Inventory of Artisanal Fishery Communities in the ... - Fao - Copemed

The relational database will be linked to a GIS application to provide a spatial vision of the data,
hence constituting a very useful tool to manage the fishery. ArcView® will be used to develop
this application.
Scientists from participating countries have received training on ArcView ®, and all the
institutions participating have received a free copy of ArcView®.
Countries will also be provided with the freeware version, ArcExplorer®, that will enable them to
easily visualise the results, distribute the product internally and externally to their institution.
The results are intended to be used as a base book on the traditional fishing sector for future
studies.
3.9.1 Preliminary results
The preliminary results are intended to be published on electronic support with, perhaps, some
paper output of summaries. In this way we hope to supply a fresh product, at low cost and
hopefully with a wide distribution. We are confident that the more the information “travels” the
better will be the understanding of this work, which also mean support.
It is intended to elaborate a complete document including a list of all artisanal fishing carried out
in the Western-Central Mediterranean, maps showing their distribution, and a description of the
main fisheries. This work will be published in paper and electronic format. It is intended to be
used as a reference of the traditional fishing sector for future research.
It is envisaged publishing a CD ROM, with the following chapters:
The Bibliography (may be in the form of "virtual library"),
The National database in "open format" (Read/Write Access) with all the data management
functions ,
The Regional database in "Read Only Format",
A built-in Reporting System of the data contained,
A library of GIS maps and situations already developed and ready to use,
A GIS Shareware Browser with built-in applications (queries) already developed to use the GIS
Library and produce more outputs,
The documentation related to this Activity,
Examples of possible immediate application of this output (preliminary case studies)
Activity reports that have generated this work,
3.9.2 Final results
Final results will hopefully be presented on Paper as an atlas-type report, and certainly on a CD
ROM containing most of the finalised items as in the preliminary edition, plus results from case
studies. The complete product should be published in Hypertextual mode, using Internet browsers
to help the user navigate through the system, or in atlas-encyclopaedia mode with some level of
expertise and interaction.
The conditional is compulsory, since this second output is foreseen in about two years (may be
three). Therefore, it is believed to leave the final decisions to that time.
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