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Technical assistance
The GFCM has always been committed to providing its contracting parties, cooperating non-contracting parties (CPCs) and other partners – in particular, farmer organizations – with technical support, whenever needed and requested. To this end, the Scientific Advisory Committee on Aquaculture (CAQ) was established in 1995 and aims to enhance the sustainable farming of aquatic foods as a means towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with an emphasis on small-scale producers. The GFCM, in accordance with its 2030 Strategy for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, continues to assist its CPCs in realizing the potential of aquaculture and ensuring food security and livelihoods of local societies, while reducing the sector’s footprint. Capacity building is at the heart of GFCM technical assistance activities and includes the identification of allocated zones for aquaculture (AZA) in marine and inland waters, use of geographic information systems (GIS) within AZA processes, estimation of environmental monitoring programmes (EMP) and carrying capacity, promotion of best practices, and organization of aquaculture censuses.
GFCM ACTIONS
- National census in Lebanon to establish a baseline for inland aquaculture production as a first step towards developing aquaculture strategies at a national level.
- National census in Syria to establish a baseline for inland aquaculture production.
- National census in Palestine to identify a roadmap to develop the sector.
- Capacity building on AZA implementation and the use of GIS within this process.
- Capacity building on EMP upon request from CPCs.
RESOURCES
Webnews
- Module one | Online course on the use of geographic information systems (GIS) in the establishment of allocated zones for aquaculture (AZA) | GFCM, 2020
- Module two | Online courses on the use of geographic information systems (GIS) in the establishment of allocated zones for aquaculture (AZA) | GFCM, 2021
- Aquaculture can play a greater role in fighting hunger and malnutrition: how the GFCM is helping Lebanon, Syria and Palestine boost fish farming | GFCM, 2022
Videos
Publications/reports
- Report of the virtual seminar on aquaculture and marine spatial planning: highlights on the Mediterranean and the Black Sea | Online, 3 June 2020
- Report of the online course on the use of geographic information system in the establishment of allocated zones for aquaculture – Module 1: Spatial information and representation | Online, 23 November–2 December 2020
- Report of the online course on the use of geographic information system in the establishment of allocated zones for aquaculture – Module 2: Planning for sustainable aquaculture development | Online, 6–7 December 2021