GENERAL FISHERIES COMMISSION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE
FOURTH SESSION
Athens, Greece, 4-7 June 2001
PROVISIONAL AGENDA
1. Opening of the Session
2. Adoption of the Agenda and arrangements for the Session
3. Intersessional Activities
Review of the recommendations of the Twenty-fifth Session of GFCM concerning SAC mandate;
Review of the reports of the Sub-Committees' meetings;
Review of the conclusions of the SAC Working Group on management units (Alicante, 23-25 January 2001);
Progress in the elaboration of GFCM glossary.
4. Review of the national reports on research activities being undertaken in the field covered by the mandate of the four SAC Sub-Committees (Paragraph 39 and 59 of the report of the Third Session of SAC: format to be prepared and dispatched by the Secretariat)
5. Review of the progress of stock assessment studies in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea: (emphasis on shared stocks)
6. Review of the present management measures and "the state of art" concerning elements required for the formulation of new options
7. Formulation of recommendations in the field of fishery management and research
8. Action required for the set-up of a data base for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea areas (Discussion of project concerning basic information)
