A regional seminar on artisanal fishermen's migrations in West Africa (from Mauritania to the Congo) took place in Cotonou from the 3rd to the 5th of December 1991, in Cotonou, on the initiative of the FAO/IDAF
With financial assistance from Denmark and in collaboration with the Republic of Benin, the Fisheries Department of FAO is implementing in West Africa a programme of small scale fisheries development, commonly called the IDAF Project. This programme is based upon an integrated approach involving production, processing and marketing of fish, and related activities, it also involves an active participation of the target fishing communities.
This report is a working paper and the conclusions and recommendations are those appropriate at the time of preparation. The working papers have not necessarily been cleared for publication by the government(s) concerned nor by FAO. They may be modified in the light of future knowledge gained at subsequent stages of the Project and issued later in other series.
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Mr. Diaw, normally based at CRODT (Dakar), is currently on study-leave at the Université Laval in Québec. He was hired as a consultant by FAO to help organize the migration seminar.
Mr. Haakonsen is an independent fisheries development consultant based in Norway who from 1986 to 1991 was part of IDAF's staff in Cotonou.
