REPORT OF THE EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON STOCK ASSESSMENT METHODS AND REVIEW OF THE SMALL PELAGIC AND DEMERSAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE CECAF AREA PDF Download

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9250090447
Category : Nature
Languages : fr
Pages : 149

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Book Description
The CECAF Expert Group meeting on stock assessment methods and review of the small pelagic and demersal assessments carried out in the CECAF area took place at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy, from 24 to 26 June 2015. The meeting brought together the Chairs of the small pelagic and demersal Working Groups, the Chair of the Scientific Sub-Committee, regional experts and two of the three independent reviewers of the stock assessment reports from the Working Groups as well as four FAO staff. The stock assessment reviews also provided advice and recommendations on methodological and other technical alternatives to the small pelagic and demersal Working Groups, in order to strengthen the scientific advice provided and to support the CECAF Scientific Sub-Committee and the Committee. General conclusions were that improved data and access to existing data is a priority over the development and application of more advanced stock assessment models, current methods are appropriate but some assessments can be improved by further consideration of all data available. A more extensive documentation of assessments would help for quality control, transparency and continuity during changes in Working Group membership, and ways of achieving this without making the Working Group report itself too lengthy.