APPENDIXES

APPENDIX A - Agenda

1. Opening of the Session

2. Adoption of the Agenda and arrangements for the Session

3. Headquarters of the Commission

4. Selection of the Executive Secretary

5. Implementation of the recommendations of the Twenty-eighth and of the Extraordinary sessions of GFCM

6. Issues related to the implementation of the autonomous budget

• Status of ratification of the Amendment to the GFCM Agreement

• Status of Member contributions to the autonomous budget and related issues

7. Intersessional activities 2003-2004

• Report on the activities of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)

• Report on the activities of the Committee on Aquaculture (CAQ)

• Other intersessional activities

8. Issues connected with the functioning of the Commission

• Procedure for the appointment of the Deputy Executive Secretary

• Selected institutional, practical and legal issues (review of the status of some subsidiary bodies and amendments to the Rules of procedure).

9. Management of Mediterranean fisheries

• Review of the recommendations of the Seventh Session of the Scientific Advisory Committee

• Review of the recommendations of the Fourth Session of the Committee on Aquaculture

• Review of ICCAT Recommendations of relevance to the Mediterranean

• Review of the recommendations of the Workshop on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Mediterranean

10. Programme of work for the intersessional period 2005-2006

11. Any other matters

12. Date and place of the Thirtieth Session

13. Adoption of the Report

APPENDIX B - List of participants

MEMBERS OF GFCM

ALBANIA

Sali METANI
Directeur relations extérieures
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Bld Deshmoret e Kombit 4
Tirana

Roland KRISTO
Director
Fisheries Directorate
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Bld Deshmoret e Kombit 4
Tirana
Tel./Fax: +355 4228621
E-mail: [email protected]

Mimoza COBANI (Ms)
Head of Unit Inspectorate
Fishery Directorate
Ministry of Agriculture and Alimentation
Bld Deshmoret e Kombit 4
Tirana
Tel./Fax: +355 4222882
E-mail: [email protected]

ALGERIA

Mokhtar REGUIEG
Représentant permanent auprès de la FAO
Via Barnaba Oriani 26
00197 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 80 68-76 20, 06 8084141
Fax: +39 06 808-3436
E-mail: [email protected]

Mohamed SALEH SMATI
Chargé d'études et de synthèses
Ministère de la pêche et des resources halieutiques
Rue des Quatre Canons
Alger
Tel.: +213 21433942
Fax: +213 21433169
E-mail: [email protected]

Nasreddine RIMOUCHE
Représentant adjoint auprès de la FAO
Via Barnaba Oriani 26
00197 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 80 68-76 20, +39 06 808-4141
Fax: +39 06 808-3436
E-mail: [email protected]

BULGARIA

Anton DOTCHEV
National Agency of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Head of the International Relations Department
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Sofia
E-mail: [email protected]

Erman ZANKOV
National Agency of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Sofia

CROATIA

Ivan KATAVIC
Assistant Minister
Directorate of Fisheries
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
Ulica grada Vukovara 78
10000 Zagreb
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel.: +385 1 6106 577
Fax: +385 1 6106 558

Neda SKAKELJA (Ms.)
Head of Division
Directorate of Fisheries
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
Ulica grada Vukovara 78
10000 Zagreb
Tel.: +385 1 6106 520
Fax: +385 1 6106 558
E-mail: [email protected];
[email protected]

CYPRUS

Gabriel P. GABRIELIDES
Director
Department of Fisheries and Marine Research
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
Aeolou 13
Nicosia 1416
Fax: +357 22781226
E-mail: [email protected]

EGYPT

Helmy BEDIR
Permanent Representative to FAO
Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Via Salaria, 267
00199 Rome, Italy
Tel.:+39068548956
Fax: +39 06 8542603
E-mail: [email protected]

Maryam Ahmed Moustafa MOUSSA (Ms)
Deputy Permanent Representative to FAO
Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Via Salaria, 267
00199 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 8548956
Fax: +39 06 8542603
E-mail: [email protected]

Yasser SOROUR
Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Via Salaria, 267
00199 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 06584856
Fax: +39 068542603
E-mail: [email protected]

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - MEMBER ORGANIZATION

Cesar DEBEN-ALFONSO
Director
Directorate General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
Rue Joseph II 99
B-1040 Brussels
Belgium

Roberto CESARI
Administrator
Directorate General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
DG FISH/B2
Rue Joseph II, 99
B-1040 Brussels
Belgium
Tel.: +32 2 2994276
Fax: +32 2 2955700
E-mail: [email protected]

Valerie LAINE (Ms)
Administrateur principal
Directorate General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
Unit B-2 "International and Regional Arrangements"
Rue Joseph II, 99
B-1040 Brussels
Belgium
Tel.: +32 22965341
Fax: +32 22955700
E-mail: [email protected]

Franco BIAGI
Principal Administrator
Directorate General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
Rue Joseph II, 99
B-1040 Brussels
Belgium
Tel.: +32 2 2994104
Fax: +32 2 2994802
E-mail: [email protected]

Maryse COUTSOURADIS (Ms)
EC Delegation to FAO and UN Organizations
Via IV Novembre, 149
00187 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 69999316
Fax: +39 06 6797830
E-mail: [email protected]

Ewald WERMUTH
Luxembourg Netherland Presidency
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
The Hague
Netherlands
E-mail: [email protected]

Reinder SCHAAP
Counsellor for External Fisheries Policy
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
The Hague
Netherlands

Leni RIKKONEN (Ms)
Principal Administrator
Council of the European Union
DG B III-Fisheries
175 Rue de la Loi
1048 Brussels
Belgium
Tel.: +32 2 2858723
Fax: +32 2 2856031
E-mail: [email protected]

Karin LINDERHOLM (Ms)
Senior Officer
National Board of Fisheries
Box 423
40126 Goteborg
Sweden

FRANCE

Xavier VANT
Chargé de mission pour les affaires internationales
Département des pêches maritimes et aquaculture
Ministère de l'agriculture, de l'alimentation, de la pêche et des affaires rurales
3 Place de Fontenoy
75007 Paris
Tel.: +33 1 49558236
Fax: +33 1 49558200
E-mail: [email protected]

Philippe LEMERCIER
Directeur, Affaires internationales
Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer (IFREMER)
155, rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau
F-92128 Issy-les-Moulineaux
Tel.: +33-1-46482229
Fax: +33-1-46482188
E-mail: [email protected]

Joseph SALOU
Président Comité local des pêches de Sète
SA.THO.AN, CAP St Louis
34200 Sète
GREECE

Constantina KARLOU-RIGA (Ms)
Fishery Laboratory
Ministry of Rural Development and Food
Kareoli and Demetriou 15
18531 Piraeus
E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]

Emmanuel MANOUSSAKIS
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Viale G. Rossini 4
00198 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 8537551
Fax: +39 06 85375503
E-mail: [email protected]

Marina HONDROPOULOU (Ms)
Minister Counselor
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Zalokosta street 1
10027 Athens
Tel.: +30 2103683118
Fax: +30 2103683128
E-mail: [email protected]

ISRAEL

Ehud GOL
Permanent Representative to FAO
Embassy of the State of Israel
Via Michele Mercati 14
00197 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 36198500/7
Fax: +39 0636198615/55
E-mail: [email protected]

Mordehay RODGOLD
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Embassy of the State of Israel
Via Michele Mercati 14
00197 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 36198500/7
Fax: +39 0636198615/55
E-mail: [email protected]

Elena PIANI (Ms)
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Embassy of the State of Israel
Via Michele Mercati 14
00197 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 36198500/7
E-mail: [email protected]

ITALY

Paolo DUCCI
Coordinatore FAO/FAD/PAM
Ministero degli Affari Esteri
Piazzale della Farnesina 1
Roma
Tel.: +39 0636915991
Fax: +39 0636913660
E-mail: [email protected]

Riccardo RIGILLO
Dirigente
Direzione Generale della Pesca e dell'Acquacoltura
Ministero per le Politiche Agricole e Forestali
Viale dell'Arte 16
00144 Roma
Tel.: +39 0659084746
Fax: +39 0659084176
E-mail: [email protected]

