Report of the FAO Technical Workshop on Spatial Planning for Marine Capture Fisheries and Aquaculture

Book excerpt: The meeting was attended by 21 delegates from seven Member countries of RECOFI and representatives from FAO. The workshop achieved three objectives: (i) it created awareness and initiated capacity building through a technical seminar on basic concepts and emerging issues concerning spatial planning for marine capture fisheries and aquaculture; It received feedback from each RECOFI country presentation on the present status of the use of spatially-based planning tools, including case studies, present issues and challenges; (ii) it presented the results and analysis of the RECOFI regional spatial planning for marine capture fisheries and aquaculture questionnaire survey; and (iii) it prepared and finalized a Proposal for a Regional program for Implementing a Strategy on Spatial Planning for Marine Capture Fisheries and Aquaculture in RECOFI Member countries based on the survey outcomes and workshop deliberation and brainstorming.