Report of the
REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON APPROACHES TO REDUCING SHRIMP TRAWL BYCATCH IN THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN
Mombasa, Kenya, 13-15 April 2003

Edited by

S.T. Fennessy
Oceanographic Research Institute
Durban, Republic of South Africa

G.K. Mwatha
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
Mombasa, Kenya

and

W. Thiele
Fishery Technology Service
FAO Fisheries Department
Rome, Italy

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Fennessy, S.T.; Mwatha, G.K.; Thiele, W. (eds.)
Report of the Regional Workshop on Approaches to Reducing Shrimp Trawl Bycatch in the Western Indian Ocean. Mombasa, Kenya, 13-15 April 2003.
FAO Fisheries Report. No. 734. Rome, FAO. 2004. 49p.

ABSTRACT

The workshop was jointly organized by the FAO Fishery Industries Division, the Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) in Mombasa (Kenya) and the Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI) in Durban (South Africa), and was hosted by KMFRI.

Twenty-nine participants from five countries (Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa) attended the workshop. The participants presented national fisheries administrations, non-governmental organizations and scientific institutions.

During the workshop, the participants discussed existing bycatch policy and legislation, the state of bycatch knowledge and impacts of bycatch, as well as methods for reducing bycatch or improving bycatch utilization in their respective countries.

The participants recommended the use of bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) in the region, to harmonize the data collection between the countries and the improved utilization of bycatch.