Appendix A

AGENDA AND TIMETABLE

1.

Opening and Adoption of the Agenda

2.

Symposium on Inland Fisheries Management and the Aquatic Environment

3.

Sub-Commission I

Review of intersessional activities:

• Eels
• Fish monitoring in fresh waters
• Introductions and stocking
• Mapping of fish distribution and aquatic habitat quality

Programme of the Sub-Commission

• Proposal for an ad hoc joint EIFAC/GFCM Working Party on Sturgeons

Other matters

Election of Officers

4.

Sub-Commission II

Review of intersessional activities:

• Fish diseases and their control
• Aquatic resources management in aquaculture
• Fish and crustacean nutrition
• Organic fish farming
• Market perspectives of European freshwater aquaculture

Programme of the Sub-Commission

Other matters

Election of Officers

5.

Sub-Commission III

Review of intersessional activities:

• Effects of Physical Modifications of the Aquatic Habitat on Fish Populations
• Methodologies for Rehabilitation of Lakes and Reservoirs
• Prevention and Control of Bird Predation
• Influence of Management Practices on the Environment
• Evaluation of Ecological and Human Health Effects from Endocrine Disrupting Substances

Programme of the Sub-Commission

Other matters

Election of Officers

6.

Sub-Commission IV

Review of intersessional activities:

• Communication and education
• Recreational fisheries
• Socio-economic aspects of inland fisheries

Programme of the Sub-Commission

Other matters

Election of Officers

7.

Adoption of the reports and recommendations from the Sub-Commissions

8.

Adoption of the Report of the Symposium

9.

Symposium in conjunction with the Twenty-third Session of EIFAC

10.

Strengthening of EIFAC

11.

Any other matters

12.

Election of EIFAC Officers

13.

Date and place of the Twenty-third Session

14.

Adoption of the Report

15.

Closing of the Session