Thumbnail Image

Report of the twelfth session of the Scientific Advisory Committee. Budva, Montenegro, 25–29 January 2010 / Rapport de la douzième session du Comité scientifique consultatif. Budva, Monténégro, 25-29 janvier 2010.

Year of publication 2010

Pages 167

Author FAO/GFCM/CGPM;Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Division

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 9789250066066

Series title FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report

Series number 2070-6987 - R936

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) held its twelfth session in Budva, Montenegro, from 25 to 29 January 2010. The Session was attended by delegates from nineteen Members of the Commission. The Committee reviewed the activities and results obtained by its subsidiary bodies along with the proposals of the Coordinating Meeting of the Sub-Committees (CMSC), as well as the achievements by the FAO regional projects in suppor t to the GFCM activities. It reflected on the management advice drawn up by the Sub-Committee on Stock Assessment on the basis of thirty-one stock assessments and agreed that the existing scientific evidence sufficed to support that the Commission takes relevant management measures notably to establish a regional logbook and to monitor the fishing capacity in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. The SAC suggested that, in future, management advice on small pelagic fisheries should bene fit more from the development of biological Reference Points for Biomass. It further discussed several important topics including recreational fisheries, improvement of gear selectivity and reduction of bycatch, the impact of climate change, the impact of alien species on fisheries and other issues such as the exploitation of red corals, the status of elasmobranch species and the follow-up on fisheries-restricted areas. The Committee appraised the data exchange protocols and related el ectronic tools developed by the Secretariat for the submission of Task 1 data. It also proposed that the criteria to identify sensitive habitats should be revisited and amended. Furthermore, the Committee acknowledged the proposal on the new functioning of the SCSA working groups on stock assessments, on the progress made on the updating of the SAC glossary and on updating of the reference frame of SAC and the establishment of a future strategic workplan. Finally, the SAC agreed upon i ts workplan for 2010 and renewed the mandate of the bureau for another two-year term and nominated a new coordinator for each of its four Sub-Committees.

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

Cite this content as:

FAO General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean/Commission générale des pêches pourla Méditerranée. 2010. Report of the twelfth session of the Scientific Advisory Committee. Budva,Montenegro, 25–29 January 2010/Rapport de la douzième session du Comité scientifiqueconsultatif. Budva, Monténégro, 25-29 janvier 2010. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report/FAORapport sur les pêches et l’aquaculture. No. 936. Rome, FAO.167p.

Language Bilingual

Also available in:
No results found.

Related items

Showing items related by metadata.

