“Streamlining the establishment of regional work plans in the Mediterranean and Black Sea” is a project funded under the EU Call for Proposals MARE/2020/08 (Strengthening regional cooperation in the field of data collection), which aims to support projects that can promote and strengthen regional and EU cooperation in fisheries data collection. The overall objective of STREAMLINE is to draft Regional Work Plans (RWPs) for the Mediterranean and Black Sea related to specific issues through a co-creative work process with RCG Med&BS and member states. The specific issues that will be considered for RWP writing in the Mediterranean and Black Sea are as follows:
– commercial fisheries (including Small Scale Fisheries) with optimized sampling strategies;
– recreational fisheries sampling strategy;
– data collection on fish stomach contents;
– monitoring bycatch of vulnerable species.
The STREAMLINE Consortium comprises a group of Research Institutes with scientific and technical capabilities to provide scientific advice and other services in support of the Common Fisheries Policy and the strengthening of regional cooperation in fisheries data collection in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Participating in the project are 15 Marine Science Institutes and Research Centers from across the European Mediterranean and Black Sea with a team of researchers, stakeholders and policy-makers involved in the European Union framework for data collection, management and use in fisheries.
The research activities of the Institute are carried out in the context of research, development and innovation projects, both national and international, based on regional funding programs (POR FEAMPA - Regional Operational Program of the European Maritime Affairs Fisheries Fund and Aquaculture and POR FESR - Regional Operational Program of the European Regional Development Fund) or ministerial (PRIN - Projects of relevant national interest, PNRA - National Research Program in Antarctica, PO FEAMPA - National Operational Program European Maritime Affairs Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund) , programs for European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg), direct funding programs of the European Commission (Horizon2020 and Horizon Europe, Life, JPI - Joint Programming Initiatives, ERA-NET Cofund) and thematic collaboration initiatives managed by international organizations such as, for example , the FAO - GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean). The Institute also develops funded projects in the context of collaborations with private companies in the sectors of the blue economy as well as technology transfer and research results. Research projects, mainly of a collaborative nature, are developed through a wide network of partners that include major Italian and foreign research institutions and universities.