WWF Mediterranean
Ghost gear is a major challenge for the fishing sector. Lost fishing equipment can cause serious environmental damage, economic losses, and safety risks at sea. As Juan Pablo Pérez Gómez, ARVI — NE...
Ghost gear continues to harm marine life even after it is lost at sea.
As Marija Pia Gatt, Aquatic Resources Malta — NETTAG+ partner, explains, #NETTAG+ is addressing this issue through awareness-...
As Gillian Barbara Ainsworth, University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) — NETTAG+ partner, explains, collecting litter creates operational burdens, financial costs, and safety risks. #NETTAG+ is w...
Karla Corrales, ERINN — NETTAG+ partner, explains how #NETTAGplus is working to transfer project knowledge to external stakeholders, identify next steps, and develop business and exploitation plans...
Collaboration with fishers is essential to tackle marine litter. Andrea Ivanković, WWF Adria — NETTAG+ partner, highlights how working closely with fishers has strengthened trust and improved effo...
On 14–15 April, all EU NETTAG+ partners gathered in Porto to present the project’s key results to scientists, NGOs, fishers’ representatives, and public authorities, and to discuss how to replicate...
After 3 years of intense activities across Mediterranean and Atlantic fishing countries, the EU NETTAG+ project has reached its conclusion. Throughout its lifetime, NETTAG+ tested and demonstrated ...
What if policymakers could see marine litter through the eyes of fishers?
At the European Ocean Days in Brussels, the #NETTAG+
NETTAG+ at European Ocean Days | Voices from the project 🌊
Preventing fishing gear loss requires more than technology. It requires collaboration.
At the European Ocean Days in Brussels, Stefania ..
Nettag+ at European Ocean Days | Voices from the project 🐟
Solutions for fishers work best when fishers help design them.
At the European Ocean Days in Brussels, Sandra S. Ramos and Lisa Sousa, r..
Participants from the Small-Scale Fishers’ Forum Empowering the next generation: youth engagement in SSF organized in Athens, Greece, by GFCM/FAO, with the support of WWF Greece and WWF Mediterranean.
Along the coast of Komiža (Croatia), WWF Adria, together with local fishers and NETTAG+ parteners are testing new technologies to prevent ghost gear and protect the sea. Through the NETTAG+ project...
For three years, the EU BlueMissionMed project, of which WWF Mediterranean is a partner, has connected science with policy, local action with regional ambition, and innovation with investment, buil...
The Mediterranean is a unique crossroads where cultures, traditions, and incredible wildlife meet and coexist. Follow us to discover how WWF is working to protect the Mediterranean - for our future...
Meet three of the inspiring participants of the MPA Climate Adaptation Training in Tunisia — professionals building the future of climate resilience across the Mediterranean.
Hear their voices, the...
In the Gulf of Gabès, Tunisia, local communities work with WWF to support the conservation of sharks and rays.
In the Gulf of Gabès, Tunisia, local communities work with WWF to support the conservation of sharks and rays.
In the Gulf of Gabès, Tunisia, local communities work with WWF to support the conservation of sharks and rays.
Dozens of studies spanning all mobulid species and ocean regions have revealed ongoing and alarming population declines in recent years. The steepness of these declines has been greatest in the las...