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MEASURES INVENTORY FICHE

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RESPONSE

Response Title
European Union policy on eutrophication and the Mediterranean Sea
Location of the response
UE
Country of the response
Not available
Application to PERSEUS´s Pilot Case Studies
All

TARGET OF THE RESPONSE

Impacted Ecosystem
Marine
Users (sectors)/ driving forces
Agriculture, Aquaculture / Mariculture, Fisheries, Other land-based activities and Waste Disposal / Pollution
Active or not in the Mediterranean Sea
Active
Active or not in the Black Sea
Active
Activity
Agriculture, Offshore aquaculture (longlines), Shellfisheries, Other land based activities and Waste water discharge areas
Pressure
Nutrient and organic matter enrichment
Impact (environmental)
Input of fertilizer/ organic matter

RESPONSE/MEASURE

Type of Programme of Measures
CAC measures:X
Type of measure
Input controls
Sub-type of measure
Regulations / Norms
Example explanation
Mediterranean countries and members of the EU implement environmental policy on marine eutrophication based on EU Directives. Other Mediterranean countries that are not Member States have also modeled their legislation on the protection of the marine envi
Info sources
M. Karydis-D. Kitsiou, Eutrophication and environmental policy in the Mediterranean Sea: a review, 2010.
Keywords
Legislation; Management; Control measures; Regulation; Policy
Type of Programme of Measures
Economic measures:No
Type of Programme of Measures
Technical , technological and research-oriented measures:No
Type of Programme of Measures
Social measures:No