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FMSP Stock Assessment Tools Training 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
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FMSP Stock Assessment ToolsTraining WorkshopCourse 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?)
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?