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Report n° 132 (2008-2009) by M. Marcel-Pierre CLEACH, Senator (for the parliament office for the evaluation of scientific and technological choices)

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APPENDIX III

AGLIA BIARRITZ COLLOQUIUM

"MARINE PROTECTED AREAS,
FISHERIES AND MARICULTURE"

Programme

Wednesday, 29 October 2008

2 PM

Introduction

François MAÏTIA, Vice President of the Aquitaine Region

François PATSOURIS, President of AGLIA

2:30 PM

MPAs: "instructions". The prospects for the French Atlantic coast.

Laurent GERMAIN, Agency for Marine Protected Areas

3:15 PM

The Iroise Sea marine reserve: the first large-scale French MPA

A marine reserve, to what end?

Thierry CANTERI, Agency for Marine Protected Areas

Professionals relate their everyday work within the reserve

Gérald HUSSENOT, CRPMEM of Brittany

5 PM

Round table discussion on "MPAs: constraints and opportunities for fishermen and shellfish farmers"

Laurent SOULIER, IMA

Martial MONNIER, CNC

Hubert CARRE, CNPMEM

Geneviève ROUSSEAU, Agency for Marine Protected Areas

Raynal VALLEE, DRAM Aquitaine

Andy PAPACOSTIA, DIREN Aquitaine

6:30 PM

The day's conclusions

Jérôme BIGNON, President of the Agency for Marine Protected Areas

Thursday, 30 October 2008

9 AM

European fisheries policy and MPAs

Armando ASTUDILLO, General Director of MARE

9:30 AM

MPAs as seen by our European neighbours

Tom HOOPER, Finding Sanctuary

Juan DIMAS GARCIA ACEBAL, Federation of Cofradias of Asturias, "El Cachudo"

11 AM

The place and role of RACs in considering the MPAs: the example of the CCR.S

Jean-Pierre PLORMEL, CCR.S

11:30 AM

Toward a European network of MPAs on the Atlantic coast: an Interreg project under preparation

Olivier ABELLARD, Agency for Marine Protected Areas

Céline DUHAMEL, Agency for Marine Protected Areas

12:30 noon

Conclusions

Alain ROUSSET, President of the Aquitaine Region

APPENDIX IV

GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS

CFCA

Community Fisheries Control Agency

EAF

Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries

AFD

Agence Française de Développement ("French Development Agency")

AMAP

Association pour le Maintien d'une Agriculture Paysanne (also known as Community-Supported Agriculture or CSAs in English-speaking countries)

MPA

Marine Protected Areas

BWU

Blue Whale Unit

CEMAGREF

Research institute for agricultural and environmental engineering

GFCM

General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean

ICCAT

International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

ICES

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

CNEEXO

Centre National pour l'EXploitation des Océans ("National Centre for the Exploitation of the Oceans")

CNES

Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (the French government space agency)

CNRS

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ("National Centre for Scientific Research")

CRH

Centre de Recherche Halieutique Méditerranéenne et Tropicale ("Mediterranean and Tropical Halieutic Research Centre"), based in Sète

STECF

Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries

DEMOSTEM

DEMarche écOSysTEMique pour une gestion intégrée des ressources halieutiques ("Ecosystemic Approach for an Integrated Management of Halieutic Resources")

ESA

The European Space Agency

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

ICZM

Integrated Coastal Zone Management

FIFG

Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance

IFREMER

Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploration de la MER ("French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea")

IMARPE

Instituto del Mar del Perú ("Marine Institute of Peru")

IRD

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement ("Research Institute for Development")

ISTPM

Institut Scientifique et Technique des Pêches Maritimes ("Scientific and Technical Institute of Marine Fisheries")

JOCI

Joint Ocean Commission Initiative (USA)

MEEDDAT

Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Territorial Development

MSC

Marine Stewardship Council

MSA

Magnusson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (USA)

MSY

Maximum Sustainable Yield

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)

NCEAS

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis University of California at Santa Barbara (USA)

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

NGO

Non-Governmental Organization

PCB

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) constitute a class of aromatic organochloride compounds derived from industrially synthesized biphenyls; similar to polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and dioxins (PCDDs).

CFP

Common Fisheries Policy

ITQ

Individual Transferable Quota

SOFIA

State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture

TAAF

French Southern-Hemispheric and Antarctic Regions.

Group of overseas French territories comprising four districts: three sub-Antarctic islands/archipelagos in the southern Indian Ocean (the Kerguelen, Crozet, and Saint-Paul and Amsterdam Islands), as well as a section of Antarctica known as Adélie Land.

TAC

Total Allowable Catch

EEZ

Exclusive Economic Zones were legally defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (also known as the Montego Bay Convention), signed on 10 December 1982.

A country's EEZ extends to a distance of up to 200 nautical miles (370.4 km) from its coastal baselines, which are also used to determine the country's territorial waters (Article 57).