A review of the marine resources of the WECAFC region.

Stevenson, D.K.;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

A review of the marine resources of the WECAFC region.

Year of publication 1981

Pages 132

Author Stevenson, D.K.;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 9251011532

Series title FAO Fisheries Technical Paper

Series number 0429-9345 - T211

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) The marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic Ocean fall under the area of jurisdiction of the WECAF Commission: the international body concerned with problems of fisheries management for the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and their Atlantic approaches from Cape Hatteras (35°N Latitude) to Recife, Brazil (10°S Latitude) enclosing a total shelf area of 1.9 million km2 inside 200 m, and including highly diverse environments and fisheries from wide, productive estuarine shelves supporting industrial trawl fisheries along the North and South margins, to narrow shelves, particularly of the many island archipelagos dominated by coral reefs whose productivity is limited to supporting a diversity of small artisanal fisheries. Total landings from the whole area reached 2 million tons in 1978 made up of a large variety of species but dominated by the menhaden fisheries of the northern region. The report considers the main resources of the region, their productivity, population dynamics and estimates of potential yield under several headings, namely, sharks, reef fish, coastal pelagics, menhaden, spiny lobster, crabs and molluscs. A description of the principal fisheries by region is followed by a summary of available information on the status of the stocks, including assessments already in the literature, and new assessments reported here for the first.

Statutory body / Meeting title Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC)

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Stevenson, D.K. A review of the marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic Fisheries Commission (WECAFC) region. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No.211. Rome. FAO. 1981. 132p.

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