Report of the Consultation on Stock Assessment for Small-Scale Fisheries in the Bay of Bengal. Chittagong, Bangladesh, 16-21 June 1980

Report of the Consultation on Stock Assessment for Small-Scale Fisheries in the Bya of Bengal . Chittagong, Bangladesh, 16-21 June 1980 - Volume 2. Papers

REPORTS - BOBP/REP/10.2

Report of the Consultation on Stock Assessment for Small-Scale Fisheries in the Bay of Bengal

Chittagong, Bangladesh, 16-21 June 1980

Volume 2. Papers

Executing Agency: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Funding Agency :SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Development of Small-Scale Fisheries in the Bay of Bengal Madras, India, October 1980

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PREFACE

This document is the second part of the report of a consultation on stock assessment for small- scale fisheries in the Bay of Bengal, held in Chittagong, Bangladesh, June 16-21, 1980. Fourteen fisheries scientists from the five member-countries of the Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP) - Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand -took part in the consultation, along with BOBP staff and observers.

The document contains the complete texts of status papers prepared for the consultation by scientists in the member-countries. The papers have not been edited, and in content and composition fully reflect the views of their authors rather than of the FAO, the BOBP, or of the member-countries of the BOBP.

Fisheries scientists concerned with stock assessment, planners responsible for fisheries management and development, and officials concerned with small-scale fisheries development in general, may find this report useful.

The consultation was an activity of the Bay of Bengal Programme for the Development of Small-Scale Fisheries, referred to in brief as the Bay of Bengal Programme. This is a regional FAO programme that seeks to develop and demonstrate appropriate technologies and methodologies in several areas of small-scale fisheries - such as fishing craft, fishing gear, fish handling and utilisation, coastal aquaculture. The programme’s goals are to improve the conditions of small-scale fisherfolk and the supply of fish from the small-scale sector. The BOBP is funded by the Swedish International Development Authority and executed by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.