Annex IV
Symposium
Themes proposal
General title
Assessment of demersal resources by direct methods in the Mediterranean and adjacent seas
Topics
Improved methodology
· Sampling designs
· Selectivity
· Intercalibration of sampling gears
· Evaluation of methods used for direct estimates
Analysis
Spatial and temporal variability
· Data analysis including multispecies approaches
· Analysis of the factors of variability (fishery, environment, etc.)
Populations dynamics
In this topic global and integrated approaches will be favoured.
Stocks assessment and fishery management
From the diagnostic on the state of the fishery resources toward its use for the fishery management
Background
· To help to spread the knowledge
· To promote interdisciplinary exchanges
· To encourage the works in collaboration
· To favour the new approaches on methodological, spatial aspects, etc.
· Field of application: the Mediterranean and adjacent seas
Organisation
· Organisation Committee
(The Medits’s Co-ordination Committee)
· Scientific Committee
(To be appointed by the Organisation Committee)
· Place: Italy
· Provisional agenda
Proceedings
· Pre-prints to be circulated to the participants before the symposium
· Special issue in a high level revue (Aquatic Living Resources, etc.)
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