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ProjectMedStat 2011 Fishing Vessel Census - Census Design and Implementation 2011
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No results found.The MedFisis (Mediterranean Fishery Statistics and Information System) regional project was set up in response to an increasing need to monitor fishing activities and provide fishery management systems in several GFCM (General Fishery Commission for the Mediterranean) countries. Specifically, there was an urgent need for a comprehensive fisheries statistics collection and analysis system. From the outset of the project it was recognised that to be effective such a system must be designed to mee t the needs of all stakeholders in the fishery involved, and that all resulting statistics must be reliable, timely and backed by relevant research. The project would involve a study of existing statistical and information systems in order to identify and upgrade areas requiring attention and/or optimisation. Moreover, all the work should be done by the national staff, limiting external aid to filling any gaps, and the system adopted should be as close as possible to existing working practices a nd conditions for the staff involved. The solution produced by FAO staff was the modular MedStat system. MedStat consists of a set of databases and associated statistical data collection and implementation methodologies, techniques, and procedures, including training modules and technical support covering a Fleet Census, a Catch and Effort Survey and other surveys. There are also tools to facilitate monitoring and other management issues. Structurally, MedStat comprises a core system which i ncludes the regional/national/local reference and codification system, and the national fishery control and monitoring system. Considerable attention is paid to the structure and conduct of the census, and throughout MedFisis it is emphasised that accurate, reliable and exhaustive data collection is crucial to the output of the survey. All aspects of census procedure are dealt with in detail including the preparation, quality control and the all-important questionnaire. A comprehensive MedFis is questionnaire is presented and explained, as is the association between the questionnaire and the data field descriptions and reference system. There are a number of useful appendices which include a flow chart of a typical census survey and a list of references. -
Book (series)WECAFC - Report of the second session of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC). Panama, Panama, 22-26 May 1978. 1978The present phase of the UNDP/FAO WECAF Project was initiated on 1 January 1977. It was preceded by a preparatory phase of 16 months which ended on 30 June 1976, during which time a number of studies basic to the programming of development activities in the region were carried out, notably "An Assessment of Crustacean Resources of the Western Central Atlantic and the Northern Southwest Atlantic", "A Review of the Fishery Resources in the Western Central Atlantic", "An Assessment of the Fish St ocks and Fisheries of the Campeche Bank", and "Fishery Training Needs in the Western Central Atlantic". These studies are available for the information of participants at this meeting. As you will recall, the UNDP became faced with rather serious financial difficulties in the first half of 1976, giving rise to a significant curtailment of UNDP funded activities. As a result, the implementation of the programme envisaged for Western Central Atlantic fisheries had to be postponed - the fir st phase of the Project ended on 30 June 1976 and the one now in course began only six months later.Because of the uncertainty prevailing in the first half of 1976 as to when the WECAF a-oject would become operational and, indeed, what funds would be available for the implementation of planned activities, many of the organizational requisites were left in abeyance, especially the selection of a Project Headquarters in the area and the recruitment of staff. In consequence, although the Project was declared operational when the Programme Leader was appointed on 1 January 19779 the stage was not yet set for the immediate initiation of field activities. These observations are made to give members of this Committee some of the background which in large measure served to retard the implementation of the programme of work now in progress. The descriptive account which follows is therefore given in two parts: one, dealing with activities prior to the establishment of the Project He adquarters in the WECAF area, what can be considered the organizational stage; the other, concerning activities initiated since the Project moved to the area on 1 September 1977.
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ProjectReport of a Regional Training Course in Fisheries Monitoring, Control and Surveillance
Songkhla, Thailand, 4-12 July 2000
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No results found.This document contains the summary of proceedings of a Regional Training Course in fisheries Monitoring, Control and Surveillance held in Songkhla, Thailand from 4 to 12 July 2000.
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