Report of the Sixteenth Session of the Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic Fishery Statistics

Report of the Sixteenth Session of the Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic Fishery Statistics
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic Fishery Statistics
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 60
Release: 1995
Genre: Fisheries
ISBN: 9789251036860

Three major topics were considered. The first concerned the future role of the CWP following its reconstitution and the adoption of new statutes and rules of procedure. The second major topic concerned international initiatives of relevance to the CWP. The third major topic concerned the improvement of the reliability of fishery statistics, including consideration of the consequences and extent of the problem of non-reporting and mis-reporting. Other topics considered included a review of recommendations from the Fifteenth Session of CWP; modifications to programmes in relation to fishery statistics; exchange of national fishery statistics on electronic media; modifications to STATLANT questionnaires; discrepencies among agency databases; bycatch and discard data; recreational and subsistence fishery statistics; fleet statistics; aquaculture statistics; conversion factors; country and nationality issues, and economic statistics.

Report of the Sixteenth Session of the Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic Fishery Statistics

Report of the Sixteenth Session of the Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic Fishery Statistics
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic Fishery Statistics
Publisher:
Total Pages: 60
Release: 1995
Genre: Fisheries
ISBN: 9789251036860

Three major topics were considered. The first concerned the future role of the CWP following its reconstitution and the adoption of new statutes and rules of procedure. The second major topic concerned international initiatives of relevance to the CWP. The third major topic concerned the improvement of the reliability of fishery statistics, including consideration of the consequences and extent of the problem of non-reporting and mis-reporting. Other topics considered included a review of recommendations from the Fifteenth Session of CWP; modifications to programmes in relation to fishery statistics; exchange of national fishery statistics on electronic media; modifications to STATLANT questionnaires; discrepencies among agency databases; bycatch and discard data; recreational and subsistence fishery statistics; fleet statistics; aquaculture statistics; conversion factors; country and nationality issues, and economic statistics.

Papers Presented at the Expert Consultation on Economic Incentives and Responsible Fisheries

Papers Presented at the Expert Consultation on Economic Incentives and Responsible Fisheries
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2001
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9789251045541

The papers comprise background information and discussion guidelines by the FAO Secretariat; a thorough and exhaustive review of the concepts that have been used to define fishery subsidies; a review of the published assessment of the public sector subsidies to the fishery sector and their impact on trade of fish and fish products and fishery resource sustainability; and a review of methodologies used to assess the trade-distorting impact of subsidies to the fishery sector.

Report of the Thirteenth Session of the Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic Fishery Statistics

Report of the Thirteenth Session of the Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic Fishery Statistics
Author: Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic Fishery Statistics. Session
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1987
Genre: Fisheries
ISBN: 9789251025796

The report of the thirteenth session of the Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic Fishery Statistics (CWP) held in Rome, Italy, 11-18 February 1987, is presented. The EC Commission, FAO, ICCAT, ICES, ICSEAF, NAFO, OECD were the participating agencies. Major topics considered were: review of recommendations and proposals from CWP-12 and progress; agency programmes and publications presenting Atlantic fishery statistics; statistics on discards; review of the operation of the STATLANT system; procedures for handling discrepancies in databases; Ad-Hoc Global Consultation on Tuna Statistics; integration of value data into databases; STATLANT B data; handbook of fishery statistics; aquaculture enquiries; fishing fleet statistics; nationality issues; food balance sheets.

Report of the Nineteenth Session of the Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics

Report of the Nineteenth Session of the Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic Fishery Statistics
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2001
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789251046685

Topics discussed were: changes in the membership of CWP; review of recommendations from CWP-18; reports of intersessional meetings; the Meeting of Agencies Participating in the Fisheries Global Information System/Fishery Resource Monitoring System (9 July 2001); reports on intersessional developments in agency programmes in fishery statistics...

Data Collection Reference Framework

Data Collection Reference Framework
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2023-08-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 925137757X

The Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECACF) Data Collection Reference Framework (DCRF) is the first instrument to establish the foundation for comprehensive fisheries data and statistics collection and collation in the WECAFC area. The DCRF will feed the needs of developing, monitoring, assessing and reviewing regional fisheries policies such as fishery management plan as needed by any regional or subregional fishery body.

Report of the Second Meeting of the Regional Fisheries Data and Statistics Working Group (FDS-WG)

Report of the Second Meeting of the Regional Fisheries Data and Statistics Working Group (FDS-WG)
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2024-01-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9251384142

The Second Meeting of the Regional Fisheries Data and Statistics Working Group (FDS-WG) was convened online in three (3) sessions with the main session on 12–16 October 2020, extended session on 25–28 May 2021 and conclusion session on 10 March 2022. The Regional FDS-WG is a joint working group of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC), the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), and Organization for Fisheries and Aquaculture of Central America (OSPESCA). The second meeting of the FDS-WG contributed to: • review the FDS-WG first meeting intersessional work and develop consensus and identify remaining work needed for technical session topics (vessel mapping, sub area and divisions, list of main and reference species, WECAFC-FIRMS stocks and fisheries inventory, Small-Scale Fisheries Matrix, and Data Collection Reference Framework and standards); • review country updates on national data collection systems, vessel registries, continuing challenges and needs; • identify, prioritize, and develop a criteria list of national countries capacity-building projects; • review the FDS-WG Terms of Reference; and • develop the FDS-WG2 Workplan for 2020–2022, including recommendations in preparation for the extended session, and initiate WG recommendations for the WECAFC Scientific Advisory Group (SAG).