Report of and papers presented at the second meeting of the WECAFC Ad Hoc working group on the development of sustainable moored fish aggregating

The meeting noted that the diversity in practices of the establishment and management of Fish Aggregating Devices [FADs] and agreed that there was a need for more cooperation and exchanges on moored FAD fishing at the subregional level to ensure sustainability in the exploitation of the shared fish resources that aggregate around FAD. This report consists of Part I that summarizes the presentations, discussions and decisions of the meeting and Part II that contains the full national reports, case studies and technical presentations in the language in which they were presented.