Pasquale GIANNELLA
Capo di Divisione
Ministero per le Politiche Agricole
Viale dell'Arte 16
00144 Roma
Tel.: +39 0659084749
Fax: +39 0659084749
E-mail: [email protected]

Stefano CATAUDELLA
Università Tor Vergata
Via Orazio Raimondo, 8
00173 Roma
Tel.: +39 0672595954
Fax: +39062026189
E-mail: [email protected]

Corrado PICCINETTI
Chairperson of SAC
Laboratorio di Biologia Marina Pesca
Viale Adriatico 1/N
61032 Fano
E-mail: [email protected]

Marco Maria GIACHETTA
Via E. De Cavalieri, 7
00198 Roma
Tel.: +39 06 852081
Fax: +39 06853 52992
E-mail: [email protected]

Giorgio FEDELI
Consulente
DGCE Coordinamento FAO
Ministero degli Affari Esteri
Roma

Jonathan DEL FORNO
Consulente
DGCE Coordinamento FAO
Ministero degli Affari Esteri
Roma

Lavinia MONTI (Ms)
Funzionario
DGCS
Ministero degli Affari Esteri
Roma

Daniele ROSATI
Consulente IAO
DGCE Coordinamento FAO
Ministero degli Affari Esteri
Roma

Elisabetta SCIALANCA (Ms)
Consulente IAO
DGCE Coordinamento FAO
Ministero degli Affari Esteri
Roma

Rosa CAGGIANO (Ms)
Direzione Generale per la Pesca e l'Acquacoltura
Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali
Viale dell'Arte 16
00144 Roma
Tel.: +39 0659084493
Fax: +39 0659084176
E-mail: [email protected]

JAPAN

Miwako TAKASE (Ms)
Deputy Director
International Affairs Division
Fisheries Agency
1-2-1 Kasumigaseki
Chiyoda-ku
100-8907 Tokyo
Tel.: +81 335911086
Fax: +81 335020571

Hideo INOMATA
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Embassy of Japan
Via Quintino Sella 60
00187 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 0648799410
Fax: +39 064885109
E-mail: [email protected]

LEBANON

Hassané ABI AKAR
Ambassade de la République libanaise
Via Giacomo Carissimi, 38
00198 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 068537211
Fax: +39 068411794
E-mail: [email protected]

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA

Nureddin M. ESARBOUT
Director General
Marine Biology Research Center
National Authority for Marine Investment
P.O Box 30830 Tajura, Tripoli
Tel.: +218 213690001/3
Fax: +218 21 369 0002
E-mail: [email protected]

Hagi Ali DHAN
The General People's Committee for Foreign
Affairs and International Cooperation
Tripoli
Tel.: +218 213400482
Fax: +218 2134000425

Atig DRAWIL-HUNI
Scientific Advisor
National Authority for Marine Investment
Tripoli
Tel.: +218 213690001
Fax: +218 213690002
E-mail: [email protected]

Seraj Addin ESSA
Permanent Representative to FAO
Via Nomentana 365
00162 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 8603880
Fax: +39 06 8603880
E-mail: [email protected]

MALTA

Abraham BORG
Permanent Representative to FAO
Via dei Somaschi 1
00186 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 6879990/47, +39 06 6877629
Fax: +39 06 6892687
E-mail: [email protected]

Philip VON BROCKDORFF
Permanent Secretary
Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment
Barriera Wharf, Valetta
Tel.: +356 21239436
Fax: +356 21248602

Anthony GRUPPETTA
Director General
Fisheries, Conservation and Control Division
Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment
Torri San Lucjan, M'Xlokk
Tel.: +356 21655525/21651898
Fax: +356 21659330
E-mail: [email protected]

Matthew CAMILLERI
Head
Malta Centre for Fisheries Sciences
Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment
Fort San Lucjan, M'Xlokk
Tel.: +356 21 650933
Fax: +356 21 659 380
E-mail: [email protected]

Paul FENECH GONZI
Director - Programme Implementation
Department
Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment
Fort San Lucjan, M'Xlokk

Pierre HILI
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Via dei Somaschi 1
00186 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 6879990/47; 06 6877629
Fax: +39 06 6892687
E-mail: [email protected]

MONACO

Christophe CROVETTO
Rédacteur
Délégation à l'environnement international et méditerranéen
Département des relations extérieures
MC 98000 Monaco
Tel.: +377 93 15 8132
Fax: +377 9350 9591
E-mail: [email protected]

MOROCCO

Abdellatif BERRAHO
Directeur général
Institut national de recherche halieutique
2, rue de Tiznit
Casablanca
Tel.: +212 22 297329
Fax: +212 22 266965
E-mail: [email protected]

Abdellah SROUR
Directeur du Centre régional INRH à Tanger Institut national de recherche halieutique
(INRH)
B.P. 5268 Dradeb
Tanger
Tel.: +212 39325134
Fax: +212 39325139
E-mail: a.[email protected]

Majida MAAROUF (Ms)
Chef
Service de l'aménagement et de la gestion des pêcheries
Ministère de l'agriculture, du développement rural et des pêches maritimes
Rabat
Tel.: +212 37 688118
Fax: +212 37 688089
E-mail: [email protected]

Nourdine HAMDANI
Chef de Division
Département des pêches maritimes
Ministère de l'agriculture, du développement rural et des pêches maritimes
Rabat
Tel.: +212 37 688219
Fax: +212 37688313
E-mail: [email protected]

Ahmed FAOUZI
Représentant permanent adjoint auprès de la FAO
Ambassade du Royaume du Maroc
Via L. Sallauzauri 10
00161 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 4402524
Fax: +39 064402695

ROMANIA

Gabriela DUMITRIU (Ms)
Deputy Permanent Representative to FAO
Via Montopoli, 4
00197 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 86214830

SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO

Dragant VUKOVIC LJUBOJEVIC
First Secretary
Embassy of Serbia and Montenegro
Via Monti Parioli 20
00197 Rome, Italy

Spaso POPOVIC
Chief Agriculture and Fishery Inspection
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water
Management
Roman Square, Podgorica
Tel.: +381 81 621007
Fax: +381 81 621008
E-mail: [email protected]

SLOVENIA

Bojana HOCEVAR (Ms)
Permanent Representative to FAO
Via Francesco Pacelli, 14/B int.20
00165 Rome, Italy
Tel./Fax: +39 0639366972
E-mail: a.[email protected]

SPAIN

Fernando CURCIO RUIGÓMEZ
Director General de Recursos Pesqueros
José Ortega y Gasset, 57
28006 Madrid
Tel.: +34 9134 76034
Fax: +34 9134 47 6032
E-mail: [email protected]

Ernesto RÍOS
Representante Permanente Adjunto
ante la FAO
Embajada de España
Largo dei Lombardi 21
00186 Rome, Italy

José Manuel SÁNCHEZ MORÁ
Subdirector General de Caladero Nacional
José Ortega y Gasset, 57
28006 Madrid
Tel.: +34 9134 76044
Fax: +34 9134 47 6046
E-mail: [email protected]

Javier GONZÁLEZ HERRANZ
Jefe del Departamento de Medio Marino de TRAGSATEC
José Ortega y Gasset, 57
28006 Madrid
Tel.: +34 9134 76198
Fax: +34 9134 47 6063
E-mail: [email protected]

José Enrique RODRÍGUEZ MOHEDANO
Informático de TRAGSATEC
José Ortega y Gasset, 57
28006 Madrid
Tel.: +34 9134 76795
Fax: +34 9134 47 6063
E-mail: [email protected]

Diego AGUADO GARCÍA
Periodista
Ministerio Agricultura y Pesca
Via Ortega y Gasset, 57
Madrid

Sonia GARCÍA VACA (Ms)
Técnico Informático
Ministerio Agricultura y Pesca
Via Ortega y Gasset, 57
Madrid

