Report of the first session of the Regional Commission for Fisheries. Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 6–8 October 2001.

FAO Fisheries Report No. 713

Report of the First Session of the Regional Commission for Fisheries

Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 6-8 October 2001

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE NEAR EAST

Rome, 2005

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PREPARATION OF THIS REPORT

This is the final version of the report as approved by the first session of the Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) on 8 October 2001.

FAO.
Report of the first session of the Regional Commission for Fisheries. Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 6–8 October 2001.
FAO Fisheries Report. No 713. Rome, FAO. 2005. 24p.
[Bilingual version English/Arabic]

ABSTRACT

The first session of the Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) was held in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, from 6 to 8 October 2001. Delegates and potential members of the Commission and Observers from the WorldFish Center (ICLARM), the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) attended the session.

Official opening was made by Dr Younis Khalfan Al-Akhzami (Director General of Fisheries Resources of the Sultanate of Oman), and Dr Mohammad Saif Abdullah (Senior Regional Fisheries Officer, FAO Regional Office for the Near East and General Secretary of the RECOFI). Main items discussed were: rules of procedures of RECOFI, working methods and subsidiary bodies, annual meetings, status of fisheries in Member Countries, financial arrangements and future activities of RECOFI.

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