Appendix A
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

Arab Republic of Egypt

LATIF, A.F.A.
Director
Project Lake Nasser
Development Centre
P.B. 129
Aswan

Botswana

Burundi (People's Republic of the)

NGOMIRAKIZA, M.
Directeur du Département des Eaux et Forêts
Ministère de l'Agriculture
Bujumbura

Cameroon

Central African Republic

CATCHY-NGAKOUDOU, A.
Ingénieur des techniques forestières
Chef du Service des Eaux, Pêches et Pisciculture
B.P. 830
Bangui

Chad (Republic of the)

NICOLAS, Jean Kassir
Secrétaire d'Etat àl'Elevage, Eaux et Forêts, Pêches et Chasses
Ministère de l'Elevage, de la Commercialisation des Produits Animaux, des Eaux, Forêts, Pêches et Chasses
Fort-Lamy

SENOUSSI, Mahamat Abakar
Directeur du Cabinet du Ministre de l'Elevage, Eaux et Forêts, Pêches et Chasses
Ministère de l'Elevage, Eaux et Forêts, Pêches et Chasses
Fort-Lamy

MATTA, Raymond
Chargé de Liaison
Directeur des Eaux et Forêts, Pêches et Chasses
Fort-Lamy

N'GAKOUTOU, Valentin
Directeur du Plan et des Aides Extérieures
Fort-Lamy

TOUADE, Dr.
Directeur du Service de l'Elevage
Fort-Lamy

KORNAYE, Joseph
Chef du Service des Pêches
Direction des Eaux et Forêts, Pêches et Chasses
B.P. 447
Fort-Lamy

SOPENA, J.
Conseiller technique à la Direction des Eaux et Forêts
Fort-Lamy

NAIPADJA, Victor
Chef de l'Inspection des Eaux et Forêts de l'Ouest
Inspection des Eaux et Forêts de l'Ouest
Fort-Lamy

OINATHY, Laurent
Chef de l'Inspection des Eaux et Forêts du Sud-Est
Inspection des Eaux et Forêts du Sud-Est Sahr

YORANGONE, Thomas
Chef de l'Inspection des Eaux et Forêts de l'Est
Inspection des Eaux et Forêts de l'Est
Abeche

SYAN, Jacques
Chef de l'Inspection des Eaux et Forêts du Sud-Ouest
Inspection des Eaux et Forêts du Sud-Ouest
Moundou

N'GAMADA, François
Ingénieur des Travaux des Eaux et Forêts
Travaux des Eaux et Forêts
Fort-Lamy

NAINGAYE, T.
Chef du Secteur des Eaux et Forêts du Lac
Secteur des Eaux et Forêts du Lac
Bol

LERE, Albert
Ingénieur Agronome
Fort-Lamy

NONGA, Enoch
Ingénieur des Travaux Agricoles
Travaux Agricoles
Fort-Lamy

Congo (People's Republic of the)

Dahomey

Ethiopia

MESKA, Fissela Hailé
H.S.I. University
Faculty of Science
P.O. Box 1176
Addis Ababa

TEDLA, Shibru
H.S.I. University
Faculty of Science - Biology
P.O.Box 1176
Addis Ababa

Gabonese Republic

N'DONG, Mathieu
Ingénieur des techniques des Eaux et Forêts
Adjoint au chef du Service des Pêches, Eaux, Forêts, Chasses, Pisciculture, Industrie du Bois
Ministère des Eaux et Forêts
B.P. 199
Libreville

The Gambia

THOMAS, Alphaeus Olu
Senior Fisheries Officer
Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Bathurst

Ghana

DENYOH, F.M.K.
Principal Fisheries Officer
Volta Lake Research Project
P.O. Box 88
Akosombo

Ivory Coast

VIEYRA, Abdou Razacky
Directeur de la Pisciculture et de la Pêche en Eaux Continentales
B.P. 1373
Abidjan

N'GUESSAN, Kouassi
Biologiste des Pêches (Biométrie)
B.P. 1373
Abidjan

Kenya (Republic of)

