Committee on Aquaculture (CAQ)

Mandate

Monitor trends and promote the sustainable development and responsible management of marine and brackish water aquaculture in the region, and provide independent advice on the technical, socio-economic, legal and environmental bases for common standards, norms and guidelines and decisions for consideration by the Commission, in particular:

• assess information provided by Members and relevant aquaculture related stakeholders or programmes on production statistics, market data, culture systems, technologies used, farmed species, and maintain related databases, including relevant socio-economic, environmental, biotic and abiotic indicators;
• promote the formulation of common standards and guidelines on sustainable development and responsible management of aquaculture;
• identify cooperative research and training programmes and coordinate their implementation;
• carry out other duties, functions or responsibilities related to aquaculture promotion as be conferred by the Commission.

Structure

CAQ operates through five subsidiary bodies:

• Coordination Meeting of the Working Groups (CMWG)
• Working Group on Marketing
• Working Group on Sustainability Indicators
• Working Group on Siting and Carrying Capacity
• Information System for the Promotion of Aquaculture in the Mediterranean (SIPAM)

Bureau

Title	Name	Country	Election date	e-mail
Chairperson	Mr Spyros Klaudatos	Greece	June 2006
1st Vice-Chairperson	Mr Francois René	France	June 2006
2nd Vice-Chairperson	Mr Hayri Deniz	Turkey	June 2006