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STOCK ASSESSMENT AND FISHERIES MANAGEMENT IN THE CECAF REGION: A PERSPECTIVE VIEW



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PROJECT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF FISHERIES IN
THE EASTERN CENTRAL ATLANTIC     INT/81/014
FISHERY COMMITTEE FOR THE EASTERN CENTRAL ATLANTIC
CECAF/ECAF SERIES 84/32 (En)

by

F. Poinsard
Senior Fishery Resources Officer
Investment Centre, FAO
Present address:
ISTPM, rue del l'ile d'Yeu
B.P. 1049, 44037 Nantes, France

and

S. Garcia
Senior Fishery Resources Officer
Marine Resources Service
Fisheries Department
FAO, Rome

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. BACKGROUND

3. THE EVOLUTION OF INFORMATION

3.1 FISHERY STATISTICS

3.2 BIOLOGICAL DATA AND RESOURCES EVALUATION

3.3 DISCUSSION

4. THE PROBLEMS OF MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE CECAF REGION

4.1 BACKGROUND TO THE ORIGIN OF CECAF

4.2 CONTROL OF MESH SIZE

4.3 REGULATION OF FISHING EFFORT

4.3.1 Under the old Law of the Sea

4.3.2 Under the new Law of the Sea

5. CRITICAL EVALUATION OF ACHIEVEMENTS IN MANAGEMENT

5.1 THE MANDATE

5.2 THE POSITIVE ACHIEVEMENTS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE MANDATE

5.3 DEFICIENCIES

5.3.1 Regulation of mesh size

5.3.2 Regulating the fishing effort

5.3.3 Conclusions

6. SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS

6.1 THE ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE IN MANAGEMENT

6.2 ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE

REFERENCES

TABLES 1-3

APPENDIX 1

LIST OF CECAF/ECAF REPORTS

LIST OF CECAF TECHNICAL REPORTS