Marea.

The aim of the MAREA (Mediterranean halieutic Resources Evaluation and Advice) consortium was to provide scientific advice and/or other specific preliminary services according to the following terms of reference: (i) Assessment of the state of aquatic living resources and advise on fisheries management scenarios; (ii) Ecosystems knowledge and its integration into fisheries management; (iii) Monitoring of specific fisheries and fishing gears not included or insufficiently covered in the data collection framework or for which such a work has not yet been done or is not going to be done on the short-term or on a regular basis; and (iv) Effects of pollutants and of other human activities at sea on aquatic leaving resources and fisheries.

The project included the collation of existing scientific and bibliographic information, the collection of new scientific and technical information, including, where appropriate by carrying out surveys or trials at sea and in the ports, the carrying out of scientific evaluations and modelling, the analysis of data quality, and identification of and access to independent expertise and studies.