In 2001, a study on the fisheries regulatory framework of the Western Mediterranean coastal states was undertaken under the aegis of the CopeMed Project.[1] This was the first time in the Mediterranean that a comprehensive comparative study of regulatory measures had been conducted at the regional level. Similar studies were conducted in the Adriatic States participating in the AdriaMed project in 2002 and in the Eastern Mediterranean States in 2003.[2] As follow-up on this work, the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), with support from FAO’s FishCode Project and Development Law Service, commissioned a comparative study covering the entire Mediterranean basin[3] that focused on three issues, namely, access regimes to fisheries resources; management of fishing effort and fishing capacity; and monitoring, control and surveillance. The purpose of this study is to provide fisheries managers with information on the principal measures adopted in the region to identify areas where harmonization should be sought, particularly in relation to shared stocks.
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[1] See P. Cacaud, Revue du
cadre législatif relatif à la pêche maritime dans les pays
membres du CopeMed, January 2002. [2] The information on the Adriatic countries concerns the period up to 2002. Since then events have occurred that are not covered in the present document. New regulations and rules have been adopted by Croatia and Italy, while Slovenia became a member of the European Union. The new information is included in a recently finalized document, which is based on the Adriatic sea fishery legislation as described in the GFCM document; this new document was produced by FAO AdriaMed ("General outline of fisheries legislation and regulations in the AdriaMed countries" AdriaMed Technical Document N. 14. GCP/RER/010/ITA/TD-14). Finally, Serbia-Montenegro joined the FAO AdriaMed Project in 2004 and relative marine fishery legislation has been integrated into their legislation. The AdriaMed legislative report was fully updated in September 2004. [3] Note that Bosnia and Herzegovina, Monaco, and Serbia Montenegro are not included in this study. |
