Report of the fourteenth session of the Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic Fishery Statistics, Paris, 5-9 February 1990, and, Report of the Second Ad hoc Consultation on Global Tuna Statistics. La Jolla, California, USA, 21-22 May 1987
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The report of the fourteenth session of the Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic fishery statistics (CWP) held in Paris, France, 5-9 February 1990, is presented. The EC Commission, FAO, ICCAT, ICES, ICSEAF, NAFO, NASCO and OECD were the participating agencies. Major topics considered were: review of recommendations and proposals from CWP-13 and progress; agency programs and publications presenting Atlantic fishery statistics; modification to boundaries of major fishing areas (and sub-divisions thereof) for statistics purposes; inland fisheries concepts and definitions; aquaculture statistics - a review of progress; statistics on the quantities and values of landings; recreational fisheries - inclusion in official catch data; further sub-division of FAO Species Group 33; reporting categories for elasmobranch statistics; joint ventures and other nationality issues; statistics on processed products; conversion factors - current position and future work; data transmission using electroni c media; fishing vessels statistics; composition of CWP and development in other regions; food balance sheets. The report of the second ad-hoc consultation on global tuna statistics describes discussions concerned with achieving greater coherence in statistics of catches of tuna and tuna-like species, held by different statistical collecting agencies. The reports also on discussions concerned with establishing a global register of tuna vessels, statistics on discards and also on possible future meetings of the consultation.