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15-16 December 2011, Rome. Meeting
of SAC and CAQ experts to advise the GFCM Task Force to
review the function and performance of the General
Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean.
 A
meeting of SAC and CAQ experts was held at the GFCM
new offices as part of the revision of the function
and performance of the Commission that is carrying
out the ad hoc Task Force. The process is part of
similar initiatives established for other relevant
Regional Fisheries Management Organisations as
response and adaptation to the various international
agreements in the recent years on the management of
living resources and its ecosystems.
This meeting involved a total of 25 experts from
various Mediterranean countries, as well as
technical staff from FAO and the GFCM Secretariat.
Several issues were discussed related with the
objectives of the organization and its legal and
operational constraints, agreeing to a series of
recommendations to be considered for the final
proposal on changes that must be approved by the
plenary of the Commission.
The Coordinator of CopeMed and the others FAO
Mediterranean projects’ Coordinators participated in
this important GFCM meeting. |
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12th-16th December 2011. Sliema, Malta. Training course
on Introduction to Fish Stock Assessment models.
The course will
be held in Malta on 12-16 December 2011 in
collaboration with the Malta Ministry of Resources
and Rural Affairs. Experts coming from 17 countries
will take part in this training activity and CopeMed
supported the participation of experts of Algeria
and Morocco. The training course aims to improve
national technical capacity on appraisal and
monitoring of natural resources in the CopeMed II,
EastMed and MedSudMed projects area by reviewing the
general approaches to fishery management and basic
assessment models for fish population dynamics.
Course Plan. |
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24-29 October
2011. Chania, Crete (Greece). GFCM-SAC-SCSA Working
Groups on Stock Assessment of Small Pelagic Species and
Stock Assessment of Demersal Species.
 Working
groups on stock assessment of small pelagic and
demersal species meeting was held in Chania, Crete (Greece)
to progress in the enhancement of joint practical
stock assessments by scientists from different
Geographical Sub-Areas (GSAs).
Experts from CopeMed II countries were supported by
the project in order to contribute in reinforcing
subregional collaboration and present joint results.
Experts from Algeria, Morocco, Spain and Tunisia
presented two documents: i) "Advances in the
joint assessment of Parapenaeus longirostris
stock for Algeria, Morocco and Spain (GSAs 01, 02,
03 and 04 of the GFCM)" aiming to identify if
there is a single P. longirostris stock in
these GSAs and present the preliminary joint
assessment; and ii) "Preliminary analysis for
identification of priority species of small pelagic
shared stocks in GSA01 and GSA03 (Alborán Sea)"
carrying out a preliminary stock assessment on
Sardina pilchardus and explaining its
exploitation pattern in both sub-areas.
CopeMed supported the preparatory meetings, the
elaboration of the two documents (available on the
CopeMed website) and the participation of 4 experts
in the GFCM meeting. |
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24-25 October,
Málaga, Spain. 2nd CONGRESS OF THE SPANISH NETWORK OF
WOMEN IN THE FISHERIES SECTOR: "Incorporation and
entrepreneurship of women in the fisheries sector".
 The 2nd Congress of the
Spanish Network of Women in the Fisheries Sector "Incorporation and
entrepreneurship of women in the fisheries sector" aims to create a
forum for discussion among the different women's organizations in
fisheries, the authorities working in this field and all interested
persons. This forum aims to reflect on the challenges faced by women
to achieve full integration in the fishing activities.
More info on:
http://servipes.marm.es/congresomujeres/
Mr.
Juan A. Camiñas and Mr. Matthieu Bernardon from
CopeMed II, attended to the first day of the “2nd
Congress of the Spanish Network of Women in the
Fisheries Sector”, in which several women
representatives of associations of Galicia and
Andalusia talked about the importance of the
professional organization of women in the fisheries
sector. They explained that being organised let them
develop their business since they took profit of the
funding of Axis 4 of the European Fisheries Fund (EFF).
Through the Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs),
they created partnerships between fisheries’ actors
and other local private and public actors related to
fisheries. They built and implemented together a
strategy to face the needs of their region in order
to increase the economic, social and environmental
well-being. |
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18-19 October
2011. Málaga, Spain. Meeting “Project elaboration on
restoration and management of degraded Mediterranean
coastal wetlands and lagoons”.
 With
the participation of RAC/SPA, GFCM, IUCN experts and
the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
represented by the CopeMed team, the meeting aims to
draft and identify a project to provide
Mediterranean countries with an integrated Coastal
Wetland Zone Management strategy, promoting the use
of aquaculture and capture fishery as a base for
habitat restoration, climate change mitigation, and
the improvement of local communities’ welfare.
During the meeting, key issues and challenges faced
by Mediterranean coastal wetlands were identified,
as well as the main activities that can help to
restore and sustainably manage these very important
ecosystems for coastal communities. |
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27-29 September
2011. Málaga, Spain. XXIX Sea Studies Week organized by
the Foundation ASESMAR.
 With
the participation of several Spanish personalities,
including the delegate of Spain in CopeMed Dr. Jorge
Baro of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (I.E.O.)
who was one of the invited lecturers, the XXIX Sea
Studies Week was held in Málaga, organized by the
Foundation ASESMAR in collaboration with the
University of Málaga and other local entities. The
Sea Studies Week is an event held continuously,
since 1983, in different Spanish cities. It consists
in the development of a series of lectures given by
experts of the highest level in subject dealt,
responsible for sea-related organisms, entities and
companies equally linked with marine activities. The
Week is addressed particularly to young students, to
postgraduates and to personal, entities and/or
companies linked to marine activities. The project
CopeMed II was represented by the coordinator. More
information
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21-22 September 2011.
Málaga, Spain. 1st Meeting of the subregional CopeMed II
working group on small pelagic shared stocks in the
Alboran Sea under the EAF.
 The
First meeting of the permanent CopeMed II Working
Group on small pelagic fisheries in the Alboran Sea
was held at the CopeMed offices in the Subdelegación
del Gobierno de Málaga, Spain on the 21st -22nd of
September 2011. The meeting was attended by experts
from Morocco (Ministry of Agriculture and Maritime
Fisheries and the INRH Nador center), Spain (Málaga
and Palma de Mallorca centers of the IEO) and
Tunisia (Sfax center of the INSTM) and the CopeMed
II Project staff.
The SPASWG agreed in analyzing jointly the series of
2003-2008 data for sardine from Spain and Morocco;
adopting standard protocols for biological sampling
and at sea campaigns; organizing a network of
experts and promoting joint ichthyoplankton and
acoustic campaigns in the Alboran Sea. A new meeting
of the WG is foreseeing for the same dates the next
year. |
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12-16 September 2011.
Salammbô (Tunisia). Second meeting of the Subregional
CopeMed and MedSudMed joint Working Group on Demersal
Fisheries Resources.
