REPORT ON A CONSULTATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS ON THE
FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR SMALL-PELAGIC FISHERIES OF THE
WEST COAST OF PENINSULAR MALAYSIA

Penang, Malaysia
19-20 February 2001

REPORT ON A CONSULTATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS ON THE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR SMALL-PELAGIC FISHERIES OF THE WEST COAST OF PENINSULAR MALAYSIA Penang, Malaysia 19-20 February 2001

Field Report F–17

FISHCODE/MANAGEMENT - GCP/INT/648/NOR

FAO/NORWAY GOVERNMENT
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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, June 2001

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FAO/FISHCODE
Report on a consultation with stakeholders on the fisheries management plan for smallpelagic fisheries of the west coast of peninsular Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, 19-20 February 2001.
FAO/FISHCODE GCP/INT/648/NOR Field Report F-17 (En). Rome, FAO, 2001.34p.

SUMMARY

The report contains the proceedings and results of a consultation with stakeholders in the fishery for small-pelagic fish of the west coast of peninsular Malaysia of a Fisheries Management Plan for that fishery, that was drafted in August 2000 by staff of the Department of Fisheries of Malaysia with assistance of the FISHCODE Project (see FISHCODE Field Report No. F-13).

The comments of the stakeholders were laid down in a table with agreed resolutions and in detail per working group in Appendix 8. These comments will be incorporated into a second draft of the Fisheries Management Plan that will be presented to representatives of the fishing industry before it is finalised and implemented.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

GCP/INT/648/NOR Field Report F–17(En)pdf

1. INTRODUCTION

2. PROCEEDINGS OF THE WORKSHOP

TABLE 1. WORKSHOP RESOLUTIONS REGARDING THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR SMALL PELAGICS OFF THE WEST COAST OF PENINSULAR MALAYSIA

APPENDIX 1 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

APPENDIX 2 PROGRAMME

APPENDIX 3 TEXT OF SPEECH
By Dató Hashim Bin Ahmad Director General of Fisheries Malaysia

APPENDIX 4 FAO ADDRESS

APPENDIX 5 INTRODUCTION TO FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

APPENDIX 6 MEMBERS OF WORKING GROUPS

APPENDIX 7 QUESTIONS FOR WORKING GROUPS

APPENDIX 8 RESULTS OF WORKING GROUP DISCUSSIONS ON SECTIONS OF THE DRAFT MANAGEMENT PLAN