WECAFC - Report of the tenth session of the the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission and of the seventh session of the Committee for the Development and Management of Fisheries in the Lesser Antilles. Bridgetown, Barbados, 24-27 October 2001. / COPACO - Rapport de la dixième session de la Commission des Pêches pour l’Atlantique Centre-Ouest et de la septième session du Comité pour le Développement et l'Aménagement des Pêches dans les Petites Antilles.  Bridgetown, Barbade, 24-27 octobre 2001. / COPACO - Informe de la décima sesión de la Comisión de Pesca para el Atlántico Centro-Occidental y de la séptima sesión del Comité para el Desarrollo y la Ordenación de la Pesca en las Antillas Menores.  Bridgetown, Barbados, 24-27 octobre de 2001.

FAO;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

WECAFC - Report of the tenth session of the the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission and of the seventh session of the Committee for the Development and Management of Fisheries in the Lesser Antilles. Bridgetown, Barbados, 24-27 October 2001. / COPACO - Rapport de la dixième session de la Commission des Pêches pour l’Atlantique Centre-Ouest et de la septième session du Comité pour le Développement et l'Aménagement des Pêches dans les Petites Antilles. Bridgetown, Barbade, 24-27 octobre 2001. / COPACO - Informe de la décima sesión de la Comisión de Pesca para el Atlántico Centro-Occidental y de la séptima sesión del Comité para el Desarrollo y la Ordenación de la Pesca en las Antillas Menores. Bridgetown, Barbados, 24-27 octobre de 2001.

Year of publication 2001

Pages 85

Author FAO;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 9250046715

Series title FAO Fisheries Report

Series number R660

Edition 1

Full item page

Synopsis (short abstract) This document is the final version of the report of the tenth session of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) and of the seventh session of the Committee for the Development and Management of Fisheries in the Lesser Antilles held in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 24 to 27 October 2001. Major topics discussed during the sessions were: the state of fishery resources and the situation and trends of fisheries in the WECAFC region, progress in the restructuring of WECAFC and its draft strategy, work programme of WECAFC 2002-03 and modalities for Co-operation and Capacity Building for responsible fishery management in the WECAFC Region. The Commission also reviewed the progress made in the implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and the main activities carried out during the intersessional period. The Commission expressed satisfaction with the achievements during the inter-sessional period, endorsed the formation of the Lesser Antilles ad hoc working group on moored FAD Fishing and adopted the work programme 2002-03 while noting that extra-budgetary resources would be required for its implementation. The main recommendations of the Session are included as Appendix G.

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

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FAO. Report of the tenth session of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission and of the seventh session of the Committee for the Development and Management of Fisheries in the Lesser Antilles. Bridgetown, Barbados, 24-27 October 2001. Rapport de la dixième session de la Commission des pêches pour l’Atlantique Centre-Ouest et de la septième session du Comité pour le développement et l'aménagement des pêches dans les Petites Antilles. Bridgetown, Barbade, 24-27 octobre 2001. Informe de la décima sesión de la Comisión de Pesca para el Atlántico Centro-Occidental y de la séptima sesión del Comité para el Desarrollo y la Ordenación de la Pesca en las Antillas Menores. Bridgetown, Barbados, 24-27 octubre de 2001. FAO Fisheries Report/FAO Rapport sur les pêches/FAO Informe de Pesca. No. 660. Rome/Roma, FAO. 2001. 85p.

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