Who we are
Taking Action for the Mediterranean
MedReAct
MedReAct was launched in 2014 by a group of activists and organizations committed to fighting biodiversity loss in the Mediterranean Sea.
We are an independent organization that does not rely on public funds.
We work in direct contact with local communities, scientists, activists, divers and marine conservation managers. We collaborate and network with other organizations committed to marine conservation.
We believe in actions that lead to concrete results, and we intend to prove this with facts. One of these is the protection of the Jabuka/Pomo Pit. Thanks to our campaign, the Jabuka/Pomo Pit has been turned into the largest marine reserve in the Adriatic, producing not only extraordinary results for the recovery of fish stocks but also for marine biodiversity.
Operiamo in Spagna, Italia, Francia e, per allargare il raggio delle nostre campagne, abbiamo promosso la costituzione della MedSea Alliance, una coalizione di organizzazioni della società civile per la difesa del Mar Mediterraneo. Garantire un futuro al nostro mare è il nostro scopo.
Le nostre campagne
We operate in Spain, Italy, and France. To expand our campaigns, we have also promoted the MedSea Alliance, a coalition of non-governmental organizations and other civil society groups. Our goal is to guarantee a healthy future to the Mediterranean Sea.
Le nostre campagneFounding members
Archipelagos
Fundació ENT
Stephan Beaucher
From 2006 to 2008 coordinator of the oceans campaign of Greenpeace France, before becoming coordinator of the OCEAN2012 coalition in France.
Lydia Chaparro
Has worked as a researcher at Fundació ENT, as fishing manager of Ecologistas en Acción and as coordinator of OCEAN2012 in Spain.
Anastasia Miliou
Scientific director of Archipelagos, Institute of Marine Conservation.
Miquel Ortega
Founder of Fundaciò ENT. Author of the book “Analysis and action proposals for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. Sustainability at the heart of the future of Spanish fisheries".
Domitilla Senni
She worked for Greenpeace International Mediterranean campaign, then as director of Greenpeace Italy. She subsequently managed the development of the OCEAN2012 coalition in various European countries. Today she is the executive director of MedReAct.
Serena Maso
She was coordinator of OCEAN2012 in Italy and subsequently worked for the oceans campaign of Greenpeace Italy. Today she is president of MedReAct.
Storia
MedReAct nasce nel 2014 su iniziativa di un gruppo di individui e organizzazioni impegnate nel contrastare gli impatti della pesca indiscriminata sulle risorse marine del Mediterraneo, il mare più sfruttato al mondo.
Grazie al nostro lavoro, nel 2017 in Adriatico viene istituita la prima zona di restrizione alla pesca (Fisheries Restricted Area, FRA) nella Fossa di Pomo.
La FRA della Fossa di Pomo è il primo successo di MedReAct. Istituita dalla Commissione Generale della Pesca nel Mediterraneo, questa FRA è nata con l’obiettivo del recupero degli stock ittici dell’Adriatico, fortemente impattati dalla pesca a strascico. Una tutela invocata da oltre 15 anni da ricercatori italiani e croati, che ha prodotto risultati straordinari non solo sulle specie ittiche ma anche sulla biodiversità dell’Adriatico.
Da allora, lavoriamo ogni giorno per promuovere l’istituzione di nuove FRA nel Mediterraneo e misure di gestione e controllo più efficaci sulla pesca e per la tutela di specie vulnerabili.
Oggi operiamo in Spagna, Italia, Francia e per allargare il raggio delle nostre campagne nel 2020 abbiamo promosso la costituzione della MedSea Alliance, una coalizione di organizzazioni della società civile per la difesa del Mar Mediterraneo.
Membri fondatori
OUR MISSION
MedReAct’s mission is to catalyze action for the recovery of Mediterranean marine ecosystems by ensuring a long-term, fair, and sustainable use of our common sea
To achieve our objectives, we:
Science based measures that protect fish stocks and marine ecosystems.
Research, document and expose cases of illegal fishing.
Public initiatives to raise awareness of the environmental crisis and the actions needed to restore the health of seas and oceans.
OUR VISION
75% of assessed Mediterranean fish are overfished. Overfishing—along with illegal fishing—is one of the worst threats to the recovery of our sea
Several Mediterranean species are endangered and its marine ecosystems are deteriorating at an alarming rate due to overexploitation and climate change.
Protecting the Mediterranean Sea is more urgent than ever.
MedReAct strives every day to make this change possible.
OUR VALUES
Spoken words fly away, but facts remain. We always aim to achieve tangible results that can become examples to replicate on a large scale.
We believe in the concreteness of actions, and we defend our independence.
For this, we do not accept donations from multinational coorporations or political entities.