The Task Force is composed of experts from CIESM Member States. Their role is to highlight scientific priorities and assist the initiatives launched within the programme.
• Albania: Rigers Bakiu (Tirana Agricultural Univ.)
• Algeria: Farid Hemida (ENSSMAL, Alger)
• Croatia: Alen Soldo (Split Univ.)
• Greece: Ioannis Giovos (iSea, Thessaloniki),
Chrysoula Gubili (Hellenic Inst. For Marine Fisheries, Kavala),
Persefoni Megalofonou (Univ. of Athens)
• Israel: Adi Barash (Haifa Univ.)
• Italy: Roberto Carlucci (Bari Univ.),
Fulvio Garibaldi (Genoa Univ.),
Saša Raicevich (ISPRA, Chioggia)
• Libya: Esmail Shakman (Univ. of Tripoli)
• Montenegro: Ilija Ćetković (Montenegro Univ.)
• Portugal: Moura Teresa (IPMA, Lisbon)
• Syria: Malek Fares Ali (Tishreen Univ., Lattakia)
• Tunisia: Mohamed Nejmeddine Bradai (INSTM, Sfax)
• Turkey: Nazli Kasapoglu (Central Fisheries Research Inst., Trabzon),
Cemal Turan (Iskenderun Technical Univ.),
de Çiğdem Yigin (Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Univ.)