Preliminary FAO evaluations indicate that many stocks are now being fished to the limit and therefore it might be desirable to stabilize the regionwide effort at present levels until better information is available.
Concerning the Sherbro division, since migrations are limited a priori, each country can define its effort in terms of its own constraints and objectives.
Concerning the Cape Verde division, the existence of major migrations implies the need for a regional agreement on adoption of standard measures. Meanwhile, agreement could be sought from each country on freezing the effort in order to stabilize exploitation at present levels 1.
