Computer searchable directory of data sets relating to the marine environment. The  British Oceanographic Data Centre - BODC ⁽¹⁾  initiated EDMED with the financing of  the Marine Science and Technology Programme (MAST) of the European Commission. Sixteen  European institutes/centres are collaborating as national focal points for in the data collection.
(1) BODC is the publisher of the General Bathymetric chart of the world (GEBCO) CD-ROM.

At present, EDMED already describes more than 2300 Datasets from over 500 Data holding Centres across Europe. A search tool is available on the Sea-Search web site.

The EDMED database can be searched by geographical area, including, for the Mediterranean Sea, the following areas :

Other geographic and thematic criteria are available. For each record that match the query, information is given on the data set (identification, description, geographic coverage) and on the data holding centre (availability and administration of the dataset).

FishBase: A Global Information System on Fishes      
(Link verified on March 2005)

FishBase is a relational database with information to cater to different professionals such as research scientists, fisheries managers, zoologists and many more. FishBase on the web contains practically all fish species known to science. It was developed at the WorldFish Center in collaboration with the FAO and many other partners, and with support from the European Commission (EC). Since 2001 FishBase is supported by a consortium of seven research institutions.

 The functions of FIDI is to collect, analyse, interpret and disseminate information in relation to fisheries. The programme of work of FIDI comprises three sub-programmes:

• Aquatic Sciences And Fisheries Information
• Fishery Data And Statistics
• Fisheries Branch Library
• FIGIS - Fisheries Global Information System

SIPAM has been conceived with the aim of contributing to the Mediterranean aquaculture development through improving the flow of aquaculture information among the participating countries in the Mediterranean Basin. The SIPAM network consists at present of a Regional Centre, located in Tunis, and National Centers located in Albania, Algeria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Libja, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Tunisia, and Turkey. The Regional Centre has its own offices in the premises of the Ministry of Agriculture of Tunisia.

ICTIMED       

(Link verified on March, 08th 2005)

ICTIMED allows obtain a identification of all fishes cited at the Mediterranean and Black Sea, and also knows the area distribution of the species.  Also you can to look up a glossary with 12000 definitions for clarify some doubts about some terms used only for specialized people.

EUROSTAT        

(Link verified on March 2005)

 Eurostat is the Statistical Office of the European Communities. You will find in this site a link to actualized and complete metadata from the European Union and another countries:

• Catches by fishing region
• Tuna catches
• Aquaculture production
• Landings
• Fishing fleet
• Employment in the fishery sector
• Foreign trade in fishery products
• Supply balance sheets for fishery products
• Global production by fishing region

Morocco : Ministry of Fisheries   

(Link verified on March 2005)

We have presented the WEB site of the Moroccan Ministry of Fisheries under the heading ADMINISTRATION. As far as the national statistics are concerned, there are available for the period 1990-2002 for production dates, and for the period 1993-2003 for development of the exportations, in table and graph form. It must be pointed out that it is not possible here to distinguish between the Mediterranean and Atlantic data.

We will find:

• Development of the production:
  • national production,
  • production of pelagic species,
  • production of benthic species,
  • monthly production of pelagic species,
  • monthly production of benthic species,
  • Aquaculture production,
  • Catches of the coastal fisheries by specie.
• Development of the exportations:
  • sea products (in weight),
  • sea products (in value),
  • products destination (in weight),
  • products destination (in value),
  • canned products (in weight),
  • canned products (in value).