This book has its genesis in materials collected in the Hestern Central
Atlantic region in preparation for a regional seminar on the Changing
Law of the Sea and its Implications for Fisheries in the Hestern
Atlantic. The Seminar, which was organised by the Food and Agriculture
Organisation of the UN and funded by the Norwegian government, was held
in Havana, Cuba, 1980. Most of the materials were gathered by the
authors as a result of direct contact with the fisheries authorities of
the region, and supplemented where possible by information obtained from
public sources for the remaining countries not visited. Twenty seven
countries in the region were visited, and the authors were able to
obtain materials much of which is not readily accessible except in the
individual countries. In writing this book, the authors have become
indebted to many people for their advice and assistance. He wish to
thank in particular the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United
Nations for permitting use to be made of papers submitted to the Havana
seminar, and to the following members of that Organisation: L.