Report of the FAO Technical Workshop on Spatial Planning for Marine Capture Fisheries and Aquaculture

Download or read book Report of the FAO Technical Workshop on Spatial Planning for Marine Capture Fisheries and Aquaculture written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Fao. This book was released on 2011 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The meeting was attended by 21 delegates from seven Member countries of RECOFI and representatives from FAO. The workshop achieved three objectives: (i) it created awareness and initiated capacity building through a technical seminar on basic concepts and emerging issues concerning spatial planning for marine capture fisheries and aquaculture; It received feedback from each RECOFI country presentation on the present status of the use of spatially-based planning tools, including case studies, present issues and challenges; (ii) it presented the results and analysis of the RECOFI regional spatial planning for marine capture fisheries and aquaculture questionnaire survey; and (iii) it prepared and finalized a Proposal for a Regional program for Implementing a Strategy on Spatial Planning for Marine Capture Fisheries and Aquaculture in RECOFI Member countries based on the survey outcomes and workshop deliberation and brainstorming.