MEDRAP II RAB/89/005-RER/87/009 FIELD DOCUMENT SEMINAR ON AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION SUB- NETWORK 92/17 Nador, September 22–24 1992 United Nations Development Programme Food and Agricultura Organisation of the United Nations Edited by MEDRAP II Regional Center Tunis - Tunisia All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Applications for such permission, with a statement of the purpose and extent of the reproduction, should be addressed to the Director, Publications Division, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy. Preparation of this Document This document is one of a series of documents prepared during the course of the Project identified in the title page. The conclusions and recommendations given were considered appropriate at the time it was prepared. They may be modified in the light of further knowledge gained at subsequent stages of the Project. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or are or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The opinions expressed by the Authors in this document are not necessarily those of FAO or the Governments of the participating contries. This document was edited by Hassen AKROUT and Mohieddine BELKHIR in collaboration with Othman BÉJI and Neila KAFFEL, the revision was made by MICHEL LAMBŒUF. Abstract A Production Sub-Network Seminar was held in Nador, Morocco, on September 1992. Responsibles from Aquaculture Administration and the Organisation of Aquaculture Producers from member and associated countries attended. The participants dealt with all the aspects related to production in view of initiating a cooperative Network. The technological innovations for an optimisation of the production process and the proper use of available resources, were recognised as of great positive effect on the productivity. It was pointed out the necessity to asses the Project's viability and evaluate the costs of investments, the technical choice, the consequences of particular policy and/or management decisions. It was also stressed that quality, price and surety of delivery are the essential components of marketing and trading efficiency. The aspects of the consumer's convenience are increasingly taken into account, such as the diversified supply of processed aquaculture products (smoked fish, patés, canned or bottled and boneless product, etc…). In addition, marketing and distribution costs and other related expenditures have also to be taken into account. It was noted that underestimation of the needs of effective marketing strategies could lead to a potential economic catastrophe for the producer. It has been recognised that the role of insurance is vital. In fact, insurance is an investment against the risk of loss or damage. It is necessary to identify possible areas in which insurance will be required. After discussing all the above items, it was recommended the following: - the preservation of aquaculture sites, - the combination of efforts for marketing promotion, - the definition of norms - the creation of data bank to collect the necessary information. Acknowledgements The Editor would like to thank the Moroccan Authorities, namely H.E. The Minister of the «Pêches Maritimes et de la Marine Marchande», the «Gouverneur» of Nador, the «MAROST» Company and the National Coordinator, Mr. Mohamed Rami, for the remarkable help and assistance in the assistance in the organisation of the meeting. The Editor would aslo like to thank the participants and the invited experts for their positive contribution to the success of the meeting. Note from the reviser The revision and publication of this document could only be done a long time after the closure of the project. This has led to some difficulties in finalising the documents and implementing corrections, because authors and contributors as well as some of the original material or files were no longer available. Therefore contributions from participants and session papers annexed to most of the documents were left in their original form. No language corrections were introduced, the content was not modified and left under their respective authors responsibility. Considering the above, we hope that the reader will understand that a standard of publication could not be maintained on a level as high as we would have liked it to be. CONTENTS • Agenda. 3 • List of participants. 