INTRODUCTION

1. The eleventh session of the Indian Ocean Fishery Commission (IOFC) was held on 17 February 1999, at FAO Headquarters, Rome. The meeting was chaired by Ms Abigail N. Shani of Kenya. The meeting was attended by 15 Members of the Commission. The list of participants is attached as Appendix B.

2. The Commisssion adopted the Agenda shown in Appendix A.The documents placed before the Commission are listed in Appendix C.

FUTURE OF THE COMMISSION

3. The Secretariat introduced document IOFC/99/2, reviewing steps taken by the subsidiary bodies of the Commission to strengthen their structures and functions in conformity with the decision of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) at its twenty-second Session in 1997 as well as Resolution 13/97 adopted by the FAO Conference at its twenty-ninth Session in November 1997.

4. The Commission noted actions already taken by its subsidiary bodies and:

• agreed that the Committee for the Development and Management of Fisheries in the Bay of Bengal (BOBC) be merged with the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) as recommended by BOBC at its tenth Session in September 1997 and subsequently accepted by APFIC at its twenty-sixth Session in September 1998;
• encouraged the Committee for the Development and Management of the Fisheries Resources of the Gulfs to proceed with the process for its establishment as an Article XIV body under the FAO Constitution;
• encouraged the Committee for the Development and Management of Fisheries in the Southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO) to take steps for the establishment of an Article XIV body under the FAO Constitution to deal with non-tuna fisheries of common interest to island and mainland States of the region;
• recognized that with the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), its Committee for the Management of Indian Ocean Tuna (Tuna Committee) had become obsolete.

5. In view of the above developments, the Commission agreed unanimously to recommend to the FAO Council to abolish the Indian Ocean Fishery Commission. The Commission requested the Secretariat to take appropriate action on this matter.

ANY OTHER MATTERS

6. One delegation observed that with the merging of BOBC with APFIC, the responsibility of the Secretariat would increase. It requested FAO to strengthen the APFIC Secretariat in order to carry out its expanded functions more effectively.

ADOPTION OF THE REPORT

7. The report was adopted on 17 February 1999.

APPENDIX A

AGENDA

1. Opening of the Session

2. Adoption of the Agenda

3. Future of the Commission

4. Any other matters

5. Adoption of the report

APPENDIX B

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

AUSTRALIA

BAHRAIN

BANGLADESH

COMOROS

CUBA

DJIBOUTI

EGYPT

ETHIOPIA

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY/

Serge BESLIER
Chef d�Unité
Direction générale de pêche (DG XIV-B1)
Commission des Communautés
européennes
200 rue de la Loi
B-1049 Bruxelles
Belgique

Achim VIERECK
Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Rochers str. 1
D-53123 Bonn
Germany

FRANCE

Jean-Michel SUCHE
Chef du bureau ressource, réglementation
et affaires internationales
Direction des pêches maritimes et des
cultures marines
Ministère de l'agriculture et de la pêche
3, place Fontenoy
75700 Paris

GREECE

INDIA

N.K. SINHA
Secretary to Government of India
Ministry of Agriculture
Department of Animal Husbandry
Krishi Bhawan
New Delhii 110011

Yugraj Singh YADAVA
Fisheries Development Commissioner
Ministry of Agriculture
Government of India
Krishi Bhawan
New Delhi 110001

INDONESIA

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF

Ebrahim MAYGOLINEJAD
Director General
Public Relations and International Affairs
Fisheries Department (Shilat)
Ministry of Jehad-e-Sazandagi
Blv. Keshavarz
Teheran

IRAQ

Bader Jasim ALLAWI
Permanent Representative
Permanent Representation of the
Republic of Iraq to FAO
Via della Camilluccia 355
00135 Rome
Italy

ISRAEL

JAPAN

Kengo TANAKA
Deputy Assistant Director
International Affairs Division
Fisheries Policy Department
Fisheries Agency
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries
Tokyo

Yoichiro KANDA
Chief (Tuna Section)
Far Seas Fisheries Division
Resource Management Department
Fisheries Agency
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries
Tokyo

Hiroshi MITSUYA
Assistant Director
Fishery Division
Economic Affairs Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Tokyo