 CopeMed
II and MedSudMed jointly organized the second
Subregional Demersal Working Group (SRDWG) for the
members’ countries of the two projects with the
local support of the Director of the INSTM. The
meeting chaired by Mr Othman Jarboui, SAC vice-chair,
was held in the premises of the INSTM at Salammbô
from the 12 to 16 September. A total of 9 experts
from four national research Institutions from
Tunisia (INSTM), Italy (IAMZ-CNR) Malta (MRRA),
Morocco (INRH) and staffs from the two FAO Projects
were participating in the meeting. The meeting was
divided in three practical sessions: i) Definition
of a management strategy for the fisheries targeting
Parapenaeus longirostris in the MedSudMed Project
area, including a practical exercise to produce an
updated assessment of this shared stock; ii)
Progress toward the stock assessment of Merluccius
merluccius in the MedSudMed area and iii) Discussion
of the results of the activities carried out in the
framework of CopeMed II working group on Parapenaeus
longirostris stock for Algeria, Morocco and Spain
and discussion on specific activities for the future
to be implemented in the framework of the
cooperative MedSudMed and CopeMed joint Working
Group and a preliminary assessment using national
data from Morocco for M. merluccius.
Results of the assessment carried out and revised
during the meeting on P. longirostris and M. merluccius will be finished by the WG and presented
at the next meeting of the SAC-GFCM working group on
stocks assessment of demersal species (Chania,
Crete, Greece, 24-29 October 2011).
The joint WG also agreed on activities for the next
period including the co-organisation by CopeMed and
MedSudMed of a third meeting of the WG with two
sessions, one on M. merluccius and one P.
longirostris, and a common session to discuss
jointly the assessment of the identified shared
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26 July 2011.
Rome, Italy. CopeMed Coordinator met Mr. Conte from
MiPAAF.
 In
the framework of the activities of CopeMed II in
reinforcing the cooperation between the
participating countries, the Coordinator visited
MiPAAF (Ministero delle Politiche Agricole
Alimentari e Forestali) to discuss with the
representative of the GD of Fisheries and
Aquaculture Dr. Plinio Conte, the activities of
CopeMed and ArtFiMed, and to analyze the options to
increase the participation of Italy in the project.
Mr. Conte noted that Italy was contributing to
AdriaMed, MedSudMed and EastMed. He expressed the
interest of Italy in the activities of the
Mediterranean projects under FAO including CopeMed
II. He suggested that FAO organize a donor meeting,
as already requested during the fourth Coordination
Committee meeting of CopeMed II in Madrid and
underlined that this was of utmost importance as
coordination between donors would significantly
improve on efficiency and effectiveness of the
regional work. Ms. Francesca Granata from PEMAC
2-MiPAAF and Ms. M. Rais from FAO-FIRF also
participated in the meeting. |
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18-19 July
2011. Fuengirola (Spain). First meeting of the Working
Group on Parapenaeus longirostris shared stock
for Algeria, Morocco and Spain (GSA 04, 03 and 01).
CopeMed II and MedSudMed Subregional Demersal Working
Group.
 The
first meeting of the working group on Parapenaeus
longirostris shared stock for Algeria, Morocco
and Spain was held at the Spanish Institute of
Oceanography (IEO) in Fuengirola (Spain) on July
18-19, 2011. The aim was the strengthening of
regional scientific cooperation, launch a joint
research working group for the assessment of the
sub-regional P. longirostris stock by
identifying the most relevant issues and
consequently formulating specific activities to be
implemented within the cooperative framework of the
CopeMed II Project.
The meeting gathered experts from Algeria, Morocco,
Tunisia and Spain: the Spanish Institute of
Oceanography (IEO); the National Research Centre for
the Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture (CNRDPA)
of Algeria; the National Institute of Fisheries
Research (INRH) of Morocco and the National
Institute of Marine Science and Technology (INSTM)
of Tunisia, that presented relevant information from
each country on P. longirostris shared stock
and prepared preliminary evaluation using different
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08 July 2011.
Paris, France. CopeMed Coordinator met the Directeur des
Pêches maritimes et de l’aquaculture in Paris.
 In
the framework of the activities of CopeMed in
reinforcing the cooperation between the
participating countries, the Coordinator Mr. Juan A
Camiñas was invited by the Directeur des Pêches
Maritimes et de l’Aquaculture from the French
Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Rural
Affaires, Mr. Philippe MAUGIN to a meeting in Paris
at the DG Pêche to discuss on the activities of the
project, the participation of France and the options
for an extension of the French participation. In a
very friendly environment the Director expressed the
interest of the Ministry in the activities of
CopeMed, the importance of the regional coordination
and cooperation to achieve more synergies in the
fisheries activities in the Mediterranean and the
intention of his department in facilitate some type
of support to CopeMed.
The meeting was also attended by the French national
focal point and chairperson of the SAC-GFCM, Dr
Henri Farrugio, the responsible of the office for
European and international affaires in the DG Pêche,
Mr N. Gorodetska and the Chargé de mission Affaires
Internationales Mr. Ph. Maraval. |
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05-06 July
2011. Palermo, Italy. MedSudMed-CopeMed II Workshop on
shared stocks in the Mediterranean: “Fisheries and
appraisal of Coryphaena hippurus”.
 The
workshop on shared stocks in the Mediterranean:
“Fisheries and appraisal of Coryphaena hippurus”,
co-organized by the FAO CopeMed II and MedSudMed
projects, was held in Palermo (Italy) on July 5-6,
2011 to discuss the cooperative work carried out on
Coryphaena hippurus. The meeting gathered
twelve national experts from Italy, Malta, Spain and
Tunisia.
The experts from the Spanish Institute of
Oceanography (IEO); the Ministry for Resources and
Rural Affairs of Malta; the National Institute of
Marine Science and Technology (INSTM) of Tunisia;
the Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC),
University of Palermo, the Italian General
Association of Agricultural Co-operatives (AGCI
Agrital) and the Higher Institute for Environmental
Protection and Research (ISPRA) of Italy presented
available data, research and monitoring activities
on Coryphaena hippurus in the Mediterranean
Sea.
CopeMed prepared or supported four documents (available
on the CopeMed website) on: the activities carried
out by COPEMED I (period 2000-2005); the Dolphinfish
recreational fishing in the Mediterranean Sea; the
Dolphinfish fisheries in Majorca Island during
2003-2010 and, a document prepared by the IEO on
Dolphinfish by-catch in the Spanish Mediterranean
Large Pelagic longline fisheries. |
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28 June 2011, Tunisie. Journée
nationale de concertation pour la mise en place d’une
approche stratégique de développement de la pêche
artisanale en Tunisie.
 The
Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (The General
Direction of Agricultural Production -DGPA), in collaboration with
l'Union Tunisienne de l'Agriculture et la Pêche (UTAP), l'Institut
National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM) and with the
support of the sub regional office of the Food and Alimentation
Organization (FAO), in Tunis, and the international projects
FAO-CopeMed II and ArtFiMed, organized an Artisanal Fisheries Day in
Tunisia on 28 June 2011.
Aware of the challenges and the opportunities of the artisanal
fisheries in Tunisia, the artisanal fisheries actors, coming from
all the governorates of Tunisia, met to discus about the problems
and the future of the artisanal fisheries in Tunisia.
This Day, that gave lot of room for fishermen participation,
achieved to increase the public awareness of a sustainable
development of the fishery sector in Tunisia, of the need of
strengthen the coordination of the different partners that are
taking part of this activity, and the need of proposing new actions
to strength the contribution of the artisanal fisheries to improve
the livelihoods and working conditions of the communities. |
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02 June 2011. Tangiers, Morocco.
Artisanal Fisheries Day in the Moroccan Mediterranean.
 The
Chambre des Pêches Maritimes de Méditerranée (CPMM)
will organize an Artisanal Fisheries Day in the
Moroccan Mediterranean in collaboration with the
Département de la Pêche Maritime (MPM), the Institut
National de Recherche Halieutique (INRH) and with
the support of the United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) and CopeMed II and
ArtFiMed FAO Projects.
This day is
aiming to raise awareness on the role and challenges
of artisanal fisheries, to strengthen coordination
between the different partners involved in the
sector to share experiences on best practices, to
develop partnerships and to create knowledge sharing
networks to identify ways that would increase the
contribution of artisanal fisheries to poverty
alleviation and food security.
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Rapport de la Journée nationale de la pêche artisanale en
Méditerranée marocaine
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Pour la promotion du développement durable de la pêche artisanale en
Méditerranée depuis 1997
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25-26 May 2011.
Al Hoceima, Morocco. Progress in organizing an
experimental fishing survey using 40 mm square mesh in
the cod-end of a trawl vessel in Morocco.
 Considering
the need to improve the trawl selectivity for a
sustainable exploitation of Mediterranean fisheries,
the GFCM adopted the Recommendation GFCM/33/2009/2
on a minimum 40 mm mesh size in the cod-end of
demersal trawl nets by 31 January 2012. CopeMed II
compromised with the GFCM to study the biological
and socio-economic effects of such measure in the
sub region, starting in Algeria and Morocco.
The Coordinator of CopeMed II and the expert in
fishing technology Mr Jacques Sacchi, visited Nador
and Al Hoceima (Morocco) on 25-26 May with the aim
to organise an experimental selectivity survey with
a trawl fishing vessel from the port of Al-Hoceima
using 40 mm square mesh in the cod-end, in
cooperation with the INRH. They visited the owner of
a trawler vessel at the port of Al-Hoceima (eastern
coast of Morocco) discussed on the experience and
took measures of the gear currently used by the
fishing vessel in order to build the appropriate
cod-end and cover cod-end for the selectivity
experience. The INRH expert Mr Omar Kada was also
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16 May 2011.
Sicily, Italy. CopeMed participated in the 9th Coordination Committee
Meeting of the FAO MedSudMed Project in Capo Granitola.
 The
Coordinator of CopeMed II and ArtFiMed, J. Camiñas
attended the ninth Coordination Committee Meeting of
the FAO MedSudMed Project “Assessment and monitoring
of the fisheries resources and their ecosystems in
the Straits of Sicily” was held in Mazara del
Vallo-Capo Granitola (Trapani, Italy), kindly hosted
by the Istituto per l’Ambiente Marino Costiero –
Consiglio Nazionale per le Ricerche (IAMC-CNR) from
16 to 18 May. The Meeting was focused on the inter
committee period activities and on the activities
planned for the next period. The meeting was
attended by delegations from the three participating
countries (Italy, Malta and Tunisia) and the Italian
donors, as well as by the representative of FAO-FIRF,
FAO-GFCM, and of the FAO Sub-Regional Projects
CopeMed II and EastMed.
Coordination between the FAO projects MedSudMed and
CopeMed is really important to strengthen the
countries’ capacity but also for the projects and
the donor’s interest, taking into account that the
countries involved in MedSudMed are also part of the
CopeMed II project. Delegates of the member
countries agreed in different activities for the
next annual period that will be jointly coordinated
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28-29 April 2011, Madrid, Spain. 4th
Meeting of the CopeMed II Coordination Committee.
 The
meeting was attended by representatives of the donors, Secretaria
General del Mar of Spain and Agencia Española de Cooperación
internacional para el Desarrollo and the European Commission,
delegations from Algeria, France, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Spain and
Tunisia, the GFCM, the FAO Fisheries Management and Conservation
Service, Coordinators from FAO AdriaMed, MedSudMed and EastMed
Projects, a representative of the FAO subregional offices in Tunisia
as well as the officers from CopeMed II Project. The representative
of Libya was not able to participate in the meeting due to the
situation in this country.
The Secretaria General del Mar Miss Alicia Villauriz, underlined the
Spanish interest in supporting the future development of CopeMed and
invited the other countries from the western and central
Mediterranean to support the project.
The Workplan of CopeMed II and ArtFiMed was adopted and the
Committee underlined the constraints related to the incertitude for
the extension of the project and the presented Workplan for the next
month and supported the efforts of FAO in finding additional funding
to allow the extension of the project, including the participation
of other donors.
List of documents for the
meeting:
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04 April 2011.
CopeMed in the presentation of Spanish results on
Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in High Seas.
 CopeMed
represented FAO - FIR in this event. The Spanish Ministry of
Environment, Rural and Maritime Affairs presented the results of the
research carried out by the IEO and the Secretaria del Mar in
different marine regions during the last decades. The Spanish
Fisheries administration and the IEO are jointly working on
vulnerable marine ecosystems in high seas in different experiences
(NE and NW Atlantic, Namibia, SW Atlantic) to implement the 2006
UNGA 61/105 Resolution and the FAO recommendations. The
multidisciplinary research include four projects in the framework of
ICES, NEAF, NAFO, SEAFO regions. Opened by the Spanish Ministry of
Environment, Rural and Maritime Affairs and the General Secretary of
the Sea, the meeting was chaired by the General Director of Marine
Resources and the Director of the IEO. Representatives from national
research institution, fisheries sector, ICES and European Commission
were also participating as invited speakers. |
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15 March 2011. Malága, Spain.
Workshop on small pelagic fisheries management in the
Alboran sea under the EAF (ecosystem approach to
fisheries).
 Organized
by the project FAO CopeMed II, this meeting held on
Tuesday 15 March 2011, grouped together at the
headquarters of the central government of Malaga,
twenty experts representing Spain, Morocco, Algeria,
IUCN and FAO.
The experts from the fisheries oceanography research
centers of Spain (IEO), Moroccans (INRH) and
Algerians (CNRDPA) were able to present the
available data on small pelagic fisheries in the
Alboran Sea, and representatives of the Spanish
administrations (Secretaría General del Mar and
Junta de Andalucia) and the Maritime Fisheries
Direction of Morocco have exposed the main
management measures and monitoring of these
fisheries.
Following the discussions carried out at this
meeting and through the presentation of the
experience of a similar process underway in the
Adriatic Sea, the participants agreed that, under
the sub-regional working group CopeMed II /
MedSudMed Small Pelagics, a scientific working group
on small pelagics in the Alboran Sea, should meet
soon to continue this process of consultation on
terms of reference that have been validated at this
meeting.
Download:
Publication TD18,
Press Release. |
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22 February 2011.
Tangier, Morocco. CopeMed Meeting with Fisheries
representatives, Administration and INRH.
 CopeMed
and FAO officers from Rabat met with representatives
of the fisheries sector, fisheries administration
and INRH representatives at the Chambre des
pêches Maritimes de Méditerranée in Tangier (Morocco)
to discuss questions related with the activities of
CopeMed II and ArtFiMed projects in Morocco.
During the meeting it was agreed that next 2 of June
ArtFiMed will organise a national day on the
artisanal fisheries in the Mediterranean coast of
Morocco in coordination with the national
representatives. The general objective of this event
is to give more opportunities to the artisanal
fisheries and agree on priorities that should be
considered by the different administrations.
The project staff take advantage of this meeting to
discuss with the fisheries sector, the
administration and the INRH experts two important
issues: the opportunity to carry out a pilot
selectivity experience on the implementation of the
40 mm square mesh size in the trawl gears (GFCM
Recommendation) and the SAC recommendations to
Morocco and Spain related with the improvement of
the data, sampling methodology and the assessment of
Pagellus bogaraveo (voraz) in the Gibraltar
Strait are. Some important advances were overtakes,
particularly on the definition of the
characteristics of the trawl vessel for the
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7 - 11 February 2011.
Marseille, France. CopeMed II countries participating in SAC-GFCM.
 Experts
from the CopeMed II subregion representing their
countries have been participating in Marseille
during the 13th meeting of the Scientific Advisory
Committee of the GFCM. The participants include: a
representative from the Algerian fisheries
administration, three from the INRH and the Moroccan
Fisheries administration, a representative from the
General Authority of Marine Wealth in Libya, the
Director General of the INSTM and the and Director
of the Centre in Sfax from Tunisia, a Resource
Manager at the Agriculture and Fisheries Regulation
Department (MRRA) from Malta, two experts from the
IEO and two from the Secretariat of the Sea in Spain,
three representatives from the Fisheries Ministry of
Italy, experts from the Ifremer, the Fisheries and
other Administrations in France.
The meeting was chaired by Mr H. Farrugio from
France. Three of four Coordinators of the
Subcommittees were also from the subregion, Mr, F.
Alvarez (Spain) for the SCMEE, Mr. J. Vigneau
(France) for the SCSI and Mr. F. Fiorentino (Italy),
who completed the participating experts from the
CopeMed II subregión. The Coordinator of CopeMed II
participated also in the SAC with the other
Coordinators and experts of the FAO Projects in the
Mediterranean.
Meeting documents:
http://151.1.154.86/GfcmWebSite/SAC/13/docs.html
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7 - 11 February 2011.
Marseille, France. Main activities and results of CopeMed II and ArtFiMed
presented to the SAC-GFCM.
 The FAO
Mediterranean Projects were present during the
different sessions of the 13th Session of the SAC
celebrated in Marseille working in collaboration
with the GFCM Secretariat.
Coordinators and the project’s staff participating
in the discussion and presenting the document
GFCM:SAC13/2011/Inf.22 on Major activities of
the FAO regional projects.
The Coordinator of CopeMed II presented the results
and main activities carried out by CopeMed II and
ArtFiMed by each of the main components of the two
projects underlining the main achievements. The
Coordinator informed that it is the last year of
activities of the projects if no new funds are
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17 January-18 February 2011. Training course on direct acoustic
methods for the assessment of small pelagic species in
the Mediterranean Area at the Oceanographic Centre of
Palma de Mallorca (IEO).
 The
Algerian government will have a research vessel for
the CNRDPA in 2011. From that moment on, Algerian
experts should be able to assess the state of their
pelagic resources using direct methods and
independent of fisheries. CopeMed II organizes a
basic theoretical and practical training course to
assess small pelagic resources by acoustic methods.
The course is organised in collaboration and with
the support of the IEO (Spain) and will be held at
the Oceanographic Centre of Palma de Mallorca. The
course will be attended by ten experts from Algeria,
Morocco and Tunisia who will participate in that
course: six CNRDPA (Algeria) experts, two experts
from the INRH (Morocco) and two more from INSTM
(Tunisia). Professors from the IEO are in charge of
the training using standard Mediterranean acoustic
methodologies.
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31 January-04
February 2011. FAO Mediterranean Projects present at
COFI.
 The
FAO Mediterranean Projects, namely AdriaMed,
MedSudMed, CopeMed II, EastMed, ArtFiMed, MedFisis
and the GEF-supported Partnership for the
Mediterranean (MED-LME) were present during the COFI
meeting with a joint stand. Documents and products,
including posters and flyers were available to the
participants.
The Committee on Fisheries (COFI), a subsidiary body
of the FAO Council, was established by the FAO
Conference at its Thirteenth Session in 1965. The
Committee presently constitutes the only global
inter-governmental forum where major international
fisheries and aquaculture problems and issues are
examined and recommendations addressed to
governments, regional fishery bodies, NGOs,
fishworkers, FAO and international community,
periodically on a world-wide basis. COFI has also
been used as a forum in which global agreements and
non-binding instruments were negotiated. The 29th
Session of COFI takes place between 31 January and 4
February 2011. |
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January 2011. Salon Halieutis Agadir-Maroc, Le rendez vous du
secteur Halieutique.
Extrait du Mot de M. Aziz AkhAnnouch
Ministre de l’Agriculture et de la Pêche Maritime
L’organisation
du salon Halieutis répond ainsi à un besoin exprimé
aujourd’hui plus que par le passé. Il constitue une
réelle opportunité de valoriser et promouvoir le
potentiel du Royaume dans les domaines de la pêche
maritime, l’aquaculture et les produits halieutiques.
Il représente une occasion idoine d’échange autour
des diverses préoccupations du secteur. le salon
Halieutis sera aussi un point de rencontre des
différents intervenants du secteur et un cadre
approprié pour les rendez- vous business au niveau
national et international.
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25-26 January 2011. Salammbô,
Tunisia. Workshop on Fisheries and appraisal of
Coryphaena hippurus.
Postponed,
new dates will be communicated
During the Coordination
Comittee of MedSudMed (Tripoli, 18-19 May 2010), the Maltese
delegate and the Tunisian representative underlined the importance
of continuing the study on Coriphaena hippurus initiated in
the framework of CopeMed, phase I. The Committee agreed on this
activity and CopeMed II and MedSudMed organise the present workshop
to activate the study of one of the resources shared between several
countries in the subregion.
The workshop focuses on the cooperative work in the framework of the
FAO Projects on C. hippurus. National experts of the FAO
project areas will present the research and monitoring activities on
C. hippurus performed at national level, as well as on
data/information currently available in their country on this
species. The participants will identify possible cooperative
activities and progress on the characterisation of the C.
hippurus stocks and fisheries. Specific activities formulated to
be implemented in the cooperative framework of the MedSudMed and
CopeMed II projects, within their resources and mandate.
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Smoked, dried and other transformed fishing products in
the fishing market of Tunis.
 During a recent visit to Tunis, the
Project staff observed in the fish market a variety of
transformed products, mainly dried and smoked pulps,
salt sardines and other local species. FAO have drawn
best practice guidelines on smoked, dried and other
transformed fish products focusing on the control of
insect infestation, mould growth, the use of correct
packaging and the preparation and processing of
necessary paperwork for export/import. For more
information visit the FAO Website
www.fao.org.
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06 déc 2010. The FAO-FIRF MedLME
project organised an EAF workshop in Roma.
 Ecosystem
Approach to Fisheries Management (EAF) “strives to
balance diverse societal objectives, by taking into
account the knowledge and uncertainties about biotic,
abiotic and human components of ecosystems and their
interactions and applying an integrated approach to
fisheries within ecologically meaningful boundaries. The
purpose of an EAF is to plan, develop and manage
fisheries in a manner that addresses the multiplicity of
societal needs and desires, without jeopardizing the
options for future generations to benefit from a full
range of goods and services provided by marine
ecosystems”.
Mr Camiñas and Mr Bernardon from CopeMed II were
participating in Rome (Italy) in this workshop on EAF.