5 • Final Report and Recommendations 9 • Memorandum of aquaculture producers 11 • Déclaration des producteurs aquacoles Maghrébins 14 COMMUNICATIONS 15 • Technology and production development for marine land-based fish farms 17 in the Mediterranean sea A. MORETTI (Italy) • Production and training human resource development 33 J. MUIR (Scotland) • Fish marketing and producer's problems 43 C.A.M. HOUGH (Belgium) • Critères de sélection d'un site de production 61 VAN OBBREGEN (France) • Comparative production costs : Analysis, forecasting, and monitoring 69 J. MUIR (Scotland) • Aquaculture insurance and risk management 83 C.M. KENNEDY (Scotland) • Les organisations de producteurs et La coopération régionale 105 VAN OBBREGEN (France) Annexe I Producer's organisation overview on aquaculture development in 109 Portugal Paulo Serra Lopez (Portugal) Annexe II Status of the production association, cooperative, etc…, in the 113 MEDRAP countries by the representatives of : Turkey, Algeria, Malta, Croatia, Albania, Cyprus Annexe III Allocution d'ouverture du Ministre des Pêches Maritimes et de la 119 Marine Marchande du Maroc AGENDA TUESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 1992 Morning session 11h30 - Opening of the Seminar - Welcome speeches - Officials designations - Adoption of the Agenda Coffee break. • Technology and Production Development. By Mr. A. MORETTI (STM - ITALY) • Discussions. Afternoon Session 15h00 • Comparative production costs for several rearing technies: - Intensive rearing in raceways/cages - Semi-intensive - extensive rearing - Polyculture system - Global management of zones and joint farms - etc… By Mr. J. MUIR (Stirling University - Scotland) • Discussions • Marketing (Methodology) and Producers Problems (Packeting, transport, label, intermediaries, quality norms, etc…) By Mr. C. HOUG (Ste. GABRIEL - BELGIUM) • Discussions 20h30 • Dinner offered by the Moroccan Authorities WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 Morning session 09h00 • Aquaculture Production Analysis in the Mediterranean (Quantities, species, countries, distribution and markets) By Mr. SPAGNOLO (IREPA - ITALY) • Criteria of site selection for production By Mr. VAN OBREGEN (FRANCE) • SIPAM “Information System for the promotion of Aquaculture in the Mediterranean” • Coffee break 11h45 • Production and training : - Identification of human resources needs. - What kind of training and for which level? - Can Producers contribute to training? at which level? By Mr. J. MUIR • Discussions Afternoon session 15h00 • Production management phases (programming) By MR. DUJAKOVIC (CROATIA) • Insurance : should there be an insurance coverage?, what kind of risks : Health? Environmental damage? What kind of products should be insured and bow? By Mr. Chris KENNEDY (Aquaculture Risk Control) • Discussions Coffee break. 17h00 • Status of the Production Association, Cooperative in the MEDRAP Countries : By MEDRAP Representatives. 20h30 • Dinner offered by MAROST THURSDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 1992 Morning session • Regional Organisation and inter-professionnal 09h00 cooperation By MR. VAN OBREGEN (FRANCE) • Discussions 10h30 – 11h30 • Private producers meeting • Production Networking (Round Table): - Mechanism of cooperation. - Costs of functioning and Producers contribution. • Seminar report. • Adoption of the recommendations. • adjournment of the Seminar. Afternoon session 17h00 • Visit of MAROST LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ALBANIA - Mr. ALEKSANDER FLLOKO Phone: 335-42-28621 - Telex : 4206 Minlet - Mr. GODA KOZO Phone: 355-42-28621. Telex: 4206 Minlet ALGERIA - Mr. ZOUBIR FARSI - Mr. BOUNOUNI ABDELKADER ONDPA. Phone: 213-2-384 971 - Fax: 467533 - Mr. KHODJA BOUALEM phone : 213-2-8674008 CROATIA - Mr. ADAM BENOVIC phone: 38-50-27937 - Fax: 25775 - Mr. INO STERBIC Phone: 38-52-811243-Fax :816677 - Mr. JURICA JUG DUJAKOVIC Phone: 38-58-46688 -Fax : 46593 CYPRUS - Mrs. STEPHANOU DAPHNEE - Mr. ROGER APOSTOLIDES Phone: 357-2-303526 -Fax : 365955 EGYPT - Mr. FAROUK FOUAD FRAG - Mr. MOSTAFA ADAM ABD EL TALEB Phone: 20-22-620118 -Fax: 2-620117 LEBANON - Mr. KOUYOUMJIAN HRATCH - Mrs. MARIA ABOUD ABI SAAD C/O UNDP or FAO BEIRUT MALTA - Mr. CARMELO AGIUS - Mr. CARMELO GALEA Phone: 356-828863 -Fax : 356-688380 MOROCCO - Mr. MOHAMED RAMI (CN Morocco) - Mr. ABDELLATIF BERRAHO - (ISPM) - Mr. ABDERRAHMENE ABOUHALA - (MAROST) - Mr. BOUKABOUS - (MAROST) - Mr. MUSTAPHA TALBAOUI - (MAROST) - Mr. AHMED LAILI - (ATLASALMO) - Mr. NASSER EL HASSEN - (United Trading and Consultancy) - Mr. HICHEM AHMED - (ISPM) - Mr. MOUNIR LAMINE - (ISPM) - Mr. El AHDAL M'HAMED - (ISPM) - Mr. RAFIK MOHAMED - (ISPM) PORTUGAL - Mr. JAIME MENEZES Phone: 351-1-3010814 -Fax: 3015948 - Mr. PAULO SERRA LOPES Phone: 351-1-7975696 -Fax: 7930590 SPAIN - Mr. JUAN LGACIO RODRIGUEZ VASQUEZ - (CORELSA)