JORDAN

KENYA

Abigail N. SHANI (Ms)
Commercial Attaché
Embassy of the Republic
Via Archimede 164
00197 Rome
Italy

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Choong-Shin OH
Assistant Director
International Organization Division
Ministry of Maritime Affairs and
Fisheries
Jinsol Bldg 826-14 Yoksamdong
Kangnam-ku
Seoul

KUWAIT

MADAGASCAR

Charles M.D. ANDRIANDIVOIDONA
Secrétaire général
Ministère de la pêche et des ressources
halieutiques
BP 1699
Antananarivo

Aimé Robert RABESALAMA
Directeur des pêches
Ministère de la pêche et des ressources
halieutiques
BP 1699
Antananarivo

MALAYSIA

Mohd. Mazlan BIN JUSOH
Director General of Fisheries
Department of Fisheries of Malaysia
Ministry of Agriculture
Tingkat 8 & 9, Wisma Tani
Jalan Sultan Salahuddin
50628 Kuala Lumpur

Khairuddin MD TAHIR
Alternate Permanent Representative
of Malaysia to FAO
Embassy of Malaysia
Via Nomentana 297
00162 Rome
Italy

MALDIVES

MAURITIUS

MOZAMBIQUE

MYANMAR

NETHERLANDS

NORWAY

OMAN

PAKISTAN

PORTUGAL

Helena FIGUEIREDO (Ms)
Director
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural
Development and Fisheries
Directorate General for Fisheries and
Aquaculture
Ed. Vasco da Gama
Alcantâra Mar
1300 Lisbon

QATAR

SAUDI ARABIA, KINGDOM OF

SEYCHELLES

SOMALIA

SPAIN

Javier PIERNAVIEJA
Representante Permanente Adjunto de
España ante la FAO
Embajada de España (Oficina del
Representante Permanente ante la FAO)
Largo del Lombardi 21
00186 Roma
Italia

María del Carmen CADENAS DE
LLANO (Sra)
Jefe de Sección
Secretaría General de Pesca Marítima
Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y
Alimentación
José Ortega y Gasset 57
Madrid

SRI LANKA

SUDAN

SWEDEN

TANZANIA

Thomas W. MAEMBE
Director of Fisheries
Fisheries Division
Ministry of Natural Resources and
Tourism
PO Box 2462
Dar-es-Salaam

Geofrey NANYARO
Senior Fisheries Officer in charge of
Quality Control and Standards
Fisheries Division
Ministry of Natural Resources and
Tourism
PO Box 2462
Dar-es-Salaam

THAILAND

Sompong HIRANWAT
Senior Expert in Fisheries Foreign Affairs
Department of Fisheries
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Rajdamnern Nok Avenue
Bangkok 10200

Wimol JANTRAROTAI
Director of Fisheries Foreign Affairs
Department of Fisheries
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Rajdamnern Nok Avenue
Bangkok 10200

Chao TIANTONG
Permanent Representative of Thailand
to FAO
Office of Agricultural Affairs
Royal Thai Embassy
Via Angelo Messedaglia 6 � Int. 2
00191 Rome

Kasem PRASUTSANGCHAN
Alternate Permanent Representative of Thailand FAO
Office of Agricultural Affairs
Royal Thai Embassy
Via Angelo Messedaglia 6 � Int. 2
00191 Rome

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

UNITED KINGDOM

John TARBIT
Acting Head of Natural Resources
Research Department
Department for International
Development
94 Victoria Street
London SW1E 5JL

N. MACPHERSON
Senior Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Adviser
Department for International Development
94 Victoria Street
London SW1E 5JL

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

VIET NAM

SECRETARIAT

B.P. SATIA
Chief
International Institutions and Liaison
Service
Secretary, Indian Ocean Fishery
Commission
FAO
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome

Veravat HONGSKUL
Senior Regional Fishery Officer
Secretary, APFIC and Secretary
IOFC/BOBC
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Maliwan Mansion
39 Phra Atit Road
Bangkok 10200

Legal Office

Gerald MOORE
Legal Counsel
Office of Legal Counsel
FAO
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome

D. FADDA
Legal Officer
General Legal Affairs Service
Legal Office
FAO
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome

APPENDIX C

LIST OF DOCUMENTS