ODERO, N.
Director of Fisheries
Fisheries Department
Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife
Nairobi

OBURU, A.S.
Fisheries Service
Kisumu

Madagascar

Malawi

STONEMAN, J.
Chief Fisheries Officer
Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources
P.O. Box 303
Zomba

MATHOTHO, A.J.
Fisheries Officer
Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources
P.O. Box 303
Zomba

ECCLES, D.H.
Senior Fisheries Research Officer
Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources
P.O.Box 303
Zomba

Niger (Republic of the)

CHAÏBOU, Saley
Ingénieur des Travaux des Eaux et Forêts
Chef du Service Départemental
Administration des Eaux et Forêts
B.P. 10
Diffa

DJIBO, Maïlafia
Ingénieur des Travaux des Eaux et Forêts
Service des Eaux, Forêts et Chasses
Ministère de l'Economie Rurale
B.P. 246
Niamey

Nigeria

BAYAGBONA, E.O.
Director
Federal Department of Fisheries
Lagos

DADA, B.F.
Principal Fisheries Officer
Western State of Nigeria
Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Western State
Ibadan

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Somali (Democratic Republic of)

The Sudan

Swaziland

Tanzania

ABIDI, S.A.H.
Acting Director of Fisheries
Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism
P.O.Box 2462
Dar-es-Salaam

MATWANJE, Kadiria
Fisheries Officer (Training)
Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism
P.O.Box 2462
Dar-es-Salaam

Togo

LAWSON, Body Frederic
Adjoint au Chef du Service des Pêches
Service des Pêches
B.P. 105
Lomé

Uganda

SEMAKULA, S.N.
Chief Fisheries Officer
Fisheries Department
P.O.Box 4
Entebbe

Upper Volta

Zaïre (Republic of the)

Zambia (Republic of)

MABAYE, A.B.E.
Central Fisheries Research Institute
P.O.Box 100
Chilanga

OBSERVERS

France

BARD, J.
Directeur Recherches Pêches
Centre Technique Forestier Tropical
45 bis Av. de la Belle-Gabrielle
94 Nogent-sur-Marne

DAGET, Jacques
O.R.S.T.O.M.
rue Bayard
Paris 8è

DURAND, Jean-René
Hydrobiologiste
O.R.S.T.O.M.
B.P. 65
Fort-Lamy
Chad

Mali

KONARE, A.
B.P. 61
Mopti

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

United Nations

BONNEVIE, Finn
Resident Representative of the UNDP in Chad

United Nations Development Programme

BONNEVIE, Finn
Resident Representative of the UNDP in Chad

East African Community:

East African Freshwater Fisheries Research Organization (EAFFRO)

OKEDI, J.
Director
East African Freshwater Fisheries Research Organization (EAFFRO)
P.O. Box 343
Jinja
Uganda

KITAKA, G.E.B.
Senior Research Officer
EAFFRO
P.O.Box 343
Jinja

KUDHONGANIA, A.W.
Stock Assessment Biologist
EAFFRO
P.O.Box 343
Jinja

OKORIE, O.O.
Research Scientist (Fisheries)
EAFFRO
P.O.Box 343
Jinja

Lake Chad Basin Commission

ALI-GARAM, André
Chef de Division des Pêches et Forêts
B.P. 727
Fort-Lamy

UNDP Projects

Fishery Survey and Development, Burundi

COULTER, C., Project Manager
NGOMIRAKIZA, M., Co-Manager (see Burundi)
MANN, M., Inland Fisheries Biologist

Survey of the Water Resources of the Chad Basin for Development Purposes, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria

STAUCH, A., Fishery Officer

Volta Lake Research, Ghana

JOERIS, L., Project Manager/FAO

Lake Kossou Fishery Development, Ivory Coast

COCHE, A.J., Project Manager
FANNY, A., Co-Manager
N'GUESSAN, Counterpart Biologist (see Ivory Coast)

