1. Scientific Cooperation to Support Responsible Fisheries in the Adriatic Sea

2. Albania Croatia Italy Slovenia Scientific Cooperation to Support Responsible Fisheries in the Adriatic Sea The Project

3. Art. 7.1.3 For transboundary fish stocks, straddling fish stocks, highly migratory fish stocks and high seas fish stocks, where these are exploited by two or more States, the States concerned, including the relevant coastal States in the case of straddling and highly migratory stocks, should cooperate to ensure effective conservation and management of the resources. This should be achieved, where appropriate, through the establishment of a bilateral, subregional or regional fisheries organisation or arrangement. to develop a common cognitive basis to support international processes aimed at fishery management to reinforce the scientific coordination among the different institutions interested in fishing activity to establish a permanent network among the main institutions present in the Adriatic that are involved in fishery management activities Aims Technical support for the participating countries

5. Network of Institutions European Commission GFCM GFCM-SAC GFCM-CAQ FAO-COPEMED UNEP-MAP (SAP BIO) Fishery Directorates of participating countries University of Molise (Italy) Institute for Economic Research on Fisheries and Acquaculture (Italy) Tirana Agricultural University (Albania) University of Split (Croatia) University of Ancona (Italy) University of Trieste (Italy) Fisheries Associations Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (Croatia) Marine Fisheries Research Institute (Italy) Fishery Research Institute (Albania) Laboratory of Marine Biology (Italy) Laboratory of Marine Biology and Fisheries (University of Bologna, Italy) National Institute of Biology (Slovenia) Laboratory of Animal Biology and Physiology (University of Bologna, Italy) Central Institute for Scientific and Technological Research Applied to the Sea (Italy) Fisheries Research Institute (Slovenia) Developing a common cognitive basis Setting up a system of scientific cooperation Establishing a network among the main institutions and experts Giving technical support Contributing to overcome limits in knowledge of the fishery system Giving technical support

6. Adriatic Shared Fisheries Resources Adriatic Economic and Social Science Statistic and Information System Relation at Mediterranean level and between the Project and the GFCM ond other regional projects

7. Pilot Small Pelagics Data Collection and Biological Sampling Network in the Adriatic Sea Adriatic Shared Fisheries Resources Combined Echo-Survey and Environmental Parameters Monitoring in the Northern part of the Adriatic Sea

8. International Bottom Trawl Survey in the Adriatic Sea Adriatic Shared Fisheries Resources Pomo/Jabuka Pit Critical Habitat: Cooperative Approach for the Identification of Management Options Identification of Population Units in Adriatic Sea Shared Stocks by Genetic Structure Analysis

9. Inventory of social and economic data Aspects of Fish Markets in the Adriatic Sea Fishery Sector; Ancona, Italy 27-28 June 2002 Social indicators Adriatic Economic and Social Science Albanian Social Survey

10.   Direct Support to the Administration of member countries to build up National Fishery Statistic System   AdriaMed Information System: Virtual Library Research Institutions Fishing Ports Fish Markets Adriatic Links AdriaMed Documents Statistic and Information System

11. AdriaMed Activities 27 9 132 19 AdriaMed Meeting and Working Groups Training course organised by AdriaMed GFCM-SAC Meetings Experts involved Web Users per months 4600 25 23 already published Technical Documents 112 Institutions in the Distribution List 1050 pages 6250 doc. ditributed

12. Conclusions Participatory approach Standardization Networks Multi-disciplinary activities Cooperation