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Book (series)Technical reportWECAFC - Report of the second meeting of the WECAFC Ad Hoc Flyingfish Working Group of the Eastern Caribbean. Bridgetown, Barbados, 8-12 January 2001 2002
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No results found.Part one of this report provides a summary of the proceedings of the Second Meeting of the WECAFC Ad Hoc Flyingfish Working Group heldat the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Barbados, from 8 to 12 January 2001. The results of the meeting revealed that there were residual deficiencies in the national data collection systems that will require further corrective action before standardization at the subregional level can be achieved. The group considered this req uirement vital to the development of a workable management regime. The group was cautious in formulating firm recommendations to establish regional cooperation in research and management. It therefore recommended that in light of the need for further adjustments in the existing data and or collection systems a ‘generic draft’ outline of a Sub-regional Flying Fish Management Plan (SFFMP) should be mooted for comments from the WECAFC Scientific Advisory Group. The second part of the report as sembles the full Managers’ Reports on the preliminary analyses and attempts at standardization of their flyingfish data sets. Six National Reports on the Social and Economic Status of Commercial Flyingfish Fishery are included in addition to Summaries of both sets of reports. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical reportReport of the Third Regional Workshop on Caribbean Billfish Management and Conservation of the WECAFC/OSPESCA/CRFM/CFMC Working Group on Recreational Fisheries. Bridgetown, Bridgetown, Barbados. 4-6 April 2017 / Informe del 3er Taller Regional sobre el Ordenamiento y la Conservación de los Picudos del Caribe del Grupo de Trabajo COPACO/OSPESCA/CRFM/CFMC sobre la Pesca Recreativa, Bridgetown, Barbados. 4-6 abril 2017 2018
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No results found.The Third Regional Workshop on Caribbean Billfish Management and Conservation of the WECAFC/OSPESCA/CRFM/CFMC Working Group on Recreational Fisheries was held in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 4 to 6 April 2017. Thirty-five representatives from thirteen Caribbean countries and territories, along with various organizations and projects, attended the workshop. Information about the values represented by billfish stocks in the Caribbean was presented and discussed in pursuit of solutions to increase the value of these resources for the Caribbean states. Successful billfish capture and stock value conservation examples were presented and discussed, as were the policy, legislative and management contexts within which billfish fisheries currently takes place in the region. The latest stock assessment data were presented, which illustrated stock declines and the current level of fisheries pressure on the stocks. A third draft of the Caribbean Billfish Management and Conservation Plan was discussed, as was the draft Subregional FAD Management Plan. Business case opportunities sought through the Caribbean Billfish Project were also clarified. A draft WECAFC management recommendation was prepared by the Working Group, recognizing the concerns over billfish stock status, the current fisheries pressure on these stocks and proposing regional concerted action. Participants revised the Terms of Reference pertaining to the Working Group on Recreational Fisheries, updated the work plan and elected its convener. The workshop was carried out under the guidance and supervision of the FAO Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) with support of the Caribbean Billfish Project GCP/SLC/001/WBK. El tercer Taller sobre el Ordenamiento y la Conservación de los Picudos del Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Pesca Recreativa de la COPACO/OSPESCA/CRFM/CFMC, fue realizado en Bridgetown, Barbados, del 4-a 6 de abril de 2017. Treinta y cinco representantes de trece países del Caribe y los territorios asistieron al taller, a la par de otras organizaciones y proyectos. La información sobre los valores que representan las poblaciones de picudos en el Caribe fue presentada y discutida en búsqueda de soluciones para mejorar el valor de estos recursos en los estados del Caribe. Las capturas exitosas de picudos y el valor de varios ejemplos de conservación de las poblaciones, fueron presentados y discutidos, lo mismo que los contextos políticos y jurídicos en los que actualmente la pesca de picudos se realiza en la región. La Última información sobre datos del estado de las poblaciones fue presentada, en la que se ilustra el declive de las poblaciones y el estado actual de la presión de las pesqueras sobre las poblaciones y las propuestas para una acción. Un tercer borrador del Plan de Ordenamiento y Conservación de los Picudos fue discutido, lo mismo que el Plan Sub-regional de Ordenamiento de la pesca con DAPs. Las oportunidades de negocios a través del Proyecto Picudos del Caribe, fueron también aclaradas. Se preparó un borrador de recomendaciones sobre ordenamiento por el Grupo de Trabajo de la COPACO, reconociendo las preocupaciones sobre el estado de las poblaciones de picudos, la presión actual de las pesqueras sobre estas poblaciones y las propuestas regionales de acción concertada. Los participantes revisaron los Términos de Referencia del Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Pesca Recreativa, actualizaron el plan de trabajo y eligieron el convocante. El taller se realizó bajo la supervisión de la Comisión de Pesca para el Atlántico Centro occidental (COPACO) con el apoyo del Proyecto Picudos del Caribe GCP/SLC/001/WBK. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical reportReport of the first meeting of the OSPESCA/WECAFC/CRFM/CFMC Working Group on Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panama City, Panama 21-23 October 2014 / Informe de la primera reunión del Grupo de Trabajo de OSPESCA/COPACO/CRFM/CFMC sobre la Langosta Espinosa del Caribe, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá, 21-23 de octubre de 2014
Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá, 21-23 de octubre de 2014
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No results found.The meeting recommended that technical management measures be embedded in a broad regional management plan addressing ecological, social and institutional issues for adoption at the sixteenth session of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission. The meeting was in favour of standardizing available data and information for joint assessment and comparison purposes. Joint regional assessments should be made through OSPESCA, CRFM and WECAFC, and could be led by the countries who volunteered to carry out this task. The Terms of Reference for the Working Group were discussed and updated, and a Convener for the Working Group was elected. La primera reunión del Grupo de Trabajo de OSPESCA/COPACO/CRFM/CFMC sobre la langosta espinosa del Caribe tuvo lugar en la Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá, del 21 al 23 de octubre de 2014. Se recopiló y revisó los datos de captura y esfuerzo nacionales, las metodologías de evaluación de las poblaciones y las medidas de gestión para la langosta espinosa del Caribe. Las presentaciones de los países y el informe de la FAO/CRFM presentados, proporcionaron contribuciones importantes a esta discusión. La reunión notó una mejora global en la recopilación y la gestión de datos, y actualmente la mayoría de países tienen la capacidad de llevar a cabo evaluaciones de las poblaciones. El estado de las poblaciones segun parece ha mejorado en comparación con 2006Sin embargo, los tomadores de decisiones y hacedores de políticas pesqueras fueron instadas a tomar acción concreta para mejorar más las prácticas de ordenamiento a lo largo de la región.
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Book (series)Technical studyMeasuring and assessing capacity in fisheries. 2. Issues and methods 2003
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No results found.This Fisheries Technical Paper provides guidance for the measurement and assessment of fishing capacity, with the aim of facilitating the implementation of the International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity. It provides a discussion and overview of the various concepts of capacity and capacity utilization and potential methods for estimating capacity discussed at the FAO Technical Consultation on the Measurement of Fishing Capacity held in Mexico City from 29 Novembe r to 3 December 1999. The paper also introduces some more recent methodologies for examining capacity in fisheries. Its specific objective is to provide the information necessary for developing a widely accepted definition of capacity for fisheries as well as sufficient detail about various methods for estimating capacity to permit an empirical assessment of fishing capacity conditional on the types of data typically available for fisheries. The document initially discusses concepts an d issues necessary for understanding capacity and capacity utilization in fisheries, followed by the primary methods often used to estimate capacity. It also gives empirical examples of how the various approaches can be used to estimate and assess capacity. Finally, a potential framework for assessing overcapacity is presented and discussed. -
Book (series)Technical studyThe impact of climate variability and extremes on agriculture and food security - An analysis of the evidence and case studies
Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018
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No results found.Global climate studies show that not only temperatures are increasing and precipitation levels are becoming more varied, all projections indicate these trends will continue. It is therefore imperative that we understand changes in climate over agricultural areas and their impacts on agriculture production and food security. This study presents new analysis on the impact of changing climate on agriculture and food security, by examining the evidence on recent climate variability and extremes over agricultural areas and the impact of these on agriculture and food security. It shows that more countries are exposed to increasing climate variability and extremes and the frequency (the number of years exposed in a five-year period) and intensity (the number of types of climate extremes in a five-year period) of exposure over agricultural areas have increased. The findings of this study are compelling and bring urgency to the fact that climate variability and extremes are proliferating and intensifying and are contributing to a rise in global hunger. The world’s 2.5 billion small-scale farmers, herders, fishers, and forest-dependent people, who derive their food and income from renewable natural resources, are most at risk and affected. Actions to strengthen the resilience of livelihoods and food systems to climate variability and extremes urgently need to be scaled up and accelerated. -
Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food and Agriculture 2019
Moving forward on food loss and waste reduction
2019The need to reduce food loss and waste is firmly embedded in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Food loss and waste reduction is considered important for improving food security and nutrition, promoting environmental sustainability and lowering production costs. However, efforts to reduce food loss and waste will only be effective if informed by a solid understanding of the problem. This report provides new estimates of the percentage of the world’s food lost from production up to the retail level. The report also finds a vast diversity in existing estimates of losses, even for the same commodities and for the same stages in the supply chain. Clearly identifying and understanding critical loss points in specific supply chains – where considerable potential exists for reducing food losses – is crucial to deciding on appropriate measures. The report provides some guiding principles for interventions based on the objectives being pursued through food loss and waste reductions, be they in improved economic efficiency, food security and nutrition, or environmental sustainability.