- Benguela Current Forage Fish Workshop

The Benguela Current Forage Fish Workshop will take place online from Monday 2^nd to Wednesday the 4^th of November 2020 hosted by the South African Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF). The workshop is being organized in collaboration with the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat, the Benguela Current Convention (BCC) and BirdLife South Africa (BLSA) with funding provided by the Government of the United Kingdom through its Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

The workshop aim is to develop and agree on a set of recommendations for the management of the Benguela Current’s forage fish resources and their fisheries so as to ensure their long-term sustainable use as a critical food resource for seabirds.

Meeting documents will be made available for download on this webpage as soon as they are ready.

For further information, please contact the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat.

	Ecosystem Thresholds as Tools to Achieve an Ecosystem-Based Approach to Fisheries BCFF Inf. 9 Ecosystem Thresholds as Tools to Achieve an Ecosystem-Based Approach to Fisheries English, British 541.76 KB 2020-10-26
	GoToMeeting Guide for Meeting Participants BCFF Inf. 2 GoToMeeting Guide for Meeting Participants English, British 1.49 MB 2020-10-26
	Seabird-Induced Natural Mortality of Forage Fish Varies with Fish Abundance: Evidence from Five Ecosystems BCFF Inf. 8 Seabird-Induced Natural Mortality of Forage Fish Varies with Fish Abundance: Evidence from Five Ecosystems English, British 2.01 MB 2020-10-26
	Economic and Ecosystem Benefits of Some Marine Top Predators for Parties to the Benguela Current Convention BCFF Inf. 11 Economic and Ecosystem Benefits of Some Marine Top Predators for Parties to the Benguela Current Convention English, British 541.46 KB 2020-10-29
	Sandeel Stocks and Seabirds in the North Sea BCFF Inf. 6 Sandeel Stocks and Seabirds in the North Sea English, British 328.03 KB 2020-10-26
	South Africa’s Seabirds – Distribution, Foraging, Population Trends and Status BCFF Inf. 7 South Africa’s Seabirds – Distribution, Foraging, Population Trends and Status English, British 190.25 KB 2020-10-28
	AEWA International Multi-Species Action Plan for the Conservation of Benguela Current Upwelling System Coastal Seabirds BCFF Inf. 5 AEWA IMSAP for the Conservation of Benguela Current Upwelling System Coastal Seabirds English, British 3.16 MB 2020-10-26
	Food Limitation and Minimum Viable Populations of Seabirds in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem BCFF Inf. 10 Food Limitation and Minimum Viable Populations of Seabirds in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem English, British 383.04 KB 2020-10-26
	Online Meeting Guidelines BCFF Inf. 3 Online Meeting Guidelines English, British 146.27 KB 2020-10-26
	Final List of Participants Final List of Participants English, British 193.2 KB 2020-11-24

AEWA

Benguela Current Forage Fish Workshop

Annotated Agenda

Ecosystem Thresholds as Tools to Achieve an Ecosystem-Based Approach to Fisheries

GoToMeeting Guide for Meeting Participants

Seabird-Induced Natural Mortality of Forage Fish Varies with Fish Abundance: Evidence from Five Ecosystems

Economic and Ecosystem Benefits of Some Marine Top Predators for Parties to the Benguela Current Convention

Sandeel Stocks and Seabirds in the North Sea

South Africa’s Seabirds – Distribution, Foraging, Population Trends and Status

AEWA International Multi-Species Action Plan for the Conservation of Benguela Current Upwelling System Coastal Seabirds

Food Limitation and Minimum Viable Populations of Seabirds in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem

Online Meeting Guidelines

Final List of Participants

Recommendations of the Benguela Current Forage Fish Workshop

Workshop report

Secretariat

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