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Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission.
Report of the First Meeting of the WECAFC Ad Hoc Working Group
on the Development of Sustainable Moored Fish Aggregating Device Fishing in the
Lesser Antilles. Le Robert, Martinique, 8-11 October 2001.
FAO Fisheries Report. No. 683. Rome, FAO. 2002.
23p.
This report provides a summary of the proceedings of the First
Meeting of the WECAFC Ad Hoc Working Group on the Development of Moored Fish
Aggregating Device Fishing in the Lesser Antilles.
The major topics on the group’s agenda
included:
synthesizing the
knowledge on moored FAD fishing technology in the Lesser Antilles - as a
reference point for the future;
identifying information needs
to achieve sustainable development of moored FAD fishing; and
making recommendations for
cooperation in research, development, and management of FAD fishing in the
Lesser Antilles.
The meeting agreed that:
There was a need
to standardize the classifications and definitions of fishing vessels and
effort, among countries, to facilitate comparisons for statistical
purposes.
There was an urgent need to
rationalize national regulations for mitigating against the harvesting of
juvenile of the highly migratory species that associate with moored
FAD.
Case studies should be done on
the various strategies currently used to manage moored FAD fishing in the
countries, and presented at the next meeting of the group.
Further research on various
designs of FAD and construction materials was necessary.
The preparation of FAD
development plans should be incorporated in National fisheries management plans
for large pelagic fish species.
Information should be
exchanged on all aspects of moored FAD fishing among the members of the
group
The meeting agreed on the terms of references of the ad hoc
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