GLOBAL in France and Acoura Marine in Spain
To go further
www.project-medfish.com
Project description
Role of Marepolis
MAREPOLIS is involved in phases 1 and 2 of the Medfish project for the French part. In phase 1, MAREPOLIS contributed to the development of the list of potential fisheries operating in Mediterranean France and to the identification of the bodies involved in the management of these fisheries. MAREPOLIS also carried out an inventory of the habitats, marine protected areas and artificial reefs present in the study area (GFCM zones n° 7 and 8), but also the characterization of the fisheries management system. In phase 2, MAREPOLIS participates in the pre-assessment of the 7 fisheries selected for France (Gulf of Lion: octopus with pot and Portuguese box, changing trap with trap, telline with hand dredger, sardine with purse seine and beach seine, sea bass and gilthead bream with gillnet, dentex with longline and hake trawl).