In the course of preparing a seminar on socio-economic aspects of aquaculture in the countries of the Mediterranean, MEDRAP, the FAO/UNDP Mediterranean Regional Aquaculture Project recruited two consultants, Mr. U.W. SCHMIDT and Mr. SPAGNOLO, to carry out a study on social, economic and legal aspects of lagoon management in Turkey. The consultants visited Turkey from the 26 to the 28 of August. In October Mr. SPAGNOLO (2.10 – 4.10) and Schmidt (7.10 – 9.10) visited the country again.
Their terms of reference were given as follows:
To study the different types of management for Greek and Turkish lagoons from a socio-economical viewpoint :
- lagoon proprety (on general state owned
- characteristics of the managerial staff (cooperative, private, fishermen).
- analysis of the managerial staff's professions (fishermen, farmers, etc…) of recruitment and of the socio-economical level, etc…
- links between production and commercialisation
- influence of the type of contract between owners and managerial staff on the investment possibilities, the method of management etc…
To study the consequences and the problems possible, due to the introduction of new tochnologies :
- modernization of the traditional fishing system.
- development of the fish rearing in or around lagoons.
Finally to give recommendations on the modification of relations between owners and aquaculturists for the improvement of production and commercialization structures, for the introduction of new technologies, etc…
The study must not deal with all the lagoons but 1 or 2 examples will taken.
