COOPERATION AMONG FISHERIES ACTORS
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ACTIVITIES
COOPERATION AMONG FISHERIES ACTORS |
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FORUM
AMONG ACTORS OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
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“Dialogue
for a harmonized and coordinated management of the Western Mediterranean”
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The
COPEMED Project, during its 2nd and last phase whose end is foreseen for late
2004, is aiming at establishing a Dialogue Forum among the different
actors of the Fishery System (Administration-Research-Fishing Industry). FAO´s Code of Conduct for Responsible Fishing (1995) had already mentioned the importance of such dialogue in the fisheries policy-making and implementation processes. Similarly, the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) has stressed the importance of having representatives from the fisheries private sector participating to improve the quality of GFCM´s work and to facilitate the implementation of its recommendations. In addition, article 12.13 reads that States should promote the use of research results as a basis for the setting of management objectives, reference points and performance criteria, as well as for ensuring adequate linkages between applied research and fisheries management. On the other hand, the General Commission for Fisheries in the Mediterranean (GCFM) during its 26th Session (2001), stressed that “the participation of Representatives of the fisheries private sector would improve the quality of its work and encourage the implementation of its recommendations”. |
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Long-term Objectives
Promote
the rapprochement and concertation among the different actors of the
Fishing System. Immediate
Objectives More specifically, the
COPEMED Forum aims at:
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Fisheries,
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| First meeting of the FORUM: “Regional cooperation: the future of the
fishing sector” |
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The
Forum was held in The Forum developed as follows:
At the end of each session a debate was brought up to formulate the respective conclusions and recommendations. Apart from the meeting report, here below you can find most of the presentations. COPEMED wishes to apologize for the diversity of formats and languages of the documents, but our intention is to distribute this information, repeatedly requested by the participants at the meeting the soonest possible and in its original state. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The presentations are classified according to the meeting agenda.
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