SESSION
The seminar on the constitution of Aquaculture Production Network, organised by MEDRAP II was held from 22nd to 24th September 1992 in Nador, Morocco.
The Meeting was opened by His Excellency the Minister of the “Pêches Maritimes et de la Marine Marchande” in presence of the “Gouverneur” of Nador and several Senior national and regional staff. The welcome speeches are given in Annex.
The meeting was attended by representatives of Member Countries, Albania, Algeria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey. From Associated Countries, representatives from Spain were also present. Experts invited as lecturers also attended the Seminar.
The officials of the meeting were unanimously designated as follows:
| President | : | - Mr. A. ABOUHALA (Morocco) | |
| Vice-Presidents | : | - Mr. M.A. Abdel Taleb (Egypt) | |
| - Mr. P.S. LOPES (Portugal) | |||
| Reporters | : | - Mr. C. AGIUS (Malta) | |
| - Mr. Z. FARSI (Algeria) | |||
| - Mr. R. APOSTOLIDES (Cyprus) | |||
| in collection with: | - Mr. O. BEJI (MEDRAP Expert). | ||
The agenda was unanimously adopted after minor changes.
All speakers presented their communications according to the agenda. The contents and the diversity of their talks made the discussions fruitful and beneficial, namely on the following topics:
- Productions, technology and costs analysis;
- Training on Production;
- Marketing and Producers problems;
- Insurance against risks;
- Producers Organisation.
The participants also discussed the opportunities of initiating a Production Network, its objectives and operating mechanisms.
RECOMMENDATIONS
It was recommended the creation of a National Producers Association to speed up the establishment of the Production Network.
Producers from MEDRAP Member and Associated Countries should cooperate in all the fields to facilitate the start up of the Network. In this framework, it is worth to mention the efforts of the North African Producers, present at the meeting, and their willingness to cooperate and extend the network to involve other producers.
The Regional Coordinator recommended that common actions should be undertaken to use the SIPAM system to facilitate the exchange of information. It will then give the benefit of circulating the updated information on Production technics among the Mediterranean Region. The complementarity of two networks (Production and Information) is meant to give greater chance of success and continuity to the cooperation. The participants expressed their satisfaction towards the creation of the SIPAM Network.
The meeting requested the Project Coordinator to continue cooperation with the Associated Countries (France, Italy, Greece and Spain) to ensure their active participation in the Project Activities. It was noted that Greece is an important Aquaculture Producer among other Mediterranean Countries and should be involved in the Production Network activities.
