National Fisheries Data Collection Program

The National Fisheries Data Collection Program (PNRDA), of that IRBIM CNR is coordinator, provides for the collection and management of biological, environmental, technical and socio-economic data needed for fisheries management purposes. It is formulated under the relevant EU legislation, establishing a Community framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice related to the Common Fisheries Policy (Data Collection Framework – Regulation (EU) 2017/1004). The acquisition and management of this data is funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). The fundamental purpose of this Programme is to provide national and european administrations, as well as regional fisheries management agencies such as the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean(GFCM)and the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT), with biological, environmental, technical and socio-economic data and appropriate tools to undertake actions and adopt management measures in line with the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The data to be collected cover a wide range of topics (biological, technical, environmental and socio-economic) and activities (professional, recreational, sport fishing and different types of fishing gear and methods). The work plan includes the procedures and methods to be used for the collection and analysis of data as well as for the estimation of their accuracy and precision. Protocols and methods for collecting and monitoring data are in accordance with quality standards established by international scientific institutions and regional fisheries management organisations.

For the year 2024, the start of the program was given through the Kick off meeting that took place at the Marconi Hall of the CNR headquarters. During the meeting, the activities planned for the year 2024 and some technical-administrative procedures of the Data Collection were presented; the structuring of the work in thematic Working Groups was also discussed. The meeting in Rome was attended by representatives of the CNR-IRBIM from the sites of Ancona, Messina and Mazara del Vallo, including the Director Gian Marco Luna and the coordinator of the PLNRDA Enrico Arneri, from the Ancona site. Present in the meeting room for the initial greetings were the President of the CNR Maria Chiara Carrozza, the Director of the Department of Earth System Sciences and Technologies for the Environment (CNR-Dsstta) Fabio Trincardi, and the Director of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests (MASAF) Maria Vittoria Briscolini. Also present were several representatives of the program partners, such as AGER-Coldiretti, CIBM, Cnr-Ias, Cnr-Irea, Cnr-Irpps, COISPA, CONISMA, Federpesca, NISEA, Oceanis, Retemare and UNIMAR.

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18.01.2024 - Mazara del Vallo