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

Hanadi KABOUR
Alternate Representative to FAO
Embassy of the Syrian Arab Republic
Piazza d'Aracoeli 1
00186 Rome, Italy
Tel.:+39 06 6749801
Fax: +39 06 6794989
E-mail: [email protected]

TUNISIA

Slaheddine DHAOUI
Directeur général de la pêche et de l'aquaculture
Ministère de l'agriculture et des ressources hydrauliques
30 rue Alain Savary
1002 Tunis
Tel.: +216 1 892253
Fax: +216 1 799401
E-mail: [email protected]

Mohamed HAJALI SALEM
Coordinateur régional (SIPAM)
30 rue Alain Savary
1002 Tunis
Tel.: +216 1 784979
Fax: +216 1 793962
E-mail: [email protected]

Sihem SELTENE (Ms)
Représentant permanent adjoint auprès de la FAO
Ambassade de la République tunisienne
Via Asmara 7
00199 Rome, Italy
Tél: +39 06 86215033 (direct)/06 8603060/8
Fax: +39 06 86218204
E-mail: [email protected]

TURKEY

Serap OZCOSKUN (Ms)
Counselor
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Embassy of the Republic of Turkey
Via Palestro 28
00185 Rome, Italy

Mehmet UYANIK
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Embassy of the Republic of Turkey
Via Palestro 28
00185 Rome, Italy

OBSERVERS FROM UNITED NATIONS MEMBER STATES

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Nikolay RUBTSOV
Observer
Federal Agency for Fisheries
Via Gaeta 5
00185 Rome, Italy

OBSERVERS FROM INTER-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR ADVANCED MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC STUDIES (CIHEAM)

Luis ESTERUELAS
Director, CIHEAM
Institut agronomique méditerranéen de Saragosse
Apartado 202
50080 Saragosse, Spain
Tel.: +34 976 71 60 00
Fax: +34 976 71 60 01
E-mail: [email protected]

Bernardo BASURCO
Coordinator
Institut agronomique méditerranéen de Saragosse
Apartado 202
50080 Saragosse, Spain
Tel.: +34 976 71 60 00
Fax: +34 976 71 60 01
E-mail: [email protected]

AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF CETACEANS OF THE BLACK SEA, MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND CONTIGUOUS ATLANTIC AREA (ACCOBAMS)

Marie-Christine VAN KLAVEREN (Ms)
ACCOBAMS Permanent Secretariat
Jardin de l'UNESCO
Les Terrasses de Fontvieille
MC - 98000 Monaco
Tel.: +377 9315 8010/2078
Fax: +377 9315 4208
E-mail: [email protected]

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ATLANTIC TUNAS (ICCAT)

Driss MESKI
Executive Secretary
Corazón de María, 8
28002 Madrid, Spain
Tel.: 34 91 416 5600
Fax: +34 91 415 26 12
E-mail: [email protected]

OBSERVERS FROM NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

MEDITERRANEAN ASSOCIATION OF FISHERIES ORGANIZATIONS (MEDISAMAK)

Mourad KAHOUL
Président MEDISAMAK
39 rue de la Loge
F-13002 Marseille, France
Tel.: +33 491567833
Fax: +33491919605
E-mail: [email protected]

Francisca MARTÍNEZ (Ms)
Secrétaire générale
Tel.: +32476 805 650
Fax: +32 2 784 3374
E-mail: [email protected]

THE WORLD CONSERVATION UNION (IUCN)

François SIMARD
Marine Programme Coordinator
IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Parque Tecnológico de Andalucía
Calle Marie Curie, 35, Campanillas
29590 Málaga, Spain
Tel.: +34 952 028 430
Fax: +34 952 028 145
E-mail: [email protected]

EUROPEAN BUREAU FOR CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Despina PIROVOLIDOU-SYMONS (Ms)
Director, EBCD
10, rue de la Science
1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
Tel.: +32 22303072
E-mail: [email protected]

WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE

Sergi TUDELA
Fisheries Coordinator
WWF Mediterranean Programme Office
Carrer Canuda, 37, 3°
08002 Barcelona, Spain
Tel.: +34 93 30 56 252
Fax: +34 93 27 88030
E-mail: [email protected]

FAO
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome

GFCM Secretariat

Jean-François PULVENIS DE SÉLIGNY
Director
Fishery Policy and Planning Division
Tel.: +39 06 57054138
Fax: +39 06 57056500
E-mail: [email protected]

Alain BONZON
GFCM Secretary
Senior Fishery Liaison Officer
International Institutions and Liaison Service
Tel.: +39 06 57056441
Fax: +39 06 57056500
E-mail: [email protected]

Antonio TAVARES
Senior Legal Officer
Legal Office
Tel.: +39 06 57055132
E-mail: [email protected]

Jordi LLEONART
Senior Fishery Resources Officer
Marine Resources Service
Tel.: +39 06 57056354
Fax: +39 06 57053020
E-mail: [email protected]

Alessandro LOVATELLI
Technical Secretary CAQ
Fishery Resources Officer
Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service
Tel.: +39 06 57056448
Fax: +39 06 57053020
E-mail: [email protected]

Cassandra DE YOUNG (Ms)
Fishery Policy Analyst
Development Planning Service
Tel.: +39 06 57054592
E-mail: [email protected]

Carla Iandoli (Ms)
Visiting scientist
Development Planning Service
Tel.: +39 06 57055123
E-mail: [email protected]

Raschad AL-KHAFAJI
Meetings Officer
International Institutions and Liaison Service
Tel.: +39 06 57055105
Fax: +39 06 57056500
E-mail: [email protected]

Marianne GUYONNET (Ms)
Secretary
International Institutions and Liaison Service
Tel.: +39 06 57053951
Fax: +39 06 57056500
E-mail: [email protected]

David GÓMEZ JIMÉNEZ
Clerk
International Institutions and Liaison Service
Tel.: +39 06 57055730
Fax: +39 06 57056500
E-mail: [email protected]

Olivia PAUNER (Ms)
Clerk
International Institutions and Liasion Service
Tel.: +39 06 57054592
Fax: +39 0657056500
E-mail: [email protected]

Judith SWAN (Ms)
Consultant
International Institutions and Liaison Service
Tel.: +39 06 57053951
Fax: +39 06 57056500
E-mail: [email protected]

AdriaMed and MedsudMed Projects

Fabio MASSA
Project Coordinator
Corso Umberto 30
Termoli (CB)
Italy
Tel.: +39 08 75708252
Fax: +39 08 75708252
E-mail: [email protected]

CopeMed Project

Rafael ROBLES
Project Director
MAPA
Paseo de la Castellana, 112
28046 Madrid, Spain
Tel.:+34 91 3471717
Fax:+34 91 34914110483
E-mail: [email protected]

MedFisis Project

Pierro MANINNI
Project Coordinator
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Roma, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 57055402
Fax: +39 06 57053020
E-mail: [email protected]

Salvatore COPPOLA
Consultant
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Roma, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 57055402
Fax: +39 06 57053020

APPENDIX C - List of documents

APPENDIX D - Opening statement by Mr Pulvenis de Séligny Director, Policy and Planning Division FAO Fisheries Department

Mr Chairman, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen

On behalf of the Director-General of FAO, Dr Jacques Diouf and of Mr Ichiro Nomura, Assistant Director General of the Fisheries Department, I wish to welcome you at this Twenty-ninth Session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM).

I hardly need to remind you the significance of this session. It is the first ordinary Session of the Commission to be held after the entry into force in April 2004 of the amendments to the GFCM Agreement which had been adopted in 1997. The decisions it will take will mark the launching of a new era for the Commission. These decisions are grounded in the work done by the Extraordinary Session, last July in Malta, which will be recorded as a milestone in the long history of the GFCM. It is important also to recall the significant policy orientations which were affirmed or reaffirmed by the Third Ministerial Conference on Sustainable Development of Fisheries in the Mediterranean, which was held in Venice in November 2003.