Fisheries Training, Malawi

MEECHAM, K., Project Manager

Kainji Lake Research, Nigeria

SMART, J.K., Project Manager
SAGUA, V.O., Co-Manager
ITA, E.O., Counterpart Biologist
KARLMAN, S.G., Associate Expert

Central Fisheries Research Institute, Zambia

MACDONALD, A.E., Project Manager
MABAYE, A.B.E., Co-Manager

Lake Victoria Fisheries Research, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania

BUTCHER, D., Project Manager, Acting
OKEDI, J., Co-Manager (see EAFFRO)
KITAKA, C., Counterpart Limnologist (EAFFRO)
KUDHONGANIA, G., Counterpart Biologist (EAFFRO)
OKORIE, O., Fishery Biologist (EAFFRO)
ENDERLEIN, Hans Olof, Associate Expert Biol.

Lake Nasser Development Centre, Egypt

ENTZ, B., Project Manager
LATIF, A., Co-Manager (see Egypt, Arab Rep.of)

Unité de Développement de l'Elevage, Chad

LEPISSIER, J.H., Project Manager

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION

Secretariat

Appendix B
OPENING ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY MICHEL DJIDINGAR MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE

I am particularly happy on behalf of His Excellency, the President of our Republic, François Tombalbaye, and his Government and party, to greet the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa to-day at Fort-Lamy and express the welcome of the people of Chad.

When in response to a general desire, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations decided to set up the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa, our country, which was very favourable to this initiative, hurried to submit its candidacy, naturally offering to host the first meeting of this Committee.

Today the Chadian authorities are happy that their initiative was endorsed and appreciate the great honour conferred upon them by your Organization in entrusting the material responsibility for this meeting to us. On their behalf I should like to voice their gratitude to the Director-General of FAO and assure him of their devotion to the task you have taken upon yourselves.

Rest assured that in the tradition of Chadian hospitality we will do everything within our modest means to make your stay here agreeable and your work fruitful.

Inland Fisheries - the topic of your work - has always held a leading place in the life of a considerable portion of our population for whom it is a basic occupation and a main source of livelihood. As you know, our country has a wealth of inland waters. With an annual production estimated at nearly 70 000 tons of fresh fish, fisheries is extremely important to the nation economically speaking and for that reason has long been a subject of concern and preoccupation for our administrative and political authorities.

At the Congress of Doyaba, the problem of modernization of fishing methods particularly held the attention of the participants. Recommendations were put forward for more scientific management of Chad's inland water resources.

For several years now scientific and technological research has been underway to obtain a fuller knowledge of our inland waters, their fauna and ways and means for exploiting them.

The Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer (Overseas Office for Scientific and Technological Research) set up at Fort-Lamy, whose laboratories, I hope, you will have time to visit, is conducting scientific research at the highest level in hydrology, ichthyology, and so on.

The Administration des Eaux et Forêts in conjunction with the Centre Technique Forestier Tropical (Tropical Forestry Technology Centre) is trying to devise and diffuse knowledge of sound methods of fishing and fish curing and preservation.

Finally, our country, which with its neighbours forms the geographic ensemble of the Chad Basin with Lake Chad in the centre, has joined efforts with Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon in the Lake Chad Basin Commission for the purpose of coordinating the utilization of aquacultural resources. This I feel is a fine example of international cooperation that is worth imitating.

In conjunction with its first session, the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa will hold a Symposium on the Evaluation of Fishery Resources in the Development and Management of Inland Fisheries - which will be the third of its kind, I believe.

In the Lake Chad Basin Commission countries, fisheries experts are tackling the very difficult problem of assessment of fish stocks in the lake and its complex watershed system with a view to framing a sound fisheries programme capable of ensuring a perennial yield from this resource. I hope that the expression of your ideas will enlighten our fisheries authorities and help them solve the legal and technical problems confronting them.

In fact, I am convinced that these meeting days can be most beneficial for all of us, and in closing sincerely hope that this will be the case.

