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Enhancing Fishery Management in the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission Area










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    Report of the sixth meeting of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) Working Group on Queen conch, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 16 March 2023 2024
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    The sixth meeting of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) Working Group on Queen conch was held in a hybrid format. The meeting was hosted in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 16 March 2023, but most attendees participated in the meeting remotely. The following members and regional partner organizations participated: Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, United States of America, Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC), Centre for the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife for the Wider Caribbean Region (CAR SPAW/SPAW RAC-Guadeloupe), the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), the Caribbean Fishery Management Council (CFMC), Organization for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Central American Isthmus (OSPESCA), the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI), the Regional Committee of Marine Fisheries and Marine Aquaculture of Guadeloupe (CRPMEM for its acronym in French) the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (Belize). Discussions focused on monitoring the implementation of the Regional Queen conch Fisheries Management and Conservation Plan, various Queen conch recommendations and resolutionsalong with recommendations adopted at the 18th meeting of the Commission in 2022. Participants reviewed the CITES CoP19 decisions and recommendations and discussed the progress of activities as called for in the Work Plan for 2022–2024.
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    Report of the eleventh session of the Scientific Advisory Group of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission, Virtual Session, 25–27 April 2022 2023
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    The eleventh session of the Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) was held virtually from 25 to 27 April 2022. The SAG considered the outcomes of the work carried out by various joint Working Groups (WG) between 2019 and 2022 and their recommendations to the 18th Session of WECAFC (WECAFC18). The SAG also reviewed the status of the main fish stocks in Areas 31 and 41. A revised version (v0.8) of the Data Collection Reference Framework (iDCRF) was also reviewed. During the meeting, the Working Groups and other regional experts presented reviews of draft fishery management plans and regional strategies, a regional plan of action, as well as a guide and a study.
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    Report of the twelfth (virtual) session of the Scientific Advisory Group of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission, 19–20 June 2023 2024
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    The twelfth session of the Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) was held virtually from 19 to 20 June 2023. The SAG considered theoutcomes of the work carried out by various joint working groups between 2022 and 2023 and their recommendations to the 19th Session of WECAFC . A revised version of the Caribbean Regional anchored aFAD Management plan and a revised version of the Guide for improved monitoring of anchored aFAD catches and improved assessment of anchored aFADsimpact on stocks first reviewed at the eleventh session of SAG were tabled.

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