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expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of RAC/SPA and UNEP concerning the legal status of
any State, Territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of their frontiers or
boundaries.
© 2015 United Nations Environment Programme / Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP)
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This document has been prepared in the framework of the project MedOpenSeas for supporting the
establishment of MPAs in open seas, including deep seas, with financial support of the European
Commission.
The original version of this document was prepared for the Regional Activity Centre for Specially
Protected Areas (RAC/SPA) by: M. Würtz and Artescienza s.a.s. RAC/SPA Consultants. Under the
supervision of: Dr. Daniel Cebrian, RAC/SPA
The draft document was submitted to revision to the expert representatives of the following Parties to
the Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the
Mediterranean: Italy, Libya, Malta and Tunisia.
For bibliographic purposes this document may be cited as:
UNEP-MAP-RAC/SPA. 2015. Sicily Channel/Tunisian Plateau: Topography, circulation and their
effects on biological component. By Würtz M. and Artescienza s.a.s. Ed. RAC/SPA, Tunis. 39 pp.
Maps and Illustrations credit: as per figure captions within the report.
Cover: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. Ocean current flows in the
Mediterranean Sea. (http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?3820).
This document should not be considered as an official United Nations document.
