This document is the report of the twentieth session of the Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics (CWP), held in Victoria, Seychelles, from 21 to 24 January 2003; it includes the report of the Second FIGIS-FIRMS Ad Hoc Meeting which took place at the same venue on 20 January 2003.
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FAO. ABSTRACT The report of the twentieth session of the Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics (CWP), Victoria, Seychelles, 21-24 January 2003, is presented. Topics discussed were: changes in membership of CWP; review of recommendations from CWP-19; reports of intersessional meetings; reports on intersessional developments in Agency programmes in fishery statistics; elasmobranch and bycatch statistics; national data collection methodologies and data quality; proposals for an advocacy role for CWP; catch and aquaculture terminology; vessel identifiers; proposed FAO strategy on improving information on status and trends of capture fisheries; a report on the Second FIGIS-FIRMS Ad Hoc Meeting, 20 January 2003, Victoria, Seychelles; STATLANT issues (statistical areas; International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing Vessels (ISSCFV); socio-economic indicators; environmental sustainability indicators; fishery statistics for Southeast Asia); and the CWP Handbook of Fishery Statistical Standards. |
Distribution:
FAO Fisheries Department
FAO Regional and Subregional
Fishery Officers
FAO Member Countries
CWP
Members
Participants