Appendix C
INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS BY M.C. MENSAH FAO REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR AFRICA

Your Excellency, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It gives me great pleasure to transmit to you the best wishes of the Director-General of FAO, Mr. A. Boerma, and of Mr. Popper, Assistant Director-General (Fisheries), on the occasion of this first session of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa. In their name and my own, may I express to His Excellency, Mr. François Tombalbaye, President of the Republic of Chad and your Government, our sincere gratitude for your having agreed to act as host to this first session and for the excellent arrangements made to ensure its success. I am very happy to note how many member countries and observers are represented at this session and I believe that this augurs well for the future work of this Committee.

In 1969–70 it was estimated that the catch from the inland waters of the member countries of CIFA amounted to 1 300 000 tons. This is equivalent to about half the total catch of these countries in most of which fish is the main source of animal protein. Rough estimates of potential catches indicate that the present figures could be practically doubled if suitable measures were taken to improve management methods and to develop fisheries. In recent years there has been a growing consciousness that such efforts can bear fruit in a context of international cooperation and, indeed, this Committee was set up in response to the many requests from the present member countries. Such cooperation is by no means a novelty in fisheries. There are a number of international and intergovernmental agencies concerned with cooperation in sea fisheries, some of them subsidiary bodies of FAO. The possibilities of such cooperation in freshwater fisheries has already been demonstrated by the European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission which for almost 20 years has helped in, and contributed to, coordination of fisheries work for the continent of Europe. Problems of fisheries in Europe differ from those of Africa, yet I am sure that your Committee will be capable of benefitting from accumulated experience while endeavouring to introduce new methods of work for the effective development of the fisheries on this great continent.

In view of the fact that several rivers and lakes are common to two or more countries, their fisheries resources constitute a field of international interest. This is particularly true in Africa with its 54 international rivers and 20 major lakes with more than one riparian country. The exploitation of these resources in order to derive maximum profit depends on close cooperation between the various countries at all stages of development and management. This necessitates a joint policy and the adoption of a uniform and standard methodology for resource appraisal and for collection of statistics and biological data in order to determine the consequences of fishing on stocks. The Symposium on the Evaluation of Fishery Resources in the Development and Management of Inland Fisheries, which constitutes one portion of this meeting will illustrate how international cooperation can be promoted for the management of inland fisheries in Africa. There is a constant need to devise new and better methods for accomplishment of this task.

A joint approach is also necessary for the formulation and implementation of management policies based on assessment of resources. Such an approach would gain much if taken in the context of the international organizations created especially for river basins or lakes. This would make it feasible to effectively ensure sound management by permitting unified, coherent development in each zone, in particular as regards legislation, trade and distribution. CIFA could also play a leading role in this field and would enjoy scientific and technical support mobilized from different sources, including FAO. The existing Commissions such as those for the Lake Chad Basin and the Niger River Basin might also investigate the possibilities of closely associating their fisheries work with that of CIFA for the same reason.

Several fisheries development problems are common to most member countries of CIFA. A continental, regional or group-of-countries approach could eliminate overlapping and lead to the pooling of resources for the conduct of programmes that one country by itself would be unable to carry out. For certain problems a simple effort at cooperation in planning and implementation of research might lead to solutions within a relatively short time. In several fields development is restricted in scope for lack of trained personnel. Man-power training requires a considerable infracstructure in the form of institutes and qualified teachers. Possibly such services could be made available on a regional basis. Moreover many of the technical and industrial problems linked to fisheries development, such as shipbuilding, fish processing and distribution, the development of fish culture, etc. might also benefit from a broader approach. It is, I believe, in this spirit that you during this session will discuss the priorities for action by your Committee and determine the best means for implementing them.

With the hope that this first session of CIFA will result in concrete proposals for promoting the development of the fisheries resources of this continent, I wish you full success in your work.

