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 Jamaica Belize Japan Boliv. Rep of Venezuela Mexico Brazil Netherlands Colombia Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama Cuba Republic of Korea Dominica Saint Kitts and Nevis Dominican Republic Saint Lucia European Union Saint Vincent/Grenadines France Spain Grenada Suriname Guatemala Trinidad and Tobago Guinea United Kingdom Guyana United States of America
Members FAO Fund the Make WECAFC Commission opreration COFi Policy decisions and of the adopt policy RFMO Executive Committee Secretariat RSN cooperation Provide elected members Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) Contribute expertise Technical cooperation Contribute Working Workshops/ experts & Projects managers Groups Studies - Queen conch - Trust Funds - Capacity building - Spiny Lobster - TCP support - Awareness raising - Flying fish - Partnerships - Information sharing - Shrimp & ground fish - Management - FADs advisory International - Recreational Fisheries - Deep sea expertise -Spawning Aggregations Development & Resources Partners
Area? WECAFC’s mandate area 51% High Seas 86% Deep Sea
Stocks? Capture Fisheries Production WECAFC Area , 2000 -2013 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
Binding versus non-binding … interplay with others?
Next Steps < Input and Consultation > • U.S. makes decision whether we are ready to begin negotiation and our priorities, positions, and “red lines” < Input and Consultation > • WECAFC reorientation workshop, sometime late in the year < Input and Consultation > • WECAFC Biennial Commission Meeting, sometime early 2019 < Input and Consultation > • Negotiations start, sometime? < Input and Consultation >
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