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Report of the FAO/Norway workshop on the fishery resources of the North Arabian Sea, Karachi, Pakistan, 16-28 January 1978. Volume 2 – Papers








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    Report of the FAO Workshop on the Status of Shared Fisheries Resources in the Northern Arabian Sea - Iran (Islamic Republic of), Oman and Pakistan. Muscat. Oman, 13-15 December 2010. 2011
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    The FAO Workshop on the Status of Shared Fisheries Resources in the Northern Arabian Sea ¿ Iran (Islamic Republic of), Oman and Pakistan was held in Muscat, Oman, from 13 to 15 December 2010. In the last three years, the Government of Pakistan, and especially the Marine Fisheries Department in Karachi, has invested to reinvigorate the stock assessment capacity of the department. A multiyear project involving stock assessments, including marine surveys, is in place through technical a ssistance from the FAO. Even at this early stage, the new data have largely confirmed the parlous state of many of Pakistan¿s marine fishery resources and leave little doubt that overexploitation is the principal reason for this. More work is needed, and much is already under way, to provide clear and specific management recommendations, but the direction and scope of the action needed is already clear. Some of the most valuable resources in question are not limited to Pakistan¿s water s but are shared with regional neighbours or more widely on the high seas. Effective action to ensure sustainable fisheries in Pakistan can only come about if those sharing the resources act in concert. To this end, the Government of Pakistan proposed that the FAO convene a meeting with the two neighbours most immediately affecting Pakistan¿s shared marine resources ¿ Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Oman. The meeting was to identify the stocks of most concern in this regard, look into immediate ways to coordinate and improve the stock assessment efforts among the three countries, and to look forward to ways to set and achieve management goals jointly for these shared resources. To support the convening of this meeting, the FAO Unilateral Trust Fund (UTF) project ¿Support to Fishery Resources Appraisal in Pakistan¿ sponsored the travel and expenses of the meeting, and the Sultanate of Oman graciously agreed to host the meeting in Muscat.
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    Summary report on cruise of the R/V Shoyo Maru in the North Arabian Sea, 2 October 1975 - 14 January 1976 1976
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    As reported in the Fourth Session of the IOFC Executive Committee held in Rome in October 1974, the efforts of IOP in bringing the R/V Shoyo Maru to participate in the North Arabian Sea survey succeeded when the vessel undertook cruises along the waters of Pakistan in November/December 1975. The present paper gives a brief description of the survey and its results, summarized from the original report in Japanese which has been published by the Fishery Agency of Japan in July 1976. The activities covered oceanographic observation, conventional biological survey (sighting of pelagic shoals and collection of fishes) and acoustic survey. A rendez-vous with the R/V Dr. F. Nansen, the main vessel for the North Arabian Sea survey, for calibration of acoustic instruments was a special feature of the survey. The up-welling supposedly to be remnant of the southwest monsoon phenomenon was located at 23°N, 63°E as late as November during the year of survey. Another up-welling noticed in the vicini ty of 24°N, 66°E was interpreted as one inherent to the continental slope. The pelagic shoals appeared rather scarce in the offshore waters covered by the vessel and the demersal fishes were located mainly in the continental slope. The demersal catch included longspine seabream, giant catfish, Jarboua therapon, threadfin breams, brushtooth lizardfish and sweetlips. Indications of substantial stock of squids were noticed in the offshore waters around the up-welling area. The squids appear to sink to deeper layers of 100-350 mt during daytime and move to the upper layer at night and are easily hooked by jigs.

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