Appendix D
ADDRESS BY F. BONNEVIE
RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNDP IN CHAD

Mr. Chairman, Honourable delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen,

On behalf of the Administrator for the United Nations Development Programme, Mr. Rudolph A. Peterson, whom I have the honour to represent here, I would first like to thank the organizers of this historic gathering for the opportunity afforded to our agency to participate as an observer in the work of this new Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa, which, thanks to the personal interest of His Excellency, the President of the Republic and his Government, has been convened here at Fort-Lamy, in a country which is among the 10 leading producers of freshwater fish in Africa and where, moreover, the highest priority is attached to all efforts directed toward resource development.

Allow me also to congratulate the member countries of this new Committee and its FAO organizers for the persistent efforts that, after many years of preparation, have culminated in opening the way to effective Africa-wide collaboration in the field of inland fisheries.

Obviously the prime goal of further development of fisheries is to supply more protein-based foods, although the impact on other fields - such as employment, trade, industry and transportation - renders such development of special interest to the international agencies, above all, of course, FAO.

As regards my agency, the UNDP, it attaches very special interest to all forms of regional cooperation in Africa and that is why the significance of your Committee and of the problems that will be studied at this symposium has not escaped us.

In order to promote and strengthen attempts at regional cooperation the UNDP is already supporting the Niger Riber Basin Commission and the Lake Chad Basin Commission in West Africa. Upon the request of the latter we first and foremost, among other things, are studying an application for the establishment of four fisheries centres on Lake Chad. This project would involve the training of fishermen, the building of better fishing boats and the manufacture of ice to facilitate distribution of the catch.

Before you begin your work may I briefly outline the role of the UNDP - a United Nations agency for financing of multilateral development efforts through technical cooperation with developing countries. Financing of such technical cooperation is channelled through the specialized agencies of the United Nations, such as FAO, which execute and implement individual projects that come within their terms of reference.

Our cooperation lies in the field of pre-investment or feasibility surveys, which means that we are trying to lay the groundwork for greater development and to prepare the way for agencies and bodies interested in actual investment ventures. That is why training of skilled personnel and technicians is perforce the chief component of our projects the purpose of which is to transfer technology. We hope there is a tendency for increased production capacity and to create conditions favourable for investments which can be made by others. Although flexibility in terms of acceptance of project financing is called for our cooperation is focused primarily on furnishing the know-how in the form of services of international experts. Depending on the project, these experts are often provided with demonstration equipment and our projects usually include adequate budget provision for fellowships to supplement the local efforts of experts.

As regards our partners in cooperation, the countries that request our assistance, they should guarantee counterpart services, comprising national staff of such a calibre that its training will be worthwhile as well as defraying most of the local operating costs. On this last point, however, countries recognized as among the least favoured have recently benefitted from special measures on their behalf to lighten the often excessively heavy burden of charges involved in certain cooperation schemes, and I trust that they will benefit therefrom to an ever increasing extent.

In closing may I remind you that applications for technical assistance may be framed either by one single government for a national project or by a group of governments, possibly through some regional body, for a regional project.

In my capacity as a UNDP observer at your meeting, I shall follow the outcome of your proceedings with great interest and am prepared to act as your spokesman on any matter that you would like to have referred to UNDP Headquarters.

My sincerest wishes for the utmost success in your work!

Appendix E
CLOSING ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY MOHAMAT ABDELKERIM MINISTER FOR ANIMAL PRODUCTION, WATERS AND FORESTRY

Mr. Representative of the Director-General of FAO, Your Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is a week since the first session of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa and the Symposium on the Evaluation of Fishery Resources in the Development and Management of Inland Fisheries begun. For this week, you have been working unceasingly from morning to night. Please excuse the pace that we have been obliged to set for you and let me congratulate you on having retained your good nature and sense of humour despite this pressure.

On behalf of my Government and the department which I have the honour to head, and on my own behalf, let me express our very great satisfaction for the exemplary fashion in which these meetings have been conducted.

Although the duties of my office made it impossible for me to follow all your discussions, I have nevertheless been regularly informed and briefed on what has been happening and I know how seriously they have been conducted.

