Report of the Second Meeting of the WECAFC Ad Hoc Flyingfish Working Group of the Eastern Caribbean - Bridgetown, Barbados, 8 - 12 January 2001


FAO Fisheries Report No. 670

SLAC/R670 (En)

WESTERN CENTRAL ATLANTIC FISHERY COMMISSION

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2002

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PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT

ABSTRACT

PART 1: MEETING REPORT

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
OPENING SESSION
APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRPERSON AND ADOPTION OF AGENDA
PARTICIPATION
PREPARATION OF NATIONAL MANAGER’S REPORTS: STATISTICAL AND ASSESSMENT ANALYSES
BARBADOS
DOMINICA
GRENADA
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
SAINT LUCIA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN FLYINGFISH FISHERY and RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING FUTURE STOCK ASSESSMENTS
REVIEW OF THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN FLYINGFISH FISHERY
DRAFT SUBREGIONAL FLYINGFISH MANAGEMENT PLAN (SRFFMP)
PROPOSAL FOR A LESSER ANTILLES WORKING GROUP ON THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF MOORED FAD FISHING
INTERSESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
FUTURE MEETING
ANNEX I - Agenda of the Meeting
ANNEX II - List of Participants
ANNEX III - Opening Address by the Permanent Secretary, Mr Rudolph Hinkson on behalf of The Honourable Anthony P. Wood, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
ANNEX IV - Address by Mr Bisessar Chakalall, WECAFC Secretary
ANNEX V - Draft Outline of a Regional Flyingfish Management Plan

PART II - REPORTS PREPARED BY THE PARTICIPANTS AND PRELIMINARY ANALYSES OF NATIONAL FLYINGFISH DATA AND INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS. NATIONAL REPORTS ON THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STATUSOF THE FLYINGFISH FISHERY

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE FLYINGFISH FISHERY OF BARBADOS AND INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS
PRELIMINARY ANALYSES OF THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL FLYINGFISH FISHERIES OF DOMINICA AND INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE FLYINGFISH FISHERY OF GRENADA AND INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE FLYINGFISH FISHERY OF SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES AND INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE FLYINGFISH FISHERY OF SAINT LUCIA AND INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE FLYINGFISH FISHERY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AND INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN FLYINGFISH FISHERY AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING FUTURE STOCK ASSESSMENTS
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FLYINGFISH FISHERY OF BARBADOS
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STUDY OF THE FLYINGFISH FISHERY SECTOR OF DOMINICA
REVIEW OF THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STATUS OF THE FLYINGFISH FISHERY IN GRENADA
NATIONAL FLYINGFISH REPORT FROM MARTINIQUE
REVIEW OF THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STATUS OF THE FLYINGFISH FISHERY IN SAINT LUCIA
THE FISHERIES SECTOR OF SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES AND THE NATIONAL ECONOMY
AN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE FLYINGFISH (PELAGIC) FISHERY OF TOBAGO, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN FLYINGFISH FISHERIES: A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE

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