Research Catalog

Title

Report of the Workshop on Deep-Sea Species Identification : Rome, Italy, 2-4 December 2009.

Author

Workshop on Deep-Sea Species Identification (2009 : Rome, Italy)

Publication

Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2011.

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Additional Authors

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Description

v, 209 pages; 30 cm

Summary

A Workshop on Deep-sea Species Identification was organized by FAO in Rome, Italy, from 2 to 4 December 2009. The meeting was organized in response to the need for a strategy for the development of appropriate deep-sea species identification tools for fishery purposes, in particular, to address the broadened requirements for reporting on not only target species, but also associated species following recent international developments with respect to fisheries management guidance and biodiversity conservation. The Workshop included an overview of relevant FAO programmes. The overview was followed by presentations and discussions on current knowledge and key issues to be addressed to improve knowledge of vulnerable deep-sea species groups such as chondrichthyes, corals, sponges and other selected deep-sea groups through the development of a database and appropriate identification tools to facilitate reporting on these species groups by fishery operators. Part 1 of the report includes these discussions as well as the conclusions and recommendations agreed upon by participants. Harmonized versions of the three background documents drafted for the Workshop are included in Part 2 of the report.

Series Statement

FAO fisheries and aquaculture report, 2070-6987 ; no. 947

Uniform Title

FAO fisheries and aquaculture report ; no. 947.

Alternative Title

Workshop on Deep-Sea Species Identification

Subject

• Deep-sea fishes > Identification > Congresses
• Deep sea corals > Identification > Congresses
• Sponges > Identification > Congresses
• Chondrichthyes > Identification > Congresses
• Deep-sea fisheries > Management > Congresses

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• "Annotated global checklist of extant deep-sea chondrichthyans": pages 49-76.
• "FIRF/R947 (En)."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

pt. 1. Report of the expert workshop. Background ; Introduction ; Relevant FAO Programmes ; Discussion on chondrichthyes, corals, and sponges ; Discussion on vulnerable deep-sea or bycatch fish species ; Deep-sea species identification guides for vulnerable species ; Discussion on ways forward for the development of guides for vulnerable deep-sea species ; Conclusions and recommendations -- pt. 2. Expert workshop background documents. Information to assist preparation of a deep-sea species identification guide--sharks, batoids, and chimaeras (class Chondrichthyes) / by Peter M. Kyne and Colin A. Simpfendorfer. Global list of cold-water corals (order Scleractinia, sub-order Filifera, subclass Octocorallia, order Antipatharia) from waters deeper than 200 m, vulnerable species, and draft recommendations for the production of identification guides / by Marcelo Visentini Kitahara. Towards the development of an identification guide for vulnerable deep-sea sponges / by Joana R. Xavier and Rob W.M. van Soest.

ISBN

• 9789251069851
• 9251069859

LCCN

2012471885

OCLC

• ocn798312357
• 798312357
• SCSB-1843076

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library