These positive developments are deeply satisfactory for FAO. The Organization attaches the utmost importance to the efficient operation of the GFCM and, for more than half of a century, has been providing directly the Secretariat of the Commission and hosted its Headquarters.

The Organization is acutely aware that the Commission, in order to integrate peacefully the interests and concerns of all its members, must operate in a unique geographical, cultural, socio-economic and political environment. That is, a semi-enclosed sea, bordered by States which are endowed with a common but variegated historical heritage and with various levels of development, but States which are all facing the same complex task of sustainably managing multispecies fisheries as well as a rapidly developing marine aquaculture.

A significant step forward taken by the Commission with a view at increasing the efficiency of its work and operation has been its decision in July 2004 to strengthen its Secretariat. The Commission has adopted a procedure for selecting its Executive Secretary. In conformity with that procedure, the Heads of Delegation will interview during this session the short-listed candidates and will proceed to select one of them to be appointed as Executive Secretary of the Commission. On the basis of what was decided during the Extraordinary Session in Malta, it is also expected that, in 2005, a fisheries management specialist will be appointed as Deputy Executive Secretary. Other posts in the Secretariat of the Commission, including a statistician and an aquaculture advisor, have also been earmarked in principle, and may be expected to be filled as soon as the budget allows for it. Success in reaching and ensuring an adequate level of staffing will definitively constitute a decisive factor in bolstering the development and expansion of GFCM programmes and activities.

Another decision of the Commission of major importance has been to provide GFCM with new headquarters of its own. We must thank the three Member States, namely Italy, Malta and Spain, which have come forward with generous offers to host the Commission. These offers will be closely and carefully reviewed during the session and a decision reached, taking into account the criteria which were adopted by the Commission during its Extraordinary Session.

Mr Chairman, distinguished Delegates,

The transition that we are witnessing should not make us forget the other positive trends in the ways the Commission has been operating. The last meetings of the Commission and of its subsidiary bodies have seen the highest level of participation and representation in many years, both in terms of countries and fields of knowledge and expertise. In particular, it is worth highlighting the increased participation of representatives from the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

During the last intersessional period, more than twenty-three meetings have been organized under the aegis of SAC, CAQ, their Sub-Committees, Working groups and Networks. Progress has been made on important issues, such as on operational units and reference points. New areas of concern have been identified such as deep sea fisheries or the implementation of the ecosystem approach. Emphasis was put on the need to renew efforts for establishing the statistical base which is needed for supporting fisheries management analysis, especially for measuring fishing efforts and fleet capacity and establishing a vessels register. An evaluation of the achievements of CAQ was done and several proposals identified to increase outputs from this Committee and its Networks, taking special account of the situation and needs of those Members which are developing countries and countries in transition.

Work has also been done to follow-up the recommendations of the Twenty eighth Session and the Venice Ministerial Declaration on IUU fishing in the Mediterranean.

As a result of these activities, a number of important and concrete proposals, suggestions, advice and recommendations, have been formulated for consideration by the Commission. Their discussion and eventual adoption will contribute to further promote an ethic of responsible fisheries in the region.

Mr Chairman,

Once more, I wish to stress the important role of the regional projects in these undertakings. In many instances, the intersessional workload would have been extremely difficult to manage without the preparatory work and strategic support provided by the regional projects, namely CopeMed, AdriaMed, MedsudMed and MedFisis. For that reason, a significant increase in activities may be expected as a consequence of the launching of the EastMed project, which is programmed to take place in the near future.

The role and contribution of the regional projects demonstrate, once again, that, within the framework of the Commission, technical and scientific cooperation at sub-regional levels, including training, is essential and helps ensuring that all Members participate effectively and efficiently in the work of the Commission and derive benefits from it.

This leads me to reiterate that those Members which support the financing of the regional projects have well earned the gratitude of FAO and of the Commission. This is true also of all Governments which have provided financial or logistical support for meetings during the intersession.

Mr Chairman,

We must recognize that, in recent years, the demands placed on regional fisheries management organizations, such as GFCM, have grown considerably and constitute an ever-increasing burden. GFCM will be facing unprecedented challenges in its efforts to promote and facilitate sustainable fisheries management and regional fisheries governance in the Mediterranean and all its sub-regions, and to ensure that Members effectively implement, enforce and comply with GFCM decisions to that effect.

Mr Chairman,

I must refrain from enumerating or even highlighting the actions and activities that the Commission is expected to consider as part of its programme of work, in order to complete the initiatives that it has already taken or as new endeavours.

I only wish to express once more that FAO, and more particularly the Fisheries Department, are committed to continue providing all the support that may be needed.

In conclusion, I would like to thank beforehand all delegations for the efforts they will make to achieve substantial progress on the various issues that must be considered by the Commission during this session. I wish you every success in this endeavour. I hope that those who have come from their home countries will have a pleasant stay in Rome.

Thank you.

APPENDIX E - Terms of reference of the Coordinating Meeting of the Sub-Committees (CMSC) and of the Coordinators of the Sub-Committees

1. Membership and Modus operandi of the CMSC

The CMSC will comprise the Chair and the two Vice-Chairpersons of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), the Executive Secretary and the Deputy Executive Secretary of GFCM, the Coordinators of the Sub-Committees (SCSA, SCESS, SCIS and SCMEE) and the Coordinator(s) of cross-sectoral Working Groups.^[4]

In addition to the assistance of the GFCM Secretariat, the CMSC will be supported in its work by the relevant FAO technical officers, including the Coordinators/Directors of the FAO Regional projects. Pursuant to Rule X (6) of the Rules of Procedure, the procedures of the CMSC shall be governed mutatis mutandis by the Rule of Procedures of the Commission.

2. CMSC Mandate

• Propose and/or update elements of the Reference Framework for the mandate of SAC for the intersessional period and plan the distribution of activities among Sub-Committees;

• promote the organization of and the participation in interdisciplinary or cross-sectional working groups answering directly to SAC;

• examine the reports of the interdisciplinary or cross-sectional working groups and Sub-Committees and prepare proposals for an integrated Programme of Work of SAC;

• collate draft recommendations of subsidiary bodies and formulate, as appropriate, multidisciplinary advice on fisheries management for examination by SAC;

• function as editing committee for the selection of scientific and technical documents to be published in the GFCM Studies and Reviews series;

• conduct any other task specifically requested by the Commission or SAC or approved by consensus by the members of the CMSC.

3. Mandate of the Coordinators of the Sub-Committees

• Maintain an updated list of the National Focal Points and experts participating in related networks, providing full contact details, and ensure the distribution of related information;

• encourage the participation of experts in Sub-Committee activities and their scientific and technical contributions;

• organize, in close liaison with the CMSC, the activities of the Sub-Committee in such a way that issues raised by GFCM and/or SAC are addressed;

• coordinate intersessional activities, notably the organization of Sub-Committee meetings and, as appropriate, in collaboration with the facilitator, those of the Working group(s), including preparation of the annotated provisional agenda and/or terms of reference;

• supervise the drafting of meeting reports, including the presentation of attached appendixes/reference documents;

• liaise with scientific and technical bodies of other international/regional organizations dealing with topics of common interest;

• represent the Sub-Committee at meetings of the CMSC, in particular for preparing work and advice for SAC.

APPENDIX F - Qualifications and terms of reference for the post of Deputy Executive Secretary/Fishery Management Adviser

1. Benefits of the incumbent

The Deputy Executive Secretary/Fishery Management Advisor will be graded P5 based on the United Nations salary scheme for professional and high categories. He/she will, in addition, be entitled to a variable element for post adjustment, pension, insurance, etc. The Deputy Executive Secretary is an official of FAO and is appointed under the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules of FAO.

The incumbent shall, for administrative purposes, be responsible to the Director-General of FAO and, on technical matters, shall be required to coordinate, through the Executive Secretary, his/her activities with those of the Organization carried out through the Fisheries Department. He/she will be able to draw on the technical expertise available from the Organization.

The following qualification requirements reflect, as appropriate, the United Nations Common System relevant conditions.

