PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1st MEDITERRANEAN SYmpOSIUM ON THE NON-INDIGENOUS SPECIES ANTALYA, TURKEY, 17-18 JANUARY 2019 Technical partner Financial support Legal notice: 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 the Specially Protected Areas Regional Activity Centre (SPA/RAC) and UN Environment/Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) concerning the legal status of any State, Territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of their frontiers or boundaries. Copyright: All property rights of texts and content of different types of this publication belong to SPA/RAC. 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Available at: www.spa-rac.org Proceedings of the 1st Mediterranean Symposium on the Non-Indigenous Species FORWARD Dear Friends and Colleagues, Following the recommendations of: the Action Plan for the Conservation of Marine Vegetation in the Mediterranean Sea (adopted by the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention in 1999 and updated in 2012) the Action Plan for the Conservation of Coralligenous and other calcareous bio- concretions of Mediterranean ( adopted by the Contracting Parties to Barcelona Convention in 20018 and updated in 2016) the Action Plan for the conservation of habitats and species associated with seamounts, underwater caves and canyons, aphotic hard beds and chemo-synthetic phenomena in the Mediterranean Sea (Action Plan for Dark Habitats adopted by the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention in 2013), and the Action Plan concerning Species Introduction and Invasive Species (Adopted by the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention in 2003 and updated in 2016) a series of scientific symposia, dedicated to these habitats and NIS, was initiated in 2000 by organising the first Mediterranean Symposium on Marine vegetation. These initiatives aimed essentially to take stock of the recently available scientific data and to promote the cooperation between specialists and key actors working in the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean Symposia on Marine Key Habitats are an important output, not only of the UNEP/MAP Mid-Term Strategy for the period 2016-2021 (Decision IG.22/1)1, but also for MedKeyHabitats II Project2 “Mapping of marine Key habitats and assessing their vulnerability to fishing activities in the Mediterranean” financed by MAVA foundation under its Mediterranean Strategy. The "Mediterranean Symposia on Marine Key Habitats and NIS" will also provide an opportunity to discuss best practices in the monitoring of marine key habitats and non-indigenous species and provide elements to further improve the Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme of the Mediterranean Sea and Coast and related Assessment Criteria (IMAP), of the Ecosystem Approach (EcAp) in the Mediterranean. The organization of the "Mediterranean Symposia on Marine Key habitats and NIS" together back to back in Antalya from 14 to 18 January, is a joint collaboration among UNEP/MAP- SPA/RAC and the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, as follows : 6th Mediterranean Symposium on Marine vegetation (from 14 to 15 January 2018) 3rd Mediterranean Symposium on the Conservation of Coralligenous and other Calcareous Bio-Concretions (From 15 to 16 January 2018) 2nd Mediterranean Symposium on the Conservation of the Dark Habitats (17 January 2018) 1st Mediterranean Symposium on the Non-Indigenous Species (From 17 to18 January 2018) The Turkish Marine Research Foundation, TUDAV, as SPA/RAC partner will support the local organization of this event. This edition will also be a good opportunity to discuss new topics such as monitoring and definition of Good Environmental Status (GES) in the Mediterranean and so strengthen links between scientists and scientific institutions. Khalil ATTIA SPA/RAC Director 1 https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/6071/16ig22_28_22_01_eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y 2 http://www.rac-spa.org/medkeyhabitats2 CONTENTS PROGRAMME ............................................................................................................ 1 KEYNOTE CONFERENCES ................................................................................... 5 Ernesto AZZURRO, CERRI J. TESTAGROSSA A., LEK team ............................. 7 ADVANCES IN MONITORING SPATIO-TEMPORAL TRENDS FOR MEDITERRANEAN BIOINVASION RESEARCH AND MARINE PROTECTED AREAS Argyro ZENETOS ........................................................................................................ 