FAO Fisheries Report No.656 Report of the
NINETEENTH SESSION OF THE COORDINATING
WORKING PARTY ON FISHERY STATISTICS
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This document is the report of the Nineteenth Session of the Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics (CWP), held in Nouméa, New Caledonia, from 10 to 13 July 2001. |
FAO. Report of the nineteenth session of the Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics. Nouméa, New Caledonia, 10-13 July 2001. FAO Fisheries Report. No. 656. Rome, FAO. 2001. 91p. The report of the nineteenth session of the Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics (CWP), Nouméa, New Caledonia, 10-13 July 2001, is presented. Topics discussed were: changes in membership of CWP; review of recommendations from CWP-18; reports of intersessional meetings; Meeting of Agencies Participating in FIGIS/FIRMs (9 July 2001); reports on intersessional developments in Agency programmes in fishery statistics; STATLANT issues; elasmobranch statistics; data implications of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing and Agency catch certification schemes; discard data availability and dissemination; integration of fishery statistics and joint dissemination; charging and dissemination policies for supply of data; record of vessels fishing on the high sea (Compliance Agreement); statistical classifications, i.e. fishing-related activities (e.g. ISIC), vessels (e.g. ISSCFV), species (e.g. ISSCAAP and ASFIS); coordination of descriptions of national statistical methodologies; role of the CWP in relation to statistical development; and Handbook of Fishery Statistics – completion and revisions. |
OPENING OF THE SESSION AND ADOPTION OF AGENDA
APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRPERSON
CHANGES IN MEMBERSHIP OF THE CWP
REVIEW OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM CWP-18
REPORTS OF INTERSESSIONAL MEETINGS
INTERSESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN AGENCY PROGRAMMES IN FISHERY STATISTICS (INCLUDES OBSERVER AND NATIONAL REPORTS)
STATLANT ISSUES
ELASMOBRANCH STATISTICS
DATA IMPLICATIONS OF ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED AND UNREGULATED (IUU) FISHING AND AGENCY CATCH CERTIFICATION SCHEMES
DISCARD DATA AVAILABILITY AND DISSEMINATION
INTEGRATION OF FISHERY STATISTICS AND JOINT DISSEMINATION
CHARGING AND DISSEMINATION POLICIES FOR SUPPLY OF DATA
RECORD OF VESSELS FISHING ON THE HIGH SEAS (COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT)
STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATIONS
COORDINATION OF DESCRIPTIONS OF NATIONAL STATISTICAL METHODOLOGIES
ROLE OF THE CWP IN RELATION TO STATISTICAL DEVELOPMENT
HANDBOOK ON FISHERY STATISTICS - COMPLETION AND REVISIONS
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE 20TH SESSION OF THE CWP
ADOPTION OF THE REPORT
1. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
2. OPENING STATEMENT BY MR YVES CORBEL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, SPC
3. AGENDA
4. LIST OF DOCUMENTS
5. LIST OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS REPORT
6. REVIEW OF FOLLOW-UP TO CWP-18 ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION
7. REPORT OF THE MEETING OF AGENCIES PARTICIPATING IN FIGIS/FIRMS
8. SUMMARY TABLES ON STATISTICAL PROGRAMMES OF CWP AGENCIES
9. SUMMARY TABLES ON STATISTICAL AND DATA PROGRAMMES OF CWP TUNA AGENCIES
10. ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION IN CWP-19 REPORT