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General:

To promote and encourage the protection and conservation of the fisheries and natural resources of the marine reserves of fishing interest in Spain and Natura 2000 Network areas within the scope of the PESCARES V project.

Specific:

1. To improve the management of the Cabo Tiñoso marine reserve, as well as the Natura 2000 Network areas they host, through governance work through the meeting and reciprocal training process between the different users of the marine reserves and to maintain and improve the state of comfort of the Cabo de Palos-Islas Hormigas marine reserves, Cabo de Gata-Níjar and Columbretes Islands, Tabarca Island, Levante Mallorca-Cala Ratjada and Punta de la Restinga-Mar de las Calmas by monitoring and controlling the initiatives developed in previous phases of PESCARES.

2. Develop initiatives not initially contemplated, both sectoral and collective, in conjunction with the Administrations, that promote collaborative work and guide management from the point of view of the sectors that operate in the Marine Reserves.

3. To highlight the social benefit of Marine Reserves and Natura 2000 Network areas in the marine environment as an example of sustainable fishing and synergies between artisanal fishing, recreational diving and the scientific sector.

A1- To have the public use in the marine reserves scope of PESCARES V. Creating an updated database of the fishing and diving sectors that operate in the Reserves.

1.1. Querying data available in SGP

1.2. Compare data with sectoral representatives of marine reserves

1.3. Publish an updated database on the PESCARES website

A2- Establish in the marine reserve incorporated in PESCARES V the rules of communication and dialogue between the different users of the reserve, facilitating and implementing methodologies already proven in previous phases of PESCARES.

2.1. Identify the representatives of each sector of the marine reserve.

2.2. Face-to-face meetings will be held with each sector of the marine reserve.

2.3. The documentation of the PESCARES methodology developed in the previous reserves and its explanation is delivered to the representatives of each sector.”

A3- In order to maintain the methodologies already implemented in the marine reserves in which PESCARES previously acted and to increase the level of success in the management and user satisfaction actions.

3.1 Working group meetings and participatory workshops to identify improvements and opportunities.

3.2 Establish synergies and resolve conflicts within the fulfillment of the general objective of promoting and protecting fisheries and natural resources in the management of each Reserve.

A4- Dissemination actions: following the format of PESCARES, recorded interviews present the “PROTAGONISTS” as a vector of the value of marine reserves. To bring users closer to and recognize the work of scientific profiles, representatives of divers, representatives of fishermen’s guilds, responsible recreational diving, surveillance and Administrations.

4.1. Production and production of audiovisuals of the Cabo Tiñoso Marine Reserve and of the representatives of the sectors.

A5- Actions: Maintenance of the web resource: www.proyectopescares.com

5.1. Incorporation of the content relating to the newly established reserve.

5.2. Updating audiovisual content.

5.3. Incorporation of news.

5.4. Social media activity”

A6- Face-to-face informative and training actions to raise awareness among the different sectors of each newly implemented Marine Reserve of PESCARES V.

6.1. Training given by the PESCARES representatives of each sector in the newly established marine reserve.

6.2. Information to the recreational diving sector responsible for the integration of the newly established marine reserve into PESCARES.

A7- Preparation of a survey and information action in marine reserves.

7.1 A survey of the regular and occasional population is carried out, with content on the definition of marine reserves and sectors-uses.

7.2. After the survey, each respondent will be provided with updated information regarding each reserve area of action. The representative sample size is expected to be 100 per marine reserve and a total of 500.

A8- APP: Creation of a mobile application for free distribution. The application would be available for mobile devices with Android or IOS operating systems. It would be possible to show information about the fauna through images, videos and description of the environment.

A9- Final internal presentation performance with the participation of the main actors.

9.1 Evaluation meeting of the project with representation of all the actors who have participated and presentation of the results obtained.”

PESCARES V has strengthened the procedures, protocols and methodology successfully applied in the marine reserves of Cabo de Palos-Islas Hormigas, Cabo de Gata-Níjar, Islas Columbretes, Isla de Tabarca, Levante de Mallorca-Cala Rajada and Punta de la Restinga-Mar de las Calmas (El Hierro). The same objectives in governance standards have been applied in the Cabo Tiñoso marine reserve successfully.

On the one hand, the information corresponding to the regulations and lists of diving clubs and schools with authorization to practice diving activities and the census of entities in the fishing sector that operate in the project’s target reserves have been updated, publishing them on the project’s website and available to the general public.

Likewise, working meetings have been held with the sectors involved in the marine reserve of fishing interest of Cabo Tiñoso, as well as in the other reserves subject to the project in previous phases, compiling the initiatives and collective and sectoral needs.

On the other hand, the adhesion to the PESCARES Framework Agreement of fishermen and divers in the marine reserve of Levante de Mallorca-Cala Rajada and in the marine reserve of Punta de la Restinga-Mar de las Calmas on the island of El Hierro stands out. In this regard, the public signing of the MOU Agreement (memorandum of understanding) between the artisanal fishing and responsible recreational diving sector has been celebrated.

For awareness-raising actions, several short audiovisual pieces have been made with interviews with representatives of different sectors (artisanal fishing and responsible recreational diving) of the marine reserve of fishing interest of Cabo Tiñoso and the audiovisual production “Protagonists“, created in PESCARES I, has been expanded with representatives of the different sectors of Cabo Tiñoso. On the other hand, several training days have been held for each sector of the RMIP of Cabo Tiñoso, creating a training manual. The results of the project were also disseminated through a virtual conference. As a complement, a survey has been carried out on more than 500 people on information from the Spanish PMRs and a mobile application (available for iOS and Android) has been created with information on the marine reserves in Spain.