EP United Nations Environment Programme UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.359/inf.9 April 2010 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: FRENCH MEDITERRANEAN ACTION PLAN Tenth Meeting of the Focal Points for SPAs Marseilles, France, 17-20 May 2011 FEASIBILITY STUDY IN SETTING UP A REGIONAL MECHANISM FOR COLLECTING, COMPILING AND CIRCULATING INFORMATION ON MARINE ALIEN SPECIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN UNEP RAC/SPA - Tunis, 2011 Note: The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNEP concerning the legal status of any State, Territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of their frontiers or boundaries. © 2011 United Nations Environment Programme Mediterranean Action Plan Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA) Boulevard du Leader Yasser Arafat B.P. 337 - 1080 Tunis cedex - TUNISIA E-mail : [email protected] The original version (English) of this document has been prepared for the Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas by Argyro Zenetos, Consultant. TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ACRONYMS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 8 1. REFERENCE DOCUMENTS & INFORMATION CONSULTED 10 1.1. Review papers ..................................................................................... 10 1.2 Websites ............................................................................................... 11 1.3 National reports .................................................................................... 11 1.4 International reports .............................................................................. 11 2. ALIEN SPECIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES ......................................................................... 13 2.1 CIESM .................................................................................................. 13 2.1.1 Atlases .......................................................................................................................... 13 2.1.2 Istanbul Workshop .................................................................................................. 14 2.1.3 The PORTAL programme ................................................................................... 14 2.1.4 CIESM Congresses ................................................................................................ 15 2.2 WGITMO - WGBOSV ........................................................................... 15 2.3 IMO: Globallast and BWC..................................................................... 17 2.3.1. REMPEC: The Turkish proposal ..................................................................... 19 3. ALIEN SPECIES DATABASES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN ... 21 3.1. DAISIE ................................................................................................. 21 3.1.1 DAISIE data on the Mediterranean ................................................................. 23 3.1.2 Comments on DAISIE ........................................................................................... 25 3.2 CIESM Atlases...................................................................................... 28 3.2.1 Fish .................................................................................................................................. 29 3.2.2 Crustaceans………………….…………………… …………………….29 3.2.3 Mollusks. ..................................................................................... ..30 3.2.4 Macrolage ..................................................................................... 31 3.2.5 CIESM database commented ............................................................................ 31 3.3 IMET/ICRAM database ........................................................................ 31 3.3.1. IMET/ICRAM database commented ............................................. 34 3.4 FAO DIAS ............................................................................................. 34 3.5 HCMR Application (Greece) ................................................................. 34 3.5.1 HCMR database commented ............................................................................ 38 4. NATIONAL INITIATIVES AND REVIEWS ................................. 39 4.1 Inventorying and Management on a National level ............................... 39 4.2 Country Information .............................................................................. 39 4.2.1 Albania .......................................................................................................................... 39 4.2.2 Algeria ........................................................................................................................... 40 4.2.3 Croatia .......................................................................................................................... 41 4.2.4 Cyprus ........................................................................................................................... 41 4.2.5 Egypt .............................................................................................................................. 42 4.2.6 France ........................................................................................................................... 42 4.2.7 Greece .......................................................................................................................... 43 4.2.8 Israel .............................................................................................................................. 44 4.2.9 Italy ................................................................................................................................. 44 4.2.10 Lebanon ..................................................................................................................... 46 4.2.11 Libya ............................................................................................................................ 47 4.2.12 Malta............................................................................................................................ 47 4.2.13 Morocco ..................................................................................................................... 47 4.2.14 Montenegro .............................................................................................................. 48 4.2.15 Slovenia ..................................................................................................................... 48 4.2.16 Spain ........................................................................................................................... 49 4.2.17 Syria ............................................................................................................................ 49 4.2.18 Tunisia ........................................................................................................................ 50 4.2.19 Turkey ......................................................................................................................... 50 4.3 Review papers ...................................................................................... 51 4.3.1 Cyprus ........................................................................................................................... 51 4.3.2 Greece .......................................................................................................................... 51 4.3.3 Israel .............................................................................................................................. 52 4.3.4 Italy ................................................................................................................................. 52 4.3.5 Malta .............................................................................................................................. 53 4.3.6 Turkey ........................................................................................................................... 53 4.3.7 Spain .............................................................................................................................. 53 5. INTEGRATED ALIEN SPECIES INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN EUROPE .............................................................................. 54 5.1 NOBANIS ............................................................................................. 54 5.2 BALTIC SEA ALIEN SPECIES DATABASE (BSASD)........................... 60 5.3. COMMENTS ........................................................................................ 62 6. PROPOSED SYSTEM ............................................................. 64 6.1. MEDIAS SYSTEM Structure details .................................................... 64 6.1.1 Species Directory .................................................................................................... 65 6.1.2 Species distribution / search .............................................................................. 68 6.1.3 Literature ...................................................................................................................... 69 6.1.4 MEDIAS Experts Registry ................................................................................... 69 6.1.5 Invasive species ......................................................................................................