Project's full title |
Enhancing Capacity for Fisheries Planning and Management in the Strait of Sicily - GCP/INT/320/EC |
Countries |
European Union
Italy
Libya
Malta
Tunisia
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Start date |
01/02/2018 |
End date |
31/12/2019 |
Status |
Closed |
Donor |
European Union |
Recipient / Target Areas |
Italy,
Libya,
Malta,
Tunisia
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Budget |
USD 580 600
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Project Code |
GCP/INT/320/EC
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Objective / Goal |
The project reinforced the basis for cooperative management of the shared
multispecies fisheries in the Strait of Sicily, by supporting the organization
and successful implementation of subregional research programmes,
the establishment of scientific networks and the improvement of national
capacities. Fisheries scientists and staff in fisheries research
institutions/administration in the four participating countries acquired new
technical skills in data collection, data processing and management, and
fisheries assessment methods and management. In addition, the research
institutions of the participating countries were provided with updated tools
for data compilation and management, subregional communication networks,
and the dissemination of the results of scientific programmes. Technical
meetings, working groups and study groups were held to enhance knowledge
on the dynamic and state of fisheries and fish population, and their
interactions with the environment. As a result, new insights into the biology,
ecology and stock status of fish and fisheries were acquired. In addition, new
data and knowledge were used to inform fisheries policies, thus supporting
the widening of the management framework to fully incorporate the EAF and
the Blue Growth initiatives in the subregion.
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Partners |
Istituto per le Risorse Biologiche e le
Biotecnologie Marine - Consiglio Nazionale
delle Ricerche (Institute for Marine
Biological Resources and Biotechnology –
National Research Council), Italy; Marine
Biology Research Centre, Libya; Ministry
for the Environment, Sustainable
Development and Climate Change, Malta;
Institut National des Sciences et
Technologies de la Mer (National Institute
of Marine Science and Technologies),
Tunisia
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Beneficiaries |
Fisheries scientists and staff in fisheries
research institutions/administration from
the participating countries (Italy, Libya,
Malta and Tunisia); General Fisheries
Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)
members.
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Activities |
- Ad hoc activities implemented to initiate standardized data collection
programme, including on fisheries socio-economic related aspects.
- Appraisal of state of demersal fisheries resources and fisheries in
MedSudMed project area carried out by national experts in the
framework of the MedSudMed Working Group on Demersal Fisheries
Resources.
Planning and implementation of standardized experimental bottom
trawl survey in Tunisia supported, to gather standardized data on
spatial distribution and abundance of demersal fisheries resources
and biocoenoses.
- Geo-referenced data for spatial mapping of natural resources
gathered, and coordination with the General Fisheries Commission for
the Mediterranean (GFCM) and the FAO Subregional Office for North
Africa (SNE) enhanced, and resources optimized in supporting Tunisia.
Case studies supported in the participating countries in compiling
information on Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF), and in particular to map
spatial distribution and overall activities of selected SSF in southcentral Mediterranean.
- Ad hoc training workshop held on SSF and non-indigenous species at
GFCM headquarters, Rome, Italy, July 2018.
- Joint data processing supported for production of thematic maps on
areas of concentration of eggs, larvae and recruits of Sardina
pilchardus, Sardinella aurita and Engraulis encrasicolus.
- Pilot action for collection of fishery dependent data in Tunisia launched
in 2018 (biological sampling), focusing on selected species in north
Tunisia; the data gathered were used to support joint stock assessment
for Merluccius merluccius and Parapenaeus longirostris in central
Mediterranean.
- Preparation of monography focused on MedSudMed area in scientific
peer-reviewed journal Hydrobiologia coordinated and supported.
- Second session of Summer School in Quantitative Fisheries Stock
Assessment held in Italy, July 2018; entire training programme
successfully completed by 49 trainees.
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Impact |
The project reinforced the basis for cooperative management of the shared
multispecies fisheries in the Strait of Sicily, by supporting the organization
and successful implementation of subregional research programmes,
the establishment of scientific networks and the improvement of national
capacities. Fisheries scientists and staff in fisheries research
institutions/administration in the four participating countries acquired new
technical skills in data collection, data processing and management, and
fisheries assessment methods and management. In addition, the research
institutions of the participating countries were provided with updated tools
for data compilation and management, subregional communication networks,
and the dissemination of the results of scientific programmes. Technical
meetings, working groups and study groups were held to enhance knowledge
on the dynamic and state of fisheries and fish population, and their
interactions with the environment. As a result, new insights into the biology,
ecology and stock status of fish and fisheries were acquired. In addition, new
data and knowledge were used to inform fisheries policies, thus supporting
the widening of the management framework to fully incorporate the EAF and
the Blue Growth initiatives in the subregion.
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Contact |
Marcelo Vasconcellos (Lead Technical Officer) - [email protected]
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SDG(S) |
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