Preprint volume - SIBM

YEAR
2004
2005
2006
2008
2009
2009
2010
Action PROGRAMMES and
other ACTIVITIES
D
MEDLEM project at
the GFCM/SAC Sub-
Committee on Marine
Environment and
Ecosystems
D
Update of the checklist
on cartilaginous fishes
in the Italian seas
C Status of rays
population in the
Mediterranean Sea and
advice for sustainable
exploitation of the
stocks Project
FISH/2004/03-41
D Technical workshop on
the status, limitation
and opportunities for
improving the
monitoring of shark
fisheries and trade
D
D,C
D
European Action Plan
for the conservation
and management of
Sharks
ELASMOIT
Workshop on Sexual
Maturity Staging of
Elasmobranches
Pre-print Volume –Oral presentations
Topic 4: THE ELASMOBRANCHS
General objectives and activities related
to cartilaginous fishes
GFCM/SAC/SCMEE reiterated the
importance of a wider use of the MEDLEM
protocols and information system already
adopted by a number of regional bodies to
favour timely exchange of information on
Large Elasmobranchs. D
Essential tool for the knowledge and
conservation of the marine biodiversity in
the Italian seas.
Aimed to update biology, dynamics and
exploitation status of Rajidae, analysing data
from scientific trawl surveys in the
Mediterranean (MEDITS). A first example
in Mediterranean of data sharing for the
assessment of a group of species. C
Considered global and country specific
information on shark fisheries and trade to
identify limitation and strategies for
improving their monitoring.
To contribute to the objective of the FAO
IPOA SHARKS by ensuring the rebuilding
of many depleted stocks fished by the
Community fleet within and outside
Community waters.
Primary objectives were a critic revision and
implementation of the National Action Plana
and a periodic monitoring of landings at the
main harbors of the selected regions
(Liguria, Sardinia, Sicily and Apulia). C
Agree on a common maturity scale for
Elasmobranches (sharks and rays) across
laboratories comprising a comparison of
existing scales and standardization of
maturity determination criteria
41 st S.I.B.M. CONGRESS Rapallo (GE), 7-11 June 2010
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Notes and links
(FAO, 2005)
Promoted by the
Ministry for the
Environment, Land and
Sea (MiATTM) and
coordinated by Prof.
Giulio Relini.
www.sibm.it/CHECKL
IST/principalechecklist
fauna.htm
Promoted by the
European Commission
(DG Fisheries and
Maritime Affairs).
Promoted by FAO
(Serena et al, 2009b)
Italian experts
participated to the
consultation of
stakeholders for the
development of this
Action Plan
This project is
promoted by the
Ministry for the
Environment, Land and
Sea (MiATTM) and
coordinated by the
Italian Society for the
Marine Biology
(SIBM) with the
participation of the
Italian group for the
research on sharks,
skates and chimaeras
(GRIS)
Promoted by ICES
Malta, 11-15 October
2010
In the last years the MEDLEM programme has been presented and discussed several
times in the framework of the GFCM. Other international organization, IUCN
(International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) and EEA
(European Elasmobranch Association), also endorsed the project showing a great