The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) is one of the few RFMOs worldwide entitled to adopt spatial management measures that regulate or restrict human...

The dataset on Natura 2000 sites was created in 2014 by Cogea for the European Marine Observation and Data Network. It is entirely based on spatial data from the European...

The dataset on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) established under the framework of the Regional Sea Conventions (RSCs) was created in 2023 by Cogea for the European Marine...

Italian coastal Ramsar sites.

Ramsar sites updated at September 2011. Ramsar sites are areas of the Italian territory that meet the requirements of the international convention on wetlands ,particularly...

The WISE WFD quality elements status contains information about the ecological status or potential of European surface water bodies, delineated for the River Basin Management...

This dataset shows the global distribution of seamounts and knolls identified using global bathymetric data at 30 arc-sec resolution. A total of 33,452 seamounts and 138,412...

Data derives from Sergio Ragonese's article, published on July 2017. Aim of this paper is to establish discrete (well delimited and not diffuse) nurseries of the Parapenaeus...

Data derives from Sergio Ragonese's article, published on July 2017. Aim of this paper is to establish discrete (well delimited and not diffuse) nurseries of the Mullus...

Data derives from Sergio Ragonese's article, published on July 2017. Aim of this paper is to establish discrete (well delimited and not diffuse) nurseries of the Eledone...

Data derives from Sergio Ragonese's article, published on July 2017. Aim of this paper is to establish discrete (well delimited and not diffuse) nurseries of the Merluccius...

Official web page of the Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA), with updated SPAMI's list

The database on shellfish aquaculture in the EU was created in 2014 by AND-International for the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). It is the result of the...

International Maritime Organization (IMO) official web page listing all adopted particularly sensitive sea areas (PSSA).

Benthic habitat map of the Southern Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) from Object-Based Image Analysis of Multi-Source Acoustic Backscatter Data. Scale 1:300.00. Authors:...

Natura 2000 is an ecological network of protected areas, set up to ensure the survival of Europe's most valuable species and habitats. Natura 2000 is based on the 1979 Birds...

FAO global inventory of fisheries measures to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems in areas beyond national jurisdiction. Download of spatial data and factsheets available from...

Waters identified as Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs), candidate IMMAs (cIMMAs) or areas of interest (AoI). "Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) are defined as discrete...

Important Bird Areas or IBAs are areas that play a key role in safeguarding birds and biodiversity, the identification of which is part of a global project, curated by BirdLife...

Law 11 October 2001, n. 391 - Ratification and execution of the Agreement relating to the creation in the Mediterranean of a sanctuary for marine mammals, made in Rome on 25...