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General Objective:

Develop a social and environmental outreach and awareness program for the protection and recovery of marine biodiversity in Spain’s productive marine ecosystems.

Specific objectives:

• Design, coordinate, organize and hold a program of conferences and workshops to promote the exchange of experiences on marine sustainability, focused on the development and implementation of marine strategies for improving the quality of the sea trades, the protection and improvement of artisanal fisheries and their survival over time while contributing to a good environmental status.
• Communicate, publicize and disseminate the contribution of the Spanish fishing sector in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, among the general public, the scientific community, NGOs, future sustainable fisheries managers and sectors involved and interested in marine sustainability.
• Communicate the actions and results of the project to society as a whole and to specific groups related to the marine environment.

1. “MardeVidas” conference on sustainable fishing and new management models.
2. Participatory online colloquia for the governance of the marine environment and fishery resources.
3. Workshops in sea classrooms and/or other outreach spaces.
4. Final day of dissemination of information and transfer of knowledge of the results of the project, for the development of a strategic plan for sustainability of the sea where the best practices that are being carried out by the sector are evidenced.
5. Guided boat tours with environmental educators and fishermen to Marine Reserves of Fishing Interest.
6. “Camp MardeVidas” in the Tabarca Reserve and the Cabo Tiñoso Reserve, an environmental awareness campaign on board a boat for future sustainable fishing managers, with the involvement of the Fishermen’s Guilds.
7. Elaboration of Didactic Units on the artisanal fishing sector.
8. Celebration of a kick-off event and public presentation of the project.
9. Creation of a web page (www.mardevidas.com)
10. Coordination and analytical work on linking the “MardeVidas” program with the different priorities, specific objectives and strategic plans in which it is involved.

Program of awareness-raising workshops on the sustainability of the sea:

• Conference on sustainable fishing and new models of fisheries management, held in Palamós, with the participation of state fishermen’s associations that operate in Marine Reserves or Protected Areas, the fishing sector in general and stakeholders from the fields of fisheries, science, administration and NGOs.
• Four thematic online colloquiums on the Integrated Maritime Policy.
• Three participatory workshops were held in Conil, Punta Umbría and Cartagena, with representatives of the fishing sector in the fishing guilds of Andalucía (Conil and Punta Umbría) and Murcia (Cartagena).
• Final day of dissemination of information and transfer of knowledge of the project results, for the development of a strategic plan for sustainability of the sea, held in Madrid with reference experts in fisheries, environmental, economic and social sustainability, the network of fishermen’s associations of the FNCP, members of the fisheries and environmental administration, scientists, technicians, NGOs and members of the fishing sector.

Communication campaign on the sustainability of the sea:

• Four guided visits to the Tabarca Island Marine Reserve of Fishing Interest and four to the Desembocadura del río Guadalquivir Fishing Reserve. These activities are carried out on a boat with the presence of an environmental educator and a fisherman from the same reserve, with the objective of bringing the population closer to the importance of the fishing sector and the fishermen’s associations in the Marine Reserves, as well as their relevance in the conservation of biodiversity.
• Camp Mardevidas 2 environmental awareness-raising course aimed at future managers of sustainable fishing from the disciplines of Marine Sciences, Biological Sciences and Environmental Sciences, carried out in the Marine Reserve of Fishing Interest of Tabarca Island, with the collaboration of the Santa Pola Marine Research Center (CIMAR) and the involvement of the Fishermen’s Guilds of Santa Pola and Tabarca.
• Camp MardeVidas 2 This environmental awareness-raising course, aimed at future sustainable fisheries managers from the disciplines of Marine Sciences and Social and Cultural Anthropology, was carried out in the Desembocadura Fishing Reserve of the Guadalquivir River, with the collaboration of the GALP Comarca Noroeste de Cádiz, the Ager Veneriensis Women’s Association of Bonanza, the Municipality of Chipiona, various representatives of the fishing sector, professors from the University of Seville and various technicians from the IFAPA of the Andalusian Regional Government.
• Two didactic units on the artisanal fishing fleet, the different fishing modalities, the species of fishing interest, the fishing grounds and the marine environment of the Marine Reserves of Fishing Interest of the Freus of Ibiza and Formentera and the Island of Tabarca, paying special attention to the role of women in fishing and adapting to children and young people.

Information portal on marine sustainability:

• Celebration of a kick-off event and public presentation of the project.
• Design and creation of the MARDEVIDAS website, which includes the actions carried out within the framework of the project, the project results, a contact section and a subscription form to the MardeVidas newsletter.

Coordination and analytical work on linking Mardevidas with the different priorities, specific objectives and strategic plans in which it is involved:

• Meeting before the end of the project to establish maximum coordination with the competent units of the General Secretariat of Fisheries, MTERD and MAPA.
• Face-to-face and telematic meetings held to analyze the involvement of the project in the Integrated Maritime Policy, the Spanish Marine Strategies, the Natura 2000 Marine Network, the Common Fisheries Policy, the Water Framework Directive, the Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change and the Strategy for Marine and Maritime Research.