Working Group 9. Coastal Marine Protected Areas

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Room A
WG leader: : Filipe Porteiro, Regional Directorate for Sea Affairs 

Participants: University, Fisheries sector, Tourism Operators, Administration

 

 

 

• MPAs as conservation/fisheries management tools

• Regional commitment to broaden the network of MPAs

(increase in number and size of no-take MPAs) 

 

 

 

11h15 – 12h00 - “Speed Talks” (5-7 MIN each)  

 

• Filipe Porteiro, Regional Directorate for Sea Affairs – Regional Priorities and International Commitments

• Pedro Afonso, IMAR/Azores University –  Key messages in coastal MPA network design;

• Gualberto Rita, Regional  Fisheries Federation – Commercial Fisheries, Sustainability and MPAs

• Andrea Botelho, CIBIO/Azores University - The role of coastal resources monitoring in defining and managing MPAs

• João Freitas, Recreational Fisheries Association - Recreational Fisheries, Sustainability and MPAs

• Tiago Castro, Maritime Tour Operators Association -Tourism, Sustainability and MPAs

 

12h00 – 13h00 – Discussion; open to public participation

Group facilitator: David Abecasis, University of Algarve – CCMAR (Portugal)

 

Lunch

 

14h00 – 15h30 – Working group dynamics to validate medium/long term regional objectives for the Azorean MPA network, stakeholder involvement and communication strategies

 

 

 

Working Group 10. Marine Protected Areas in the deep-sea

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Room B
WG leader: Gilberto Carreira, Regional Directorate for Sea Affairs

Participants: University, Fisheries Associations, Tourism Operators, NGOs, Private sector, Public Administration

 

 

 

 • Objectives and scope of Deep-Sea MPAs; Most significant

impacts and threats at regional level

• Deep-sea conservation instruments and measures for the

protection of deep-sea;  vulnerable marine ecosystems/species

and intensively exploited stocks

 

 

 

11h15 – 12h00 - “Speed Talks” (5-7 MIN each)  

 

• Gilberto Carreira, Regional Directorate for Sea Affairs – North Atlantic-wide international efforts to conserve Deep Sea ecosystems: Regional objectives and challenges

• Telmo Morato, IMAR/Azores University –  Key messages in Deep sea MPA network design; recent mapping efforts

• Jorge Gonçalves, Regional Fisheries Federation – Fisheries, Sustainability and MPAs

• Ana Colaço, IMAR/Azores University –  Ecological and Biological Significant Areas (EBSAS); New challenges for Azores deep sea ecosystems                                                                  

• Raul Bettencourt, Minho University - The deep sea biotechnological potential and conservation

• Adriana Ressurreição, Algarve University/CCMAR- What does the public know about the deep sea? Results from an ocean literacy study in the Azores

 

12h00 – 13h00 – Discussion; open to public participation  

Group facilitator: Marina Carreiro Silva, IMAR/Universidade dos Açores

 

Lunch

 

14h00 – 15h30 – Working group dynamics to validate medium/long term regional objectives for the Azorean MPA network, stakeholder involvement and communication strategies.

 

 

 

Working Group 11. Megafauna Marine Protected Areas

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Room C
WG leader: Inês Gomes, Regional Directorate for Sea Affairs

Participants: University, Fisheries Associations, Tourism Operators, NGOs, Private sector, Public Administration

 

 

 

• MPAs as a management tool for Megafauna 

• Scope of a regional Megafauna MPA

• Available tools 

Eg: permanent/temporary areas, fisheries and shipping regulations, codes

of conduct ...

 

 

 

11h15 – 12h00 - “Speed Talks” (5-7 MIN each)  

 

• Inês Gomes, Regional Directorate for Sea Affairs –International and Regional projects for Megafauna protection. Regional objectives and Challenges

• IMAR/Azores University –  Knowledge and gaps in the distribution and movement of Megafauna in the Azores

• Frederic Vandeperre MARE –  Minimizing marine megafauna bycatch in offshore fisheries

• Fisheries Regulation and Offshore Marine Protected Areas in the context of the Common Fisheries Policy

• José Nuno Pereira, Maritime Tour Operators Association - Tourism, Sustainability and MPAs

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12h00 – 13h00 – Discussion; open to public participation  

Group facilitator: Mónica Silva, IMAR/Universidade dos Açores

 

Lunch

 

14h00 – 15h30 – Working group dynamics to validate medium/long term regional objectives for the Azorean MPA network, stakeholder involvement and communication strategies