The goal of ecosystem-based marine spatial management is to maintain marine ecosystems
in a healthy, productive and resilient condition; hence, they can sustainably provide the …

Anthropogenic drivers and global warming are altering the occurrence of infectious marine
diseases, some of which produce mass mortalities with considerable ecosystemic and …

A mass mortality event is devastating the populations of the endemic bivalve Pinna nobilis in
the Mediterranean Sea from early autumn 2016. A newly described Haplosporidian …

The cryptogenic parasite Haplosporidium pinnae has caused mass mortality of the protected
endemic Mediterranean bivalve Pinna nobilis in the western Mediterranean, since the …

The pen shell Pinna nobilis (also known as the fan mussel) is an endemic bivalve of the
Mediterranean Sea. Threatened by human activities, it has been listed as an endangered …

Global change is striking harder and faster in the Mediterranean Sea than elsewhere, where
high levels of human pressure and proneness to climate change interact in modifying the …

Scientific information on the biodiversity of marine caves in the eastern Mediterranean is
limited, especially when considering the extensively studied caves of the north-western and …

The Mediterranean endemic fan mussel Pinna nobilis is suffering an ongoing basin-scale
mass mortality event (MME) since 2016. As most Mediterranean populations have …

The effective conservation of marine biodiversity through an integrated ecosystem-based
management approach requires a sound knowledge of the spatial distribution of habitats …

Discard of unwanted catches are common in European fisheries, but reducing or banning
this has been given high priority in the proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries …