Preliminary
Annoted Agenda
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The
Working Group meeting was held in the framework of the MedSudMed Project
activities on Small Pelagic fishery species and the
cooperative work carried out to date was recalled at the beginning of the
meeting. The participating experts presented the relevant national research and
monitoring activities as well as the available data held in each country on
small pelagic resources. The current protocols for national acoustic surveys and
data processing were described and an update was given on the MEDIAS protocol.
The feasibility of an inter-calibration exercise at sea for acoustic surveys in
the Project area was discussed. The WG also analysed the possibility to finalise
a genetic comparison of anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) samples in the
MedSudMed area for the identification of stock units of this species. The
meeting was attended by the designated experts from the countries participating
in the MedSudMed Project.
