Report of the Meeting of Fisheries Managers and Ministers of the WECAFC Ad Hoc Working Group on Shrimp and Groundfish Resources in the Brazil-Guianas Shelf (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 26-29 March 2001)

Resources in the Brazil-Guianas Shelf, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 26-29 March 2001. The main objectives of the Meeting were: to review the results of the stock assessment and bio-economic analyses obtained by the Ad Hoc Working Group over the past five years, to consider fishery management measures and to identify appropriate strategies for the implementation of effective co-operation in fisheries research and management in the region.

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Report of the Ninth Meeting of The CLME+ Interim Coordination Mechanism

This document contains the report of the ninth meeting of the CLME+ Interim Coordination Mechanism (ICM) held via teleconference, 1-2 December, 2020.

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Report of the Regional Workshop for Development of the Civil Society Action Programme (C-SAP)

This report contains the following:

a) Strategies and actions for civil society organisations (CSOs) and small and micro enterprises (SMEs) to support
CLME+ SAP implementation;

b) Capacity needs for CSOs and SMEs to deliver strategies and actions;

c) Needs for strengthening the enabling environment for CSOs and SMEs to deliver priorities;

d) Implementing the C-SAP; and

e) Next steps to develop the C-SAP

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Report of the second meeting of the CFMC/OSPESCA/WECAFC/CRFM Working Group on Queen Conch, Panama, November 2014

This is the report of the second meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Management Council (CFMC), Organization for the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector of the Central American Isthmus (OSPESCA), Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) and the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Working Group on Queen Conch, held in Panama City, Panama, from 18 to 20 November 2014.

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Report of the Second Meeting of the CRFM / CLME Eastern Caribbean Flyingfish Fishery Case Study Steering Committee – CRFM Technical and Advisory Document No. 2013 / 3

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Report of the Second Meeting of the CRFM / CLME Large Pelagic Fishery Case Study Steering Committee – CRFM Technical and Advisory Document No 2013 / 4

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Report of the second meeting of the OSPESCA/WECAFC/CRFM/CFMC Spiny Lobster Working Group

The second meeting of the OSPESCA/WECAFC/CRFM/CFMC working group on Caribbean Spiny Lobster took place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 21 to 23 March 2018. The status of the Caribbean spiny lobster fishery was presented in the subregions of OSPESCA and the CRFM, as well as in Brazil, Cuba, the United States and Mexico. Delegates also learned about the progress in the implementation and definition of indicators of subcomponent 4A related to spiny lobster in the CLME + Strategic Action Plan and the preparation and contents of the SOMEE Report. A new expanded and updated proposal of a regional plan for the management of Caribbean lobster prepared in the context of the Ecolobster + sub-project of the CLME + project was also presented. In the same context, a harmonized system of data collection and evaluation of lobster stocks that allows for minimum common elements among countries for purposes of comparing results and estimating the spiny lobster stock status was presented. Additionally, advances in the design and implementation of a proposed regional standard for traceability of fishery products, with emphasis on the Caribbean lobster fishery, were shown. Terms of Reference of the working group were discussed and updated, and the 2016–2018 work plan was adopted. The working group also adopted a new definition in the identification and distribution of spiny lobster stocks in the Greater Caribbean.

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Report of the Second Meeting of the Part 6 working group established by the parties of the agreement on port state measures to prevent, deter, and eliminate illegal unreported and unregulated fishing Rome 5–6 July 2018

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Report of the Second Meeting of the WECAFC/CRFM/IFREMER working group on shrimp and groundfish of the North Brazil – Guianas shelf Bridgetown (Barbados, 17–18 May 2018)

The Second meeting of the Working Group on Shrimp and Groundfish of the North Brazil Guianas Shelf was held in Barbados 17-18 May, 2018. The meeting brought together 25 participants including Working Group members, fisheries officers, fisherfolk representatives, academia, government organizations and FAO. The scope of the working group is to provide scientific and management advice for the sustainable management of the shrimp and groundfish resources of the Northern Brazil-Guianas shelf in the WECAFC Region. The participants reviewed and analyzed the current state of data collection and fisheries management for each country in the North Brazil Guianas Shelf. The assessment of data limited fisheries was presented as an approach to consider for the North Brazil Guianas Shelf shrimp and groundfish fisheries. Additionally, the current status and necessary steps to develop a sub-regional EAF management plan for shrimp and groundfish were discussed, as well as the need to enhance capacity in stock assessment techniques in the sub-region.

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Report of the Second Workshop on the Management of Caribbean Spiny Lobster Fisheries in the Wecafc Area Havana, Cuba, 30 September – 4 October 2002

Este documento presenta la continuación del trabajo efectuado en el primer taller sobre manejo como fue reportado en el FAO Informe de Pesca No. 643. El segundo taller consistió de un Taller Científico (30 septiembre – 3 octubre) y una Reunión de Tomadores de Decisiones (4 octubre). La parte I contiene los informes de las dos reuniones, incluyendo secciones sobre «Mejoramiento de la efectividad del manejo nacional de la langosta y del Grupo de Trabajo ad hoc» y «El trabajo futuro del Grupo de Trabajo ad hoc de la COPACO sobre la langosta espinosa del Caribe». Los Apéndices de A hasta I presentan más informaciones sobre el Taller, incluyendo la lista de requerimientos de datos sobre las consideraciones para el manejo responsable de las pesquerías de langosta espinosa; los informes subregionales sobre el estado actual de los recursos de langosta, investigación y manejo; una presentación de «Algunas consideraciones para la ordenación responsable de pesquerías de langosta espinosa en la región de la COPACO»; las declaraciones efectuadas por los Tomadores de Decisiones en el lenguaje original; y un resumen de las recomendaciones del taller

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