ACFR/III/2000/1





ADVISORY COMMITTEE on FISHERIES RESEARCH

Third Session

Rome, Italy, 5-8 December 2000

PROVISIONAL AGENDA AND TIMETABLE

Tuesday, 5 December 2000

Morning, 09.30 hours

1. Opening of the Session

2. Adoption of the Agenda and Arrangements for the Session

3. Review of the work of the Committee since its Second Session

· Proposal for improving global status and trends reporting on fisheries

Afternoon, 14.00 hours

3. Continued

Wednesday, 6 December 2000

Morning, 09.00 hours

4. Advice on FAO's fisheries research-related programmes/activities in small-scale fisheries, inland fisheries and aquaculture:

· Poverty alleviation in fishery/aquaculture dependent communities: research issues

Afternoon, 14.00 hours

4. Continued

· Using local and traditional knowledge in improving sustainable livelihoods in fishing communities

· Research and development of appropriate genetic biotechnologies for the fishery sector in developing countries

Thursday, 7 December 2000

Morning, 09.00 hours

5. Review of some emerging issues in fisheries and aquaculture

· Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing

· CITES criteria for commercially-exploited aquatic species

Afternoon, 14.00 hours

· Ecosystem-based management of fisheries

6. Future work of the Committee

7. Election of Officers

8. Time and place of the next Session

9. Any other matters

Friday, 8 December 2000

Morning

Contact with FAO/FI Staff

Afternoon, 14.00 hours

10. Adoption of the Report