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Workshop on the Standardization of echo-surveys and ichtyoplankton surveys
protocol in the MedSudMed
project area
(13-14 April 2004, Mazara del Vallo - Italy)
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Background |
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This workshop is organized as a follow-up to the Expert Consultation on
Small Pelagic fish: stock identification and oceanographic processes
influencing their abundance and distribution (Salammbô, Tunisia, 1 -
3 October 2003), and according to the recommendations of the
Project’s second Coordination Committee meeting (Salammbô, Tunisia,
11 – 13 February 2004). The program of work agreed upon includes the
estimation of abundance and spatial distribution of small pelagic
fish in the MedSudMed Project area, taking into account
environmental and fishery characteristics, and considering also
early life stages distribution pattern. One of the adopted
methodological approaches consists in joint acoustic and
ichtyoplankton surveys combined with pelagic trawling. |
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Objectives of the meeting |
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The scope of this workshop is to present existing sampling designs and data
processing procedures adopted in on-going acoustic and
ichtyoplankton surveys, compare them and agree on common
methodologies to be used during the future joint surveys at sea. |
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Expected outputs |
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The expected output of the workshop is a common protocol to be used
in the future joint echo surveys and
ichtyoplankton surveys. |
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Participation |
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The workshop is open to technicians and researchers belonging to
institutes and/or organizations from countries involved in the
MedSudMed Project. |
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