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Book (stand-alone)Report of the FAO/CECAF Working Group on the Assessment of Demersal Resources - Subgroup South. Freetown, Sierra Leone, 9-18 October 2008 / Rapport du Groupe de travail FAO/COPACE sur l’évaluation des ressources démersales –Sous-groupe Sud. Freetown, Sierra Léone, 9-18 octobre 2008 2012
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No results found.The second meeting of the FAO/CECAF Working Group on the Assessment of Demersal Resources, Sub-Group South met in Freetown, Sierra Leone, from 9-18 October 2008. The Group assessed the status of the demersal resources in Southwest Africa and advise on future effort and catch levels. The advices for the stocks are given in relation to the agreed reference points F0.1, FMSY, B0.1. There was uncertainty in the assessments carried out, mostly due to deficiencies in some of the data available. Catch and effort data were incomplete for the latter years in several of the data series. The working group also noted that catch and effort information from some countries in the region is no longer being collected. Overall, the quantity and quality of the data available to the working group has worsened since the last meeting. This is of serious concern as these basic data are required for the assessment of the stocks and the situation must be corrected in the future if the group is to be able to c ontinue to provide useful fisheries management advice. The results of the assessments show that many of the stocks analyzed are fully to overexploited, and the working group thus recommended that fishing effort should be reduced for the overexploited stocks or not increased for the other stocks, to avoid further depletion. When possible, recommendations on catch levels are also indicated for each stock. Given that most fisheries in the region are multi specific, an overall reduction in fishing e ffort is necessary. -
Book (series)Analytical assessment report for the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure in the land, fisheries and forestry sectors of Sierra Leone 2015
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No results found.This FAO Legal Paper is the overall synopsis of a series of legal assessment reports that evaluate the laws and policies in the land, forestry and fisheries sectors in Sierra Leone and make recommendations to align them with the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT), which were endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security in May 2012. This Paper highlights the key findings of the three sec toral reports with special attention to cross-sectoral issues, namely human rights, gender and access to justice. These findings and recommendations can serve as valuable resources for policy and legal reform processes with regard to the governance of tenure in Sierra Leone and help to enhance their compatibility with internationally agreed standards. -
Book (stand-alone)Report of the EAF REGIONAL TASK GROUP MEETING AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY WORKSHOP (GULF OF GUINEA). Freetown, Sierra Leone, 20-22 October 2008 2009
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The first meeting of the Gulf of Guinea EAF Regional Task Group (RTG) was held in Freetown, Sierra Leone, from 20 to 22 October 2008 together with an Ecological Risk Assessment Methodology Workshop. It was attended by 20 participants from 13 Gulf of Guinea countries, the Subregional Fishery Commission for the Western Central Gulf of Guinea, and FAO. The RTG is an implementation structure under the EAF-Nansen project GCP/INT/003/NOR and serves as the forum for training in ecological ris k assessment that is the methodology used for the identification and prioritisation of issues requiring management attention. The main objectives of the meeting and workshop were to discuss and facilitate key processes and activities for the implementation of the ecosystem approach to fisheries management in the Gulf of Guinea region including the modalities for the formation and functioning of the RTG and National Task Groups (NTGs). It was explained that, to be able to achieve the ob jectives of implementing an ecosystem approach to fisheries at the national level, certain key structures have to be in place including the NTG with representatives of key stakeholders in a given fishery that would take the lead in the process. An overview of the key concepts and process of the ecological risk assessment methodology was given. Participants were also introduced to the preparation of EAF baseline reports to be used as initial input for the work on ecosystem approach to fisheries. It was explained that the preparation of the report is to be led by national and regional experts and overseen by the NTG. For the exercises, the participants worked in three subgroups formed according to the geographical location of their countries as was done in the preceding workshop held in Accra in 2007. The fishery selected by the North and South groups was the shrimp trawl fishery whereas the Central group selected the beach seine fishery. The participants expresse d satisfaction with the development of a communication strategy for the project and especially with the participatory approach used.
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