Review of current fisheries management performance and conservation measures in the WECAFC area

dc.creatorSingh-Renton, S.;McIvor, I.
dc.date2023-04-27T11:52:43Z
dc.date2023-04-27T11:52:43Z
dc.date2015
dc.date2020-11-09T20:28:06.0000000Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T23:48:56Z
dc.descriptionThis 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: inadequ ate 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 c oupled 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-make rs, fishery managers and other stakeholders with interest in fisheries in the Wider Caribbean Region.
dc.format293 p.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifier2664-5408
dc.identifier978-92-5-108672-8
dc.identifier2070-7010
dc.identifierhttps://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/i4255e
dc.identifierhttp://www.fao.org/3/a-i4255e.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/292195
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relationFAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Papers
dc.relation2070-7010|0429-3945|2070-7029|0429-9345|2070=7010 - T587
dc.rightsFAO
dc.titleReview of current fisheries management performance and conservation measures in the WECAFC area
dc.titleReview of current fisheries management performance and conservation measures in the WECAFC area
dc.typeBook (series)

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