PAST EVENT - The 4^th Introductory meeting with stakeholders of the Northern Adriatic

The 4^th introductory meeting was held in the Chioggia on the 27^th of May 2017, hosted at the ISPRA institute. 5 fishermen took part to the meeting representing rapido and trawlers, in addition to Sasa Raicevich and Gianluca Franceschini from ISPRA, Giuseppe Scarcella from CNR and Giulia Prato from WWF Italy.

The objectives of the meeting were to:

• Introduce the project to fishermen in Chioggia
• Collect spatial information on the distribution of the essential fish habitats for the 4 target species
• Collect management suggestions for the f 4 target species (Hake, Mullet, Sole and Norway lobster, Merluccius merluccius, Mullus barbatus, Solea solea and Nephrops novergicus) in Northern Adriatic (GSA 17)

A project background and objectives were presented to the stakeholders and fisherman suggestion on management measures for target species were collected.