2. Qualification

a) The incumbent should have university degree qualifications, preferably at post-graduate level, in fisheries biology, fisheries science or related fields. He/she should have at least ten years experience in fisheries management, policy formulation, preferably including bilateral and multilateral relations, as well as experience in the operation of regional fisheries management organizations, such as GFCM and ICCAT. He/she should have the ability to exercise a high degree of professional initiative. The incumbent should also be conversant with the preparation of documents and the organization of international meetings. He/she should have working level C of either Arabic, English, French or Spanish. Preference will be given to candidates who have working knowledge in English and French and limited knowledge of a third of these languages.

b) Other essential qualifications include demonstrated managerial ability to supervise professional matters in subject field; and familiarity with the use word processing; spread sheets and database management systems;

c) Desirable requirements include: a high degree of adaptability and ability to cooperate effectively with people of different nationalities and of various social and cultural backgrounds and education levels;

3. Terms of reference for the incumbent

Pursuant to Article XI, paragraph 2 of the Agreement for the Establishment of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean, the Deputy Executive Secretary shall be responsible for providing support to the activities of the Executive Secretary, as an advisor on technical matters and assisting in administrative matters, including the preparation of meetings and documents to be presented to the Commission and its subsidiary bodies. He/she shall report thereon to and act through, the Executive Secretary and act as Technical Secretary for the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and its subsidiary bodies, as required.

He/she will, in particular:

a) supervise overall technical capture fisheries activities of the Secretariat;

b) maintain contacts with appropriate government officials, fishery institutions and international organizations concerned with the development, conservation, rational management and utilization of fisheries, as well as the sustainable development of aquaculture in the Region of the Commission, to facilitate consultation and cooperation on all matters pertaining to the objectives of the Commission;

c) prepare and implement work programmes, prepare preliminary budget forecasts and ensure timely reporting to the Committee;

d) assist in determining data requirements for fisheries management, undertake data processing and analysis, and promote and monitor the development of databases for fisheries assessment and monitoring and technical, biological, environmental and socio-economic research to provide a sound basis for fisheries management;

e) supervise data outputs in appropriate formats for dissemination through electronic and printed media and of data sets for scientific analysis, and contribute to the maintenance of information on the Commission activities through Internet and printed media;

f) stimulate interest among National Institutes from Members of the Commission and potential donors in the activities of the Scientific Advisory Committee and in possible financing or in implementing of pilot projects and complementary activities;

g) maintain an active and effective network of SAC national focal points for routine communication of progress and results of the activities of the Committee and coordinate the Members' programmes of research, when required;

h) participate, as appropriate, in activities of projects carried out under the general framework of the Commission or its subsidiary bodies;

i) prepare and arrange for technical inputs, including the preparation of background documents and papers and a report on SAC activities and its programme of work, for the sessions of the Scientific Advisory Committee and its subsidiary bodies and other related Ad Hoc meetings and supervise the preparation of final reports and proceedings thereon and, arrange for their subsequent publication;

j) contribute to the smooth functioning and reporting of the session of the Commission and assist in providing advice to GFCM Members on management options;

k) perform other related duties as required.

APPENDIX G - GFCM recommendations on fisheries management

RECOMMENDATION GFCM/2005/1

ON THE MANAGEMENT OF CERTAIN FISHERIES EXPLOITING
DEMERSAL AND DEEPWATER SPECIES

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM),

RECALLING that the objectives of the Agreement establishing the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean are to promote the development, conservation, rational management and proper utilization of living marine resources;

RECALLING the Declaration of the Ministerial Conference for the Sustainable Development of the Fisheries in the Mediterranean held in November 2003 in Venice and, in particular, paragraph 4, third indent;

RECALLING that effective management measures aim to curb the decline in stocks identified in the scientific advice, and to improve the exploitation pattern in the fisheries;

RE-AFFIRMING the principles of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and recalling the precautionary approach to fisheries management therein and, in particular, in relation to the development of new fisheries;

CONSIDERING that in the absence of any scientific information on the status of fisheries and of the exploited resources a more cautious approach is needed and that suitable information coming from adjacent areas could be used for proper and precautionary management of fisheries;

NOTING that the selectivity of codend mesh sizes currently in use in the various demersal trawl fisheries is not suitable to ensure adequate protection for juveniles of several species, as well as to reduce discarding practices;

CONSIDERING also that in the advice for 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) considered that certain stocks are overexploited, some with a high risk of collapse, and that sustainable management requires that measures aimed at limiting the capture of juveniles are implemented;

NOTING that the stock assessment conducted by the SAC only concern specific geographical sub-areas corresponding to the data supplied by certain Members and that the assessed stocks may be shared with adjacent GFCM geographical sub-areas (GSAs);

RECALLING Recommendation GFCM/2002/1 which urges the control of fishing effort and the improvement of the exploitation pattern of demersal fisheries, as well as limiting catches of juveniles of small pelagic species;

ADOPTS, in conformity with the provisions of paragraph 1 (b) and (h) of Article III and Article V of GFCM Agreement that:

DEMERSAL FISHERIES

1. The Members of GFCM shall adopt measures aimed at increasing the selectivity of demersal trawlnets, notably by immediate implementation of at least a 40 mm mesh size opening for the whole demersal trawl codend. Members are invited to explore and implement additional measures in order to improve further the selectivity.

DEEPWATER FISHERIES

2. The Members of the GFCM shall prohibit the use of towed dredges and trawlnets fisheries at depths beyond 1 000 m of depth.

GENERAL ASPECTS

3. The Members of GFCM shall notify the Executive Secretary, each year, one month prior to the Plenary Session of the Commission, with a report on the implementation of the management measures adopted.

4. The Scientific Advisory Committee shall evaluate the impact of the implementation of the management measures and shall recommend, if necessary, to the GFCM either possible adjustments or new additional measures.

RECOMMENDATION GFCM/2005/2

CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GFCM RECORD
OF VESSELS OVER 15 METRES
AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE IN THE GFCM AREA

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM),

RECALLING that the objectives of the Agreement establishing the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean are to promote the development, conservation, rational management and proper utilization of living marines resources,

RECALLING GFCM Resolution 95/2 concerning the agreement to set a minimum length of 15 meters for the application of the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels in the High Seas; GFCM Resolution 95/4 concerning the preparation of a list of fishing boats in operation from national ports in the Mediterranean and exchange of information on vessels; and GFCM Resolution 97/2 on activities of non-Contracting Parties, and the decision adopted by GFCM at its Twenty-seventh session to establish a fleet segmentation for vessels operating in the Mediterranean,

RECALLING that the FAO Council adopted on 23 June, 2001 an International Plan of Action (IPOA) aiming to prevent, to deter and to eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, that this plan stipulates that the regional fisheries management organization should take action to strengthen and develop innovative ways, in conformity with international law, to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing and in particular to establish record of vessels authorized to operate and records of vessels engaged in IUU fishing,

CONSIDERING the conclusions of the Third Ministerial Conference on the Sustainable Development of Fisheries in the Mediterranean,

ADOPTS, in accordance with paragraph 1 (h) of Article III and Article V of the GFCM Agreement that:

1. The Commission shall establish and maintain a GFCM record of fishing vessels larger than 15 metres in length overall authorized to fish in the GFCM Area. For the purpose of this Recommendation, the vessels larger than 15 metres in length overall not entered into the record are deemed not to be authorized to fish for, retain on board, tranship or land species covered by the Commission.

2. Each Contracting Party shall submit electronically to the GFCM Executive Secretary possibly by 1 July 2006, the list of its vessels that are authorized to operate in the GFCM Area. This list shall include the following information:

- Name of vessel, register number
- Previous name (if any)
- Previous flag (if any)
- Previous details of deletion from other registries (if any)
- International radio call sign (if any)
- Type of vessels, length and gross registered tonnage (GRT)
- Name and address of owner(s) and operator(s)
- Gear used
- Time period authorized for fishing and/or transhipping

3. Each Contracting Party shall promptly notify, after the establishment of the initial GFCM record, the GFCM Executive Secretary of any addition to, any deletion from and/or any modification of the GFCM record at any time such changes occur.

