Alignment and coordination of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) with other
key policies is considered indispensable to accomplish its objectives. To ensure that …

The plethora of human activities and their pressures and impacts in the oceans require
managing at local, national, regional and international scales. This requires management …

This overview proposes a novel typology of characteristics required to ensure that marine
assessment and management is connected, coherent and/or equivalent across boundaries …

Abstract Ambitious European Union (EU) policies are aiming to halt and reverse marine
biodiversity loss in the current decade. However, EU environmental and conservation …

The ecosystem approach to fisheries management needs information of not just where
bottom trawlers operate but also on their impact on the seabed, which is also highly relevant …

Macro-benthic communities on the shallowest soft bottoms are impacted by hydraulic
dredgers used for the harvesting of the striped venus clam (Chamelea gallina). Changes in …

The ever-accelerating rate of research focusing on the issue of underwater noise pollution,
particularly concerning low-frequency, continuous noise, has steadily been unveiling the …

The present work constitutes an assessment of the first implementation cycle of the Marine
Strategy Framework Directive 2008/56/EC in Greece by focusing on biodiversity and …

Research infrastructures have been established throughout Europe in order to create robust
organizations that will facilitate and enhance research and innovation processes and will …

Ecosystem based management requires assessment of human activities and generated
pressures that cause physical disturbance and loss of the seabed within the Mediterranean …