FAO Publishes Factsheets on Fisheries in the FCWC Region
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has published 38 factsheets on fisheries in the FCWC region, making the up-to-date information accessible via the internet.
The achievement is one of the key outcomes of the Letter of Agreement (LOA) between the FCWC and the Fisheries and Resources Monitoring System (FIRMS) Secretariat. The factsheets contain 25 artisanal, and 13 semi-industrial and industrial fisheries data, enabling a dynamic update of FIRMS inventories with the statistics collected annually through the FCWC Regional Database (RDB).
This progress was made possible through the collaboration of fisheries statistics personnel in the Member States. It is envisaged that the openly accessible fisheries information will be regularly updated annually.
Benin
- Artisanal beach seine small pelagic fishery – coastal zone within 5nm
- Artisanal handlines and pole and lines demersal fish fishery – coastal zone within 5nm (coral reef)
- Artisanal purse seine small pelagic fishery – (coastal zone within 5nm)
- Industrial bottom trawl demersal fish fishery – off 5nm
Cote d’Ivore
- Artisanal beach seine fishery – (west of Abidjan)
- Industrial bottom trawl fishery – Eastern littoral shelf area
- Industrial sardine fishery – Shelf area
Nigeria
- Artisanal Ghana type canoe coastal fishery – Lagos
- Artisanal planked canoe coastal fishery – Lagos
- Artisanal dug out canoe coastal fishery – Lagos
- Industrial trawl shrimp fishery
- Industrial trawl finfish fishery
Togo
- Artisanal beach seine fishery – coastal zone within 1nm
- Artisanal handlines and pole and lines demersal fish fishery – coastal zone within 3nm
- Artisanal purse seine small pelagic fishery – coastal zone within 8nm
- Industrial trawl demersal fish fishery – EEZ off 8nm
