Report of the twenty-first session of the Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic, Dakar, Senegal, 20-22 April 2016
2016
This document is the final report of the twenty-first session of the Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF), which was held in Dakar, Senegal, from 20 to 22 April 2016. Major topics discussed were: (i) action on recommendations of the twentieth session; (ii) main outcomes of the seventh session of the Scientific Sub-Committee; (iii) fisheries management in the CECAF region: state of implementation of fisheries management plans and adoption of management recommendations; (iv) actions taken to combat IUU fishing; (v) closure of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in the CECAF region; (vi) functioning of CECAF: options for improvement and collaboration with other regional and sub-regional organizations; (vii) management framework for shared small pelagic fisheries management in Northwest Africa; (viii) the potential role of RFBs in the new EAF-Nansen programme: the case of CECAF; (ix) study on the evolution of small pelagic fisheries in West Africa and the possible impact on nutrition and food security in West Africa; (x) study on scientific advice provided with respect to surplus estimation for sustainable fisheries partnership agreements; (xi) reports on recent meetings of other regional and sub-regional organizations; and (xii) the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI).
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