SAMESEA Project

Project Summary

SAMESEA aims to develop standardized maritime monitoring practices across the Adriatic-Ionian region (EUSAIR basin), with a main emphasis on the monitoring of marine sentinel species (dolphins, sea turtles, monk seals). In pursuing this main objective, SAMESEA will also improve the dialogue between socio-economic activities and the authorities responsible for marine biodiversity conservation, which is key for designing effective conservation measures. A cooperation at the macro-regional level and among different stakeholders will ensure a more functional management of the marine environment, and a long-lasting sustainable coexistence between human activities and marine wildlife. The project will create a strategy for the monitoring of marine sentinel species (such as T. Truncatus, C. Caretta, M. Monachus), pilot actions, methods to spread its conservation practices, and an action plan to improve the sustainable management of the EUSAIR basin.

In details, the foreseen project outputs are:

– 1.1 Transnational monitoring guidelines

– 1.2 Widespread monitoring pilot action

– 1.3 Transnational monitoring strategy

– 2.1 Transnational coexistence handbook

– 2.2 Transnational strategy for long-term human and sentinel species coexistence

– 3.1 SAMESEA Network

– 3.2 Training and raising awareness scheme

-3.3 Action Plan for the transnational sustainable marine ecosystem management in the EUSAIR     Region.

For the first time in this region, a regional task force will establish a common approach to assess interactions between marine sentinel species and human activities at multiple levels, and it will propose monitoring and management plans accordingly.

 

Project website: https://samesea.interreg-ipa-adrion.eu/