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WestMAC (Archive)
Western Deepwater Trawl Fishery Management Advisory Committee (WestMAC)
As of 1 July 2009, WestMAC was disbanded and replaced by a small consultative panel that will focus on the key strategic issues facing the north-west trawl fisheries.
| Meeting | Documents |
|---|---|
| 2009 | |
| WestMAC 17, 10 June 2009 | Agenda (38kb) Papers Chair’s summary (65kb) |
| 2008 | |
| WestMAC 16, 14 August 2008 | Agenda (38kb) Minutes (44kb) |
| 2007 | |
| WestMAC 15, 21-22 November 2007 | Minutes (69kb) Chair’s summary (65kb) |
| WestMAC 14, 8-9 August 2007 | Minutes (106kb) Chair’s summary (61kb) |
| 2006 | |
| WestMAC 13, 17-18 October 2006 | Agenda(34kb) Minutes (123kb) Chair’s summary (70kb) |
| WestMAC 12, 7-8 March 2006 | Agenda (39kb) Chair’s summary (83kb) |
| 2005 | |
| WestMAC 11, 18-19 October 2005 | Draft agenda (37kb) Chair’s summary (86kb) |
| 2004 | |
| WestMAC 10, 15 June 2004 | Draft agenda (8kb) Chair’s summary (23kb) |
| 2002 | |
| WestMAC 8, 29 July 2002 | Draft agenda (59kb) Papers (130kb) |
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