Report of the Second Joint Meeting of the Working Party on Assessment of Fish Resources and the Working Party on Stock Assessment of Shrimp and Lobster Resources, Mexico City, Mexico, 26-29 November 1979

Report of the Second Joint Meeting of the Working Party on Assessment of Fish Resources and the Working Party on Stock Assessment of Shrimp and Lobster Resources, Mexico City, Mexico, 26-29 November 1979
Author: Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Total Pages: 56
Release: 1981
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9789251010495

The final formal report of the WECAFC Working Parties on Assessment of Fish Resources and on Stock Assessment of Shrimp and Lobster Resources, held in Mexico City, Mexico, 26-29 November 1979 is presented. Major topics included revisions of earlier resource assessments and evaluations of shrimp resources of Colombia, lobster resources of Northeast Brazilian coast and consideration of a review of Cuban finfish resources. Among the recommendations of the meeting were: 1. that the WECAF Project hold training courses in statistics and assessment for Spanish-speaking countries of the region, 2. nomination of National Correspondents, and support to intersessional work programmes, 3. organization of a workshop on spiny lobster management.

Regional Reviews and National Management Reports

Regional Reviews and National Management Reports
Author: Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2001
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789251046234

This document assembles three reviews of the marine shrimp and groundfish fisheries of the Brazil-Guianas shelf (northern Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and eastern Venezuela) and one on environmental aspects of the area. Each report contains a number o recommendations for fisheries management, further research and international cooperation in data collection and assessments.