The final report of the Fifth Session of the CECAF Working Party on Fishery Statistics held in Accra, Ghana, from 5 to 7 October 1994 is presented. Topics considered included: The review of CECAF statistical system; methodological operational and data processing aspects of artisanal fisheries, collection, analysis and presentation of industrial fisheries statistics; survey of landings of international fleet based in Las Palmas. The decisions, directives and recommendations are presented in Appendix G.

The report of the thirteenth session of the Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic Fishery Statistics (CWP) held in Rome, Italy, 11-18 February 1987, is presented. The EC Commission, FAO, ICCAT, ICES, ICSEAF, NAFO, OECD were the participating agencies. Major topics considered were: review of recommendations and proposals from CWP-12 and progress; agency programmes and publications presenting Atlantic fishery statistics; statistics on discards; review of the operation of the STATLANT system; procedures for handling discrepancies in databases; Ad-Hoc Global Consultation on Tuna Statistics; integration of value data into databases; STATLANT B data; handbook of fishery statistics; aquaculture enquiries; fishing fleet statistics; nationality issues; food balance sheets.

This is the report of the First Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) Preparatory Meeting for the Transformation into a Regional Fisheries Management Organization (RFMO) held in Bridgetown, Barbados, on 25 and 26 March 2019. Ce document est le rapport de la Première réunion préparatoire pour la transformation de la Commission des pêches pour l’Atlantique Centre-Ouest (COPACO) en une organisation regionale de gestion des pêches en une organisation regionale de gestion des pêches (ORGP), qui s’est tenue a Bridgetown (La Barbade) les 25 et 26 mars 2019. Este es el primer informe de la Primera reunión preparatoria de la Comisión de Pesca para el Atlántico Centro Occidental (COPACO) para la transformación en una organización regional de ordenación pesquera (OROP), celebrada en Bridgetown, Barbados, los días 25 y 26 de marzo de 2019.