WESTERN CENTRAL ATLANTIC FISHERY COMMISSION
WESTERN CENTRAL ATLANTIC FISHERY COMMISSION

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2018-11-08

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 9251092265

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The Workshop on investing in ecosystem-based shrimp and groundfish fisheries management of the Guianas –Brazil shelf, was held in Barbados, from 7 to 8 September 2015. The Workshop was the First meeting of the joint Working Group on Shrimp and Groundfish. The experts attending the workshop discussed three background documents on bioeconomic analysis of the fisheries, the current management arrangements as well as a proposal of investment plan for the shrimp and groundfish fisheries in the sub-region; all three documents are included in this volume.The subregional shrimp and groundfish management and investment recommendations are in line with the outcomes of the CLME+ project on “Catalysing Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the Sustainable Management of shared Living Marine Resources in the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems”, and this project will support regional adaptation and implementation of the recommendations in the near future.

Report of the first Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission Preparatory Meeting for the Transformation into a Regional Fisheries Management Organization, Bridgetown, Barbados, 25-26 March 2019. Rapport de la première réunion préparatoire de la Commission des pêches pour l’Atlantique Centre-Ouest pour sa transformation en une Organisation régionale de gestion de pêches, Bridgetown, Barbade, 25-26 mars 2019. Informe de la primera reunión preparatoria de la Comisión de Pesca para el Atlántico Centro-Occidental para la transformación en una organización regional de ordenación pesquera, Bridgetown, Barbados, 25-26 de marzo de 2019
Report of the first Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission Preparatory Meeting for the Transformation into a Regional Fisheries Management Organization, Bridgetown, Barbados, 25-26 March 2019. Rapport de la première réunion préparatoire de la Commission des pêches pour l’Atlantique Centre-Ouest pour sa transformation en une Organisation régionale de gestion de pêches, Bridgetown, Barbade, 25-26 mars 2019. Informe de la primera reunión preparatoria de la Comisión de Pesca para el Atlántico Centro-Occidental para la transformación en una organización regional de ordenación pesquera, Bridgetown, Barbados, 25-26 de marzo de 2019

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2020-04-01

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9251323119

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This is the report of the First Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) Preparatory Meeting for the Transformation into a Regional Fisheries Management Organization (RFMO) held in Bridgetown, Barbados, on 25 and 26 March 2019. Ce document est le rapport de la Première réunion préparatoire pour la transformation de la Commission des pêches pour l’Atlantique Centre-Ouest (COPACO) en une organisation regionale de gestion des pêches en une organisation regionale de gestion des pêches (ORGP), qui s’est tenue a Bridgetown (La Barbade) les 25 et 26 mars 2019. Este es el primer informe de la Primera reunión preparatoria de la Comisión de Pesca para el Atlántico Centro Occidental (COPACO) para la transformación en una organización regional de ordenación pesquera (OROP), celebrada en Bridgetown, Barbados, los días 25 y 26 de marzo de 2019.

A Review of the Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic Fisheries Commission (WECAFC) Region
A Review of the Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic Fisheries Commission (WECAFC) Region

Author: David K. Stevenson

Publisher: Bernan Press(PA)

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13:

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The report considers the main resources of the region, their productivity, population dynamics and estimates of potential yield under several headings, namely, sharks, reef fish, coastal pelagics, menhaden, spiny lobster, crabs and molluscs. A description of the principal fisheries by region is followed by a summary of available information on the status of the stocks, including assessments already in the literature, and new assessments reported here for the first time.

Report of the sixth meeting of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) Working Group on Queen conch, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 16 March 2023
Report of the sixth meeting of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) Working Group on Queen conch, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 16 March 2023

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org. [Author] [Author]

Published: 2024-06-21

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 9251387842

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The sixth meeting of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) Working Group on Queen conch was held in a hybrid format. The meeting was hosted in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 16 March 2023, but most attendees participated in the meeting remotely. The following members and regional partner organizations participated: Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, United States of America, Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC), Centre for the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife for the Wider Caribbean Region (CAR SPAW/SPAW RAC-Guadeloupe), the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), the Caribbean Fishery Management Council (CFMC), Organization for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Central American Isthmus (OSPESCA), the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI), the Regional Committee of Marine Fisheries and Marine Aquaculture of Guadeloupe (CRPMEM for its acronym in French) the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (Belize). Discussions focused on monitoring the implementation of the Regional Queen conch Fisheries Management and Conservation Plan, various Queen conch recommendations and resolutions along with recommendations adopted at the 18th meeting of the Commission in 2022. Participants reviewed the CITES CoP19 decisions and recommendations and discussed the progress of activities as called for in the Work Plan for 2022–2024.

Review of biological data, spatial distribution of the stocks and ecological connectivity between areas beyond national jurisdiction and the exclusive economic zones in the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission region
Review of biological data, spatial distribution of the stocks and ecological connectivity between areas beyond national jurisdiction and the exclusive economic zones in the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission region

Author: Arocha, F.

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2024-01-25

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 925138469X

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This review was developed as a project in response to the needs of the Intersessional Working Group of WECAFC in its task of identifying key options and priorities. The review describes a group of selected species that are considered to be important to Member States of the WECAFC. It classifies them into transboundary and straddling/highly migratory stocks and their fisheries and provides information on the state of exploitation of the selected species. The review also considers the ecological connectivity between the high seas and the EEZs of coastal nations. Lastly, it highlights issues that need to be addressed to generate a sound scientific knowledge base in support of the strategic reorientation of the Commission.

Regional Reviews and National Management Reports
Regional Reviews and National Management Reports

Author: Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9789251046234

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This document assembles three reviews of the marine shrimp and groundfish fisheries of the Brazil-Guianas shelf (northern Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and eastern Venezuela) and one on environmental aspects of the area. Each report contains a number o recommendations for fisheries management, further research and international cooperation in data collection and assessments.

Fisheries and Research for Tunas and Tuna-like Species in the Western Central Atlantic
Fisheries and Research for Tunas and Tuna-like Species in the Western Central Atlantic

Author: Robin Mahon

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9789251038703

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In the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) area, large pelagics contribute only about 6% of total landings, but are nonetheless significant for many countries. Large pelagic fishes are caught in all WECAFC states, and within the WECAFC region by several distant water fishing nations. However only 19 of 40 WECAFC Member States report catches to FAO. The fisheries range in scale and technological sophistication from artisanal fishers trolling from canoes to modern commercial longliners and purse seiners (mostly from distant water fishing nations). The available information on development of small-scale and large scale fleets targeting large pelagics, indicates a significant trend of increasing fishing capacity in the countries of the WECAFC region. Several species which are not assessed by ICCAT are of considerable importance in large pelagic fisheries in the WECAFC region. Overall, about half the landings of large pelagics in the WECAFC region are from species which are assessed. Existing institutional mechanisms are not adequate for management of shared or straddling fish stocks and those of highly migratory fish, as per the recent UN Agreement. Any such institution must have linkages with extraregional organisations, primarily ICCAT, and, in order to maximise efficiency and avoid duplication, should also be able to deal with shared, straddling and migratory fish stocks other than pelagics, for example, lobster and reef fishes with planktonic early life history stages. WECAFC, with modifications to its statutes, appears to be the most feasible existing organisation to adopt such a role.