Second Meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Fao Project "Management of Tuna Fishing Capacity Conservation And Socio-economics 15-18 March 2004, Madrid, Spain

FAO's Japan-funded Project "Management of tuna fishing capacity: conservation and socio-economics" was formulated with the aim of improving the management of tuna fisheries on a global scale. Its immediate objectives are to provide the technical information necessary for the management of tuna fishing capacity and resolve the associated technical on a global scale, taking into account conservation and socio-economic issues. This publication includes papers on the studies that were considered high priority by the project and its Technical Advisory Committee at its 1st Meeting (Rome, Italy, 14-16 April 2003). Earlier versions of papers on these studies were presented to the 2nd Meeting of the TAC (Madrid, Spain, 15-18 March 2004), where they were critically discussed.Food and Agriculture Organization is the author of 'Second Meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Fao Project "Management of Tuna Fishing Capacity Conservation And Socio-economics 15-18 March 2004, Madrid, Spain', published 2005 under ISBN 9789251052976 and ISBN 9251052972.