Towards the Management of the Resources of the CECAF Region - An Outline Programme for the CECAF Project

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by
J. A. Gulland
Chief, Marine Resources Service
Fishery Resources and Environment Division
FAO, Rome

CECAF/ECAF SERIES/79/12 (EN)

PROJECT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FISHERIES IN THE EASTERN CENTRAL ATLANTIC

FISHERIES COMMITTEE FOR THE EASTERN CENTRAL ATLANTIC

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Rome, January 1979

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SUMMARY Successful management of any resources involves the following steps: scientific assessment of the state of the resource; an analysis of the economic and social consequences of different action; for stocks shared by more than one country, agreement between countries on the general measures to be taken, e.g., level of the total allowable catch; decisions on the specific measures to be taken, and implementation of these measures. Each of these steps are discussed in relation to the important resources off the northwest African coast, with particular reference to the ways in which FAO, and especially the CECAF Project, can assist countries in carrying out each step. These could include training (e.g., in collection of statistics or stock assessment), support to resource evaluation working groups, broad economic studies of the fisheries on major stocks and support to national economic studies, and assistance in legal matters such as the drafting of legislation.

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Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION: THE NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MANAGEMENT

2. RESOURCE INFORMATION

2.1 Information Required from Resource Assessments
2.2 Mechanisms for Scientific Advice

3. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES

3.1 Economic Effects of Biological Interactions
3.2 Evaluation of Different Management Measures
3.3 Arrangements with Non-local Fisheries
3.4 Mechanics for Making Economic Studies

4. DECISIONS ON MEASURES TO BE TAKEN

5. ENFORCEMENT AND SURVEILLANCE

6. SUMMARY OF POSSIBLE PROJECT INPUTS

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