During the symposium, many papers of technical importance were presented and provoked discussions that led to the formulation of recommendations which have better guided the work of the Committee.

I am happy that several areas of work selected for the Committee were concerned with development of human resources, namely:

• basic professional training
• training of officers
• problems of artisanal fisheries.

I am convinced that the numerous discussions on these very vital subjects will have been fruitful.

In his opening address, the Minister of Agriculture, representing our Head of State, His Excellency, the President, François Tombalbaye, voiced the hope that this work would promote the well-being of the populations who derive their livelihood from fisheries. I note that this has been your concern as well, and I congratulate you on it.

Although a certain amount of controversy arose in your discussions, and despite the fact that there has not always been concensus of opinion on certain points, your discussions were always frank and courteous. Whether you decide on national training, regional training, or mobile schools does not matter, as I am sure that whatever your decisions they will be wise.

It is, therefore, with the greatest confidence in the future of your Committee that I hereby declare this first session of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa closed. But, before we disperse and before wishing each and everyone of you a safe return to your own country, I will request Mr. Winsor, Director of the Operations Service of the FAO Department of Fisheries, to be kind enough to act as my interpreter with Mr. Boerma, the Director-General of FAO, in expressing the thanks of the Government of Chad for the confidence he has displayed in it.

In the name of the President of our Republic, His Excellency, François Tombalbaye, I thank all the delegates of our brother countries for the trust they have shown us in assigning the chairmanship of this Committee to us.

I can assure you that your Chairman will spare no effort in attempting to implement all the recommendations formulated in the course of your work.

I hope that you will all carry away with you a happy memory of your stay with us and I wish you long and effective work on this Committee.

Long live the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa!

Long live international cooperation!

Appendix F
AGENDA

1. Opening of the session

2. Adoption of the agenda and arrangements for the session

3. Election of officers for the session

4. Adoption of rules of procedure

5. Symposium on the evaluation of fishery resources in the development and management of inland fisheries

6. Selection of areas of work

   1. Adoption of list of areas of work

   2. Determination of immediate activities and means of implementation

   3. Recommendations for future activities

7. Any other matters

8. Election of officers

9. Date and place of next session

10. Adoption of report

Appendix G
LIST OF DOCUMENTS

¹ Provisional Agenda and original Annotated Provisional Agenda have been combined into one document only, i.e., CIFA/72/1. Consequently, there is no CIFA/72/2.

* In English only

Appendix H
STATUTES

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations:

Considering

1. The terms of Resolution 1/56 adopted by the Council at its Fifty-Sixth Session which reads as follows:

THE COUNCIL

Recognizing the demonstrated importance of inland fisheries to Africa and the urgent need for consolidation of efforts in the further development of these fisheries;

Noting that the need for the establishment of an inland fishery body for Africa was stressed in particular by the Fifth Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries, the Sixth FAO Regional Conference for Africa and the Fifteenth Session of the FAO Conference;

Taking account of the conclusions reached by African Member Nations at the Ad Hoc Consultation on the Proposed Establishment of an Inland Fishery Body for Africa, held in Rome on 13 and 14 April 1971, and the recommendations of the Sixth Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries;

Authorizes the Director-General to establish, under Article VI, paragraph 2 of the Constitution, a Committee to be known as the “Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa”, and to promulgate Statutes for the Committee based on the draft Statutes contained in Appendix F to document CL 56/4.

2. The provisions of Article VI of the Constitution whereby the Conference, the Council, or the Director-General on the authority of the Conference or Council, may establish committees to study and report on matters pertaining to the purposes of the Organization and determine the terms of reference and the reporting procedures, as appropriate, of such committees; and

3. The principles and procedures of the Organization governing committees established under Article VI of the Constitution;

Hereby promulgates the Statutes of the FAO “Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa”, established under Article VI, paragraph 2 of the Constitution, which shall be as follows:

1. Membership

The Committee shall be composed of African Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization selected by the Director-General of the Organization on the basis of their active interest in inland fishery development in Africa and of their potential contribution to the effective discharge of the functions of the Committee.

