Report of the second meeting of the Planning Group for the Coordination of Acoustic Surveys off Northwest Africa, Dakar, Senegal, 28-29 October 2003 / Rapport de la deuxième réunion du Groupe de planification pour la coordination des campagnes acoustiques au large de l'Afrique du Nord-Ouest, Dakar, Sénégal, 28-29 octobre 2003
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The second meeting of the Planning Group for the Coordination of Acoustic surveys off Northwest Africa was held in Dakar, Senegal, from 28 to 29 October 2003. The general objective of the Planning Group is to plan the coordination of acoustic surveys in the region including intercalibration of research vessels and to act as a forum for discussion on issues important to acoustic surveys such as standardization of methods, acoustic research and training. A total of ten scientists from the Gambia, Mauritania, Morocco, Norway, Senegal and FAO participated in the meeting. Mr Abdoulaye Sarre (CRODT, Senegal) was elected chairman of the meeting for a 2-year period.The Planning Group noted that the three countries that possess their own research vessels had all conducted acoustic surveys in 2003 and that progress had been made in terms of planning and implementation of surveys as well as in data analysis and reporting. Nevertheless, there are still some issues that need to be addressed including the coordination of the national surveys to ensure complete coverage of the pelagic stocks, studies to reduce the noise level of the different research vessels, and the operation of the pelagic trawl to improve sampling of the target pelagic species. The importance of carrying studies on the Target Strength (TS) values of the main small pelagic fish species was also highlighted and a proposal for a two week training course was elaborated during the meeting. Le deuxième Groupe de planification pour la coordination des campagnes acoustiques au large de l'Afrique du Nord-Ouest s'est réuni à Dakar, Sénégal, les 28 et 29 octobre 2003. Le Groupe de planification a pour objectif général d'organiser la coordination des campagnes acoustiques dans la région, y compris l'intercalibration des navires de recherche, et de jouer un rôle de forum de discussion sur des questions importantes pour les campagnes acoustiques telles que la standardisation des méthodes, la recherche acoustique et la formation.En tout, dix chercheurs de la Gambie, du Maroc, de la Mauritanie, de la Norvège, du Sénégal