Second Biennial Conference on Cetacean Conservation in South Mediterranean Countries

El Jadida, 12-14 October 2011

From 12^th to the 14^th October 2011 RAC/SPA has supported and collaborated in the organisation of the Second Biennial Conference on Cetacean Conservation in South Mediterranean Countries (CSMC2) at El Jadida (Morocco). The conference was organised by the ACCOBAMS Permanent Secretariat in collaboration with the Department of Maritime Fisheries of Morocco, the University Chouaïb Doukkali (UCD) and the "Réseau National des Sciences et Techniques de la Mer" (REMER) and the Principality of Monaco.

About sixty participants representing 7 Mediterranean countries (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Lebanon and Syria), 4 International Organisations (ACCOBAMS, UNEP/MAP/RAC/SPA, GFCM and IUCN), the National Institute for Halieutic Research (INRH), the REMER and UCD took part to the Conference. Participants were scientists, students, PhD candidates and administrators from environmental national agencies.