3.1 Participation and organizational arrangements
3.2 Proceedings
The findings of the study were presented and discussed at an interregional workshop hosted by the Fisheries Development Authority of Malaysia (LKIM) and held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 15 to 18 December 1997.
The workshop was attended by 33 senior executive-level participants from 13 countries of South America; West Africa; Europe; South, Southeast and East Asia; as well as representatives of the Asia and Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA) and the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF). The participants came from national fisheries administrations, fisheries research, academic and financial institutions as well as from private companies. Interest in the workshop was reflected by the fact that many participants attended at their own expense. The list of participants is shown in Appendix III. The excellent organizational, logistic and administrative arrangements of the host, LKIM, were highly appreciated.
The workshop was inaugurated by Y.B. Dato' Haji Zakaria bin Said, Chairman of LKIM. Dr Uwe Tietze, FAO Fishery Industry Officer, began the proceedings by explaining the organizational arrangements and expected outputs of the workshop; giving an overview of the methodology used by the global study of the techno-economic viability of marine capture fisheries and of the major findings.
Mr J. Prado, FAO Fishery Industry Officer, gave a key presentation on technical features of fishing fleets, fishing capacity and recent changes in fishing effort.
The remaining part of the first day and most of the second was devoted to the presentation of and discussions on the findings of the various case studies and studies at the national level which had been carried out in the context of the global study coordinated by the FAO Fishery Industries Division. Additional technical presentations were made on the application of fleet management systems to fishing fleets and fishery resources, on economic returns from fish processing, i.e. supply responses of frozen tuna raw material, and on the use of cost and earnings studies as a tool for fisheries management.
The third day began with a field trip; three working groups were then formed which drew conclusions from the findings of the global study and formulated recommendations in three areas: to enhance the economic viability of sustainable fishing practices including supporting credit and investment programmes; to promote the use of resource and environmentally friendly fishing technologies; and to monitor further economics of capture fisheries and expand to processing and marketing.
The fourth and last day of the workshop began with presentations by representatives of the APRACA, ICSF and GOPA, a private consulting firm. The conclusions and recommendations of the working groups were then discussed, finalized and adopted in plenary. A closing session ended the workshop.
