Contents:

I - Executive summary
by Ferdinando Boero, Frédéric Briand and Fiorenza Micheli

II - Workshop communications

- Photosensitized degradation of organic compounds in natural waters
O. Bajt, N. Kovac, J. Faganeli and B. Sket

- Global experiences in marine protected area planning and lessons learned
Tundi Agardy

- La protection côtière intégrée dans l´île de Djerba en Tunisie: réalités et perspectives
Abdelkader Baouendi

- Structure versus organization and function: an approach for the evaluation of a site for marine protection
Alberto Basset

- Marine protected areas in the Mediterranean Sea : Croatian experiences
A. Benovic, M. Peharda and V. Onofri

- A summary of theoretical results regarding the design of marine reserves
Louis W. Botsford

- South Sinai protected areas network: from a vision to a success and the coming challenges and risks
Alain Jeudy de Grissac

- The role of MPAs for the sustainable use of marine resources: problems related to a cost-benefit analysis
Giuseppe Lembo

- Marine reserves: US experience in a Mediterranean context
Fiorenza Micheli

- The international sanctuary for Mediterranean cetaceans: criteria for its origin and implementation
Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara

- Marine protected areas: conservation of biodiversity and enhancement of fisheries
Alfonso A. Ramos

- Marine protected areas in the Maltese Islands: status and problems
Patrick J. Schembri

- A new instrument on specially protected areas in the Mediterranean
Tullio Scovazzi

- Recreation in Mediterranean marine parks: limits and perspectives
Miquel Zabala