13 MEDITERRANEAN SEA: 30 YEARS OF BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS (1988-2017) ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ................................................................................ 21 Emeline BARRALON, BURON D., DONINI J., LABBE C., LERISSEL K., MONNIER B., PERGENT G., PERGENT-MARTINI C. ....................................... 23 THE CORSICA ALIEN NETWORK: A TOOL FOR MONITORING AND TRACKING MARINE EXOTIC SPECIES Wiem BOUSSELLAA, NEIFAR L. ............................................................................ 29 RELEASE FROM PARASITE INCREASED THE SUCCESS OF INTRODUCTION OF INVASIVE FISH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA? Sahar CHEBAANE, KACEM A., SGHAIER Y.R. ................................................... 34 CONTRIBUTION TO THE SETTING UP OF A MONITORING PROGRAMME FOR NON-INDIGENOUS SPECIES IN MONASTIR BAY, TUNISIA Burak Ali ÇİÇEK ......................................................................................................... 40 NON INDIGENOUS FISH SPECIES IN NORTH OF CYPRUS: ECOLOGICAL STATUS AND IMPACTS ON KEY HABITATS Marika GALANIDI, ZENETOS A. ............................................................................ 45 EU RISK ASSESSMENT OF LAGOCEPHALUS SCELERATUS. STATE OF KNOWLEDGE, EVALUATION AND CRITERIA, DATA NEEDS / FORMATS AND MANAGEMENT Bella S. GALIL ............................................................................................................. 51 NO MPA IS AN ISLAND-CONSERVATION IN A THE WORLD'S MOST INVADED SEA Bella S. GALIL, DANOVARO R., ROTHMAN S., GEVILI R., GOREN M. ................................................................................................................... 52 INVASIVE BIOTA IN THE DEEP-SEA MEDITERRANEAN: AN EMERGING ISSUE IN MARINE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT Sylvaine GIAKOUMI, ARDA Y., PEY A., HUSEYINOGLU Μ.F. ........................ 53 ASSESSING THE STATE OF INVASIVE FISHES IN TWO MEDITERRANEAN MARINE PROTECTED AREAS AND ADJACENT UNPROTECTED AREAS Carlos JIMENEZ, PATSALOU P., ANDREOU V., HUSEYINOGLU M.F., ÇIÇEK B.A., HADJIOANNOU L., PETROU A. ...................................................... 59 OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF REACH, OUT OF MIND: INVASIVE LIONFISH PTEROIS MILES IN CYPRUS AT DEPTHS BEYOND RECREATIONAL DIVING LIMITS Periklis KLEITOU, HALL-SPENCER J., REES S., SFENTHOURAKIS S., DEMETRIOU A., CHARTOSIA N., JIMENEZ C., HADJIOANNOU L., PETROU A., CHRISTODOULIDES Y., GEORGIOU A., ANDREOU V., ANTONIOU C., SAVVA I., KLETOU D. .................................................................. 65 TACKLING THE LIONFISH INVASION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. THE EU-LIFE RELIONMED PROJECT: PROGRESS AND RESULTS Moez SHAIEK, BEN HAJ S. ....................................................................................... 71 MONITORING OF SPECIFIC BIODIVERSITY AND PRELIMINARY UPDATE INVENTORY OF ALIEN SPECIES FROM BIZERTE COASTAL AND LAGOON WATERS İrfan UYSAL ................................................................................................................. 77 ADDRESSING INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES THREATS AT KEY MARINE BIODIVERSITY AREAS IN TURKEY: GEF VI PROJECT Ante ŽULJEVIĆ, CVITKOVIĆ I., DESPALATOVIĆ M., LUČIĆ P., ŽUNEC A., LUŠIĆ J. ................................................................................................... 82 DECLINE OF CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA IN THE ADRIATIC SEA POSTERS .................................................................................................................... 89 Zaineb ABDELNOR, NIVAER L., BAUSEL W., AL-SHARIEAF R., ENZEGALAM S., SHAKMAN E.A. .......................................................................... 91 PARASITE FAUNA OF THE HERBIVOROUS FISH SIGANUS LURIUS (RUPPELL, 1829), SIGANUS RIVULATUS (FORSSKAL, 1775) AND SARPA SALPA (LINNAEUS, 1758) IN THE WESTERN COAST OF LIBYA Alan DEIDUN, PETRONI M., COERTZE N., ZAVA, B., BALISTRERI, P. .............. 93 A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF IMPORTS OF EXOTIC AQUATIC SPECIES TO THE MALTESE ISLANDS (CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN) Alan DEIDUN, SCHEMBRI Y., DUNLOP S., MARTIN ANTON R., GONZALO JIMENEZ R., ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES AUTHORITY (ERA), BORJA A., FRANCO J., GARMENDJA J.M., LARRETA J., MENCHACA I., SAGARMINAGA Y., URIARTE A., VALENCIA V., RAMOS-ESPLA A. .........................................................................