 | FAO Fisheries Report No. 249 FIP/R249(En) REPORT
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PREPARATION OF THIS PAPER
This is the final version of the report as approved by the Fourth Session of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa.
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| Participants in the session | |
| Members of the Committee | FAO, 1981 Report of the fourth session of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa. Blantyre, Malawi, 8–12 December 1980. FAO Fish.Rep., (249):41 p. |
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ABSTRACT
The final formal report of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA), held in Blantyre, Malawi, 8–12 December 1980, is presented. Major topics considered were: (1) Management and development of river basin fisheries; (2) Regional inland fisheries programme for Africa; (3) Fishery development in Lake Tanganyika; (4) Development of aquaculture in Africa; (5) Stock assessment, synthesis of information on African river basin fisheries and proposal for a course on fishery appraisal and fishery management for African inland fishery workers. Among the recommendations of the meeting were: (1) To establish a working group on water pollution and fisheries which will also prepare guidelines on the assessment of the impact of resource development on fisheries; (2) To establish two working groups on stock assessment, one for pelagic fishery resources in large lakes and reservoirs and the other for artisanal fisheries; (3) FAO to secure funds for the Regional Inland Fisheries Programme for Africa (CIFA programme) either through the UNDP or other donors and that the CIFA programme and secretariat preferably be seated in one place; (4) UNDP support for the principal phase of the Lake Tanganyika Fisheries Research Project, programmed for the 1982/1986 cycle; (5) CIFA sub-committee be closely associated with CILSS and that the proposed CIFA programme should give priority to the planning of fishery development in the Sahelian Zone; (6) Aquaculture to be considered an essential agro-economic activity and receive adequate human and financial investments. Appendix J includes the list of documents presented to the meeting.
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SESSION
SEMINAR ON MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF RIVER BASIN FISHERIES
FAO INLAND FISHERIES ACTIVITIES IN AFRICA
REGIONAL INLAND FISHERIES PROGRAMME FOR AFRICA
FISHERY DEVELOPMENT IN LAKE TANGANYIKA
DEVELOPMENT OF FISHERIES IN THE SAHELIAN ZONE
DEVELOPMENT OF AQUACULTURE IN AFRICA
Working Group on Stock Assessment
Synthesis of Information on African River Basin Fisheries
CIFA Course on Fishery Appraisal and Fishery Management for African Inland Fishery Workers
Symposium Theme for the Fifth Session of CIFA
DATE AND PLACE OF THE FIFTH SESSION
A List of Delegates and Observers
B Address by the Honourable E.C.I. Bwanali, M.P., Minister for the Southern Region, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lilongwe, Malawi
C Address by J.-L. Gaudet, Representative of the Assistant Director-General of the Fisheries Department, FAO
D Address by R.A. Borthwick, Resident Representative of UNDP in Malawi
E Summary Report of the Ad Hoc Meeting of the CIFA Sub-Committee for Lake Tanganyika
F Report on the Meeting of the Correspondence Working Group on Stock Assessment
G Report of an Ad Hoc Meeting to Discuss the “Prospectus for a CIFA Activity on Synthesis of Information on African River Basin Fisheries”
H Report on an Ad Hoc Meeting to Discuss “A Course on Fishery Appraisal and Fishery Management for African Inland Fishery Workers”