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Encyclopaedia of living marine resources of the Mediterranean.
Pompeiian mosaic with marine faunaNaples Archeological Museum - Italy
Autorizzazione Ministero per I Beni Culturali e Ambientali"soprintendenza Archeologica di Napoli e caserta"- Prot. 22530 (04/09/98)
Coppola, S.R., de Leiva Moreno, I.J, Oliver P.
Copemed Informes y Estudios Vol. 3. CD Rom. Version 2.0 - Rome 2002
Food and Agricolture Organization of the United Nations
Encyclopaedia of the Living Marine Resources of the Mediterranean-Presentation-
The CD-ROM Encyclopaedia of the Living Marine Resources of the Mediterranean has beendeveloped within the framework of the FAO-COPEMED project in collaboration with the FAO-FIRM Species Identification Programme (SIDP).
FAO published in 1987 the "Fiche FAO d'identification des espèces pour le besoins de la pêche.Mediterranée et mer Noire". These sheets has been for years an essential tool for the scientistsworking in the area, and the information contained within the Encyclopaedia comes in a large extentfrom these sheets.
With the Encyclopaedia the project FAO-COPEMED, funded by Spain, intends to disseminate theinformation not only to the scientists but to a wider audience interested in the marine resources of theMediterranean Sea, including managers, fishermen, students, etc.
In these electronic release an innovative approach has been considered, and in addition to thebiological information already contained in the FAO sheets, information on landings, populationdynamics (POPDYN database), pictures and drawings, new GIS maps of geographical distribution,local names and several search engines have been included, as well as electronic versions ofimportant FAO documents related with fisheries (Code of Conduct, Compliance Agreement, FAOcatalogue of fishing gears, etc).
The structure of the Encyclopaedia allows for periodical updating and also for its integration into awider product, as well as enabling other applications to be included in the encyclopaedia.
The Encyclopaedia contains information about aproximately 150 species. These species have beenselected according to their importance for Mediterranean fisheries. The species included in it accountfor almost 100% of the landings in the Mediterranean Sea.
The Encyclopaedia is under editorial review at FAO headquarters and will be distributed soon. As ithas been said the format chosen for the Encyclopaedia has been the CD ROM, but it will be alsoincluded in the COPEMED web site, existing the possibility to download the product from here.
� Encyclopaedia's Main Menu � Appendices included in the Encyclopaedia � Encyclopaedia (search engines) � Family Sheet � Species Sheet
Main Menu
A Pompeiian mosaic withmarine fauna, kept in theNaples ArchaelogicalMuseum (Italy), has beenchosen as the cover of theEncyclopaedia. Thismosaic is interactive. Themarine species includedin this mosaic has beenidentified and if you clik
on the mosaic, the image on your right will appear in the scrprompt the information of the species selected.
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entation" includes an introduction written the Fishery Resources Division (FIR), preface by the Director of the FAO-ct, R. Robles.
clopaedia" itself prompt the user to thet, i.e. the different search engines thatie the species or families of our interest.
e user the version of the Encyclopaediaacknowledge the people that have accomplishment.
FAO species catalogue" allows the usero visit the FAO Species Identification andata Programme (SIDP) web page, withseful information about the productsroduced by that Programme andnformation of the most importantommercial fishery species throughout theorld.
The section "Appendices" includes general information as country fishery profiles, a glossary offishery terms, technical terms etc. Furthermore several documents published by FAO (Code ofConduct, Compliance Agreement, Review of the state of world fishery resources: marine fisheries,Definition and classification of fishing gear categories) and the database POPDYN are included.
"Questions" allows the user to contact the officers responsible of the Encyclopaedia within theMarine Resources Service (FIRM) of the FAO Fisheries Department (FI). Comments about theEncyclopaedia, additional information, errors found, etc. are welcomed.
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Appendices
"Technical terms and measures" contains a general external morphology of the superclasses AgnCephalaspidomorphy) and Gnathostomata (Chimaeand Bonyfishes). It also includes figures showingmeasures used in biological and fishery sciences.
The Code of Conduct forResponsible Fisheries sets outprinciples and internationalstandards of behaviour forresponsible practices with aview to ensuring the effectiveconservation, managementand development of livingaquatic resources, with duerespect for the ecosystem andbiodiversity.
