1. OBJECTIVES

This seminar brought together fisheries officials from ten countries in the region and was organized as a follow-up to the Round Table of experts held in Kokrobite from the 6th to the 9th of November 1990. Its main objectives were :

1. to convey the considerable amount of information brought to light at the Kokrobite meeting to fishery officials in the region
2. to gather information as to national policies and official points of view concerning fisheries migrations in the region

to encourage an exchange of opinions on these different questions and to formulate recommendations to serve as reference in the setting-up of national and regional policies on the specific theme of artisanal fisheries migrations.