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No Thumbnail AvailableBook (series)ACFR - Report of the first session of the Advisory Committee on Fisheries Research. Rome, Italy, 25-28 November 1997. 36p. 1998
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No results found.The First Session of the Advisory Committee on Fisheries Research was held in Rome from 25 to 28 November 1997. The Members of the Committee took note of the Statutes of ACFR and adopted the Rules of Procedure of the Committee. The Committee agreed that, in order to promote international applied research in fisheries, FAO should maintain and enhance (a) infrastructure such as data collection, libraries and other information services, (b) a critical mass of expertise on the staff, (c) broad knowl edge of fisheries and related disciplines, (d) knowledge of, and good relationships with, potential research partners, and (e) credibility through peer reviewed publications in the mainstream scientific literature. The Committee stressed that its primary role would be to deal with general principles while its subsidiary bodies such as working parties may consider technical matters referred to them by ACFR. In this regard, the Committee would, in the course of its tenure, undertake a systematic a ppraisal of FAO's programmes and also promote a strategic planning exercise for research activities. Taking account of the current world fisheries situation, global programmes and issues that affect fisheries and the current FAO programme that relates to fishery research, the Committee identified research topics that need to be emphasized in the future in order to fill critical scientific gaps. The research topics do not constitute an exhaustive list as it was impractical for the Committee to co nduct the systematic review and analysis required to prepare such a list. The Committee also recognized that some of the scientific gaps and changes in emphasis suggested by the Committee are already being addressed by FAO. The Committee's identification of scientific research topics highlighted the need for a shift in emphasis from a programme of research that, in the past, had been predominantly concerned with fishery resources to a future programme with substantial emphasis on the human dimen sion of fisheries. The Committee proposed the establishment of three Working Parties to undertake in-depth studies on Implications of Globalization on Trade and Distribution of Benefits, Status Reporting Methodology and Data Needs, and New Research Methods: Traditional Knowledge and Approaches. Six other possible topics, to be addressed by Working Groups, were also identified. Finally, the Committee noted FAO's role as the honest broker, particularly on sensitive issues and endorsed the Technica l Consultations that were planned on sustainable shrimp aquaculture, sustainability indicators, the management of fishing capacity, shark conservation and management, incidental catch of seabirds and gear selectivity. -
No Thumbnail AvailableBook (series)GFCM - Report of the second session of the Scientific Advisory Committee. Rome, Italy, 7-10 June 1999. / CGPM - Rapport de la deuxième session du Comité scientifique consultatif. Rome, Italie, 7-10 juin 1999. 1999
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No results found.The second session of the General Fishery Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) met in Rome, Italy, from 7 to 10 June 1999 and was attended by delegates from seventeen out of twenty-two Members of the Committee. The main issues discussed during the meeting were the identification of management units and fishing effort parameters. The terms of reference of the different Sub-Committees initiated by the First Scientific Advisory Committee were finalized. The Co mmittee elected the Coordinators of the four Sub-Committees and discussed the conclusions of the Sub-Committee for Stock Assessment which was entrusted with the items 5, 6 and 7 of the SAC Agenda and reviewed the activities of COPEMED concerning artisanal fisheries. -
Book (series)ACFR - Report of the Working Party on Status and Trends of Fisheries. Rome, 30 November - 3 December 1999. 2000
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No results found.The Advisory Committee on Fisheries Research (ACFR) at its First Session proposed as a priority the establishment by FAO of a Working Party on Status and Trends of Fisheries to: (a) evaluate data needs for status and trends reporting on a global scale on marine fisheries and propose a common template of essential information elements; (b) propose arrangements for the involvement of regional fishery bodies and non-FAO experts in a consensus-seeking process for assembling, reviewing and di sseminating fishery status and trends information (including reporting to COFI), and (c) advise on the relationship between FAO's data collection and status and trends reporting programme and the Living Marine Resources module of the Global Ocean Observing System (LMR-GOOS). This is the report of the first meeting of the Working Party which met in Rome from 30 November to 3 December 1999. Owing to the importance of status and trends reports, and the scrutiny they receive, the Working P arty recommended that the global system of status and trends reporting be advanced by: (a) increasing completeness by including some fisheries and fishery resources that are currently under-represented; (b) expanding the scope of current reports which are primarily on catch and fishery resource information to include other dimensions of fisheries (e.g. reports on economic and social aspects), and (c) enhancing quality assurance and credibility. The Working Party endorsed FAO’s recent d evelopment of an advanced Web-based fisheries information system for status and trends information (currently referred to as FIGIS) as a critical tool for advancing status and trend reporting. The Working Party recommended that a draft International Plan of Action to advance status and trends reporting on world fisheries should be prepared, which would include: (a) steps to complete development of a status and trends information database; (b) capacity building and arrangements for usin g FIGIS; (c) development of cost-effective methods for acquiring and validating information on the status and trends of small-scale fisheries and multispecies fisheries; (d) an inventory of world fisheries and stocks; (e) priority for expanding the scope of status and trends reporting; (f) appropriate partnership arrangements with existing regional bodies, and other entities; (g) identification of needs and opportunities for new regional arrangements where appropriate arrangements do n ot now exist; (h) practical guidelines for quality assurance, and (i) the role of local, regional, and global scientific working parties as a vehicle for status and trends reporting, capacity building, and quality assurance.
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