Report of the sub-regional workshop on collection and organization of data
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The Sub-regional Workshop on Collection and Organization of Data was carried out in Batroun, Lebanon from 14-17 September 2010. Representatives from Greece, Italy, Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt, Gaza Strip and West Bank and Lebanon as well as from FAO attended the meeting. In the Workshop the national data collection schemes were presented and differences, weaknesses and difficulties were discussed. In particular the data collection schemes of Cyprus, Italy and Greece follow the EU fram ework on data collection requirements, while their surveys are conducted according to the Medits and Medias protocol. In Palestine landings are collected on a census basis and effort on a yearly basis. In Turkey the Fisheries Information System comprises different programmed modules such as National fleet registry, Logbook, Sales notes, Registry of fishermen, and Biological. The catch is collected by the use of the logbooks. In Egypt, the General Authority for Fish Resources De velopment, GAFRD runs a statistical system, which covers all the landing sites for marine and lakes catches and most of the River Nile landing sites. GAFRD collects fisheries data by two methods 1) Whole survey collecting system and 2) Random Sampling System. In Lebanon there is no any collection scheme running. A vessel census, which has been produced by the MedFisis in 2004/2005, has not been updated. An effort is carried out in the North Lebanon by University of Balamand, w hich was stressed to be integrated to the whole country. Experiences from the EC Data Collection Project and GFCM Operational Units framework (Task 1) were presented. Automatic routines are needed for transferring data from national data base to Task 1. The artisanal fishery was considered as the major sector in the area which has difficulties to be monitored and thus the project was asked to take the necessary initiatives.