The WS was carried out by different responsible and
professionals from FAO-FIRF. Experts from different
countries participating in AdriaMed and CopeMed II were
invited to the WS. FAO professionals from AdriaMed and
MedSudMed completed the participation.
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29 Nov - 2 Dec. GFCM SCMEE in Malta.
From the 29th
November until the 2nd December, it will take place
the following GFCM sessions in Malta:
11th session of the Sub-Committee on Marine
Environment and Ecosystems (SCMEE)
12th session of the Sub-Committee on Stock
Assessment (SCSA)
11th session of the Sub-Committee on Economic and
Social Sciences (SCESS)
11th session of the Sub-Committee on Statistics and
Information (SCSI)
Agenda, information and meeting documents
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24 November 2010.
Brussels, Belgium. Third meeting of the Working Group on
Integrated Maritime Policy in the Mediterranean of the
European Commission.
 The
Coordinator of CopeMed II represented the FAO in the
Third meeting of the Working Group. Experts from the
European Commission under the Presidency of Mdme
Monique PARIAT, new Director for Mediterranean and
Black Sea, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs
and Fisheries, and from the EU and non EU
Mediterranean countries, international organisations
and Agreements as GGFCM, CIESM, PNUE, international
representatives of the Mediterranean regions, etc.,
were participating in this meeting. The participants
discussed on the EU Maritime Policy, Maritime
Spatial Planning, the launching of a Regional
Technical Assistance Project under the EU
Neighbourhood Policy for Southern Countries and the
Marine Knowledge 2020 project of the EU. More
information on
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22 - 26 November 2010. Rome (Italy).
Training course on Virtual Population Analysis organised
by AdriaMed.
Following the
numerous requests formulated on the need to have
advanced training courses on stock assessment,
AdriaMed found convenient to organize a one-week
training course on Virtual Population Analysis (VPA)
before the GFCM Sub Committee on Stock Assessment
meeting (Malta, 29 November - 3 December 2010). The
training took place from 22th to 26th November, and
it was open to all the scientists of the Project
area as well as scientists from other areas covered
by the other FAO Mediterranean Regional Projects.
Experts from Morocco and Algeria attended to it.
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11 November
2010. Tunis, Tunisia. CopeMed II Coordinator visited the AECID
delegation.
 The
Coordinator of CopeMed II and ArtFiMed met Mr
Guillermo Caro, General Coordinator of the AECID
Offices (Spain) in Tunis. Mr Camiñas informed the
AECID Coordinator on the current activities of
CopeMed II and ArtFiMed, including the results of
the Coordination meeting carried out at the INSTM
(Salambó) with the participation of the project’
experts from Morocco and Tunisia.
Mr Caro informed Mr Camiñas that AECID is preparing
a new cooperation framework with Tunisia. Mr Caro
underlined that fisheries issues should be included
by the beneficiary country (Tunisia) to have support
from AECID. Such formal national support is
convenient for an extension of the activities of
CopeMed II and ArtFiMed.
Mr Caro was also interested in visiting the sites,
Ghannouch and Akarit, where ArtFiMed is carrying out
the activities in the Gulf of Gabès. A visit to the
sites will be organised by the project in
coordination with the expert Mr Elaiba.
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10 November 2010.
Salambó, Tunisia. CopeMed II staff meeting with the INSTM General Director.
 Mr
Camiñas and Mr Bernardon took advantage of the
ArtFiMed Coordination meeting at the INSTM
headquarters in Salambó to meet the DG Mr Ridha
Mrabet and Mr Othman Jarboui. A meeting with the two
national representatives was carried out to discuss
different topics related with CopeMed II and
ArtFiMed: the participation of experts from Tunisia
in the GFCM-SAC Sub Committees in Malta; the two
Tunisian experts that will participate in the
acoustic course to assess small pelagic organized by
CopeMed II in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) next January
2011; the support of experts from the INSTM to
organise a course on red tides affecting the
bivalves fisheries in the Gulf of Gabès and a
training on processing and added value to fisheries
products. A joint revision to an ArtFiMed Guide on
the artisanal fisheries in the Gulf of Gabès was
also part of the discussions.
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9-10 November 2010.
Tunis, Tunisia. Fourth ArtFiMed Coordination Meeting at INSTM HQ.
 The
fourth ArtFiMed Internal Meeting took place in
Salambo (Tunisia), at the INSTM offices further the
director's invitation. The objective of this meeting
was to examine the level of execution of the
activities in development in each of the Project
places (Ghannouch and Akarit in Tunisia, and Dikky
in Morocco), and to prepare the working plan for
November 2010 - June 2011. The whole staff of
ArtFiMed attended the meeting, Mr Mohamed Malouli
Idrissi, NPP of the Project in Morocco, Mr Hamadi
Elaiba, NPP of the project in Tunisia, and the staff
of Malaga.
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25-27 October 2010. Alexandrie, Egypt.
GFCM - SAC - Transversal Workshop on selectivity
improvement, bycatch reduction and alternative gears.
 The aims of this
workshop are to follow up on the outcomes of the
transversal GFCM Working Group on selectivity
improvement and by-catch reduction (Tunis, 23-25
September 2009) and on the GFCM resolution on the
implementation of the 40 mm mesh size GFCM/31/2007/3.
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22 October 2010.
Bouzedjar, Algeria. Progress in organizing an
experimental survey using 40 mm square mesh in the
codend of a trawl vessel in Algeria.
 Considering
the need to improve the trawl selectivity for a
sustainable exploitation of Mediterranean fisheries,
the GFCM adopted the Recommendation GFCM/33/2009/2
on a minimum 40-mm mesh size in the codend of
demersal trawl nets by 31 January 2012. CopeMed II
compromised with the GFCM to study the biological
and socio-economic effects of such measure in the
sub region.
The Coordinator of CopeMed II together with the
consultant and expert in fishing technology Mr
Jacques Sacchi, visited Algeria the 19-21 October
with the aim of supporting the activities of CopeMed
II in Algeria and particularly to organise an
experimental selectivity survey with a local trawl
fishing vessel using 40 mm square mesh in the
codend, in cooperation with the CNRDPA. They visited
the port of Bouzedjar (western coast of Algeria,
near Oran) accompanied by the CNRDPA expert Mr M.
Bouaicha and met with the owner and skipper of the
boat in which the experiment will be carried out.
They took measures of the different gear’s component
and they agreed the dates for the experience. The
CNRDPA and CopeMed II will share the whole costs of
the experience.
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20-22 October 2010. Palma de Majorca,
Spain. GFCM - SAC - Workshop on monitoring recreational
fisheries in the GFCM area.
The workshop will
be a first step aimed at developing a monitoring
framework for
recreational fisheries comprising biological, economic,
legal and social aspects of the sub-sectors and to
facilitate the future work on establishment a long term
monitoring programme to provide estimations of effort,
participation, types fishing, catch amount, value.
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19 October 2010.
ArtFiMed Project was rewarded during the International
Day for Rural Women in Tunisia.
As part of
celebrations of International Day for Rural Women,
ArtFiMed Project was selected for the award of creating
the Day. Thus, he was rewarded for his efforts in the
development of rural women in its intervention areas.
Mr. Mokdad Missaoui the Governor of Gabes, has long been
interested in the Project activities that have been
exposed in the stand by the National Consultant and
Trainers. The Governor was accompanied by several
personalities including Mr. Lamine Rashid, General
Secretary of the Coordinating Committee of the RCD of
Gabes, M. Med Jridi Utap, who presented the award to
ArtFiMed, and the CRDA.
