Stakeholder’s engagement in enlargement process of MPA

Objective 1 - Formalisation of the co-management table of the SAC Torre Guaceto and Macchia San Giovanni.
Continuation of the stakeholder’s engagement work and formalisation of the co-management table of the SAC Torre Guaceto and Macchia San Giovanni.

Objective 2 - Zoning and planning of uses in the SAC Torre Guaceto and Macchia San Giovanni and within the new areas identified as No-Take zones, in line with the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030.
1) Planning of uses for environmental protection and sustainable socio-economic activities within the marine SAC, through the involvement of all stakeholders at the co-management table;
a) Regulation of professional and recreational fishing activities and sustainable tourism, zoning of the areas identified for the creation of integral protection zones and buffer zones around them to increase protection, and identification of management measures for the surrounding maritime space (e.g. areas where navigation will be allowed);
b) Identification of areas to be dedicated to sustainable tourism activities such as diving, snorkelling and identification of the use of sustainable services (such as mooring points for recreational crafts);
c) Identification of a landing point for small-scale fishing, which is currently absent along the entire coastline, to guarantee the full legality and traceability of the local fish supply chain and to make sustainable fish labelling possible in the future;
d) Identification of mooring eco-parks in hotspot areas for Posidonia oceanica.
2) Advocacy to support the extension of the marine protected area to the marine SAC and related zoning.

Objective 3 - Zoning and planning of uses within the Torre Guaceto MPA, in line with the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030.
Taking into consideration the data and information derived from the latest monitoring, the current uses (artisanal fishing) and the changes that have occurred since the establishment of the Torre Guaceto MPA, plan a new zoning that will make protection within the MPA even more effective. This planning will take place through the involvement of all the members of the Torre Guaceto MPA co-management table. The approach that will be used for the proposed new zoning of the Torre Guaceto MPA will be the same one that was used during the project "Scaling up co-managed and financially sustainable No-Take Zones/Marine Protected Areas". This approach is the result of a combination of approaches: bottom-up, scientific and EBA-MSP (Ecosystem-Based Approach on Maritime Spatial Planning). Moreover, the decision support tool MARXAN, the most widely used decision support software for conservation planning globally, will be used.

Expected results
1- Formalization of the co-management table of the SAC Torre Guaceto-Macchia San Giovanni;
2- Agreement with the coastal community on the zoning and planning of uses in the SAC Torre Guaceto e Macchia San Giovanni and within the new areas identified as NTZs. And submission of the proposal to the competent authority;
3- Proposal for new zoning for integral protection within the Torre Guaceto MPA, in agreement with small-scale fishers, submitted to the competent authority.
4- 10% of the whole area (Torre Guaceto MPA and SAC Torre Guaceto and Macchia San Giovanni) is strictly protected, in line with the 2030 Strategy.