4. The GFCM Executive Secretary shall maintain the GFCM record, and take any measure to ensure publicity of the record including through electronic means and placing it on the GFCM website, in a manner consistent with confidentiality requirements noted by Members.

5. The flag Contracting Party of the vessels on the record shall:

a) authorize their vessels to operate in the GFCM Area only if they are able to fulfill in respect of these vessels the requirements and responsibilities under the Agreement and its conservation and management measures;

b) take necessary measures to ensure that their vessels comply with all the relevant GFCM conservation and management measures;

c) take necessary measures to ensure that their vessels on the GFCM record keep on board valid certificates of vessel registration and valid authorization to fish and/or transship;

d) ensure that their vessels on the GFCM record have no history of IUU fishing activities or that, if those vessels have such history, the new owners have provided sufficient evidence demonstrating that the previous owners and operators have no legal, beneficial or financial interest in, or control over those vessels, or that having taken into account all relevant facts, their vessels are not engaged in, or associated with, IUU fishing;

e) ensure, to the extent possible under domestic law, that the owners and operators of their vessels on the GFCM record are not engaged in, or associated with, fishing activities conducted by vessels not entered into the GFCM record in the GFCM Area;

f) take necessary measures to ensure, to the extent possible under domestic law, that the owners of the vessels on the GFCM record are citizens or legal entities within the flag Contracting Party so that any control or punitive actions can be effectively taken against them, and

g) keep consistency between the GFCM record and ICCAT record of vessels.

6. The Contracting Parties shall review their own internal actions and measures taken pursuant to paragraph 5, including punitive and sanction actions and in a manner consistent with domestic law as regards disclosure, report the results of the review to the Commission at its 2007 meeting and annually thereafter. In consideration of the results of such review, the Commission shall, if appropriate, request the flag Contracting Party of vessels on the GFCM record to take further action to enhance compliance by those vessels to GFCM conservation and management measures.

7. The Contracting Parties shall take measures, under their applicable legislation, to prohibit the fishing for, the retaining on board, the transshipment and landing of species in the GFCM Area by the vessels larger than 15 metres in length overall which are not entered into the GFCM record.

8. Each Contracting Party shall notify the GFCM Executive Secretary of any factual information showing that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting vessels not on the GFCM record to be engaged in fishing for and/or transshipment in the GFCM Area.

9.

a) If a vessel mentioned in paragraph 8 is flying the flag of a Contracting Party, the Executive Secretary shall request that the Contracting Party take measures necessary to prevent the vessel from fishing in the GFCM Area.

b) If the flag of a vessel mentioned in paragraph 8 cannot be determined or is of a non-Contracting Party, the Executive Secretary shall compile such information for future consideration by the Commission.

10. The Commission and the Contracting Parties concerned shall communicate with each other, and make the best effort with FAO and other relevant regional fishery management bodies to develop and implement appropriate measures, where feasible, including the establishment of records of a similar nature in a timely manner so as to avoid adverse effects upon fisheries resources in other oceans. Such adverse effects might consist of excessive fishing pressure resulting from a shift of the IUU vessels from the Mediterranean to other seas or oceans.

RECOMMENDATION GFCM/2005/3

CONCERNING SELECTED ICCAT RECOMMENDATIONS

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM),

RECALLING that the objectives of the Agreement establishing the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean are to promote the development, conservation, rational management and proper utilization of living marines resources,

ADOPTS, in conformity with the provisions of paragraph 1 (h) of Article III and Article V of the GFCM Agreement the following Recommendations of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT):

GFCM/2005/3 (A)
RECOMMENDATION [03-04] BY ICCAT RELATING TO MEDITERRANEAN SWORDFISH

NOTING that the Commission's Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) in its May 2003 Mediterranean Swordfish assessment has indicated the presence of a stable recruitment pattern and that the current exploitation pattern and level of exploitation are sustainable, as long as the stock does not decline;

RECOGNIZING that the SCRS recommended that the current levels of exploitation not be exceeded, under the current exploitation patterns;
CONSIDERING that the SCRS also indicated that the percentage of juveniles in the catches is relatively high and a reduction in their catches would improve the yield and spawning biomass per recruit.

THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ATLANTIC TUNAS (ICCAT) RECOMMENDS THAT:

1. In order to protect small swordfish, Contracting Parties, Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities or Fishing Entities shall take the necessary measures to reduce the mortality of juvenile swordfish in the entire Mediterranean.

2. Contracting Parties, Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities or Fishing Entities shall take the necessary technical measures for their longline fisheries in order to ensure compliance with the objective.

3. Contracting Parties, Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities or Fishing Entities shall prohibit the use of driftnets for fisheries of large pelagics in the Mediterranean.

GFCM/2005/3 (B)
RECOMMENDATION [04-05] BY ICCAT CONCERNING THE WESTERN ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA REBUILDING PROGRAM AND THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT MEASURES FOR BLUEFIN TUNA IN THE EASTERN ATLANTIC AND MEDITERRANEAN

NOTING that the 2002 amendment to the 1998 Recommendation by ICCAT to Establish a Rebuilding Program for Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna [Rec. 98-07] established a quota sharing arrangement for the United States, Japan, and Canada only through 2004,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that the next assessment of Atlantic bluefin tuna was scheduled for 2004 in the 2002 Recommendation by ICCAT Concerning a Multi-year Conservation and Management Plan for Bluefin in the East Atlantic and Mediterranean [Rec. 02-08],

CONSIDERING the on-going work of the Working Group to Develop Integrated and Coordinated Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Management Strategies,

DESIRING to align stock management discussions with new scientific advice and, in the meantime, to extend for one year existing management measures which support the western Atlantic bluefin tuna rebuilding program,

THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ATLANTIC TUNAS (ICCAT) RECOMMENDS THAT:

1. The provisions of the Recommendation by ICCAT Concerning Conservation of Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna [Rec. 02-07], which amend the Recommendation by ICCAT to Establish a Rebuilding Program for Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna [Rec. 98-07], be extended through 2006.

2. All other operative paragraphs of Recommendation 98-07 as amended by Recommendation 02-07 remain unchanged.

3. The Third Meeting of the Working Group to Develop Integrated and Coordinated Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Management Strategies take place in April 2005 in Japan. Its primary objective will be to develop a range of future alternative management approaches which will be submitted to the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) for its opinion. The Commission will review at its 2005 Meeting the SCRS Report, notably on the feasibility and implications of those alternative management approaches.

4. In 2006, the SCRS will conduct the stock assessment for bluefin tuna for the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean and western Atlantic and provide advice to the Commission on the appropriate management measures, inter alia, on total allowable catch levels for those stocks for future years. This provision amends paragraph 6 of Recommendation 02-08.

5. At its 2006 meeting, the Commission will consider the distribution of the total allowable catch among Contracting Parties in the western Atlantic and make any necessary changes for future management periods.

GFCM/2005/3 (C)
RECOMMENDATION [04-06 ] BY ICCAT ON BLUEFIN TUNA FARMING

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the increasing development of bluefin tuna farming activities, especially in the Mediterranean;

RECALLING the conclusions of Sixth Ad Hoc GFCM/ICCAT Joint Working Group Meeting on Stocks of Large Pelagic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea relative to the effects of the bluefin tuna farming and on the solutions that could be studied to regulate this activity;

CONSIDERING the advice of the 2001 Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) on effects of bluefin tuna farming in the Mediterranean on the collection of data and consequently on stock assessment procedures;

DESIRING to gradually implement effective management measures that permit the development of bluefin tuna farming in a responsible and sustainable manner in relation to the management of bluefin tuna;

NOTING the potential advantages of the use of underwater video monitoring in estimating the number of fish,

THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ATLANTIC TUNAS (ICCAT) RECOMMENDS THAT:

1. Contracting Parties, Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities or Fishing Entities (hereafter referred to as CPCs) whose flag vessels fish or transfer quantities of bluefin tuna to cages for farming shall undertake the necessary measures:

a) to require that the captains of vessels carrying out transfer operations of bluefin tuna for caging maintain vessel logs and report the quantities transferred and the number of fish as well as the date, place of harvest and name of the vessel and of the company responsible for the caging.

b) to require the reporting of the total amount of the transfers of bluefin tuna for fattening and farming, carried out by their flag vessels, and include this information in the Task I data.

c) to set up and maintain a list of their flag vessels that fish for, provide or transport bluefin tuna for farming purposes (name of the vessel, flag, license number, gear type), i.e., fishing boat, transport vessel, vessels with pools, etc.

