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Dear FAO-Carib-Agri friends,

The FAO/WECAFC and CRFM secretariats are pleased to share with you a new publication which is made available online.

Singh-Renton, S. & McIvor I. 2015
Review of current fisheries management performance and conservation measures in the WECAFC area.
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper No. 587, Bridgetown, Barbados, FAO. 293 pp.


[cid:image003.jpg@01D072CE.2F44ECA0]This technical paper provides an inventory of, and describes trends in, legal, administrative and management frameworks in place for managing marine capture fisheries in the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) area. This review includes 16 countries and overseas territories and is part of an ongoing process initiated by FAO to report on the state of world marine capture fisheries management. The review identifies a number of challenges in fisheries management, including: inadequate legislation; ad hoc management processes and plans; uncoordinated monitoring and enforcement; non-management-driven scientific information; insufficient stakeholder identification and participation, conflict resolution and fishing capacity measurements; limited incorporation of issues pertaining to the operation of multispecies fisheries and use of the ecosystem approach; unequal application of management tools and measures across fisheries subsectors; and rising fisheries management costs coupled with stagnant budgets for governments. Actions are listed to address the challenges, and specific recommendations are made to address legislative issues, apply participatory approaches and implement a successful fisheries management process.

The fifteenth session of WECAFC (March 2014) endorsed the review outcomes and adopted recommendation WECAFC/15/2014/4 "on strengthening fisheries management planning in the WECAFC area". This technical paper aims to inform fishery policy decision-makers, fishery managers and other stakeholders with interest in fisheries in the Wider Caribbean Region.


The document can be downloaded for free from the following site: http://www.wecafc.org/en/documents/technical-papers.html?download=94:review-of-current-fisheries-management-performance-and-conservation-measures-in-the-wecafc-area-tp-no-587

Please contact the CRFM Secretariat in St Vincent and the Grenadines ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)  or WECAFC Secretariat ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) in case you would like more information on this publication or would be interested in a hard copy.

With best regards
Raymon

Fisheries and Aquaculture Officer
FAO Subregional Office for the Caribbean




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