Year of publication 1975

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Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

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Author M. Ansa-Emmim1 and D. Levi2

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Product type Project

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Series title CECAF/ECAF Series

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Series number 1014-9228

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Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Lack of proper catch and effort statistics as well as biological data has always been a matter of concern for the CECAF Working Party on Resources Evaluation1. Although the Group has been able to assess, at least roughly, the potential and state of exploitation of the most important stocks in the region - and even to make specific proposals for mesh size regulations in the hake and seabream fisheries - it became clear at its Second Session (Rome, 3-6 December 1973) that present shortcomings affe cting both data quality and coverage prevented it from submitting sufficiently well grounded recommendations on measures to be taken for maintaining stocks and fisheries in proper conditions. This situation is worsening since, with the increase of fishing on the most valuable stocks, more accurate and more detailed data are needed. 1 As well as the Working Party on Regulatory Measures for Demersal Stocks which had preceded it in the same task It was also felt that even while in several count ries programmes of data collection do not yet fully meet regional requirements, substantial and valuable information - still unreported to CECAF - should be available in several national offices and laboratories. The Group therefore stressed the need for rapidly gathering data independently collected by countries fishing for the same stocks and urged the Secretariat to assist in that task. The work has been initiated with the support of the FAO/UNDP Project for the Development of Fisheries in the Eastern Central Atlantic. Two consultants were recruited, for a three-month period each, with the following terms of reference:

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Statutory body / Meeting title Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF)

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Language English

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Also available in:

• French

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