Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, Italy
3E N.V., Belgium
University of the Aegean-Research Unit, Greece
CLU srl, Italy
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France
Coispa Tecnologia & Ricerca SCARL, Italy
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark
Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare Pentru Geologie Si Geoecologie Marina-Geomar, Romania
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece
Institut Po Bioraznoobrazie I Ekosistemni Izsledvaniya Balgarska Akademiya Na Naukite, Bulgaria
Instituto Espagnol De Oceanografia, Spain
Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie, Tunisia
Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare Marina Grigore Antipa, Romania
Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Limited, Israel
Istanbul University, Turkey
Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Ukrainian National Academy Of Sciences, Ukraine
Naturebureau Limited, United Kingdom
The National Environmental Agency, Georgia
Nenuphar SARL, France
Stiftelsen Nansen Senter for Miljoog Fjernmaling, Norway
University Mohammed V-Agdal, Morocco
Odessa Branch Institute of Biology of Southerns Seas National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Ukraine
P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
University of Zadar, Croatia
Fondacioni Zoja E Keshillit Te Mire, Albania
Universita Ta Malta, Malta
Javna Ustanova Univerzitet Crne Gore Podgorica, Montenegro
Universitaet Rostock, Germany,
Sofiiski Universitet Sveti Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria,
Université du Sud Toulon Var, France
Institute of Oceanology - Bulgarian Academy Of Sciences, Bulgaria
Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of The Sea, Ukraine
A.O. Kovalevskiy Institute of Biology of Southern Seas, Ukraine
Russian State Hydrometeorological University, Russia
Sinop University*Sinop Fisheries Faculty SNU FF, Turkey
European Union's Research and Innovation funding programme (FP7-KBBE)
Total cost: EUR 11 323 365,68
EU contribution: EUR 9 000 000
50000€ to ECOMERS
February 1st 2012 – January 31th 2016
- Marine Protected Areas in Adriatic and Black Seas are managed individually, despite their potential connectivity. The project COCONET aims at identifying groups of putatively interconnected MPAs in the Mediterranean and the Black Seas, shifting from local (single MPA) to regional (Networks of MPAs) and basin (network of networks) scales.
- The researchers of the ECOMERS laboratory are mostly involved in the connectivity and conservation of marine forests. The genetic connectivity of Cystoseira barbata is investigated in both pilot project sites (Adriatic and Black Seas) as much as the recovery potential of Cystoseira forests that have been lost due to the destructive fishing of date mussels (Lithophaga lithophaga) and the overgrazing of sea urchins.
- The project will produce guidelines to design, manage and monitor networks of MPAs, and an enriched wind atlas for both the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.