Monitoring and managing queen conch fisheries
Subtitle: a manual
By: by Paul Medley
Series: FAO fisheries technical paper -- 514; FAO fisheries and aquaculture technical paper -- 514.
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9789251060315
Subjects: Mariscos; Queen conch fisheries; Management; Große Fechterschnecke; Fischerei; Nachhaltigkeit; Handbooks, manuals; Pesca; Gestión; Washingtoner Artenschutzübereinkommen
Description: This publication presents guidelines on the requirements for responsible management of the fisheries exploiting Caribbean queen conch (Strombus gigas), with particular emphasis on the requirements to comply with the relevant regulations of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). This manual describes the basic fisheries management cycle which includes: development and interpretation of policy; the need for management controls to regulate fishing activities; data collection and analysis; decision-making; enforcement of and compliance with the management controls; and regular feedback and review of the management system. It provides general guidance on each of those steps for the queen conch fisheries of the Caribbean. It also provides three examples of management systems for industrial, artisanal and non-directed fisheries.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-74).

Also freely available online.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: pt. 1. General guidelines. CITES and the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible fisheries; title: Fishery biology; title: The fisheries management cycle; title: Example of management systems; title: pt. 2. Technical guidelines. General approach; title: Queen conch biology; title: Data collection; title: Assessments linking data to indicators; title: Controls and monitoring; title: Adaptive management; title: Potential regional management regime.