Activity category: Human and Aquatic ecosystem
Year: 2019
Type: Advocacy, Awareness raising
Status: Completed
Target areas: Greece
Target organisms:
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Activity category: Human and Aquatic ecosystem
Year: 2019
Type: Advocacy, Awareness raising
Status: Completed
Target areas: Greece
Target organisms:
Project website:
Partners
Funders
Objectives
Description
Our seafood choices may be part of the solution for the protection of marine ecosystems!
Since 2022 the project has expanded, including multiple actions in a national scale. Our goal is to promote the consumption of edible alien species, combined with the replacement of commercial indigenous species whose populations are reduced through the establishment of an Alliance between all involved stakeholders (fishers, fish shops, restaurants) which can ultimately enhance our efforts.
Few words about alien species
Marine alien or non-indigenous species are organisms that are introduced as a result of human activities into novel ecosystems that extend beyond their natural range. About 1,000 marine alien species have already been identified in the Mediterranean and more than 240 have been recorded in the Greek seas. Their effects on the marine environment are numerous and include the displacement of native species and the altering of the ecosystem services. At the same time, the social and economic consequences induced are becoming increasingly perceivable/felt mainly in sectors such as fisheries and tourism, while many alien species pose a threat to human health.
Results
All actions will contribute to the creation of a strong alliance between all stakeholders with the aim of promoting responsible seafood consumption and the replacement of native species and especially apex predators, such as the dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus), the bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), the swordfish (Xiphias gladius) with edible alien species contributing to the protection of the marine environment.
