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Book (stand-alone)Report of the EAF REGIONAL TASK GROUP MEETING AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY WORKSHOP (SOUTH WEST INDIAN OCEAN). Mombasa, Kenya, 27–30 January 2009 2009
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The first meeting of the South West Indian Ocean EAF Regional Task Group (RTG) was held in Mombasa, Kenya, from 27 to 30 January 2009, together with an ecological risk assessment methodology workshop. It was attended by 20 participants from the South West Indian Ocean (SWIO) countries, the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (SWIOFP), the Agulhas and Somali Currents Large Marine Ecosystems (ASCLME) project, the Scientific Committee of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commiss ion, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)/Nairobi Convention Implementation Unit, the African Union Commission 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 risk assessment that is the methodology used for the identification and prioritization of issues requiring management attention. The main objectives of the meeting and workshop were to discuss and facilitate key processes an d activities for the implementation of the ecosystem approach to fisheries management in the South West Indian Ocean 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 objectives 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 and that would take the lead in the process. An overview of the key concepts and process of the ecological risk assessment methodology were clarified. Participants were also introduced to the preparation of EAF baseline reports to be used as initial input for the work on ecosystems 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 during the meeting with each group selecting a chairman who moderated the discussions and a rapporteur. The participants expressed satisfaction with the development of a communication strategy for the project and especially with the participatory approach used. -
Book (series)Report of the Regional Workshop on Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management in the Gulf of Guinea and first Steering Committee Meeting. Accra, Ghana, 23–26 October 2007 2010
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A regional workshop on ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) for countries in the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME) area was held in Accra, Ghana, from 23 to 26 October 2007 together with the first Steering Committee meeting of the EAF-Nansen project “Strengthening the Knowledge Base for and Implementing an Ecosystem Approach to Marine Fisheries in Developing Countries (EAF Nansen GCP/INT/003/NOR)”. The objectives of the workshop were to introduce participants to EAF and th e EAF-Nansen project and to identify the activities to be carried out in the Gulf of Guinea under the project with focus on the year 2008. The workshop was attended by a total of 30 participants from 12 GCLME countries, the Fishery Committee of the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC), the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of Namibia and FAO. In the introduction to EAF and the EAF-Nansen project, the need for applying an ecosystem approach to fisheries management, as reflect ed in the 2001 Reykjavik Conference on Responsible Fisheries in the Marine Ecosystem and in the Plan of implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), was highlighted. An overview of the key concepts and processes of the ecological risk assessment methodology was given and the experience gained and results obtained from the implementation of an EAF pilot project in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem area were presented. Based on a questionnaire that had been provided prior to the workshop, an overview of the main fisheries in the region (including their social and economic importance), existing institutional arrangements in support to fisheries management and perceived key challenges that managers of these fisheries face in relation to ecosystem sustainability were discussed. For practical exercises the participants worked in three subgroups (northern, central and southern countries) with each group selecting a specific fishery (shrim p trawl fishery by the northern and southern groups, the beach seine fishery by the central group), defining its global and specific objectives and working through issue identification for the selected fishery. Participants found the workshop extremely useful, commented extensively on the novel approach to management that the EAF provides and suggested that the work of the subregional groups should concentrate first on the fisheries dealt with during the workshop. They asked that the E AF-Nansen project document be sent officially to the respective countries for information and as a means of asking for national support, including co-financing. -
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.
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