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Book (series)Report of the Sixteenth Session of the Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic Fishery Statistics, Madrid, Spain 20-25 March 1995
Madrid, Spain 20-25 March 1995
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No results found.The Report of the Sixteenth Session of the Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic Fishery Statistics (CWP) held Madrid, Spain, 20-25 March 1995, is presented. Three major topics were considered. The first concerned the future role of the CWP following its reconstitution and the adoption of new statutes and rules of procedure. The second major topic concerned international initiatives of relevance to the CWP, including (a) a follow-up to the Ad-hoe Consultation on the Role of Regional Fishery Age ncies in Relation to High Seas Fishery Statistics (La Jolla, USA, 13-16 December 1993); (b) the UN Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks; (c) the Agreement to Promote Compliance with Internationally Agreed Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas; and (d) the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. The third major topic concerned the improvement of the reliability of fishery statistics, including consideration of the consequences and extent of the problem of non-reporting and mis-reporting. Other topics considered included a review of recommendations from the Fifteenth Session of CWP; modifications to programmes in relation to fishery statistics; exchange of national fishery statistics on electronic media; modifications to ST ATLANT questionnaires; discrepancies among agency databases; bycatch and discard data; recreational and subsistence fishery statistics; fleet statistics; aquaculture statistics; conversion factors; the Handbook (4· Fishery Statistics; country and nationality issues; and economic statistics. Seventeen recommendations were agreed.
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