 | FAO Fisheries Report No. 587 RAFI/R587 (En) COMMITTEE FOR INLAND FISHERIES OF AFRICA Report
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PREPARATION OF THIS REPORT
This is the final version of the report as approved by the fifth session of the Working Party on Pollution and Fisheries of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA).
| DEFINITION OF MARINE POLLUTION |
| Pollution means the introduction by man, directly or indirectly, of substances or energy into the marine environment (including estuaries) resulting in such deleterious effects as harm to living resources, hazards to human health, hindrance to marine activities including fishing, impairment of quality for use of sea water and reduction of amenities. |
| IMO/FAO/Unesco-IOC/WMO/WHO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP) |
Distribution:
Members of CIFA
Mailing List CIFA
Mailing List Inland Water Pollution (Africa)
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FAO Regional Fisheries Officers
© FAO 1998
| Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa. |
Report of the fifth session of the Working Party on Pollution and
Fisheries. Accra, Ghana, 16–19 December 1997. |
| FAO Fisheries Report. No. 587. Accra, FAO. 1998. 25p. |
| ABSTRACT |
| The Working Party on Pollution and Fisheries reviewed actual data on phosphorus loadings in lakes in different parts of Africa and discussed existing models used in the world for calculating phosphorus loads from non-point sources. It concluded that although progress had been made in compiling information, more data still had to be acquired. It therefore confined itself to producing an interim statement on the state of phosphorus loadings of African lakes. A paper on phosphorus modelling of African lakes presented to the session is annexed to this report. |
INTRODUCTION OF THE TERMS OF REFERENCE
REPORTS ON PHOSPHORUS LOADINGS IN AFRICAN LAKES
MODELS FOR CALCULATING PHOSPHORUS LOADS
APPROVAL OF REPORT AND CLOSING OF SESSION
B List of members and participants
D Eutrophication in African lakes with particular reference to phosphorus loading
Statement by the CIFA Working Party on Pollution and Fisheries
E Phosphorus modelling of African lakes by J.A. Thornton and W.R. Harding