Report of the Tenth Session of the Information System for the Promotion of Aquaculture in the Mediterranean (SIPAM) (Tirana, Albania, 15-16 December 2008)

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Report of the Tenth Session of the Information System for the Promotion of Aquaculture in the Mediterranean (SIPAM) (Tirana, Albania, 15-16 December 2008)

Report GFCM:CAQ-SIPAM/10

Year of publication 2008

Pages 11

Author Office of Assistant Director-General

Product type Meeting

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Synopsis (short abstract) The Tenth Session of the Information System for the Promotion of Aquaculture in the Mediterranean (SIPAM) of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) Committee on Aquaculture (CAQ) was held in Tirana, Albania from 15 to 16 December 2008. The Meeting was attended by the National Coordinators from Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, Italy and Turkey, the Coordinator of the CAQ Working Group on Marketing on Aquaculture (WGMA), the Regional Coordinator of SIPAM and Chairperson of GFCM, and the Officers from GFCM Secretariat and from FIMA.

Statutory body / Meeting title General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)

Meeting symbol GFCM:CAQ-SIPAM/10

Meeting Session Number GFCM:CAQ-SIPAM/10

Language English

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