Bottom Trawl Surveys - Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Ottawa ...
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4<br />
Research vessel oper<strong>at</strong>ing<br />
expenditures, justified primarily by needs for<br />
abundance surveys, exceed $10,000,000 annually<br />
and thus represent a substantial percentage <strong>of</strong><br />
our fisheries research expenditures. Large<br />
numbers <strong>of</strong> person-years are devoted to vessel<br />
crews and survey-rel<strong>at</strong>ed scientific staff. In<br />
view <strong>of</strong> the magnitude <strong>of</strong> research vessel<br />
expenditures, it is crucially important th<strong>at</strong><br />
research vessel surveys be efficiently designed<br />
and th<strong>at</strong> the maximum <strong>of</strong> inform<strong>at</strong>ion is extracted<br />
from d<strong>at</strong>a collected. Efficiency <strong>of</strong> the d<strong>at</strong>a<br />
collection program must be balanced with<br />
accur<strong>at</strong>e appraisal <strong>of</strong> the impact <strong>of</strong> survey d<strong>at</strong>a<br />
on fishery management advice and regul<strong>at</strong>ory<br />
measures; this is critical as we plan research<br />
vessel acquisition and deployment for the<br />
1980's.<br />
I note th<strong>at</strong> .the <strong>Workshop</strong> agenda<br />
addresses a wide range <strong>of</strong> topics relevant to<br />
planning needs. Sessions range from sampling<br />
techniques, to estim<strong>at</strong>ion, to impact <strong>of</strong> surveys<br />
on management advice. There are many<br />
contributed papers which I am sure will<br />
stimul<strong>at</strong>e constructive deb<strong>at</strong>e and conclusions<br />
which will aid us all in program planning.<br />
I wish you a very successful <strong>Workshop</strong>.<br />
Les depenses de fonctionnement des<br />
navires de recherche, justifiees<br />
essentiellement par la necessite des releves<br />
d'abondance, depassent $10,000,000 par annee,<br />
ce qui represente un pourcentage appreciable de<br />
nos depenses de recherche sur les peches. De<br />
nombreuses annees-personnes sont consacrees aux<br />
equipages des navires et au personnel<br />
scientifique <strong>at</strong>tache aux releves. Etant donne<br />
1 'ampleur des depenses liees aux navires de<br />
recherche, i 1 est tres important que 1 es<br />
releves soient bien prepares et que 1 'on tire<br />
des donnees recueillies le maximum de<br />
renseignements. L'efficacite du programme de<br />
collecte des donnees doit etre renforcee par<br />
une evalu<strong>at</strong>ion precise de l'incidence des<br />
donnees fournies par les releves sur les<br />
conseils en m<strong>at</strong>iere de gestion des peches et<br />
sur les mesures de reglement<strong>at</strong>ion; cela est<br />
crucial pour la planific<strong>at</strong>ion de 1 'acquisition<br />
et du deploiement des navires de recherche pour<br />
les annees qu<strong>at</strong>re-vingt.<br />
Je remarque qu'une grande variete de<br />
sujets inscrits a 1 'ordre du jour de 1 '<strong>at</strong>elier<br />
sont lies aux besoins d'une telle<br />
planific<strong>at</strong>ion. Les sujets a 1 'etude vont des<br />
techniques d'echantillonnage a 1 'evalu<strong>at</strong>ion,<br />
puis a l'incidence des releves sur les conseils<br />
de gestion. Je suis convaincu que de nombreux<br />
documents ameneront des discussions et des<br />
propositions constructives qui nous aideront a<br />
planifier le programme.<br />
Mes meilleurs voeux de succes a tous.