SIPAL - Information System to Assist Aquaculture Planning in Latin America and the Caribbean: conceptual design
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The need for a dedicated information system intended to produce a continuous flow of information for forecasting, evaluating, measuring, maintaining and controlling events and performance in aquaculture has been emphasized by the countries in the Region in various fora. In response to the above the regional Project AQUILA II (GCP/RLA/102/ITA - “Support to regional aquaculture activities in Latin America and the Caribbean”) decided to include in its workplan an activity totally devoted toward to the design and development of an Information System to assist Aquaculture Planning in Latin America and the Caribbean, SIPAL. The essential features of its conceptual design were set out at a workshop held in Santiago de Chile, 10–14 December 1990, with the contribution of the participating countries Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama and Venezuela, as well as of the representatives of FAO Fisheries Department (cf.FAO document COPESCAL/91/Inf. 16 of March 1991).