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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