APPENDIX A
List of Delegates and Observers

MEMBERS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE

Burundi

NYAKAGENI, B.
Directeur des eaux et forêts
Ministère de l'agriculture et de l'élevage
B.P. 631
Bujumbura

Tanzania

LIBABA, G.K.
Director of Fisheries
Division of Fisheries
Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism
P.O. Box 2462
Dar-es-Salaam

MAEMBE, T.W.
Chief Fisheries Officer
Division of Fisheries
Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism
P.O. Box 2462
Dar-es-Salaam

Zaire

SALEA, T.M.
Chef, Division des pêches
Département de l'agriculture, du dévelopment rural et de l'environnement
15 avenue des Cliniques
B.P. 73
Kinshasa 14

Zambia

MUYANGA, E.D.
Director of Fisheries
Ministry of Agriculture and Water Development
P.O. Box 100
Chilanga

MULALA, S.A.
Chief Fisheries Officer
Ministry of Agriculture and Water Development
P.O. Box 100
Chilanga

Observer

Uganda

SIMBWA-BUNNYA, M.
Designate Permanent Representative to FAO
Embassy of Uganda
13 avenue Raymond Poincaré
75116, Paris, France

FAO FISHERIES DEPARTMENT

Headquarters

EL ZARKA, S.
Senior Fishery Liaison Officer
Fishery International Institutions and Liaison Unit
Fishery Policy and Planning Division

GAUDET, J.L.
Senior Fishery Planning Officer
Fishery Development Planning Service
Fishery Policy and Planning Division

HENDERSON, H.F.
Chief
Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service
Fishery Resources and Environment Division

KAMBONA, J.J.
Chief
Fishery International Institutions and Liaison Unit
Fishery Policy and Planning Division

KAPETSKY, J.
Fishery Resources Officer
Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service
Fishery Resources and Environment Division

MANN, M.J.
Senior Project Operation Officer
operations Service

SSENTONGO, G.
Fishery Resources Officer
Marine Resources Service
Fishery Resources and Environment Division

Field

COLLART, A.
Programme Coordinator
Programme de dévelopment intégré des pêches artisanales en Afrique de l'ouest
c/o FAO Representative
B.P. 1369
Cotonou, Benin

ROEST, F.C.
Fishery Biologist
Development of Fisheries in the Eastern Central Atlantic
c/o UNDP
P.O. Box 154
Dakar, Senegal

Regional Office for Africa

WEST, W.Q.-B
Senior Regional Fisheries Officer
P.O. Box 1628
Accra, Ghana

APPENDIX B
Agenda

1. Opening of the Session

2. Election of Chairman/Vice-Chairman

   Under Rule XII-1 of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA) the Sub-Committee is required to elect its office bearers at the beginning of each session.

3. Adoption of the Agenda and Arrangements for the Session

4. Fishery Management and Development

   (a) Main management and development issues facing the riparian States of Lake Tanganyika

   Document CIFA: DM/LT/83/2 reviews the current fishery situation of Lake Tanganyika and examines also the various policy decisions considered or taken by the riparian States - Burundi, Tanzania, Zaire and Zambia - in order to increase the exploitation of the resources occurring within their national jurisdiction.

   The document will be supplemented by written statements or oral interventions by delegations on such matters as profiles of national fisheries, policy objectives, development strategies, programmes for management and development of the fisheries and major problems and constraints encountered.

   The Sub-Committee is requested to pay particular attention to those actions which can be undertaken to improve the fisheries at national, regional and international levels.

   (b) Action programmes for the development and management of the fisheries of Lake Tanganyika

   The Committee is invited to review the priority needs for management and development of the fisheries of Lake Tanganyika and discuss ways in which the four States might achieve harmonization of legislation and management policy, coordination and economy of research activities, promotion of exchange of fishery data, information and research results, and standardization of collection of basic statistics. The Committee is further invited to adopt a programme of action to achieve such goals as it deems of highest priority.

   (c) Identification of additional inputs required

   One of the major tasks of the Sub-Committee in the framework of its function as the coordinating body for development action at a regional level is the identification of gaps in coverage by existing and pipeline projects.

   The Sub-Committee is invited to make appropriate suggestions in this regard and in particular to set priorities for future action at regional level. In doing so the Sub-Committee will greatly assist FAO and other interested donor agencies in formulating and implementing relevant project proposals for Lake Tanganyika.

5. The Objectives, Role and Functions of CIFA

   Sub-Committee for the Development and Management of the Fisheries of Lake Tanganyika

   Document CIFA: DM/LT/83/4 provides summary information on the basic characteristics of the Sub-Committee and explains its role of supporting coherent fisheries activities in Lake Tanganyika.

   The Sub-Committee is invited to take note of the explanations provided particularly as regards its role on planned or operational projects in Lake Tanganyika. The Sub-Committee is requested to provide guidance as appropriate.

6. Any Other Matter

7. Date and Place of the Third Session

   Under Rule IV-2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA) the sessions of the Sub-Committee are convened by the Director-General, who decides on the place where they are to be held in consultation with the Chairman and the competent authorities of the host country, taking into account the views expressed by the Sub-Committee.

   The Committee is invited to consider the date and place of its third session in the light of any invitation extended by a member country.

8. Adoption of the Report

APPENDIX C
List of Documents

APPENDIX D
Project Idea Regional Project for the Development and Management of the Fisheries of Lake Tanganyika

The development of fisheries in Lake Tanganyika is hampered because the wide fluctuations in the pelagic stocks make capital investments less attractive to governments and investors. It is therefore urgent that the lakewide research be undertaken to provide a solid base for the future development of the fisheries. The countries have therefore agreed on the urgency to develop a regional project which should last for a period of five years.

In view of the necessity to have good fisheries statistics for stock assessment purposes, the project would initially be mainly concerned with the setting up in the four countries of a system of collection of reliable data on catch and fishing effort. At the same time, a full-scale study of the pelagic ecosystem would start, consisting of constant monitoring of species composition and length-frequency distribution of the industrial and artisanal catches, a study of growth, mortality as well as of other biological characteristics, regular acoustic surveys covering the whole lake area (in order to estimate the fish biomass and determine its distribution) and limnological observations.

This research will be development-oriented and result in the identification of a number of fishery development projects. For this purpose, the four existing national research institutes would need to be re-equipped with research apparatus and vessels. In addition, a regional base would be established at Bujumbura, from where activities are coordinated and lakewide surveys planned and undertaken.

This project would call for an international professional staff of four (coordinator, biologist, statistician, gear technologist). Consultants would be required for socio-economic surveys, for fish processing and for fishery management.

At the end of the project, the four countries would be able to continue national fishery statistics collection and fishery research by themselves, would be able to extrapolate national research data to the regional level, would organize joint acoustic surveys and meet regularly to discuss fishery management issues.