This course is part of the "Higher National Diploma in Fisheries Science" developed by the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture of Malta, in collaboration with the University of Plymouth (UK) and the FAO project COPEMED. This diploma has started this year (first promotion). It is comprised of 16 compulsory units and is designed to equip students with the knowledge, understanding and skills required for success in current and future employment in the fish industry, or for progression to an undergraduate degree.

The course "Principal Commercial Species in the Mediterranean" is part of the Unit 3: "Fish Ecology".  The course "Current fisheries management practices used in the Mediterranean" is part of the Unit 4: "Fisheries Management I".
 

The training course had a duration of 5 days. We include as link the support documents provided to the students in Acrobat PDF Format.

Principal commercial species in the Mediterranean

• Part 1: Mediterranean Commercial Important Species 

• Part 2: Biological, ecological and dynamic characteristics 

• Part 3: Mediterranean habitats: Marine  Ecosystem  of  the Western  Mediterranean 

Current fisheries management practices used in the Mediterranean

• Parts 1 and 2: Fisheries Management 

• Part 3.1: Review of the progress of stock assessment studies in the Mediterranean 

• Part 3.2: The hake fishery in the Gulf of Lions 

 

Participants

Lecturers:

Pere Oliver Reus      Curriculum >>
Marine Resources Service
FAO Fisheries Department
E-Mail: pere.oliver@fao.org

Juan Ignacio de Leiva
Marine Resources Service
FAO Fisheries Department
E-Mail: ignacio.deLeivaMoreno@fao.org