The nation's present research, education, training, extension and economic development organizations and institutions can, with proper coordination and cooperation, and with fuller support, meet the short- and medium-term needs for aquaculture development. Priority will be given to the strengthening of existing capacities. The need for such coordination is pressing. A National Aquaculture Coordination Committee (NACC) will therefore be established.
Executive powers will be delegated by the Ministries of Agriculture, of the National Economy, of the Interior, and of Industry, Research and Technology.
The NACC will implement, coordinate and monitor aquaculture development in Greece, including the allocation of financial and other resources; and will assign responsibilities in the sector.
Representatives of:
- | the Ministry of Agriculture | Chairman |
- | the Ministry of National Economy | 1 member |
- | the Ministry of the Interior | 1 member |
- | the Ministry of Industry, Research and Technology | 1 member |
- | the Association of Geotechnical Scientists | 1 member |
- | State banks | 1 member |
- | PASEGES (the Panhellenic Confederation of Unions of Agricultural Cooperatives | 1 member |
- | Producer associations 1 | 2 members |
1 Including development companies, private companies and individuals.
There will be provision for observers from:
other government departments involved in related matters, such as environmental protection or consultation procedures for licence applications; and
groups of private producers in new sectors of the industry, whose numbers do not as yet warrant full membership.
There will be provision for adjusting the membership of the NACC to take account of changes in the industry.
The Ministry of Agriculture.
- | Economic development: | ETANAL S.A., development companies and banks |
- | Regional development: | EETAA (the Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government) |
- | Education and training: | the Agricultural University College of Athens |
the Mesolongion Technical College | ||
the Agricultural Bank | ||
the University of Crete | ||
the University of Thessaloniki | ||
the National Centre for Marine Research | ||
- | Applied research: | the Agricultural University College of Athens |
the University of Crete | ||
ETANAL, S.A. | ||
Development companies | ||
the University of Thessaloniki | ||
the National Centre for Marine Research | ||
- | Basic research: | the National Centre for Marine Research |
Universities |
The establishment of this formal structure for coordination does not diminish the need for the organizations and institutions involved to cooperate informally: such cooperation should continue, should include all sectors of the industry and should be actively promoted by the NACC.
To support the coordination effort, the NACC will establish a centre for the collection, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information on aquaculture, the CAI. The CAI will be based in an existing institution, still to be decided. It will be staffed by information specialists, and will communicate freely with all sectors of the industry, from scientists to producers. The CAI should be supported in the regions by branch services in existing regionally based organizations.
The CAI will establish links with existing international information services, such as the FAO Fish Marketing Information System and the proposed Mediterranean Information Network. The CAI will have a translation and publication capacity of its own and be able to commission studies and reports by other organizations. There will be an emphasis on clarity of information, and the requirements of producers, and of those working closely with them, will be paramount.
The National Centre for Marine Research was planning to establish an aquaculture data base as a national service in its library in early 1988: this might form the basis of the proposed CAI.