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The objectives of FAO COPEMED Project are the advice, technical support and establishment of cooperation networks to facilitate coordination to support fisheries management in the
Mediterranean.
COPEMED area covers the Western and Central sub-regions of the Mediterranean.
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Malta,
Italy, France and Spain have adhered to the Project. The project began at the end of 1996. It is financed by Spain through the
AECI (Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional). With
an initial duration of 5 years, the project has been extended up to
May 2005.
A second phase of the COPEMED Project has been officially approved with fundings from AECI and two new donors, the
DG Fisheries of the European Commission and the Spanish Secretaría General de Pesca for a minimum period of 3 years.(2005-2008). There will be an inevitable 3-4 month gap between projects in which the project will not be operational. During this period the website will be open and available, but the contents will not be updated until the official opening of the new Project
COPEMED II.
Through its activities COPEMED facilitates, in particular, the works of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) and of it
Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). This regional cooperation allows the formulation of recommendations and the definition of scientific criteria for a better management of the exploited resources in the Mediterranean.
More
information about SAC
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Field identification guide to the sharks and rays
of the Mediterranean and Black Sea >>
The red lobster Palinurus elephas in the Mediterranean fisheries of Tunisia
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Dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) Fishery in Central-Western Mediterranean
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Jorge Csirke
Chef of Marine Resources Service. FAO Fisheries
Department (FIRM)
Tel. : +39 (06) 57056097
Fax : +39 (06) 57053020
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