  • Thumbnail Image
    Book (series)
    General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean. Report of the twelfth session of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Aquaculture, Casablanca, Morocco, 7–9 June 2022 / Commission générale des pêches pour la Méditerranée. Rapport de la douzième session du Comité scientifique consultatif de l’aquaculture, Casablanca, Maroc, 7-9 juin 2022 2022
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    The Scientific Advisory Committee on Aquaculture (CAQ) of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) held its twelfth session in hybrid mode, in Casablanca, Morocco and online from 7–9 June 2022. The session was attended by delegates from 18 contracting parties, three cooperating non-contracting parties, one observer, as well as representatives of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, the GFCM Secretariat and invited experts. During the session, the Committee reviewed the work carried out during the 2019–2022 intersession, including within the framework of the GFCM 2030 Strategy for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea (GFCM 2030 Strategy) and in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and provided advice on priorities in the field of aquaculture management and research. Le Comité scientifique consultatif de l'aquaculture de la Commission générale des pêches pour la Méditerranée (CGPM)a tenu sa douzième session en mode hybride, à Casablanca (Maroc) et en ligne, du 7 au 9 juin 2022. Ont participé à la session des délégués de 18 parties contractantes, trois parties coopérantes non contractantes et un observateur, ainsi que des représentants de la Division des pêches de l'aquaculture de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) et du Secrétariat de la Commission, et des experts invités. La session a été l’occasion pour le Comité de passer en revue les travaux menés pendant la période intersessions 2019-2022, y compris dans le cadre de la Stratégie 2030 de la CGPM pour une pêche et une aquaculture durables en Méditerranée et en mer Noire (Stratégie 2030 de la CGPM) et à la lumière de la pandémie de covid-19.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Book (series)
    Report of the Eighteenth Session of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Fisheries, Nicosia, Cyprus, 21-23 March 2016 / Rapport de la dix-huitième session du Comité scientifique consultatif des pêches, Nicosie, Chypre, 21-23 mars 2016 2016
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    The Scientific Advisory Committee on Fisheries (SAC) of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) held its eighteenth session in Nicosia, Cyprus, from 21 to 23 March 2016. The session was attended by delegates from 20 contracting parties, 7 representatives of observers, representatives of the FAO, including its regional projects, and the GFCM Secretariat. The Committee reviewed the work carried out during the 2015–2016 intersession, including within its newly established subr egional subsidiary bodies, two of which had met for the first time in 2016 (Subregional Committee for the Adriatic Sea and Subregional Committee for the Central Mediterranean). On the occasion of the publication on The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries (SoMFi) 2016, the Committee examined the main highlights of the report, including key characteristics of Mediterranean fleet and catches, socio-economic, and bycatch, highlighting its importance as a a flagship publication aimed at re gularly disseminating information on fisheries in the GFCM area of application. The Committee formulated advice on the following aspects: i) marine environment and ecosystems, including vulnerable marine ecosystems, marine spatial protection measures and bycatch; ii) statistics and information, including the implementation of the Data Collection Reference Framework (DCRF); iii) status of Mediterranean stocks and associated scientific advice, including at the subregional level. At the Mediterrane an level, the Committee discussed in particular the specific cases of red seabream (Pagellus bogaraevo) in the Strait of Gibraltar and of European eel (Anguilla anguilla), recognizing the importance of collecting and analysing accurate data towards the development of a Mediterranean adaptive regional management plan for this species.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Book (series)
    Report of the Thirteenth Session of the Scientific Advisory Committee, Marseille, France, 7–11 February 2011/ Rapport de la treizième session du Comité Scientifique Consultatif, Marseille, France, 7-11 février 2011 2011
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) held its thirteenth session in Marseille, France, from 7 to 11 February 2011. The session was attended by delegates from 21 Members of the Commission as well as observers from intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations together with the Russian Federation. The session appraised the achievements of its subsidiary bodies along with the outcome of the Coordinating Meeting of the Sub-Committees (CMSC). The Committee reviewed the topics addressed by the 17 technical meetings held by its subsidiary bodies. These included proposals for fishery management measures, research programmes, data collection schemes and development of Management Plans. It discussed several other technical issues connected to the exploitation of red coral and European eel, the status of elasmobranchs, the protection of seabirds, turtles and monk seals as well as the monitoring of the by-catc h in the Mediterranean fisheries. The SAC further commented on the outputs of the workshop on algal and jellyfish blooms which provided options to tackle the problems posed by this phenomenon on fisheries and also gave due importance to the results of the workshops on recreational fisheries and on fishing gear selectivity. Definitions of some socio-economic parameters within the Task 1 data collection framework were reviewed and options for the improvement of the collection and submission of bio logical data under this framework were considered. The Committee acknowledged the progress made in undertaking joint stock assessments of several demersal and small pelagic species and identified a way of progression of the use of Biological Reference Points. The SAC also reviewed the progress made on the development and management of GFCM databases, including the new Biological Parameters Database and the newly released e-Glossary, as well as that made on the issue of catch weight thresholds in logbook reporting. Finally, the Committee proposed the establishment of a new Working Group to specifically address the Black Sea issues and agreed upon its workplan for 2011.
Show more

Users also downloaded

Showing related downloaded files

No results found.