Bøger af General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean

Presents a set of measures for the management and conservation of fisheries resources in both the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, including establishing further precautionary and emergency measures for small pelagic stocks in the Adriatic Sea; and setting minimum standards for bottom trawling fisheries of demersal stocks in the Strait of Sicily.

Discusses the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing though the adoption of guidelines relating to vessels monitoring systems (VMS), a roadmap to fight IUU fishing in the Mediterranean Sea and a GFCM IUU vessel list.

Reports on the binding recommendations adopted during the meeting in a variety of areas, including management plans for European eel and deep-water red shrimp fisheries in the Levant and Ionian Seas, and demersal fisheries in the Strait of Sicily.

Provides guidance on methods for use in fish ageing studies. This handbook was put together to deal with identified gaps - which affect both the precision and the accuracy of estimations - regarding ageing schemes, criteria and methodologies used in preparing calcified structures. It focuses on the general principles that underpin age analysis.

Reviews some binding recommendations adopted during the session, including reporting on aquaculture data and information, managing blackspot seabream fisheries in the Alboran Sea and establishing a regional adaptive management plan for the exploitation of red coral in the Mediterranean.