Half of Mediterranean fish catches are by Mediterranean partner countries

The Mediterranean region is regarded as one of planet Earth's 25 hotspots, embracing some of the world's most unique bio-geographical areas and harbouring outstanding biological diversity. This publication presents some key data on the wealth and vulnerability of this biodiversity and on the growth of protected areas designed to reduce the loss of habitat, a key cause of loss of biodiversity. The Mediterranean Partner countries are: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian territory, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey. In this report the term Mediterranean includes the adjacent Black Sea and Sea of Azov.