1. Joint JCOMM/CAgM Task Team on Weather, Climate and Fisheries
Robert Stefanski
Chief, Agricultural Meteorology Programme
WMO
WMO

2. TORs - I
To review the current data collection by JCOMM and others, to assess how these data meet the current needs of the ecosystem-approach to management in fisheries; as appropriate, work with other JCOMM expert teams to develop climate services for fisheries based on the available marine climate data;
To encourage oceanic and coastal fisheries management organizations to inform their members about the advantages of making and reporting relevant marine meteorological and ocean observation to the various WMO/IOC observation and information systems;

3. TORs - II
To contribute to the understanding of the impacts of climate change on fisheries and marine aquaculture;
To identify risk assessment or management evaluation tools that incorporate climate variability in order to improve the ecosystem-approach to management of fisheries;
To identify how weather and climate tools that can inform integrated coastal zone management relevant to coastal fisheries and marine aquaculture;
Next Meeting – 19 September 2015 – San Sebastian, Spain after 3rd CLIOTOP Conference

4. Roving Seminars for Fishers and Farmers in Coastal Areas
Raise the awareness of the fishing community of the current advances in provision of weather and climate information for operational decisions on farm with particular focus on-going or present drought events and will promote the development of more efficient warnings and alerts and their broadcast.
Feedback obtained will help the personnel from the Meteorological Services and the Agricultural Extension Agencies to design more improved products for use by fishers, development of weather alert systems for extreme weather events and to improve the channels of communication.

5. Thank you for your attention