Safeguarding of Venice Coastal Area ThroughHabitat®Blocks

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ABSTRACT BOSCOLO, S., COPPA, S., FALCONI, A., MOTTA, E., FERRO, A and BARONI, A., 2011. Safeguarding of Venice Coastal Area Through Habitat®Habitat. In: Micallef, A. (ed.), MCRR3-2010 Conference Proceedings, Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue, No. 61, pp. 269–273. Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy, ISSN 0749-0208. The Gulf of Venice has got a characteristic morphology, for the presence of irregularly distributed rocky substrate in sandy and muddy bottoms. Scientifically these protuberances are called “beachrocks” or “reefs” if their origin is respectively clastic or biological. These solid outcrops are sea bottom obstacles and locally they are called “Tegnue” because of their resistance to drag-net fishing. In the “Second International Conference on the Management of Coastal Recreational Resources” in Gozo, Malta, 2006, we presented a research programme for the preservation of this natural environment against the distraction of fishery activity. The protection of the “Tegnue”, in experimental way, has been...