The development of all this initiatives related to the BG will offer to the GFCM a
prominent position at regional scale to improve the fisheries and aquaculture management under the new paradigm of the BG although it will take some time/years to
have a better perspective on the effects and results that this regional initiative will
have on fishery resources, aquaculture, the ecosystem, and the several stakeholders’
interest in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea issues.
24.4.3 The BGI and the Aquaculture
in the Mediterranean Sea
An important conference on “Blue Growth in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea:
developing sustainable aquaculture for food security” (FAO 2017) was celebrated in
2014 in Bari (Italy). This was an initiative of the GFCM, the Italian government, and
the IUCN Mediterranean, organized in light of emerging economic, social, and
environmental issues and taking stock of the progress made in aquaculture research
and innovation. One of the objectives of the conference was “build consensus on a
regional strategy for achieving BG through aquaculture.” The conference acknowledged the key role to be played by this sector in achieving food security, employment, and economic development in the region, under a BG perspective, considering
that aquaculture is an activity that plays an important role for coastal communities.
The application of the FAO Code of Conduct to the aquaculture represents a key
factor in achieving a sustainable aquaculture sector in the Mediterranean and the
Black Sea under the framework of the GFCM. Considering the significant achievements obtained by the aquaculture committee from its inception meeting, the outcomes of the conference were over the expectations of the organizers. Different
experts underlined the importance of implementing BG in relation to aquaculture in
the Mediterranean and Black Sea region as it is already endorsed by the European
Union Maritime Policy (Chapela 2017). Within the conclusions of the conference, it
was underlined that “aquaculture constitutes therefore a strategic sector for future
development, in particular from the perspective of blue growth.”
24.5 EU Main Policy Instruments for Marine
Environmental Management
24.5.1 Relevance and Scope of the Marine Strategy
Framework Directive (MSFD)
In the framework of the thematic strategy for the marine environment of the Sixth
Environmental Action Programme of the European Community, on July 15, 2008,
Directive 2008/56/EC came into force establishing a framework for community
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prominent position at regional scale to improve the fisheries and aquaculture management under the new paradigm of the BG although it will take some time/years to
have a better perspective on the effects and results that this regional initiative will
have on fishery resources, aquaculture, the ecosystem, and the several stakeholders’
interest in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea issues.
24.4.3 The BGI and the Aquaculture
in the Mediterranean Sea
An important conference on “Blue Growth in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea:
developing sustainable aquaculture for food security” (FAO 2017) was celebrated in
2014 in Bari (Italy). This was an initiative of the GFCM, the Italian government, and
the IUCN Mediterranean, organized in light of emerging economic, social, and
environmental issues and taking stock of the progress made in aquaculture research
and innovation. One of the objectives of the conference was “build consensus on a
regional strategy for achieving BG through aquaculture.” The conference acknowledged the key role to be played by this sector in achieving food security, employment, and economic development in the region, under a BG perspective, considering
that aquaculture is an activity that plays an important role for coastal communities.
The application of the FAO Code of Conduct to the aquaculture represents a key
factor in achieving a sustainable aquaculture sector in the Mediterranean and the
Black Sea under the framework of the GFCM. Considering the significant achievements obtained by the aquaculture committee from its inception meeting, the outcomes of the conference were over the expectations of the organizers. Different
experts underlined the importance of implementing BG in relation to aquaculture in
the Mediterranean and Black Sea region as it is already endorsed by the European
Union Maritime Policy (Chapela 2017). Within the conclusions of the conference, it
was underlined that “aquaculture constitutes therefore a strategic sector for future
development, in particular from the perspective of blue growth.”
24.5 EU Main Policy Instruments for Marine
Environmental Management
24.5.1 Relevance and Scope of the Marine Strategy
Framework Directive (MSFD)
In the framework of the thematic strategy for the marine environment of the Sixth
Environmental Action Programme of the European Community, on July 15, 2008,
Directive 2008/56/EC came into force establishing a framework for community
812
L. Valdés et al.