2. Terms of reference

The terms of reference of the Committee shall be:

1. to promote, coordinate and assist national and regional fishery and limnological surveys and programmes of research and development leading to the rational utilization of inland fishery resources

2. to assist Member Governments in establishing the scientific basis for regulatory and other measures for the conservation and improvement of inland fishery resources, to formulate such measures through subsidiary bodies as required, and to make appropriate recommendations for the adoption and implementation of these measures

3. to promote and coordinate efforts on a national and regional basis to prevent damage to the aquatic environment, including the prevention and control of water pollution

4. to assist in the development of fish culture and stock improvement, including the control of fish diseases and the importation of exotic species

5. to promote and assist in the utilization of the most effective fishing craft, gear and techniques

6. to promote and assist activities concerned with the processing, preservation and marketing of fish and fish products

7. to encourage education and training through the establishment or improvement of national and regional institutions and by the promotion and the organization of symposia, seminars, study tours and training centres

8. to assist in the collection, interchange, dissemination and analysis of statistical, biological and environmental data and other inland fishery information

9. to assist Member Governments in formulating national and regional programmes to be implemented through sources of international aid to help achieve the objectives referred to in the preceding paragraphs.

3. Subsidiary bodies

1. The Committee may establish an Executive Committee and such other subsidiary bodies as may be required for the effective discharge of its functions

2. The establishment of any subsidiary body shall be subject to the determination by the Director-General that the necessary funds are available in the relevant chapter of the budget of the Organization. Before taking any decision involving expenditure in connection with the establishment of subsidiary bodies, the Committee must have before it a report from the Director-General on the administrative and financial implications thereof.

4. Reporting

The Committee shall submit to the Director-General reports on its activities and recommendations at such appropriate intervals as to enable the Director-General to take them into consideration when preparing the draft Programme of Work and Budget of the Organization and other submissions to the Conference, Council or the Standing Committees of the Council. The Director-General shall bring to the attention of the Conference through the Council any recommendations adopted by the Committee which have policy implications or which affect the programme or finances of the Organization. Copies of each report of the Committee will be circulated to Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization and international organizations for their information as soon as they become available.

5. Expenses

1. The expenses of the Secretariat of the Committee shall be determined and paid by the Organization within the limits of the relevant appropriations in the approved budget of the Organization

2. With a view to promoting the development of inland fisheries, the Organization may also establish trust funds comprising voluntary contributions from the Members of the Committee or from private or public sources, and the Committee may advise on the use of such funds which shall be administered by the Director-General in occordance with the Financial Regulations of the Organization.

6. Observers

1. Any Member Nation or Associate Member of the Organization that is not a Member of the Committee but has an interest in the development of the inland fishery resources of Africa, may, upon its request, be invited by the Director-General to attend meetings of the Committee or its subsidiary bodies in an observer capacity if the Director-General deems such attendance to be in the interests of the effective discharge of the functions of the Committee

2. Nations which, while not Member Nations or Associate Members of the Organization, are Members of the United Nations may, upon their request, and with the approval of the Council of the Organization, be invited to attend meetings of the Committee or its subsidiary bodies in an observer capacity in accordance with the provisions relating to the granting of observer status to nations, adopted by the Conference of the Organization.

7. Participation of international organizations

Participation of international organizations in the work of the Committee and relations between the Committee and such organizations shall be governed by the relevant provisions of the Constitution and the General Rules of the Organization, as well as the rules on relations with international organizations adopted by the Conference and Council of the Organization.

8. Rules of Procedure

The Committee may adopt and amend its own rules of procedure which shall be in conformity with the Constitution and the General Rules of the Organization and with the Statement of Principles Governing Commissions and Committees adopted by the Conference. The rules of procedure and amendments thereto shall come into force upon approval by the Director-General, subject to confirmation by the Council.

Appendix I
RULES OF PROCEDURE