A. Species

Scientific name: Paracentrotus lividus

Common name(s): Purple sea urchin

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status:

B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

• Sardegna

Country/Region: Italy/ Sardinia

C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: Sub-national / Sub-region / Sub-State

Name/Details of location: four different sites on the Sardinian coast (North, South, East, West)

D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 2012

End Year: 2012

E. Information about the use

How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Type of use: Extractive

Practice of use: Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources

Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal

Does this use involve take/extraction of: Only parts or products of the organism

Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed

Motivation of use: Basic subsistence and Income generation from trade (individual/household/community)

Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law

F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people and National / local private sector

G. Information about the sustainability of use

Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species

* The maximum daily number of captures could be modulated, for example, by allowing larger firms to harvest higher quantities of sea urchins than smaller scale firms. This re-modulation could be realised undera redistribution system of rights among firms so as to minimise the risk of overcapacity (the under-utilization of allowed caps on captures) on the part of very small scale firms, and to allow large scale firms to increase captures without affecting the total captures permitted. * Rotation of fishing areas based on detailed knowledge of the state of the different stocks and, obviously, continuous monitoring by marine biologists as well as control of the accessibility of fishing locations could minimise the risks of overexploitation. * Modifying the fishing calendar in order to allow captures in summer too (without increasing the total number of fishing days permitted), albeit in a strictly limited period of time so that the potentially consistent demand of tourists can be satisfied and more profitable prices can be achieved * Promotion of community-based fisheries and sea urchin co-management on the part of policy makers and stakeholders to minimise illegal harvesting * Cooperation between fishermen to promote common management and marketing strategies. Consolidation of an integrated system of production where fishers, preferably grouped into producer organizations, and traders, share the same rules, strategies and objectives. * Support and improvement of sea urchin farming

Record source

Information about the record source: scientific_pub

Date of publication/issue/production: 2016-01-01T00:00:00+0000

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Date of record entry: 2022-12-31