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Name

Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Fisheries Department

Native name

Soplis Meurneobis da Kvebis Saministro

Address

6, Gelovani Ave.

Zipcode

0123

City

Tbilisi

Country

Georgia

Phone

995 99 115591; 995 32 237-80-09

Email

mmetreveli@yahoo.com

Centre Website

http://www.moa.gov.ge/

organisation profile

The Government of Georgia requested the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) technical assistance for the development and management of fisheries and aquaculture. FAO, through its Technical Cooperation Programme, approved the TCP/GEO/2904 (A) Project, aimed at strengthening the capacity of the Fisheries Department of the Ministry of Agriculture for the fisheries sector rehabilitation. The general objective of the project is to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the Fisheries Department in leading and assisting the rehabilitation of the fisheries sector in Georgia. Specifically, the Project should produce a national master plan for fisheries development, in consultation with the main stakeholders in the Georgian fisheries sector, as part of the general fisheries policy framework. The project is also expected to review the existing national fisheries legislation and draft appropriate amendments to the draft law on fisheries, in order to facilitate its finalization and approval; and develop a data collection and evaluation systems, according to the specific conditions of the national fishery sector, to be used as tools for fisheries development and management.

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EDMO record id

843

Collating centre

Iv.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Centre of Relations with UNESCO Oceanological Research Centre and GeoDNA (UNESCO) (TSU-DNA)

Latest update

22 August 2011 3:37:25 PM