FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC)
Eighth Session of The Scientific Advisory Group (SAG)
Merida, Mexico, 3-4 November 2017

Adopted Report

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Provisional List of documents

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/1

Provisional Agenda

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/2

Main decisions and recommendations of the 32nd session of COFI and WECAFC 16

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/3 Rev.

Review of the state of fisheries in the WECAFC region

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/4

Intersessional activities - review of the WECAFC Work Programme 2016-2017

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/5

FADs fisheries development in the region and the impact on stock assessments

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/6

Recommendations and resolutions to WECAFC 17 for SAG review

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/7

Update on the Interim Coordination Mechanism for Sustainable Fisheries of CRFM, OSPESCA and WECAFC

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/8

Progress achieved under the WECAFC-FIRMS collaboration, and new developments

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/9

Reports from partner agencies/programmes on their activities in the region

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/10

Institutionalizing an integrated reporting mechanism on the SOMEE

Information documents

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/inf.1

Provisional list of documents

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/inf.2

Provisional list of participants

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/inf.3

Report of the Sixteenth Session of the Commission (Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 1162)

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/inf.4

Report of the Seventh Session of the Scientific Advisory Group (Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 1138)

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/inf.5

Report of the 32nd Session of the Committee on Fisheries (Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 1167)

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/inf.6

(draft) Report of the FIRMS-WECAFC regional workshop on Recreational Fisheries Statistics in the Caribbean. (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 1194)

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/inf.7

Regional Queen Conch Fisheries Management and Conservation Plan, by Prada, M. C.; Appeldoorn, R. S.; Van Eijs, S. & Pérez, M. M. 2017 (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper No. 610)

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/inf.8

(draft) Report of the launching workshop of the GEF/FAO Climate Change Adaptation in the Eastern Caribbean Fisheries Sector Project (CC4FISH). (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 1189)

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/inf.9

(draft) Report of the first meeting of the Regional Working Group on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 1190)

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/inf.10

(draft) Report of the 3rd Regional Workshop on Caribbean Billfish Management and Conservation of the WECAFC/ OSPESCA/ CRFM/ CFMC Working Group on Recreational Fisheries. (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 1191)

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/inf.11

Findings of the independent cost-benefit assessment of the options for strategic re-orientation of WECAFC, by Kjartan Hoydal. (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular. No. 1117)

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/inf.12

Workshop on investing in ecosystem-based shrimp and groundfish fisheries management of the Guianas ? Brazil shelf: Background documents (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular. No. 1120)

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/inf.13

Caribbean Fisheries Legal and Institutional Study: Findings of the comparative assessment and country reports, by Cristina Leria. (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular No. 1124)

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/inf.14

The value of billfish resources to both commercial and recreational sectors in the Caribbean, by Brad Gentner. (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular No. 1125)

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/inf.15

The Use and Design of Rights and Tenure Based Management Systems for Transboundary Stocks in the Caribbean, by Brad Gentner. (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular No. 1126)

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/inf.16

Status of billfish resources and billfish fisheries in the Western Central Atlantic, by Nelson Ehrhardt and Mark Fitchett. (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular No. 1127)

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/inf.17

Recreational fisheries economic impact assessment manual and its application in two study cases in the Caribbean: Martinique and The Bahamas, by Rob Southwick, D'Shan Maycock Shan Maycock and Myriam Bouaziz. (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular No. 1128)

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/inf.18

Vessel Marking and Identification (Brochure)

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/inf.19

(draft) Caribbean Billfish Management and Conservation plan

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/inf.20

Latest TORs of the (joint) Working Groups

Reference documents / Presentations

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/Ref.2

Main decisions and recommendations of 16th session of WECAF

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/Ref.3

Review of the State of Fisheries in the Western Central Atlantic (FAO Area 31)

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/Ref.4

Intersessional activities - Review of the WECAFC Work Programme 2016-2017

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/Ref.5

FADs fisheries development in the WECAFC region and the impact on stock assessments

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/Ref.6

Recommendations to WECAFC 17 for SAG review

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/Ref.7

Update on the Interim Coordination Mechanism for Sustainable Fisheries of CRFM, OSPESCA and WECAFC

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/Ref.8

UPDATE ON THE WECAFC - FIRMS COLLABORATION: PROGRESS ACHIEVED AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS WECAFC-FIRMS Collaboration

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/Ref.9-1

8th Session of the Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) - OSPESCA's main results 2016 - 2017

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/Ref.9-2

Update on CRFM Activities 2016-2017

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/Ref.9-3

The Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute: A scientific forum for fisheries and marine resource management in the Gulf of Mexico and the wider Caribbean

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/Ref.9-4

NOAA Activities in the WECAFC Region

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/Ref.9-5

Caribbean Network of Fisherfolk Organisations (CNFO)

WECAFC/SAG/VIII/2017/Ref.10

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