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Report of the fourth session of the Scientific Committee of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission, Mahe, Seychelles, 29 November - 2 December 2010/ Rapport de la quatrième session du Comité scientifique de la Commission des pêches pour le sud-ouest de l’océan Indien, Mahé, Seychelles, 29 novembre - 2 décembre 2010
01/2011
The fourth session of the Scientific Committee of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission was attended by delegates from Comoros, France, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa and the United Republic of Tanzania.
Surveys of the offshore fisheries resources of Pakistan - 2010
01/2011
In October and November 2010, the R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen conducted two offshore fisheries resource surveys in Paksitan¿s waters. These included sampling by acoustics, pelagic trawling, demersal trawling and collected a suite of concurrent biological and physical oceanography observations. Preliminary analyses presented in this cruise report include the distribution maps, catch rate estimates and raw abundance information for many stocks of interest to fisheries.
Report of the fourth session of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission. Mombasa, Kenya, 23-25 September 2010 / Rapport de la quatrième session de la Commission des pêches pour le sud-ouest de l'océan Indien. Mombasa, Kenya, 23-25 September 2009
01/2010
The Commission noted the work since the third session, considered the report of the Scientific Committee, reflected on the status of fisheries resources, advised on management of stocks, reminded that there should be more fishery management plans, commended the EAF-Nansen project, cautioned on relying on foreign vessels to report catches within member EEZs, and raised the need for transparency and regional cooperation i n fishing agreements.