2026-06-27http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/291162The final formal report of the tenth session of the Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic fishery statistics (CWP) held in Madrid, Spain, 22-29 July 1980, is presented. FAO, ICES, NAFO, ICSEAF, ICCAT, OECD, EUROSTAT were the participating agencies. Major topics considered were: procedural matters; agency programs and publications presenting Atlantic fishery statistics; fishing areas for statistical purposes; fishing fleet and fishing vessel statistics; fishing gears and their standard classific ation; species items and their groupings; landings and catch statistics; conversion factors; statistics on aquaculture - inland and marine; recreational fishing; log-sheets and logbooks; standardization and harmonization of questionnaires, forms, notes, etc.; response difficulties - no respondents, poor and late respondents; the allocation of catches by nationality; discrepancies in published statistics65application/pdfFAOBook (series)