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related to the protection of the Egadi MPA are also envisaged in the Local Fisheries Management Plan
(LFMP) of Trapani.

With the council decree of 8 August 2012 the Regional Council for the Territory and Environment has
approved the “Egadi Islands Management Plan”, which includes the “Archipelago of Egadi marine
and terrestrial area”, “Island of Favignana”, “Island of Marettimo”, and “Island of Levanzo” Natura
2000 sites. The plan contains conservation measures (like the control of human impacts) that interact
in a synergic and complementary way with those of the MPA. In particular the plan aimed at (i) the
preservation of biodiversity in the terrestrial and marine areas of the archipelago, (ii) the sustainable
use of natural resources and (iii) the reduction of the causes of degradation and decline of the Egadi
habitat and species.
However, other measures contained in the plan promote economic activities, such as tourism and sport
activities, within the archipelago.

The Trapani LFMP is already implemented and aims mainly at the protection of the fishery resources
in the competence area of the plan, which encompasses also the Egadi MPA. Measures and actions
include a wider use of selective gears, the reduction of fishing effort and the protection from fishing
impact on some essential fish habitats present on the seabed around the islands.

The executive regulations of the Egadi MPA contain measures aimed at organizing and managing all
the activities allowed in the four zones of the MPA (see Fig. 2 in the Context). Almost all activities in
the MPA need an authorization issued by the MPA management body. The control of the activities is
operated by the Coast Guard or by other institutional or voluntary associations in agreement with the
MPA management body.

2.4 Are there other specific and particularly important sectoral priorities, objectives, obligations etc
that are conflicting, could potentially conflict or be perceived as conflicting with the fulfilment of
the priority objective? If so, what measures or initiatives are in place to address such conflicts?
Such measures could include an existing or emerging marine spatial planning framework and
policies.
Please note that while a description of the key policies is needed here, an extensive review of every
sectoral policy or legislation is not necessarily. Please focus on the policies and legislations that
interact, articulate and/or conflict with the priority objective. It is the interactions between the
key policies that are of interest here, not the details of individual policies and legislations, i.e.
analogous to a synecology rather than an autoecology approach. This section is mainly about setting
the policy background for the following analysis, so the description on the interactions between
different policies should be related to the discussion on conflicts, incentives and cross-cutting themes
below. If there are policies and legislations that are not directly related to your discussion on the
conflicts, incentives and cross-cutting themes below, you do not need to include them in the
description.

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