Report of the Study Group on Collection of Acoustic Data from Fishing Vessels (SGAFV)

The Study Group on Collection of Acoustic Data from Fishing Vessels (SGAFV) held its sec-ond annual meeting at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Head-quarters in Rome, Italy, prior to the 2005 meetings of ICES FTC working groups, WGFAST and WGFTFB. The meeting was Chaired by Bill Karp (USA). Guy Fleischer (USA acted as Rapporteur and Jessica Lipsky (USA) acted as Recorder. The Chair opened the meeting by thanking FAO and introducing those present. The Study Group then reviewed the agenda and discussed the goals of the meeting.