The second meeting of the Ecosystem Survey Planning and Analysis Working Group, Casablanca, Morocco, 30-31 May 2011

The CCLME project will establish a number of technical working groups to assist in guiding the process of developing a Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and a Strategic Action Plan (SAP) for the CCLME.

The Ecosystem Survey Planning and Analysis Working Group will lead the coordination of research cruises in the CCLME region and discuss the analysis to undertake of the collected data. The first meeting of this working group was held in Dakar, Senegal on 29-30 October 2010 and scheduled a number of surveys to take place in the CCLME region in 2011.

This second meeting will finalize the preparations for the 2011 surveys. The meeting will be held after the FAO/CECAF Working Group on Stock Assessment of Pelagic Resources that will take place in Casablanca, Morocco, 24-29 May 2011.