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1 Introduction
1.1 Learning objectives
• Explain the linkages and separate tasks of Monitoring, Control and Surveillance.
• List three management issues facing global fisheries.
1.2 Manual Organization
The purpose of this Scientific Observer Sampling Manual is to have a resource for training
and at-sea field deployment of scientific observers on commercial fishing vessels in the east
Atlantic Ocean including the Gulf of Guinea (Figure 1-1). The manual contains four main
sections focusing on background information (Chapters 1-3) and the different aspects of
Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (Chapters 4-10, 12 and 15, and 13, respectively).
Chapters are organized around specific gear types and target fisheries. Country-specific
information developed by individual observer programs is included as in Appendices 1-3.
There is an extensive index of topics and a glossary of terms and acronyms. Each chapter
begins with explicit learning objectives for the chapter that parallel the training modules. The
objectives are followed by a brief introduction, a list of sampling priorities (where
appropriate) and form instructions.
Figure 1-1 West Africa and the Gulf of Guinea.
1.3 Overview of MCS
1.3.1 What is MCS?
In the most basic form, monitoring, control and surveillance or MCS is an integrated
information gathering, rule-making and enforcement system used to manage fisheries. Everett
(2005-2009) and Flewwelling et al. (2002) define each component more specifically as
follows:
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