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Report of the third Regional Coordination Meeting for the Mediterranean area ? Data Collection Commission Regulation (DCR) N°1543/2000, N°1639/2001 and N°1581/2004 ? ? Malta, 26th -28th April 2006 ? ? Table of contents 1. INTRODUCTION 3 2. REVIEW OF THE 2006’s LIAISON MEETING REPORT 4 2.1 Role and tasks of the Liaison Meeting (LM) 4 2.2 Strengthening the link with PGCCDBS 4 2.3 Spatial delimitation of areas of competence of the RCMs 4 2.4 Metier-based approach for the DCR 4 2.5 Vessels less than 12 m 4 2.6 Surveys 5 2.7 Discard sampling 5 2.8 Regional databases and data confidentiality 5 2.9 Workshops 5 4. REVIEW OF THE CURRENT DCR: CONSEQUENCES FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION 6 4.1 Fishing Capacities 6 4.2 Fishing Effort 6 4.3 Catches and Landings 6 4.4 CPUE 6 4.5 PGCCDBS-like group for the Mediterranean 7 4.6 Scientific Surveys 7 4.7 Aladym model 7 4.8 Mediterranean Maturity Photo Database 7 4.9 Second Medits survey 8 4.10 Data Exchange formats 8 4.11 Acoustic survey 8 4.12 Fleet-based Approach 9 4.13 Database and data access 9 4.14 Ecosystem approach 9 4.15 Biological sampling and Other Biological parameters 10 4.16 Any other matters 10 5. DATE AND VENUE OF NEXT MEETING 10 6. LIST OF APPENDICES 11 Appendix I: 3rd RCM ToRs and References 11 Appendix II: List of participants 13 Appendix III: Agenda 18 Appendix IV: Age workshop 21 Appendix V: Presentations by country. 22 Appendix VI: MEPMED ToRs 38 Appendix VII: Results of the last Medits planning group 39 Appendix VIII: Aladym model 41 Appendix IX: ALADYM Age-Length Based Dynamic Model Workshop 42 Appendix X: Mediterranean Maturity Photo Database 44 Appendix XI: Fish Maturity workshop 46 Appendix XII: Proposal for a second Medits survey 48 Appendix XIII: List of current Mediterranean acoustic surveys (included or not in the DCR), countries involved, areas and periods. 51  INTRODUCTION ? The third Regional Co-ordination meeting for the Mediterranean was opened by the Hon. George Pullicino, Minister