The report of the First Meeting of the WECAFC Ad Hoc Working Group on the Development of Sustainable Moored Fish Aggregating Device Fishing, held in Martinique, Caribbean, 8-11 October 2001, includes information on the status of FAD development and fishing activities in the Lesser Antilles. It also includes an account of the groups deliberations and a record of the decisions and recommendations that the group made relative to the objectives of the meeting.