2. The CPCs under whose jurisdiction the farms for bluefin tuna are located in the Convention area shall adopt the necessary measures to:

a) ensure that a caging declaration is presented by the operator in accordance with the ICCAT format in the attached Annex, on each fishing or transport vessel that participated in the transfer of tuna to cages for fattening, including the quantities of bluefin tuna destined for farming. This declaration shall include information relative to the quantities (in tonnes) of fish transferred to the cages, the number of fish, the date, the place, the location of the harvest, the name of the vessel, as well as its flag and license number;

b) ensure that the tuna farms and the national scientific institutes obtain data as specified in the following paragraph on the size composition of the fish caught as well as the date, time and area of catch and the fishing method used, in order to improve statistics for stock assessment purposes;

To this end, establish a sampling program for the estimation of the numbers-at-size of the bluefin tuna caught which requires notably that size sampling at cages must be done on one sample (= 100 specimens) for every 100 t. of live fish. Size sample will be collected during harvesting1 at the farm. For fish farmed more than one year, other additional sampling methods should be established. following the ICCAT methodology for reporting Task II. The sampling should be conducted during any harvesting, covering all cages. Data must be transmitted to ICCAT, by 31 July for the sampling conducted the previous year.

c) ensure the reporting of the quantities of bluefin tuna placed in cages and of estimates of the growth and mortality while in captivity and of the amounts sold (in t);

d) set up and maintain a registry of the farming facilities under their jurisdiction;

e) each CPC referred to in this paragraph shall nominate a single authority responsible for coordinating the collection and verification of information on caging activities and for reporting to and cooperating with the CPC whose flag vessels have fished the caged tuna.

This single authority shall submit, to the CPCs whose flag vessels have fished the caged tuna, a copy of each caging declaration referred to in paragraph 2 a, within one week after the completion of the transfer operation of bluefin tuna into cages.

3. CPCs mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall take the appropriate measures to verify the accuracy of the information received and shall cooperate to ensure that quantities caged are consistent with the reported catches (logbook) amount of each fishing vessel.

4. The CPCs that export farmed bluefin tuna products shall ensure that the description of these products includes "Farming" in the ICCAT Bluefin Tuna Statistical Document (BTSD) or the ICCAT Bluefin Tuna Re-exportation Certificate (refer to the Recommendation by ICCAT Concerning the Amendment of the Forms of the ICCAT Bluefin/Bigeye/Swordfish Statistical Documents [Rec. 03-19]).

5. The CPCs shall transmit, each year, to the Executive Secretary, prior to 31 August:

• the list of flag vessels provided for in paragraph 1 c),

• the results of the program referred to in paragraph 2 b),

• the quantities of bluefin tuna caged during the previous year,

• the quantities marketed during the previous year.

6. The CPCs mentioned in this recommendation as well as the Contracting Parties that import bluefin tuna shall cooperate, particularly through the exchange of information.

7. The Commission shall request non-Contracting Parties that farm bluefin tuna in the Convention area to cooperate in the implementation of this recommendation.

8. Based on the information referred to in paragraph 4, on the BTSD reports and the Task I data, the Commission shall review the effectiveness of these measures.

9.

a) The Commission shall establish and maintain an ICCAT record of farming facilities authorized to operate for farming of bluefin tuna caught in the Convention area (hereafter referred to as FFBs). For the purposes of this Recommendation, FFBs not entered into the record are deemed not to be authorized to operate for farming of bluefin tuna caught in the Convention area.

b) Each CPC under whose jurisdiction FFBs are located shall submit electronically, where possible, to the ICCAT Executive Secretary by 31 August 2004 the list of its FFBs that are authorized to operate for farming of bluefin tuna. This list shall include the following information:

• name of the FFB, register number,

• names and addresses of owner (s) and operator (s),

• location,

• farming capacity (in tonnes)

c) Each CPC shall notify the Executive Secretary, after the establishment of the ICCAT record of FFBs, of any addition to, any deletion from and/or any modification of the ICCAT record of FFBs at any time such changes occur.

d) The ICCAT Executive Secretary shall maintain the ICCAT record of FFBs, and take any measure to ensure publicity of the record through electronic means, including placing it on the ICCAT website, in a manner consistent with confidentiality requirements noted by CPCs.

e) The CPCs under whose jurisdiction FFBs are located shall take the necessary measures to ensure that their FFBs comply with the relevant ICCAT measures.

f) To ensure the effectiveness of ICCAT conservation and management measures pertaining to bluefin tuna:

(i) CPCs under whose jurisdiction FFBs are located shall validate Bluefin Tuna Statistical Documents only for the farms on the ICCAT record of FFBs,

(ii) CPCs shall require farmed bluefin tuna, when imported into their territory to be accompanied by statistical documents validated for FFBs on the ICCAT record of FFBs and,

(iii) CPCs importing farmed bluefin tuna and the States that authorize the FFB shall cooperate to ensure that statistical documents are not forged or do not contain misinformation.

10. The SCRS shall undertake trials to identify growth rates including weight gains during the fattening or penning period.

11. This recommendation replaces the Recommendation by ICCAT on Bluefin Tuna Farming [Rec. 03-09].

ICCAT DECLARATION ON CAGING

* Facility authorized to operate for fattening of bluefin tuna caught in the Convention area.

GFCM/2005/3 (D)
RECOMMENDATION [04-07] BY ICCAT ON BLUEFIN TUNA SIZE LIMIT

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the concerns expressed by the SCRS on the continued high level of undersized catches of bluefin tuna,

CONSCIOUS of the need to contribute to the objectives of the Recommendation by ICCAT to Develop a Plan Aimed at Reducing the Catches of Juvenile Bluefin Tuna in the Mediterranean [Rec. 02-09] to reduce the catches of under-sized bluefin tuna,

IN ORDER to ensure adequate enforcement and monitoring of the minimum size of bluefin tuna in the East Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea,

THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ATLANTIC TUNAS RECOMMENDS THAT:

1. Contracting Parties and Co-operating non-Contracting Parties, Entities or Fishing Entities (CPCs) shall take the necessary measures to prohibit the catch, the retaining on board, landing and/or transshipment of any bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) weighing less than 10 kg in the Mediterranean Sea.

2. In the East Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, CPCs shall take the necessary measures to prohibit the catch, the retaining on board, the landing, the transshipment and the sale of any bluefin tuna under the minimum applicable size. No tolerance shall be granted.

3. The second and third sub-paragraphs of operative paragraph 9 of the Recommendation by ICCAT Concerning a Multi-year Conservation and Management Plan for Bluefin Tuna in the East Atlantic and Mediterranean [Rec. 02-08], as well as the Recommendation by ICCAT Concerning a Limit on Bluefin Tuna Size and Fishing Mortality [Rec. 74-01] and the Recommendation by ICCAT on a Supplemental Management Measure Concerning Age Zero Bluefin Tuna [Rec. 97-02], are repealed.

