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Feasibility assessment for a database on socio-economic indicators for Mediterranean fisheries.

Year of publication 2001

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 67

Author Franquesa, R; Malouli, I.M.; Alarcon, J.A.

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 9251046433

Series title General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) - Session Reports

Series number 1020-9549 - 71

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This pilot study on the construction of socio-economic indicators was initiated by the Sub-Committee on Social Science, Scientific Advisory Committee, of the GFCM. It was carried out in collaboration with FAO/FIPP and COPEMED. The study focussed on a particular GFCM management unit, the Alboran Sea, in the hope that results would be applicable to other GFCM management units and the Mediterranean as a whole. Although the research team encountered difficulties in terms of non-availability of cert ain data and delays in the development of sampling schedules, the study was useful in demonstrating the possibilities of developing indicators and of their application for building an understandting of main socio-economic trends within a Mediterranean fisheries management unit.

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

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Franquesa, R.; Malouli, I.M.; Alarcón, J.A. Feasibility assessment for a database on socio-economic indicators for Mediterranean fisheries. Studies and Reviews. General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean. No. 71. Rome, FAO. 2001. 55p.

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