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Preparation of this document<br />
This document is <strong>the</strong> final version of <strong>the</strong> <strong>report</strong> of <strong>the</strong> meeting of <strong>the</strong> Working Group<br />
between Morocco and Spain on Pagellus bogaraveo in <strong>the</strong> Strait of Gibraltar area,<br />
prepared by <strong>the</strong> Project CopeMed II.<br />
Acknowledgements<br />
CopeMed II acknowledges <strong>the</strong> participation of all experts in <strong>the</strong> ad hoc scientific<br />
Working Group between Morocco and Spain on Pagellus bogaraveo in <strong>the</strong> Strait of<br />
Gibraltar area.<br />
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CopeMed II. 2011. Report of <strong>the</strong> ad hoc scientific Working Group between<br />
Morocco and Spain on Pagellus bogaraveo in <strong>the</strong> Strait of Gibraltar area. CopeMed<br />
II–ArtFiMed Technical Documents Nº21 (GCP/INT/028/SPA – GCP/INT/006/EC).<br />
Málaga, 2011. 44pp.<br />
ABSTRACT<br />
The creation of <strong>the</strong> ad hoc scientific Working Group between Morocco and Spain on<br />
Pagellus bogaraveo in <strong>the</strong> Gibraltar Strait Area was proposed by <strong>the</strong> GFCM<br />
Scientific Advisory Committee <strong>to</strong> FAO-CopeMed II <strong>to</strong> analyse <strong>the</strong> available<br />
information on <strong>the</strong> s<strong>to</strong>ck and fishery of Pagellus bogaraveo in this area.<br />
The currently available information on P. bogaraveo, both in terms of fishery<br />
statistics and of biological parameters, and <strong>the</strong> s<strong>to</strong>ck assessment methodologies<br />
presented by Morocco and Spain <strong>to</strong> regional fishery organizations and o<strong>the</strong>r relevant<br />
scientific committees were reviewed.<br />
Possible new methods for <strong>the</strong> evaluation of commercial fishery data and <strong>the</strong><br />
feasibility of joint management measures were discussed with <strong>the</strong> aim of defining a<br />
proposal on <strong>the</strong> data required <strong>to</strong> perform future assessments and <strong>to</strong> apply a<br />
methodology for <strong>the</strong> management of <strong>the</strong> P. bogaraveo fishery. A joint work plan<br />
between <strong>the</strong> Moroccan and Spanish research institutions (INRH and IEO) for <strong>the</strong><br />
Pagellus bogaraveo s<strong>to</strong>ck in <strong>the</strong> Strait of Gibraltar and <strong>the</strong> organization of a<br />
workshop in September 2010 <strong>to</strong> conduct a joint assessment on <strong>the</strong> P. bogaraveo<br />
s<strong>to</strong>ck in <strong>the</strong> Strait of Gibraltar was agreed by <strong>the</strong> working group.<br />
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