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Report of the Workshop on the Management of Shared Small Pelagic Fishery Resources in Northwest Africa. Banjul, Republic of the Gambia, 30 April - 3 May 2002 / Rapport de l'Atelier sur l'aménagement des ressources partagées de petits pélagiques en Afrique du Nord-Ouest. Banjul, République de Gambie, 30 avril - 3 mai 2002.

Year of publication 2002

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 41

Author Annick Van Houte, Henning Teigene and Ana Maria Caramelo

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 9250048149

Series title FAO Fisheries Report

Series number 0429-9337 - R675

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The objectives of the workshop were to examine the implications of national and joint management of shared stocks, to explore possible ways to achieve sustainable management of shared stocks for the benefit of coastal countries and to suggest the way forward for a regional management system. As a general recommendation the group suggests to support the current FAO Working Group on the Assessment of Small Pelagics in Northwest Africa. This group should be furthered and strengthened in order to maintain a high level of resource assessment studies in the coming years and the long-term future. Fisheries Scientific Institutes should identify research priorities and seek national budgetary allocationsto sustain long-term research. Countries should develop national management plans in support of a future joint regional management system.

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FAO. Report of the Workshop on the Management of Shared Small Pelagic Fishery Resources in Northwest Africa. Banjul, Republic of the Gambia, 30 April - 3 May 2002. Rapport de l'Atelier sur l'aménagement des ressources partagées de petits pélagiques en Afrique du Nord-Ouest. Banjul, République de Gambie, 30 avril - 3 mai 2002. FAO Fisheries Report/FAO Rapport sur les pêches. No. 675. Rome, FAO. 2002. 35p.

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