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Book (series)WECAFC Report of the fifteenth session of the Commission, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 26 - 28 March 2014 / COPACO Rapport de la quinzième session de la Commission, Port of Spain, Trinité et Tobago, 26 - 28 mars 2014 / COPACO Informe de la decimoquinta reunión de la Comisión, Puerto España, Trinidad y Tobago, 26 - 28 de marzo de 2014 2014
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No results found.The fifteenth session of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, from 26 to 28 March 2014. The session was attended by 29 members of the Commission. Observers from five regional fishery bodies (RFBs) and five intergovernmental organizations also participated. The Commission adopted four regional fisheries management recommendations respectively on: 1) spawning aggregations of groupers and snappers, 2) the use of fish aggregating de vices, 3) Queen Conch management and conservation and 4) fisheries management planning. The Commission also adopted five resolutions on 1) illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, 2) the Regional Strategy for the Control of Invasive Lionfish, 3) the implementation of voluntary guidelines on Small-scale fisheries and Tenure, 4) the implementation of the Port state Measures Agreement and the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on flag State performance and 5) the strategic action programme for the sustainable management of the shared living marine resources of the Caribbean and north Brazil shelf large marine ecosystems. The Commission thanked FAO for the Performance Review of WECAFC, adopted the WECAFC Strategic Plan 2014–2020, approved the Programme of Work (2014–15), maintained the seven joint working groups and established three new working groups, endorsed the WECAFC–FIRMS partnership, adopted the revised Rules of Procedures and discussed the options for strategic reorientation of th e Commission. No decision was taken on starting a transition process of WECAFC into a Regional Fisheries Management Organization (RFMO), as members required additional information -
DocumentTrinidad and Tobago: Country Programming Framework (CPF) # 2012-2015 for the Cooperation and Partnership between the Government of Trinidad and Tobago and the Food And Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 2012
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No results found.The priorities in the FAO CPF 2012–2015 reflect government goals and objectives outlined in official documents and the result of consultations held with government staff and representatives of stakeholder organizations as well as with the relevant technical units of the FAO sub-regional office in Barbados, the regional office in Chile and Headquarters. -
Book (series)Report of the twelfth session of the the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission and of the ninth session of the Committee for the Development and Management of Fisheries in the Lesser Antilles. Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 25-28 October 2005. / Rapport de la douzième session de la Commission et de la neuvième session du Comité du développement et de l'aménagement des pêches dans les Petites Antilles. Port of Spain, Trinité-et-Tobago, 25-28 octobre 2005. / Informe de la duodécima reunión de la Comisión y de la novena reunión del Comité para el Desarrollo y la Ordenación de la Pesca en las Antillas Menores. Puerto España, Trinidad y Tabago, 25-28 octobre de 2005. 2005This document is the final version of the report of the twelfth session of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) and of the ninth session of the Committee for the Development and Management of Fisheries in the Lesser Antilles held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, from 25 to 28 October 2005. Major topics discussed during the sessions were: the state of fishery resources and the situation and trends of fisheries in the WECAFC region, the strategies for increasing the contr ibution of small-scale capture fisheries to food security and poverty alleviation; the current strategy of WECAFC, work programme 2006-07; introduction to ecosystem approach to fisheries and the use of MCS as an integral part of fisheries management. The Commission also reviewed progress in the implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and the main activities and projects carried out during the intersessional period. In adopting the 2006-07 work programme the Commission n oted that extrabudgetary resources would be required for its implementation. The meeting recommended the establishment of an intersessional working group to explore the feasibility of strengthening regional fisheries management. The Commission expressed satisfaction with achievements during the intersessional period.
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