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18-23 October 2010. Istambul, Turkey.
GFCM - SAC - Working Group on Stock Assessment on
Demersal Species.
One of the
objectives of the Sub-committee on Stock Assessment
(SCSA) of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of
GFCM, is to progress in the enhancement of joint
practical stock assessment: scientists from different
Geographical Sub-Areas (GSAs) provide their data and
share them with their colleagues, using a standard
methodology and analyzing together the results and
options for fisheries management.
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12-15 October 2010. Rabat, Morocco. The World Food Day 2010.
Under
the title Unis contre la Faim (“Together against World
Hungry”), a National Seminary will be held next Tuesday
12th October at l'Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire
Hassan II in Rabat. The
World Food Day will be also the
main subject of a Ceremony organised by the National
Committee next Friday 15th October. This Ceremony will
take place in the Complexe Socio-Sportif de Bank Al
Maghrib, Madinat Al Irfane, Rabat, at 15.30h pm. The
FAO-ArtFiMed Project will be represented in this event.
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7-8
October 2010. Málaga (Spain). Pelagic SRWG on shared stocks in the
CopeMed II and MedSudMed area.
Postponed,
new dates will be communicated
 The CopeMed and MedSudMed FAO
Mediterranean projects are jointly organizing the first Subregional
Pelagic Working Group for the members’ countries of the two
projects. The meeting will be held in Málaga organized by the
IEO
and the information on local arrangements will be circulating at a
later stage. The provisional agenda includes issues related with: i)
Shared stocks and ii) Information and appraisal on
Coryphaena hippurus. The meeting will have two separated
sessions, one on the revision on information available on shared
pelagic stock and definition of priorities for joint research and
assessment, and a second on available information at national level
on Coriphaena, in relation with the countries in MedSudMed - CopeMed
II area.
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Report of the CopeMed II meeting on the definition of priority
topics related to shared resources (demersal and pelagic) in the
subregion. Málaga, Spain, 29-30 April 2010
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22-23
September 2010. Fuengirola, Malaga (Spain). First joint assessment
between Spain and Morocco on Pagellus bogaraveo
from the Gibraltar Strait area.
 For
the first time, a joint ad hoc working group involving
Moroccan and Spanish scientists was held to analyze the
existing information of the Pagellus bogaraveo
and assess the stock situation, as requested to CopeMed
II during the last SAC-GFCM. The working group took
place in the Malaga Centre of the IEO (Spanish Institute
of Oceanography) and it was attended by Sadia Belcaid
and Omar Kada (INRH, Morocco), Jorge Baro, Alberto
García, José Luis Perez Gil and Juan Gil (IEO, Spain).
The results obtained during this assessment session and
the recommendations of the experts will be presented for
general information to the next SCSA (SAC) meeting to be
held in Malta, 29 November - 2 December.
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21 September.
Casablanca and Rabat, Morocco. Meeting with the INRH GD
and the Fisheries and Aquaculture Direction (DPMA).
 As
part of the CopeMed II and ArtFiMed activities in
Morocco, a meeting was organized with the active
involvement of the FAO representative Mr A. Hupin and in
collaboration with the DG Pêche General Directrice, Mme
Driouich and the INRH Director General Mr Faik to
discuss several pending issues with the FAO-CopeMed II
Project Officers. This meeting permitted update previous
commitments with the Moroccan fisheries authority in
relation with two issues: 40 mm square mesh size
research pilot survey and the organization of the
artisanal fisheries journey. The meeting in Casablanca
with the INRH agreed to reinforce the cooperation
between the INRH under the G. Director and to listen the
DG Pêche on 40 mm. The DG Pêche et Aquaculture (Rabat)
proposed to carry out the selectivity survey by using
the INRH research vessel and organising the artisanal
meeting in Morocco during the first quarter 2011.
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16-17
September 2010. Mazara del Vallo, Sicily (Italy). Demersal SRWG on
shared stocks in the CopeMed II and MedSudMed area.
 The CopeMed and
MedSudMed FAO
Mediterranean projects are jointly organizing the first Subregional
demersal Working Group for the members’ countries of the two
projects. The meeting will be held in Mazara del Vallo and the
information on local arrangements will be circulating at a later
stage. The provisional agenda includes issues related with: i)
Shared stocks and ii) Effects of the closed seasons and
national regulations. The meeting will have two separated
sessions, one on the revision on information available on shared
demersal stock and definition of priorities for joint research and
assessment, and a second on available
information at national level on closed season and its
effects, in relation with the countries in
MedSudMed -
CopeMed II area.
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MedSudMed area
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priority topics related to shared resources (demersal
and pelagic) in the subregion. Málaga, Spain, 29-30
April 2010
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13rd-17th September 2010.
Sicily, Italy. CopeMed II
and MedSudMed organize the first Subregional Demersal
Working Group at the IAMC-CNR in Mazara del Vallo.
 CopeMed
II and MedSudMed jointly organized the first Subregional
Demersal Working Group (SRDWG) for the members’
countries of the two projects. The meeting was held in
the premises of the IAMC-CNR at Mazara del Vallo
(Sicily, Italy) from 13 to 17 September. A total of 14
experts from Algeria (CNRDPA), Italy (CNR), Malta
(MRRA), Morocco (INRH), Tunisia (INSTM) and the two FAO
projects were participating in the meeting. The
objective of the meeting was the strengthening of
subregional scientific cooperation on the identification
and definition of the subregion shared demersal stocks.
During two days, national experts from Morocco, Malta,
Italy, Algeria and Tunisia gave presentations on the
data and information available in their countries on
main demersal species considering the potential use of
national data for joint stocks assessment and
identifying areas and species whose stocks should be
addressed as shared stocks in the subregion. The group
also discussed the results obtained the days before
corresponding to the Parapenaeus longirostris in
the Sicily channel assessment. Results of this
assessment will be presented at the meeting of the
SAC-GFCM working group on stocks assessment of demersal
species (Istanbul, 18-23 October 2010).
In agreement with the available information during the
meeting the WG prepared a list of shared stocks,
including those already acknowledged as shared by the
SAC and new ones: M. merlucius in the Gulf of
Lions, P. longirostris and M. merlucius in
Sicily channel, P. bogaraveo in the Gibraltar area,
P. longirostris in Alboran Sea-Algerian sub-basin
between Morocco and Algeria and P. elephas between
Tunisia, Spain and Algeria. The SRDWG will present these
proposals to the countries for adoption through the
subregional projects.
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16th September 2010.
CopeMed II and MedSudMed experts visit the new Centre
IAMC-CNR at Capo Granitola.
 The
experts participating at the CopeMed II-MedSudMed
Subregional Working Group on Shared Stocks meeting
celebrated at the IAMC-CNR at Mazara del Vallo (Sicily,
Italy) from 13 to 17 September were invited by the
Director of the new CNR Istituto per l’Ambiente Marino
Costiero (IAMC) in Capo Granitola (Sicily), Dr
Salvattore Mazzola to visit the premises of the new
centre. The IAMC-CNR in Capo Granitola is located in an
old restored tonnara (tuna trap) building in the
southwest coast of Sicily. We had the opportunity to
observe the extraordinary human and equipments
integrating the IAMC and to converse with some of the
scientist of the centre. The centre has facilities for
Aquaculture, Marine Ecology and Biology, Oceanography,
Biogeochemic and Acoustic. The experts from the CopeMed
II and MedSudMed were informed on the different
scientific research carried out in the centre and
visited the laboratories and other facilities taking
notes of the possibility of research cooperation with
this innovative marine research centre.
