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Surveys of the offshore fisheries resources of Pakistan - 2010
01/2011
In October and November 2010, the R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen conducted two offshore fisheries resource surveys in Paksitan¿s waters. These included sampling by acoustics, pelagic trawling, demersal trawling and collected a suite of concurrent biological and physical oceanography observations. Preliminary analyses presented in this cruise report include the distribution maps, catch rate estimates and raw abundance information for many stocks of interest to fisheries.
Report of the fourth session of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission. Mombasa, Kenya, 23-25 September 2010 / Rapport de la quatrième session de la Commission des pêches pour le sud-ouest de l'océan Indien. Mombasa, Kenya, 23-25 September 2009
01/2010
The Commission noted the work since the third session, considered the report of the Scientific Committee, reflected on the status of fisheries resources, advised on management of stocks, reminded that there should be more fishery management plans, commended the EAF-Nansen project, cautioned on relying on foreign vessels to report catches within member EEZs, and raised the need for transparency and regional cooperation i n fishing agreements.
EAF-Nansen Project Newsletter. No. 1 October 2009 / Bulletin du Projet EAF-Nansen. No.1 Octobre 2009
10/2009
It is such a pleasure to bring you this first issue of e-APPROACH, the Newsletter of the EAF-Nansen Project “Strengthening the Knowledge Base for and Implementing an Ecosystem Approach to Marine Fisheries in Developing Countries”. The immediate objective of the project is to provide scientists and managers with additional knowledge on their ecosystems for their use in planning and monitoring and, to further the acceptance of the key Principles of the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF).
