The recommendations of the WGSAs are being submitted to the Scientific Advisory Committee on Fisheries (SAC), which collects and assesses information on catches, fishing efforts, fleet capacity, and other data relevant to the conservation and management of fisheries.
Then, the SAC adopts the assessment of the status and trends of relevant populations of living marine resources, ecosystems, and fisheries-related human components, using the appropriate indicators and in relation to agreed biological and/or management reference points. In addition, a provision of independent advice made by the SAC to facilitate the adoption of recommendations concerning the sustainable management of fisheries and ecosystems at the regional and sub-regional levels, including relevant biological, environmental, social, and economic aspects, the ecosystem approach to fisheries, the impact of IUU fishing and the assessment of biological and ecological implications under different management scenarios.
Report of the Working Group on Stock Assessment of Demersal Species (WGSAD) session on the assessment of deep-water red shrimp on FAO webpage
Report of the Working Group on Stock Assessment of Demersal species (WGSAD) on FAO webpage
Report of the Working Group on Stock Assessment of Small Pelagic species (WGSASP) on FAO webpage
The conference theme was “Towards a sustainable blue economy”. Blue economy seeks to promote economic growth while at the same time ensuring the environmental sustainability of the oceans and coastal areas. Blue economy has diverse components, including established traditional ocean industries such as maritime transport, fisheries, and new fields, such as offshore renewable energy, seabed extractive activities, aquaculture, and marine biotechnology.
The conference topics were:
MARLOG 11 20th - 22nd March 2022 on AASTMT webpage
MARLOG 11 20th - 22nd March 2022 on AASTMT webpage
