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WECAFC Reorientation
Deirdre Warner-Kramer Acting Deputy Director Office of Marine Conservation, U.S. Department of State
Tab A, No. 7
WECAFC Reorientation Deirdre Warner-Kramer Acting Deputy Director - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
WECAFC Reorientation Deirdre Warner-Kramer Acting Deputy Director - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Tab A, No. 7 WECAFC Reorientation Deirdre Warner-Kramer Acting Deputy Director Office of Marine Conservation, U.S. Department of State Western and Central Atlantic Fisheries Commission Antigua and Barbuda Haiti Bahamas Honduras Barbados
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Haiti Honduras Jamaica Japan Mexico Netherlands Nicaragua Panama Republic of Korea Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent/Grenadines Spain Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United Kingdom United States of America Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize
- Boliv. Rep of Venezuela
Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic European Union France Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guyana
Western and Central Atlantic Fisheries Commission
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Commission Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) Working Groups Workshops/ Studies Projects
Fund the
- preration
- f the
RFMO
Members Executive Committee
Provide elected members Contribute expertise Contribute experts & managers
FAO Secretariat
COFi Policy Technical cooperation
Development & Resources Partners
- Queen conch
- Spiny Lobster
- Flying fish
- Shrimp & ground fish
- FADs
- Recreational Fisheries
- Deep sea
- Spawning Aggregations
- Trust Funds
- TCP support
- Partnerships
- Capacity building
- Awareness raising
- Information sharing
- Management
advisory
International expertise RSN cooperation
Make WECAFC decisions and adopt policy
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Area?
51% High Seas
WECAFC’s mandate area
86% Deep Sea
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Stocks?
Top Species Gulf menhaden Atlantic Menhaden American cupped oyster Blue crab Caribbean spiny lobster Flying fish Groupers Northern white shrimp Northern brown shrimp Round sardinella Seabass Yellowfin tuna Capture Fisheries Production WECAFC Area , 2000 -2013
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Binding versus non-binding…interplay with others?
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Next Steps
- U.S. makes decision whether we are ready to begin negotiation and
- ur priorities, positions, and “red lines”
- WECAFC reorientation workshop, sometime late in the year
- WECAFC Biennial Commission Meeting, sometime early 2019
- Negotiations start, sometime?
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