Report of the second session of the RECOFI Working Group on Fisheries Management

Regional Commission for Fisheries

Report of the second session of the RECOFI Working Group on Fisheries Management

Cairo, Egypt, 27-30 October 2008



FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Cairo 2009

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PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT

This is the final report of the second session of the RECOFI Working Group on Fisheries Management that was held at the FAO Regional Office for the Near East in Cairo, Egypt, from 27 to 30 October 2008.

 

FAO.
Report of the second session of the RECOFI Working Group on Fisheries Management. Cairo, Egypt, 27-30 October 2008.
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report. No. 889. Cairo, FAO. 2008. 61p.

ABSTRACT

This document contains the report of the second session of the RECOFI Working Group on Fisheries Management, which was held in Cairo, Egypt, from 27 to 30 October 2008. The Working Group addressed important issues including the election of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson; the adoption of the agenda and arrangements for the session; the improvement of the utility and diffusion of fisheries statistical data among RECOFI Members; the transition of the Working Group on Statistics to the Working Group on Fisheries Management, including the adoption of terms of reference for the Working Group; the identification and establishment of priorities for a future plan of work for the Working Group; the consideration and adoption of terms of reference for fisheries management focal points to support the activities of the Working Group; the need for enhanced stock status reporting; the demonstration and review of several statistical applications; the consideration of other matters, the date and place of the third session of the Working Group and the adoption of the report. It will be forwarded to the fifth session of RECOFI for deliberation at its next meeting in May 2009 in the United Arab Emirates.

CONTENTS

OPENING OF THE SESSION

ELECTION OF CHAIRPERSON AND VICE-CHAIRPERSON

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SESSION

IMPROVING THE UTILITY AND DIFFUSION OF FISHERIES STATISTICAL DATA AMONG RECOFI MEMBERS

MAKING THE MOVE: THE TRANSITION OF THE WORKING GROUP ON STATISTICS TO THE WORKING GROUP ON FISHERIES MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE WORKING GROUP ON FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

IDENTIFICATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF PRIORITIES FOR A FUTURE PLAN OF WORK FOR THE WORKING GROUP ON FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

TERMS OF REFERENCE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT FOCAL POINTS TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE WORKING GROUP ON FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

STOCK STATUS REPORTING

DEMONSTRATION AND REVIEW OF STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS: FISHSTAT, SPECIES RANKING, BASIC SHAPE AND PATTERNS, AND TRENDS AND PATTERNS OF RECOFI CAPTURE FISHERIES PRODUCTION (1986-2006)

ANY OTHER MATTERS

DATE AND PLACE OF THE THIRD SESSION OF THE WORKING GROUP ON FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

ADOPTION OF THE REPORT

APPENDIXES
 

A - Agenda

B - List of participants

C - List of documents

D - Opening statement by Mr Mohamad Ibrahim Albraithen, Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for the Near East, FAO Regional Office for the Near East, Cairo, Egypt

E - Summary report of improving the utility and diffusion of fisheries statistical data among RECOFI Members

F - Terms of reference: Consultant - Fisheries Statistician (RECOFI)

G - Consolidated results of the questionnaire

H - Making the move: the transition of the Working Group on Statistics to the Working Group on Fisheries Management, including the adoption of terms of reference for the Working Group on Fisheries Management

I - Identification and establishment of a regional strategy and priorities for a future plan of work for the Working Group on Fisheries Management

J - RECOFI Regional Strategy and Priorities for Regional Fisheries Management, including a workplan

K - List of activities for RECOFI Working Group on Fisheries Management (2008-2011)

L - Terms of reference for fisheries management focal points to support the activities of the Working Group on Fisheries Management

M - Stock status reporting

N - List of key species supporting main reference fisheries in the RECOFI area

O - Standardized boat-gear classifications


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