Report of the Regional Workshop on the Development of Species Identification Guides for Deep-Sea Cartilaginous Fishes of the Indian Ocean

The regional workshop on the “Development of Species Identification Guides for Deep-sea Cartilaginous Fishes of the Indian Ocean” was held in Flic en Flac, Mauritius, from 16 to 18 January 2013. It was attended by 15 participants from a wide range of countries and fields of expertise, including taxonomy, bioecology of cartilaginous fishes and the fishing industry. The general objective of the workshop was to discuss, share experiences and finally draft recommendations for the development of fiel d products aimed at facilitating the identification of Indian Ocean deep-sea cartilaginous fishes. The key goals were: to draft the final list of species to be included in the field product (or products); to define the format of the field product and how the species should be depicted; to agree on which information for each species should be included; to define the best way to help the user avoid confusing the species with similar ones; and finally to draft a proposal for the training of fishers and fishery observers to be carried out on board fishing vessels operating in the Indian Ocean.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division
Format:	Book (series) biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Online Access:	https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/I3376E http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3376e.pdf
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