COVER


REPORT OF THE SECOND AD HOC WORKING GROUP ON
COASTAL DEMERSAL STOCKS FROM SOUTHERN MAURITANIA TO LIBERIA
(CECAF STATISTICAL DIVISIONS 34.3.1 AND 34.3.3)




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INTERREGIONAL FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT
AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME - INT/79/019
FISHERY COMMITTEE FOR THE EASTERN CENTRAL ATLANTIC
CECAF/ECAF SERIES 80/23 (En)

held at the
CENTRE DE RECHERCHES OCEANOGRAPHIQUES DE DAKAR-THIAROYE
Dakar (Senegal)

5–10 November 1979

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION
2. NEW DATA AVAILABLE
 2.1 Liberia
 2.2 Sierra Leone
 2.3 Guinea
 2.4 Guinea-Bissau
 2.5 Senegal
 2.6 Gambia
 2.7 Mauritania
3. DISTRIBUTION OF STOCKS AND MIGRATIONS
4. BALISTES DISTRIBUTION AND BIOLOGY
5. ANALYSIS OF CPUE TRENDS
6. SELECTIVITY AND MESH SIZES
7. EXPLORATORY SURVEYS
8. OTHER MANAGEMENT MEASURES
9. FUTURE WORK
 9.1 Statistical improvement
 9.2 Analysis of cpue data
 9.3 Management of the sparid community
 9.4 Exploratory trawling
 9.5 Deepwater stocks
10. REFERENCES

Figure 1:Evolution of local and Ivorian trawlers cpue in Sierra Leone for some important species (1966 cpue percentages used as reference)
ADDENDUM
Appendix 1LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Appendix 2AGENDA
Appendix 3SOME NOTES ON THE DEMERSAL FISHERIES OF LIBERIA
Appendix 4THE DEMERSAL FISHERIES OF SIERRA LEONE WITH NOTES ON RECENT RESEARCH SURVEYS
Appendix 5QUELQUES INFORMATIONS SUR LA PECHE MARITIME; LES RENDEMENTS DE CHALUTAGE ET LA COMMUNAUTE DES SPARIDES EN GUINEE
Appendix 6DONNEES SUR LE PECHE ARTISANALE ET INDUSTRIELLE EN GUINEE-BISSAU
Appendix 7EVOLUTION DE LA FLOTTILLE SENEGALAISE ET DONNEES SUR LES CAPTURES DES ESPECES DEMERSALES
Appendix 8PRISES ET INDICES D'ABONDANCE OBTENUS PAR LES CHALUTIERS IVOIRIENS DANS LES ZONES FAO 34.3.1 (LITTORAL CAP-VERT) ET FAO 34.3.3 (SHERBRO)
Appendix 9EVOLUTION DES CPUE EN SIERRA LEONE DES CHALUTIERS LOCAUX ET IVOIRIENS POUR QUELQUES ESPECES IMPORTANTES
Appendix 10SHERBRO DIVISION: BREAKDOWN OF CATCHES BY COUNTRY AND SPECIES
Appendix 11PRISES TOTALES DES ESPECES DEMERSALES (ZONE COPACE 34.3.1)
Appendix 12DEMERSAL CATCHES BY SOVIET FLEET IN CAPE VERDE COASTAL AND SHERBRO DIVISIONS
Appendix 13STATUS OF DEMERSAL STOCK BY KOREAN TRAWLERS IN TWO CECAF STATISTICAL DIVISIONS