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SUB-REGIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSION SUB-REGIONAL VMS WORKSHOP |
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Monday 14 October, 2002 |
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Opening Ceremony |
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09:30 |
Welcome and registration of participants |
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09:45 |
Introductive remarks by the Permanent Secretary of the SRFC |
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10:00 |
Opening statement by the Representative of FAO in Senegal |
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10:10 |
Opening statement by the Minister in charge of fisheries of the Republic of Senegal |
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Coffee break |
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10:30 |
Discussion and adoption of the Agenda and Timetable |
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Presentation of technical papers |
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11:00 |
The role of VMS in Monitoring, Control and fisheries Surveillance (SCS) and in implementation of the International Plan of Action (IPOA) with the view to preventing, deterring and eliminating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU) in global and regional levels. |
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12:00 |
Lunch |
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13:30 |
MCS and IUU fishing in the SRFC area (M. KELLEHER, Consultant and Austin JONES, UCOS) |
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14:30 |
Overview of the technical aspects of VMS |
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15:40 |
Coffee break |
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16:00 |
Institutional options for VMS in the sub-region (M. KELLEHER, Consultant) |
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17:30 |
Closing of the session |
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20:00 |
Dinner |
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Tuesday 15 October, 2002 |
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08:30 |
Legal issues associated with VMS (FAO Legal Office) |
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09:30 |
Technical and Administrative issues in creating a national, or regional VMS capability (M. Robert GALLAGHER, Consultant) |
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Coffee break |
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11:00 |
Presentation of documents of the SRFC member States (approximately 20 minutes per country) Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea |
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12:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 |
Presentation of documents of SRFC member States and of Sierra Leone (approximately 20 minutes per country) Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal and Sierra Leone) |
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Coffee break |
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Towards a sub-regional VMS strategy for SRFC member States and Sierra Leone (M. KELLEHER, Consultant, M. Austin JONES, SOCU) Discussion of proposed strategy |
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Wednesday 16 October 2002 |
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08:30 |
Discussion of proposed strategy - continued (creation of working groups) |
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Coffee break |
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10:00 |
Parallel programme: presentation of VMS and satellite systems by commercial service providers (ARGOS, INMARSAT) |
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12:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 |
Parallel programme (continued and end) |
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15:00 |
Discussion and elaboration of technical recommendations |
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Thursday 17 October 2002 |
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08:30 |
Presentation of the draft report of the workshop |
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11:00 |
Adoption of the report and closing of the workshop |
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15:00 |
Departure from Saly to Dakar |
