Table 1. Stakeholders involved in the research. Stakeholder type Stakeholder name Functions Economic Fishermen, market, etc. Harvest, culture, cleaning, etc. Institutions with management tasks Province of Venice Fisheries/aquaculture plan in Venice Lagoon Regione Veneto Sanitary legislation application Comune di Venezia Lagoon protection Osservatorio Laguna Natura 2000, Habitat Directive implementation MAV-CVN Lagoon area allocation Lagoon protection, Mid-level management institution GRAL, Veneto Agricoltura Implementation of Tapes philippinarum management plans. Institutions without management tasks Other associations Consumer association: Confconsumatori Recreational association: Vela al terzo Citizens associations