The Capo Granitola Centre works on national and
international projects focus on the marine ecosystems
process and particularly the interactions between the
environmental variables and the exploited resources for
a more sustainable use.
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13-14
September 2010. Palma de Mallorca. Balearic islands.
CopeMed II meeting in the Oceanographic Centre of the
Balearic Island (IEO) to organise a course on acoustic
and prepare a document on small pelagic.
 The
Oceanographic Centre In Palma de Mallorca (Balearic
islands) created in 1906 by Odon de Buen, is one of the
most important in the Mediterranean. The centre is
focused on top marine research in oceanography, marine
biology, biochemist and the relationship between the
environment and the exploitation of the resources. In
this last research area the Palma Laboratory is well
acknowledge in the European Union as one of the key
centres in the evaluation of the small pelagic stocks by
acoustic methods. Scientists from the Lab have been
involved in teaching acoustic methodologies to African,
European and South American experts.
In the framework of the CopeMed II subregional training
activities on fisheries science and subregional
cooperation between Research Institutes, last 13-14
September the Coordinator Mr. Camiñas visited the centre
and discussed with the Director Mr. Masutti and the
coordinator of the course Mr. J Miquel the contents for
a basic and practical course on acoustic for small
pelagic evaluation that will be supported by CopeMed II.
Beneficiaries will be 10 fisheries scientist from
Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia who will be participating
in Spain in this course during around one month from
January 2011. Mr Camiñas was also working with Mr
Alvarez and reviewing the draft pilot plan on small
pelagic in the Alboran sea prepared by the expert for
CopeMed II.
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22th July 2010. Malaga (Spain). Ad
hoc scientific working group between Morocco and Spain
on Pagellus bogaraveo in the Strait of Gigraltar.
 The objective of
this meeting is to strengthen scientific cooperation
between Spain and Morocco, to improve knowledge and
management of water resources in the Strait of
Gibraltar. This working group will focus on biology and
ecology, study of fisheries, joint research programs,
campaigns, joint stock assessment and management plan
and management of fisheries.
Spanish information about the red seabream (Pagellus
bogaraveo) fishery in the Strait of Gibraltar Region
Agenda.
Meetings documents:
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Sistema de localización y seguimiento de Embarcaciones
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Análisis de la Pesquería de Voraz y Especies sociadas en
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La pêche artisanale à la Dorade rose Pagellus
bogaraveo à Dikky (Maroc), dans la région du détroit
de Gibraltar
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5th July 2010. Malaga (Spain).
CopeMed II and ArtFiMed Meeting at the Projects
headquarters with IUCN Med.
 The objective of
this meeting is to strengthen collaboration between IUCN
Med and FAO CopeMed II ArtFiMed Projects in traditional
fisheries areas of support, the study of species and
shared stock, marine protected areas and management of
Mediterranean fisheries.
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14-18 June 2010. Course on Technological Advances in Fishing Gear for Sustainable Management.
 Twenty-nine experts from nine Mediterranean countries and the EC and Argentina met in Zaragoza (IAMZ/CIHEAM) to follow a course on fishing gears selectivity. Experts from several CopeMed II countries attended the course: Morocco (DPMA, INRH), Tunisia (UTAP, INSTM, MARH, IRESA), Algeria (MPRH), France, Italy and Spain. The Coordinator of CopeMed II was participating in the course as invited lecture. Mr. Luis Esteruelas, Director IAMZ/CIHEAM closed the course during a ceremony in which the course certificates were distributed to the participants.
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1st-2nd
June 2010. Istanbul (Turkey).
 The CopeMed II and
ArtFiMed
Fishery officer, has
participated to the Extraordinary Meeting of National Focal Points
for Specially Protected Areas and the Meeting of National
Correspondents for the Strategic Action Programme for the
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18th-19th May 2010, Libian Arab Jamahiriya. 8th MedSudMed Coordination Committee Meeting.
 The 8th Coordination Committee Meeting was kindly
hosted by the Marine Biology Research Centre of Tajura. The Meeting
was focused on the inter committee period activities and on
activities to be planned for the next 12 months. The meeting was
attended by delegations from the four participating countries
(Italy, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malta and Tunisia), as well as by a
representative of the Italian Donor, the FAO Fisheries and
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6th-7th May 2010. CopeMed II Third Coordination
Committee meeting.
 The third meeting of the Coordination Committee reviewed the aims
and results achieved during the last year by
ArtFiMed
and CopeMed II, the pilot project on artisanal fishing that takes
place in Tunisia and Morocco and CopeMed II coordinates. The
coordination committee meeting was also an occasion to discuss and
plan a possible extension of the project.
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29th-30th April 2010. CopeMed II meeting on the definition of priority topics related to shared resources (demersal and small pelagic) in the subregion in Malaga.
 Following the indications of the Coordination
Meeting, CopeMed II started the organisation of the working
groups of demersal species and small pelagic of CopeMed II meeting
in Malaga, the next 29 and 30 April.
Agenda and documents
for the meeting can be downloaded here.
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19th-20th
April 2010. Athens, Greece. EastMed Inception Meeting.
 EastMed, “Scientific and Institutional Cooperation to Support
Responsible Fisheries in the Eastern Mediterranean – EastMed” is a
project under the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department that
enter into duty the last September. The Coordinator Konstantina
Karlou-Riga is organised the Inception Meeting in Athens, Greece
the 19 and 20 April 2010. EastMed will support the development of
regionally-consistent fisheries management plans among the Eastern
Mediterranean countries through the monitoring of commercial
fisheries and the developing of fishery research and management
capacity. The project is planned to run for five years. Greece,
Italy and the Directorate General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
of the EC have already confirmed their support to the project. The
project headquarters are based in Athens, Greece.
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14th-17th
April 2010. Athens, Greece. GFCM, 34th Commission Meeting.
National
Delegates from the CopeMed II countries participating in
the ordinary GFCM Commission Meeting and in the COC
(Committee on Compliance) were present during the
sessions held in Athens. CopeMed II Coordinator and the
other FAO Project’s Coordinator were participating and
supporting activities of the GFCM Secretariat.
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3rd April 2010.
Kotor, Montenegro. CopeMed II and ArtFiMed Coordinator attended the 11th Coordination Meeting of AdriaMed.
 Representing CopeMed II and ArtFiMed, Juan
Antonio Camiñas participated in Kotor (Montenegro, 3-4 March 2010)
at the 11th Coordination meeting of AdriaMed. The meeting has served
to strengthen cooperation between the two projects and discuss about
activities to organize in common. The discussions focused mainly on
reviewing the activities realized and a technical proposal for the
expansion of AdriaMed presented by the Project Director, Enrico
Arneri.
More information:http://www.faoadriamed.org.
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March 2010:
Preparation of a protocol for the experiences of the
40 mm square mesh size selectivity.
 From
the discussions held during the meeting of the sub
regional Working Group on the implementation of the
40 mm square mesh size, the Project cared of the
preparation of a Protocol for the experiences of
selectivity that could be common for all the
countries and that will include the basic needs and
methodologies for undertaking this kind of campaign.
