FAO Fisheries Report No. 335

FAO Fisheries Report No. 335         FIP/R335(En)

COMMITTEE FOR INLAND FISHERIES OF AFRICA

REPORT OF THE
THIRD SESSION OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE FISHERIES OF LAKE VICTORIA

Jinja, Uganda, 4–5 October 1984

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome 1985

CONTENTS

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PREPARATION OF THIS REPORT

This is the final version of the report as approved by the Third Session of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA) Sub-Committee for the Development and Management of the Fisheries of Lake Victoria.



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Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa, 1984 Report of the third session of the Sub-Committee for the development and management of the fisheries of Lake Victoria. Jinja, Uganda, 4–5 October 1984. FAO Fish.Rep., (335):145 p.
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ABSTRACT
The final formal report of the Third Session of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA), Sub-Committee for the Development and Management of the Fisheries of Lake Victoria held in Jinja, Uganda, from 4–5 October 1984, is presented. The papers presented at the seminar on the fisheries of Lake Victoria, which accompanied the Session, are also included as Annexes to the Report.

CONTENTS


OPENING OF THE SESSION

ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SESSION

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

INTRODUCTION OF EXOTIC FISH SPECIES IN THE LAKE VICTORIA BASIN

FISH PROCESSING AND IMPROVING QUALITY CONTROL

REGIONAL PROGRAMME OF APPLIED FISHERIES RESEARCH FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE FISHERIES OF LAKE VICTORIA

REACTIVATION OF AFRICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL HYDROBIOLOGY AND FISHERIES

DATE AND PLACE OF THE FOURTH SESSION

ADOPTION OF THE REPORT

APPENDIX

A    List of Delegates and Observers

B    Annotated Ageda and Timetable

C    List of Documents

D    Papers Presented at the Symposium

1.1 
The effects of production by Nile perch introduced into Lake Kyoga in relation to the fisheries of Lake Kyoga and Lake VictoriaR. Ogutu-Ohwayo
1.2 
Observations on the biology of the Nile perch (L. niloticus) and growth of its fishery in the northern waters of Lake VictoriaT. Acere
1.3 
Observations on Nile perch - Lates niloticus (L.) 1758 - in the Tanzanian waters of Lake VictoriaP. Goudswaard and F. Witte
1.4 
Distribution, food and feeding habits of Lates niloticus in the Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria (Kenya)J. Ogari
1.5 
Aspects of the haplochromine fishery in southern Lake VictoriaF. Witte and P. Goudswaard
1.6 
The current state of the fisheries in the northern portion of Lake VictoriaJ. Okoranon, T. Acere and D. Ocenodongo
1.7 
Distribution and relative abundance of fish stocks in Uganda waters of Lake VictoriaG.B. Mbahinzireki
1.8 
Current status of the fisheries in the Tanzanian waters of Lake VictoriaE. Katunzi
1.9 
Catch effort assessment survey work in the Kenya waters of Lake Victoria from 1981 to 1982O. Mainga
1.10 
Principal gaps in the knowledge of fisheries of Lake Victoria (Kenyan waters)E. Okemwa
1.11 
Past history and current trends in the fisheries of Lake VictoriaG. Ssentongo and R.L. Welcomme
1.12 
Some considerations for research and management of the Lake Victoria fisheries (Uganda)A. Kudhongania and T. Twongo
1.13 
The future of fisheries in the Tanzanian part of Lake Victoria in view of the wide spread of Nile perch (Lates niloticus)P.O.J. Bwathondi