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# 91996E0228

**WRITTEN QUESTION No. 228/96 by Konstadinos KLIRONOMOS to the Commission. Establishment of a laboratory to coordinate fisheries research in the eastern Mediterranean** 
  
*Official Journal C 217 , 26/07/1996 P. 0012*

  

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0228/96 by Konstadinos Klironomos (PSE) to the Commission (9 February 1996)

Subject: Establishment of a laboratory to coordinate fisheries research in the eastern Mediterranean

During the diplomatic conference on fisheries management in the Mediterranean which took place in Crete between 12 and 14 December 1994, a proposal was made to set up a laboratory in Crete with the specific purpose of coordinating fisheries research in the eastern Mediterranean. The establishment and operation of a Mediterranean research centre situated in the eastern Mediterranean would contribute to improving cooperation in fisheries matters between Mediterranean countries - both members and non-members of the European Union alike - and provide an opportunity for discussing the rational management of fish stocks, the development of fisheries activities and the processing of data; Crete is considered the best location for this purpose. The organization and operation of this laboratory would be undertaken by the Institute for Marine Biology of Crete (IMBC), an institute which is considered eminently suited and equipped to undertake this work, as evidenced by the fact that this proposal was very well received at the conference.

Will the Commission say what actions it has taken since then and what specific steps it intends to take in future to implement this proposal which, moreover, falls within the scope, and is in line with, the objectives of Euro-Mediterranean policy, as spelt out at the Barcelona Conference in November 1995?

Answer given by Ms Bonino on behalf of the Commission (14 March 1996)

The Institute of Marine Biology in Crete contacted the Commission in order to arrange a meeting of scientists from the eastern Mediterranean with the aim of acting upon the conclusions of the 1994 Conference in Crete and the 1995 Conference in Barcelona.

The general subject of discussion will be the coordination of research among all the eastern Mediterranean countries by the most appropriate means, with the overall objective of the conservation and rational management of stocks.

The Institute of Marine Biology in Crete will be responsible for arranging the meeting, with back-up from the Commission and, as it is to be held in the second half of this year, its conclusions should be of value to the second diplomatic conference on the management of fisheries in the Mediterranean, to be arranged by the Commission in Venice in November.

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