FMSP Stock Assessment ToolsTraining Workshop

Course introduction

Bangladesh

19th - 25th September 2005

Course Introduction

Training Team Members

Course Participants

Source of Funding

Purpose of the Course

Daily Schedule and course outline etc

Protocol for Questions and Comments

Housekeeping

Training Team

Dr Dan Hoggarth - Management/SA framework

Dr Paul Medley - ParFish design

Also in the UK

Dr Geoff Kirkwood - Technical Manager

Dr John Beddington - FMSP Programme Manager

Dr Chris Mees - FMSP Programme Manager

Others (see FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. 487)

Course Participants

Round Table Introductions• Name• Country and Organisation Name• Areas of Responsibility

Funding Source

The course has been funded by the • Fisheries Management Science Programme (FMSP)

of the• UK Department for International Development (DFID)

DFID FMSP also funded the original development and upgrades of the FMSP software and other tools, …

… and previous training courses in Africa (Kenya), SE Asia (Vietnam) and India (Mangalore)

See FMSP website: http://www.fmsp.org.uk/

Purpose of the Course

Why are we doing this?

• To encourage use of FMSP software packages and other outputs, developed to aid fisheries stock assessment.

• To provide materials for trainers to take back and repeat similar courses at your own organisations (‘training of trainers’).

• Thereby to improve fisheries management in DFID target areas and to improve livelihoods of poor people (may monitor ‘uptake’!)

Some advantages of FMSP software

Clear focus on uncertainty - confidence intervals assist adoption of precautionary approach and FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries

Non-equilibrium fitting methods in CEDA, and good diagnostic tools

Inclusion of stock-recruit relationships in Yield improves realism of YPR approach

Bayesian ParFish and empirical approaches designed for co-management arrangements

Daily schedule – OK?

09:00 First Morning Session (theory)

10:30 Morning Break

10:50 Second Morning Session (practical)

12:30 Lunch

13:15 First Afternoon Session (practical)

14:30 Afternoon Break

14:50 Second Afternoon Session (practical / review)

16:00 Close

(computer lab open until 8pm?)

Course Outline

Day 1 Monday

Day 2 Tuesday

Day 3 Wednes-day

Day 4 Thursday

Day 5 Friday

Day 6 Saturday

Day 7 Sunday

AM Introduction Fishery management Stock assessment

LFDA (theory)

Yield CEDA ParFish Empirical methods Depletion methods

Practical

PM Data collection Software installation

LFDA (practical)

Yield CEDA ParFish Dinner

Practical Discussion and feedback

Questions

Theory Sessions

We hope that everybody will understand the concepts.

If you have a question, please ASK!

Practical Sessions

Working at computers, we will be moving around each of you to answer any questions. If we’re busy, please ask your neighbours if they can help.

Housekeeping - hotel and subsistence

Per diems cover your evening meals, laundry, telephone calls, minibar and other expenses at the hotel.

Your room, breakfast, lunch, coffee breaks and Friday’s course dinner will be paid for directly by the project.

Questions?