This document was prepared by the FishCode Programme of Global Partnerships for Responsible Fisheries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO/UN). It reports on the Second Workshop on the Management of the Caribbean Spiny Lobster Fisheries of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) Area held in Havana, Cuba, 30 September - 4 October 2002. The Workshop was organized by FishCode with the guidance and support of WECAFC. Funding for the Workshop, various national preparatory missions, and the preparation of this document was provided through FishCode component projects "Management for Responsible Fisheries" (GCP/INT/648/NOR), with Trust Fund support from the Government of Norway, and "Responsible Fisheries for Small Island Developing States" (GCP/INT/823/JPN), with Trust Fund support from the Government of Japan. The collaboration of the Centro de Investigaciones Pesqueras (CIP) in Havana, Cuba and the CIP Workshop Organizing Committee (Elisa García Rodríguez, Director; Rafael Puga Millán; Romárico Sotomayor Parra; and Maria Estela de León González) is gratefully acknowledged. Technical advice and assistance essential to the success of the Workshop was provided by FAO/FishCode Consultants Messrs Siebren Venema, Nelson Ehrhardt, Juan Carlos Seijo, Jaime González-Cano and Paul Medley, as well as FAO Senior Fishery Officers Kevern Cochrane (FIRM), Bisessar Chakalall (WECAFC Secretary/SLAC) and Angel Gumy (FIPP). Thanks are due to Ms Tania Abdirizzak (FIPD) and Ms Sonya Goodridge (SLAC) for administrative support at all stages of the exercise. The assistance of Ms Françoise Schatto (FIDI) and Ms Sophia Gazza and Mr A.F. Medina Pizzali (FAO/FishCode Consultants) with final publication preparations is also acknowledged with thanks.
J. Eric Reynolds
Programme Coordinator, FishCode
Fishery Policy and Planning Division
FAO Fisheries Department, Rome
www.fao.org/fi/fishcode