GFCM/2005/3 (E)
RECOMMENDATION [04-10] BY ICCAT CONCERNING THE CONSERVATION OF SHARKS CAUGHT IN ASSOCIATION WITH FISHERIES MANAGED BY ICCAT

RECALLING that the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) International Plan of Action for Sharks calls on States, within the framework of their respective competencies and consistent with international law, to cooperate through regional fisheries organizations with a view to ensuring the sustainability of shark stocks as well as to adopt a National Plan of Action for the conservation and management of sharks;

CONSIDERING that many sharks are part of pelagic ecosystems in the Convention area, and that tunas and tuna-like species are captured in fisheries targeting sharks;

RECOGNIZING the need to collect data on catch, effort, discards, and trade, as well as information on the biological parameters of many species, in order to conserve and manage sharks;

THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ATLANTIC TUNAS (ICCAT) RECOMMENDS THAT:

1. Contracting Parties, Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities or Fishing Entities (CPCs) shall annually report Task I and Task II data for catches of sharks, in accordance with ICCAT data reporting procedures, including available historical data.

2. CPCs shall take the necessary measures to require that their fishermen fully utilize their entire catches of sharks. Full utilization is defined as retention by the fishing vessel of all parts of the shark excepting head, guts and skins, to the point of first landing.

3. CPCs shall require their vessels to not have onboard fins that total more than 5% of the weight of sharks onboard, up to the first point of landing. CPCs that currently do not require fins and carcasses to be offloaded together at the point of first landing shall take the necessary measures to ensure compliance with the 5% ratio through certification, monitoring by an observer, or other appropriate measures.

4. The ratio of fin-to-body weight of sharks described in paragraph 3 shall be reviewed by the SCRS and reported back to the Commission in 2005 for revision, if necessary.

5. Fishing vessels are prohibited from retaining on board, transshipping or landing any fins harvested in contravention of this Recommendation.

6. In fisheries that are not directed at sharks, CPCs shall encourage the release of live sharks, especially juveniles, to the extent possible, that are caught incidentally and are not used for food and/or subsistence.

7. In 2005, the SCRS shall review the assessment of shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) and recommend management alternatives for consideration by the Commission, and reassess blue shark (Prionaca glauca) and shortfin mako no later than 2007.

8. CPCs shall, where possible, undertake research to identify ways to make fishing gears more selective.

9. CPCs shall, where possible, conduct research to identify shark nursery areas.

10. The Commission shall consider appropriate assistance to developing CPCs for the collection of data on their shark catches.

11. This recommendation applies only to sharks caught in association with fisheries managed by ICCAT.

GFCM/2005/3 (F)
RECOMMENDATION [04-12] BY ICCAT TO ADOPT MEASURES CONCERNING SPORT AND RECREATIONAL FISHING ACTIVITIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the need to regulate sport and recreational fishing activities to ensure that these activities do not undermine sustainable exploitation of the stocks, notably the bluefin tuna stock, in the Mediterranean Sea,

THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ATLANTIC TUNAS (ICCAT) RECOMMENDS THAT:

1. Contracting Parties, Entities, and Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities or Fishing Entities (hereafter named CPCs) shall take the measures necessary to forbid the use within the framework of sport and recreational fishing of towed nets, encircling nets, seine sliding, dredgers, gillnets, trammelnet and longline to fish for tuna and tuna-like species, notably bluefin tuna, in the Mediterranean Sea.

2. The CPCs shall ensure that catches of tuna and tuna-like species carried out in the Mediterranean Sea from sport and recreational fishing are not marketed.

3. The CPCs shall take the necessary measures so that catch data from sport and recreational fishing are collected and transmitted to the SCRS.

APPENDIX H - General guidelines for a GFCM Control and Enforcement Scheme: needs and principles

The main aim will be to bring about a scheme of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) that ensures a high degree of compliance with relevant conservation measures, and legal certainty and security for the vessel concerned.

Furthermore, the intended Scheme must pay due regard to the characteristics and specificities of different GFCM geographical sub-areas (GSAs) and fisheries.

An effective Control and Enforcement Scheme should embody a number of principles, namely:

(i) Consistency with the provision of the Agreement establishing the GFCM and existing instruments of international law.

(ii) Evaluation of the current GFCM measures and possibly complementing them with new measures.

(iii) The Scheme would underline the general duty to cooperate and a commitment to transparency taking into account requirements for confidentiality.

(iv) The Scheme would have two types of measures:

- Measures applicable to all fisheries. Measures concerning vessels would apply only to vessels beyond a certain size.
- Measure applicable on a case by case basis to certain fisheries, where and when such a measure would be cost-effective.

(v) The Scheme should contribute to the improvement of data collection and statistics and timely transmission of statistics, for scientific as well as monitoring purposes.

(vi) Provisions for ensuring compliance by both Contracting and non-Contracting Parties vessels, thereby seeking to minimize the level of IUU fishing in the GFCM area.

(vii) The special requirements of Developing States should be fully recognized and active cooperation should be established to facilitate the implementation of the measures by them.

Under these circumstances, a possible GFCM Scheme could consist of the following basic components:

1) Flag State duties

The following monitoring measures should be taken by the flag States in regard to vessels entitled to fly their flags in the GFCM area:

(i) Control of their vessels by:

a) adopting measures so that their vessels comply with and do not undermine GFCM conservation and management measures;

b) authorizing their vessels to fish in the GFCM Area by means of fishing authorizations, licenses, or permits;

c) ensuring they do not authorize vessels to fish in the GFCM Area unless they are able to effectively exercise their responsibilities in respect of such vessels, including monitoring and controlling their fishing activities;

d) ensuring that their vessels do not conduct unauthorized fishing within areas under the national jurisdiction of other States, through appropriate cooperation with coastal States concerned, and other relevant means available to the flag State;

e) requiring their vessels fishing on the high seas to carry the license, authorization or permit on board at all times and to produce it on demand for inspection by a duly authorized person.

(ii) Establishment of a national record of fishing vessels entitled to fly their flags and authorized to fish in the GFCM Area, which should include vessels of other States authorized under charter agreements, and transmission of this information to GFCM.

(iii) Regulation of transshipment.

(iv) Measures regarding the operation and control of chartering.

(v) Requirements for recording and timely reporting of vessel position, catch of target and non target species, fishing effort and other relevant fisheries data including an estimate of discards, unless GFCM stipulates otherwise. These data should be verified for certain fisheries by observer programs, where these programs have been adopted by the Commission.

(vi) Implementation of a vessel monitoring system (VMS).

(vii) Investigation of, follow-up to, and report on actions taken in response to an alleged violation by a vessel.

2) Obligations of the Contracting Parties and Cooperating non-Contracting Parties

The obligations of the Contracting Parties and Cooperating non-Contracting Parties should include:

(i) Provision to GFCM, in the manner and at such regular intervals as may be required by GFCM, of compliance reports and information concerning its fishing activities, including fishing area and fishing vessels, in order to facilitate the compilation of reliable fishing statistics on GFCM regulated species (catch, effort, size samples, etc.), and the effective implementation of GFCM compliance program.

(ii) Compliance with all GFCM conservation and management measures.

3) Compliance and enforcement

The Contracting Parties, through the Commission, should establish an observation and inspection programme to ensure compliance with GFCM conservation and management measures.

The programme may inter alia comprise the following elements:

(i) High seas inspection.

(ii) Procedures for an effective investigation of an alleged violation of GFCM conservation and management measures, and for reporting to the Commission on the actions taken, including procedures for exchanging information.

(iii) Provisions for appropriate action to be taken when inspections reveal serious violations as well as the expedient and transparent follow-up of such actions in order to uphold the Flag State's responsibility within the intended programme.

(iv) Port inspection.

(v) Monitoring of landings and catches, including statistical follow-up for management purposes.

(vi) Specific monitoring programmes adopted by GFCM, including boarding and inspection.

(vii) Observer programs.

4) A programme to promote compliance by vessels of non-Contracting Parties

Further to existing measures, GFCM should examine measures consistent with international law to deter activities of such vessels which undermine the effectiveness of GFCM conservation and management measures, such as.

- Implementation of all the relevant elements of the FAO International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing.

- Prohibition of landings and transshipments of GFCM species by vessels of non-Contracting Parties, sighted in the GFCM Area, that do not comply with the relevant GFCM conservation and management measures.