The experts Jacques Sacchi and Jorge Baro have
worked to prepare this CopeMed II protocol which is
already in its final editing phase.
Protocols for a Mediterranean Pilot Selectivity Trawl Survey:
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16th February 2010.
Rabat, Morocco. Meeting in the Fisheries and Aquaculture
Direction (DPMA).
 Juan
Antonio Camiñas and Matthieu Bernardon travelled to
Rabat where they met with the Moroccan fishery
authorities to discuss the pilot plan for the
implementation of the 40 mm mesh in the trawl
fleets. The meeting was held at the Fishery and
Aquaculture Direction and was chaired by its
Directrice Ms Driouich. The purpose of the meeting
was to review various points of interest between the
Moroccan authorities and CopeMed II, of which a
scientific pilot campaign on the selectivity of 40
mm square mesh applied to demersal trawling fleets.
The meeting was attended by representatives of the
DPMA, the General Director of the INRH, the FAO
Representative in Morocco and members of the
Projects ArtFiMed and CopeMed II.
Report of the Workshop
"Protocols for a Mediterranean Pilot Selectivity Trawl Survey":
TD08
Rapport de la rencontre sur
la pêche artisanale en la méditerranée marocaine:
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25th-29th
January 2010. Kotor, Montenegro. Experts from several Mediterranean countries visiting the Kotor Marine Laboratory.
 During the celebration of the annual SAC meeting in Budva (Montenegro, 25-29 January) a group of FAO experts and SAC Delegates from several countries, the Chairperson of the SAC Dr. H. Farrugio and the four Coordinators of the Sub Committees visited Kotor Center of Marine Research. Under the direction of Dr. Aleksandar Joksimovic, Director of Institute of Marine Biology the experts visited the Center departments and conversed with the Institute experts. |
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10th-15th
January 2010:
Mediterranean and Black sea FAO Projects
Coordination Meeting in Rome.
 Juan
A Camiñas and Matthieu Bernardon have participated to
the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Mediterranean and
Black Sea Coordination Meeting from 13 to 15 January
2010 in Rome (FAO). The representatives of the
different projects/activities presented the
objectives, partners, and main activity lines and
results of their work: EastMed, K. Karlou-Riga;
CopeMed II, J. A. Camiñas; AdriaMed, N. Milone;
ArtFiMed, M. Bernardon; Support desert aquaculture
in Algeria (TCP/ALG/3103), V. Crespi; FAORNE, P.
Manini; Southern European countries Project,
Budapest FAO officer; MedSudMed, L. Ceriola; GFCM
Aquaculture, M. Camilleri; MedFisis and LME
Strategic partnership for Fisheries, P. Barros. The
meeting was an opportunity to reinforce the
cooperation and synergies between the different
projects and to organize under a coordination
strategy the activities for the next period. A new
coordination meeting will be organizing in July
2010. |
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January 2010: Review of the GFCM Glossary.
 By
request of the GFCM, CopeMed II promised in 2009 to
undertake the revision of the Glossary. This
document was prepared in 2003 by CopeMed during the
first Phase, needing an update. CopeMed II
contracted a consultant (Dr. J. Lleonart) who
realized the revision. The revised document was
submitted to the SAC meeting held in Budva
(Montenegro, 25-29 January 2010) and will be
discussed by the GFCM in its 34th meeting in Athens
(14-17 April).
More information:
(http://151.1.154.86/GfcmWebSite/GFCM/34/GFCM34_2010_inf.17-e.pdf) |
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2009 |
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4th December 2009: Meeting of Coordination Committee of the GFCM Sub-Committees in CopeMed II headquarters (Malaga).
 After the end of the regular sessions of the forth SAC Sub-Committees in Malaga (Spain), the Coordination Committee meeting of the Sub-Committees took place, with the participation of the GFCM’ Secretary, President and Vice-president of SAC, coordinators of Sub-Committees and experts of FAO and regional projects AdriaMed, ArtFiMed, CopeMed II, EastMed, MedSudMed and MedFisis. |
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30th
November - 3rd December 2009: SAC Anual Meeting of GCPM Sub-Committees in CopeMed II headquarters.
 Regular sessions of the forth SAC Sub-Committees took place in CopeMed II headquarters from November 30th to December 3rd 2009. CopeMed II supported local organisation and meetings with the participation of its experts as technical support to Environment, Economy and Social Sciences Sub-Committees. |
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November December 2009: Participation of experts from
Algeria (CNRDPA) in the acoustic assessment carried out
by the IEO (Spain) in western Mediterranean region.
 Two
Algerian experts have participated in the campaign
ECOMED of the IEO on board of the Oceanographic ship
Cornide de Saavedra during the period 24/11/09 and
19/12/09. The objective of the training on board was
to familiarize with the standard techniques for
assessment of small pelagic species using acoustic
methods.
More information:
Évaluation des Ressources Pélagiques ECOMED2009 |
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November 2009: Representatives of Fisheries Administration of Algeria, IEO (Spain) and expert of CopeMed II met to strength collaboration.
 The
Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), the Spanish
Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)
and FAO-CopeMed II Project, met in Malaga with
Representatives of Administration in Algeria to
establish fishery cooperation basis. Participants were:
Director of Investigation, Farid Harouadi, Naia Bouhafs
and Larbi Kadri; deputy General Director of IEO
investigation, Eduardo Balguerías and Director of IEO in
Malaga, Jorge Baro; representative of AECID projects in
Algeria, Antonio Alaminos and Juan Antonio Camiñas and
Matthieu Bernardon from CopeMed II. |
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26th-27th
October 2009: Meeting in Tunisia with General Direction for Fisheries and General Director of INSTM, and visit of ArtFiMed headquarters in Gabes.
 Juan A. Camiñas and Matthieu Bernardon met in Tunisia with the General Director of Fisheries Dr. Missaoui and staff member Mrs Belkaia. Then, they visited the INSTM, where they disccused with the General Director Dr. Ridha MRabet and they travelled to Gabes with the NPP of ArtFiMed Mr. Elaiba. In Gabes, the Day of Traditional Fishery was celebrated, organised by ArtFiMed and the General Direction of Fisheries. |
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10th-11st
September 2009. Malaga, Spain. CopeMed II Workshop on Protocols for a
Mediterranean Pilot Selectivity Trawl Survey
(Experimental application for the implementation of the
40 mm square mesh size GFCM Resolution to the trawl
fleet in Morocco).
 During
the 33rd session the GFCM adopted the Recommendation
GFCM/33/2009/2 on a minimum 40-mm mesh size in the
codend of demersal trawl nets by 31 January 2012.
CopeMed II compromised with the GFCM and the project’
Members to study the biological and socio-economic
effects of such measure in the sub region and organise a
meeting of experts in Malaga (Spain). The purpose of the
workshop waqs to agree with experts the CopeMed II
countries on selectivity protocols in order to implement
a pilot survey during 2009 in Morocco to analyse the
biological and economic effects of the implementation of
the 40 mm square codend mesh size in trawl fleet as
determined by the GFCM/31/2007/3 Resolution. A second
objective of the workshop was to make possible the
organization of new pilot surveys in other CopeMed II
countries. Experts from Algeria, France, the EC,
Morocco, Spain and Tunisia participating in the
Workshop. |
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