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The Agreement to Promote Compliance withInternational Conservation and ManagementMeasures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas(Compliance Agreement) was adopted by theTwenty-seventh Session of the FAOConference. The Compliance Agreement formsan integral part of the Code of Conduct. ArticleVI of the Agreement requires Parties toexchange information on vessels authorised bythem to fish on the high seas, and obliges FAOto facilitate this information exchange.
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r Windows has originated from theiled release of 1994. It has beenccording to comments ands received from the various users in of the world. As far as theean Region it is concerned,n benefited from the support of theroject. Information in POPDYN
dividual fish stocks. Each recordformation on: general aspects of thessment, growth, fishery, mortalityuction, and bibliography.
This Technical document provides definitionsof fishing gears of all kinds, grouped bycategories, following the classification inaccordance with the internationally recognizedstandard (ISSCFG) recommended by the CWFand FAO. Brief descriptions complemented bysimple illustrations and selected examples ofgear drawings are intended to providesufficient information, even to non specialists,for a proper identification and classification ofall types of fishing gears.
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Encyclopaedia
The encyclopaedia has different engines to search a family or a species. The different possibilities areshowed in the toolbar and are the following.
� Taxonomic Order � Family � Name � Geographic situation � Habitat and fihing gear � Visually
Taxonomic order
The search by "Taxonomic order" presents aphylogenetic tree illustrated with images byeach category (order) included in the ClassFISHES. Once identified the order of ourinterest the encyclopaedia will show all thefamilys belonging to that order occurring in theMediterranean. From here the user can getinformation about the family or about speciesbelonging to that family included in theencyclopaedia .
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Family
The "Family" search should be used when the name of the family of the user'sinterest is known. This search offer us an alphabetic list of familys occuring inthe Mediterranean.
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Name
The "Name" search offers the possibility to search a species by different types ofnames. Names considered in this search are: scientific names; synonims ofscientific names; FAO official names in english, french and spanish; nationalnames (other languages in the Mediterranean area).
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Geographic situation
Species search by "Geographic situation"prompt us to a list of species that occurs inthe coasts of the Mediterranean countries, aswell as the species that occurs in thestatistical divisions of the General FisheriesCommission for the Mediterranean (GFCM).
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Habitat and fihing gear
Search by "Habitat and fishing gears" allows the user to combinefour different parameters to search species. These parameters arecountries, statistical divisions, fishing gears and depth. With thissearch engine is possible to identify the species that occur in acountry, in a specific statistical division, that are fished with aspecific fishing gear and that live at a certain depth.
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Visually
The section "Visually" shows the usersrepresentative drawings of the familysocurring in the Mediterranean. Thesedrawings allow a visual identification ofthe family of interest. Once identified,the encyclopaedia prompt the user to thefamily information, where a dicotomicidentification key allows the user toidentify the species.
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Family Sheet
Information of the most important distinctive characteristics of thefamily are provided in the family sheets: morphologicaldescription, geographical distribution, habitat and biology,fisheries etc. This section includes a short description of similarfamilys occuring in the Mediterranean, highlighting thedifferences with the family of our interest.
A dicotomic key is included in the family sheet. It helps the userto identify the genus and the species of the species belonging tothat family. Several drawings are included to facilitate the task ofidentification.
The list of the Mediterranean species belonging to the family ofinterest is included, with links to species' sheets.
The screen offers also the possibility of printing the information contained in the sheets, "imprimer"would print the information of the selected family, while "imprimer famille" shows a complete list ofthe species belonging to that family. In this list the user can select a species and make a print out.
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Species sheet
The species sheet inpour le besoins de lanames, synonims, sisheet includes a drawdrawings (clicking opopulation dynamic available in this shee
The screen offers alswould print the inforof the species of the
Picture or Drawing
cludes the information contained in the "Fiche FAO d'identification des espèces pêche. Mediterranée et mer Noire". Information is provided about FAO officialze, description and distinctive characteristics, habitat, biology and fisheries. The
ing of the species and some of the species have also photographs or colourver the drawing). Furthermore information about landings, local names,parameters (POPDYN) and a new GIS maps of the distribution of the species aret.
o the possibility of printing the information contained in the sheets, "imprimer"mation of the species selected, while "imprimer famille" shows a complete listfamily. In this list the user can select a species and make a print out.
Geographical Distribution Map
Local Names Landings
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