Economic Benefits and Arrangements with Foreign Fishing Countries in the Northern Sub-region of CECAF: A Preliminary Assessment

Francis T. Christy

Economic Benefits and Arrangements with Foreign Fishing Countries in the Northern Sub-region of CECAF: A Preliminary Assessment

Year of publication 1979

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Author Francis T. Christy

Product type Project

Series title CECAF/ECAF Series

Series number 1014-9228

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) This brief examination of some of the arrangements that coastal states have made with foreign countries illustrates a variety of approaches that have been followed. These approaches reflect differences in the resource situation and in the economies of the states, with some, such as Mauritania, giving heavy emphasis to the extraction of economic revenues from foreign fishermen and others, such as Senegal, to the extraction of benefits designed to provide direct aid to the domestic fishing and fis h processing industries. In all cases, it is likely that the arrangements can be improved and that the coastal states can acquire greater net benefits than they do at present. The extensions of jurisdiction are a recent development and coastal states are just begining to learn how they may use their newly gained authority to maximize the benefits to themselves. To facilitate this learning process, it would be desirable to begin, or improve, the collection of economic data. Even though the co astal states may not wish to extract the benefits from foreigners in purely economic terms, they should know more about the economic value of the resources within their zones. This is necessary for two important reasons. First, knowledge of the economic values will permit them to obtain the greatest benefits from foreigners who wish to gain access, however those benefits are defined. And second, with regard to the stocks that are shared by two or more coastal states, knowledge of the economic va lues will facilitate the process of distributing the benefits among themselves.

Statutory body / Meeting title Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF)

Language English

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Country reports presented at the FAO FishCode-STF/CECAF/FCWC Subregional Workshop on the Improvement of Fishery Information and Data Collection Systems in the West Central Gulf of Guinea Region. Accra, Ghana, 26–28 June 2007. / / Rapports des pays présentés à l’Atelier sous-régional FAO FishCode-STP/COPACE/CPCO pour améliorer l’information et les systèmes de collecte des données sur les pêches dans la région Centre-Ouest du golfe de Guinée. Accra, Ghana, 26-28 juin 2007. 2010

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This document is the supplement to the Report of the FAO FishCode- STF/CECAF/FCWC Subregional Workshop on the Improvement of Fishery Information and Data Collection Systems in the West Central Gulf of Guinea Region held in Accra, Ghana, from 26 to 28 June 2007. The country review report contains the information on: (i) general consideration related to fisheries; (ii) structure of the fisheries sector; (iii) fishery policy and management objectives; (iv) status of statistical reportin g; and (v) fishery information and data collection system.
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Report of the FAO FishCode-STF/CECAF/FCWC Subregional Workshop on the Improvement of Fishery Information and Data Collection Systems in the West Central Gulf of Guinea Region, Accra, Ghana, 26–28 June 2007/ Rapport de l’Atelier sous-régional FAO FishCode-STP/COPACE/CPCO pour améliorer l’information et les systèmes de collecte des données sur les pêches dans la région Centre-Ouest du golfe de Guinée, Accra, Ghana, 26-28 juin 2007 2010

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This document is the main report of the FAO FishCode-STF/CECAF/FCWC Subregional Workshop on the Improvement of Fishery Information and Data Collection Systems in the West Central Gulf of Guinea Region, held in Accra, Ghana, from 26 to 28 June 2007. Major topics were: (a) existing fishery information and data collection systems in the region; (b) issues related to fishery information and data collection with regard to both industrial fisheries and small-scale fisheries; (c) the way to improve the quality of fishery information and data; (d) national knowledge and experiences in designing and developing the fishery information and data collection systems among participating countries. National inventories of fisheries data collection systems, prepared for the workshop, are presented in a supplement to this report.
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Distribution, Migration and spawning of the main fish resources in the Northern CECAF Area 1982

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These maps have been prepared on the basis of data in the reports listed in the bibliography of this paper. The work makes no claim to have covered all the available literature and I apologize in advance to any authors whom I may have unwittingly omitted. The quality of the data base was variable, necessitating much interpretation on my part in preparing the maps, and I claim full responsibility for any errors which may appear. The preparation of a detailed Atlas of th e region's resources is a long-range, team effort. So this is by way of a preliminary, and is meant to summarize present knowledge, provoke constructive criticism and be improved over time by the scientists concerned. This work was made possible by more than ten years of sustained efforts on the part of my predecessors in the major laboratories of the region. I feel justice has been done to them in the bibliography but I would also like to thank all those in the CECAF working parties whose sometimes anonymous contribution helped to make this Atlas.

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