the strong cooperation among nations and with the General Fisheries Commission
for the Mediterranean (GFCM) that will result. The ultimate beneficiary is the fishery
sector—from resource users to the various stakeholders—which will rely on responsible and sustainable fisheries development and management.
Until the present, COPEMED has made progress in encouraging collaboration
among national and regional scientific and fisheries management institutions, and
has had a positive effect in the subregion and beyond.
To improve regional cooperation, recently the General Fisheries Commission for
the Mediterranean (FAO-GFCM) adopted subregional structures to improve the
management of fishery exploited resources. To such a new approach, a new office
was created in Málaga (Spain) for the purposes of the Subregional Committee for the
Western Mediterranean (SRC-WM).
Other examples of international cooperation (projects carried out by GFCM, FAO
or UICN-Med does in Alboran Sea), can serve as regional incentives and to show the
way forward. It is the joint effort, respect to the others, collaboration, and international cooperation that will allow us to create the necessary synergies for a common
future.
References
Álvarez-Gómez JA, Aniel-Quiroga Í, González M, Olabarrieta M, Carreño E (2011) Scenarios for
earthquake-generated tsunamis on a complex tectonic area of diffuse deformation and low
velocity: The Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean. Mar Geol 284(1–4):55–73
Bernal Casasola D (2009) Arqueología de la pesca en el Estrecho de Gibraltar. De la Prehistoria al
fin del Mundo Antiguo. Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz
Donde Va Group (1984) Donde va? An oceanographic experiment in the Alboran sea. Eos, Trans
Am Geophys Union 65(36):682–683
Ercilla G, Juan C, Hernández-Molina FJ et al (2016) Significance of bottom currents in deep-sea
morphodynamics: an example from the Alboran Sea. Mar Geol 378:157–170
Galindo-Zaldívar J, Ercilla G, Estrada F et al (2018) Imaging the growth of recent faults: the case of
2016–2017 seismic sequence sea bottom deformation in the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean). Tectonics 37(8):2513–2530. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017TC004941
Gutiérrez-Castillo VL (2003) Análisis histórico-jurídico de la isla andaluza de Alboran. Revista
electrónica de estudios internacionales (REEI) 6:4–8
International Hydrographic Organization (1953) Limits of oceans and seas. International Hydrographic Organization, Monte-Carlo
Kinder TH, Burns DA, Hallock ZR Stirgus MJ (1983) Hydrographic measurements in the Western
Alboran Sea, June 1982, Donde Va? Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity, NSTL,
Mississippi. Technical Note 202, 127 pp
López Rodríguez MD (2016) Science - policy interfaces in the area of environmental governance:
empirical tests for its methodological development. PhD Thesis, University of Almería
Macías J, Vázquez JT, Fernández-Salas LM, González-Vida JM, Bárcenas P, Castro MJ, Díaz-delRío V, Alonso B (2015) The Al-Borani submarine landslide and associated tsunami. A
modelling approach. Mar Geol 361:79–95
Molina Vázquez F, Villa Díaz A (2008) La reserva de biosfera intercontinental de Mediterráneo
Andalucía (España)-Marruecos como instrumento de cooperación. Revista Ecosistemas 17
(2):17–27
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for the Mediterranean (GFCM) that will result. The ultimate beneficiary is the fishery
sector—from resource users to the various stakeholders—which will rely on responsible and sustainable fisheries development and management.
Until the present, COPEMED has made progress in encouraging collaboration
among national and regional scientific and fisheries management institutions, and
has had a positive effect in the subregion and beyond.
To improve regional cooperation, recently the General Fisheries Commission for
the Mediterranean (FAO-GFCM) adopted subregional structures to improve the
management of fishery exploited resources. To such a new approach, a new office
was created in Málaga (Spain) for the purposes of the Subregional Committee for the
Western Mediterranean (SRC-WM).
Other examples of international cooperation (projects carried out by GFCM, FAO
or UICN-Med does in Alboran Sea), can serve as regional incentives and to show the
way forward. It is the joint effort, respect to the others, collaboration, and international cooperation that will allow us to create the necessary synergies for a common
future.
References
Álvarez-Gómez JA, Aniel-Quiroga Í, González M, Olabarrieta M, Carreño E (2011) Scenarios for
earthquake-generated tsunamis on a complex tectonic area of diffuse deformation and low
velocity: The Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean. Mar Geol 284(1–4):55–73
Bernal Casasola D (2009) Arqueología de la pesca en el Estrecho de Gibraltar. De la Prehistoria al
fin del Mundo Antiguo. Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz
Donde Va Group (1984) Donde va? An oceanographic experiment in the Alboran sea. Eos, Trans
Am Geophys Union 65(36):682–683
Ercilla G, Juan C, Hernández-Molina FJ et al (2016) Significance of bottom currents in deep-sea
morphodynamics: an example from the Alboran Sea. Mar Geol 378:157–170
Galindo-Zaldívar J, Ercilla G, Estrada F et al (2018) Imaging the growth of recent faults: the case of
2016–2017 seismic sequence sea bottom deformation in the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean). Tectonics 37(8):2513–2530. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017TC004941
Gutiérrez-Castillo VL (2003) Análisis histórico-jurídico de la isla andaluza de Alboran. Revista
electrónica de estudios internacionales (REEI) 6:4–8
International Hydrographic Organization (1953) Limits of oceans and seas. International Hydrographic Organization, Monte-Carlo
Kinder TH, Burns DA, Hallock ZR Stirgus MJ (1983) Hydrographic measurements in the Western
Alboran Sea, June 1982, Donde Va? Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity, NSTL,
Mississippi. Technical Note 202, 127 pp
López Rodríguez MD (2016) Science - policy interfaces in the area of environmental governance:
empirical tests for its methodological development. PhD Thesis, University of Almería
Macías J, Vázquez JT, Fernández-Salas LM, González-Vida JM, Bárcenas P, Castro MJ, Díaz-delRío V, Alonso B (2015) The Al-Borani submarine landslide and associated tsunami. A
modelling approach. Mar Geol 361:79–95
Molina Vázquez F, Villa Díaz A (2008) La reserva de biosfera intercontinental de Mediterráneo
Andalucía (España)-Marruecos como instrumento de cooperación. Revista Ecosistemas 17
(2):17–27
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9