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ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING OF THE FISHERY RESOURCES AND THE ECOSYSTEMS IN THE STRAITS OF SICILY

MedSudMed "Assessment and Monitoring of the Fishery Resources and the Ecosystems in the Straits of Sicily" is a regional project with four participating countries (Italy, Libya, Malta and Tunisia), executed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and funded by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Policies (MiPAAF). In 2011 the Regione Siciliana (Italia has provided ad hoc assistance for specific activities on crustaceans in the project area. The Project aims to support scientific communities and countries in the development of a monitoring system for the studies of fisheries resources and ecosystems. The main objectives of the Project are to increase the scientific knowledge on the ecosystems of the project area, strengthen national and regional expertise, develop scientific cooperation in order to promote the standardization of the methodologies used in fisheries research. .. ... +MORE

13-14 March 2012. Djerba, (Tunisia).
The 10th Coordination Committee Meeting.

Annotated Agenda (pdf).
The 10th Coordination Committee Meeting of the FAO MedSudMed Project “Assessment and monitoring of the fisheries resources and the ecosystems in the Straits of Sicily” was held on 13 – 14 March 2012 in Djerba, Tunisia kindly hosted by the Ministère de l'Agriculture et des Ressources Hydrauliques with the support of the Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM). The Committee focused on the inter-committee period and on the activities planned for the coming period. The meeting was attended by delegations from the four participating countries (Italy, Libya, Malta and Tunisia) and the Donors, as well as by the representatives of the Marine and Inland Service of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Resources Use and Conservation Division of FAO (FAO-FIRF), the FAO General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (FAO-GFCM) and of the other FAO Regional Projects operating in the Mediterranean Sea.

>>> ARCHIVE OF EVENTS

	15-16 February 2012. Salammbô, Tunisia Ad hoc meeting on closed seasons for fisheries.
	10-11 January 2012. Mazara del Vallo, Capo Granitola, Italy Working Group on Small Pelagic Fishery Resources in the South-Central Mediterranean Sea
	12-16 December 2011. Sliema, Malta Training course on basic stock assessment

	Access to the search engine publications; you can by 'full text' (the text edited search in the 'TITLE' and in the 'ABSTRACT' of the publications), by author or by issue. For each publication an information sheet will be available.		Short summary of the guidelins of the FAO-project "Assessment and Monitoring of the Fishery Resources and the Ecosystems in the Straits of Sicily".
Publications		Informative Note

	Operational Units in the MedSudMed area, GSA 12-16, 21 (GFCM STATISTICAL BULLETIN). Download the PDF version - Release 2008 (final) - (Updated on cth March 2009).		Maps resulting from oceanographic modelling at sub-regional scale were generated for salinity, temperature and currents at different depths, as they provide an overview of the oceanographic characteristics of the area.
GFCM Statistical bulletin		Oceanographic maps

Cordination Committee
Technical Meetings
Training Activities
Surveys at Sea

1.	Capo Granitola (TP)-Italy 16-18/05/2011	6.	St. Julians, Malta 15-16/02/2006
2.	Tajura, Libya 18-19/05/2010	7.	Tajura, Libya 01-03/02/2005
3.	Sliema, Malta 18-19/02/2009	8.	Salammbô, Tunisia 11-13/02/2004
4.	Salammbô, Tunisia 4-5/02/2008	9.	Rome, Italy 19-20/09/2002
5.	Rome, Italy 9-10/11/2006

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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
ORGANIZATION
OF THE
UNITED NATIONS

ITALIAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
FOOD AND FORESTRY POLICIES

REGIONE SICILIANA

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COUNTRY FIHERY INFORMATION

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"COUNTRY FISHERY INFORMATION"

	ITALY: Institute for coastal marine environment (IAMC-sez Mazara del Vallo)
	LIBYA: Marine Biology Research Centre (MBRC)
	MALTA: Centre for Fisheries Sciences (MCFS)
	TUNISIA: National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies (INSTM)