Year of publication 2015

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Pages 293 p.

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Author Singh-Renton, S.;McIvor, I.

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Product type Book (series)

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ISBN 978-92-5-108672-8

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Series title FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Papers

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Series number 2070-7010|0429-3945|2070-7029|0429-9345|2070=7010 - T587

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Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) This technical paper provides an inventory of, and describes trends in, legal, administrative and management frameworks in place for managing marine capture fisheries in the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) area. This review includes 16 countries and overseas territories and is part of an ongoing process initiated by FAO to report on the state of world marine capture fisheries management. The review identifies a number of challenges in fisheries management, including: inadequ ate legislation; ad hoc management processes and plans; uncoordinated monitoring and enforcement; non-management-driven scientific information; insufficient stakeholder identification and participation, conflict resolution and fishing capacity measurements; limited incorporation of issues pertaining to the operation of multispecies fisheries and use of the ecosystem approach; unequal application of management tools and measures across fisheries subsectors; and rising fisheries management costs c oupled with stagnant budgets for governments. Actions are listed to address the challenges, and specific recommendations are made to address legislative issues, apply participatory approaches and implement a successful fisheries management process. The fifteenth session of WECAFC (March 2014) endorsed the review outcomes and adopted recommendation WECAFC/15/2014/4 “on strengthening fisheries management planning in the WECAFC area”. This technical paper aims to inform fishery policy decision-make rs, fishery managers and other stakeholders with interest in fisheries in the Wider Caribbean Region.

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