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1. Opening of the meeting and designation of chairperson and rapporteur
The meeting was called to order by Mr. Juan A. Camiñas, Coordinator of the FAO-
CopeMed II project, who welcomed the participants from Morocco and Spain (Annex I)
to the meeting.
He thanked the experts from Morocco’s Institut National des Ressources Halieutiques
(INRH) and Spain’s Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO) for their participation, and
the Direccin General de Pesca y Acuicultura of the Junta de Andalucía for its support
and for the preparation of the documents for the meeting. He reminded the participants
that the meeting was a recommendation of the GFCM’s Scientific Advisory Committee
(Budva, Montenegro, 25-29 January 2010) for the joint evaluation by Morocco and
Spain of the Strait of Gibraltar red seabream stock.
Mr. Camiñas also thanked the Subdelegación del Gobierno in Málaga for the facilities
made available to CopeMed II for this bilateral Morocco-Spain meeting.
Mr. A. García (IEO) was designated Chairperson of the meeting and a representative of
CopeMed, rapporteur.
2. Adoption of the Agenda
Mr. Camiñas proposed to add a new item to the Provisional Agenda under section 5,
entitled "ArtFiMed report on the P. bogaraveo fishery in Dikky (Morocco)". He
explained that, within the activities of the FAO-ArtFiMed 1 , coordinated by CopeMed II,
a system of fishery monitoring had been set up, with the collaboration of the fishermen.
ArtFiMed prepared a document that will be shown at the meeting following the INRH
experts’ presentations, to complete the picture of the red seabream fishery of Morocco.
The Agenda was adopted and is in Annex II.
At the request of the Chairperson, experts from IEO and INRH commented on the
research and monitoring related to the red seabream fishery. Representatives of the
Junta de Andalucía pointed out their responsibility in monitoring via the Location and
Tracking System of Andalusian Fishing Vessels (SLSEPA) and the analysis of the data
compiled.
Mrs. Belcaid noted that the INRH in Tangier focuses on the red seabream longline
fishery landings at this port. Mr. Kada commented that the trawling fleets from Nador
and other Moroccan ports also catch the red seabream, so the INRH is working on a
common strategy for the area.
Mr. Gil of the IEO’s Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz reported on red seabream research
being carried out in collaboration with the Junta de Andalucía, highlighting the
biological and fishery information that was generated and incorporated into the analysis
carried out by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)’s
Working Group on Deepwater Fisheries. Stock assessments of the ICES Region IX
have been presented since 2006.
1 FAO project for the Sustainable Development of Artisanal Mediterranean Fisheries in Morocco and
Tunisia.
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