The State of the Mediterranean Marine and Coastal Environment
LUXEMBOURG
CZECH REPUBLIC
SLOVAKIA
u
u
CROATIA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA SLOVENIA
u
u
u
FRANCE
MONTENEGRO
Kosovo
u
ITALY
ALBANIA
SPAIN
TURKEY
SYRIA
TUNISIA
GREECE
MALTA
CYPRUS
LEBANON
ISRAEL
MOROCCO
ALGERIA
Occupied Palestinian Territories
LIBYA
EGYPT
countries of production, linking their oilfields to their refineries and port terminals or to other countries.
offshore), three in Italy (Val d’Agri in the southern region of Basili- cata, Abruzzo, offshore, and in the lower Adriatic Sea off Brindisi) (EEA and UNEP 1999), and very considerable reserves in the Le- vantine Basin Province (Schenk et al. 2010). The active trade and distribution of oil and gas in the Mediter- ranean Basin, both on land and at sea, involves an extensive net- work of crude oil pipelines and gas line systems, mainly in the
Fisheries Fishing is an important issue for theMediterranean. Although it puts only a relatively small quantity of produce on the market compared with the demand, it is a significant source of employment and an important component of the Mediterranean cultural identity. It ac-
Fish catch in the Mediterranean Sea sub-regions
Fish catches, 2008 Tonnes
Share caught by
African countries European countries Asian countries Catches decreased from 2000
260 000 150 000 65 000 20 000
SLOVENIA
FRANCE
CROATIA
ITALY
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
MONACO
Guld de Lion
MONTENEGRO
Adriatic
ALBANIA
Sardinia
SPAIN
TURKEY
GREECE
Balearic Islands
Ionian Sea
SYRIA
Levant
MALTA
Egean Sea
CYPRUS
LEBANON
TUNISIA
MOROCCO
ISRAEL
ALGERIA
Occupied Palestinian Territories
EGYPT
LIBYA
Sources:FAO-GFCM database, accessed in October 2011.
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