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FAO. Report of the Workshop on the Harmonization of Marine Fisheries Policy within Coastal Countries of the Southern African Development Community. Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania, 24-27 July 2001. FAO Fisheries Report. No. 662. Rome, FAO. 2002. 136p. ABSTRACT The Workshop on the Harmonization of Marine Fisheries Policy within Coastal Countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was the final activity of a project (TCP/RAF/8933) requested by SADC and financed by FAO. It was held at Uroa Beach, Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania, from 24 to 27 July 2001. The Workshop discussed the main working documents presented by the project steering committee: a comparative analysis of the fisheries legal frameworks of SADC coastal countries (Appendix D); an analysis of international and intraregional trade of fisheries products (Appendix E); and a synthesis of the national reports prepared by the countries (Appendix F). Three working groups were created to discuss elements dealing
with trade, legal and fisheries management issues, respectively, taking into
consideration the relevant articles of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible
Fisheries. The three working groups evaluated the documents provided by the
project steering committee and improved the list of proposed activities. These
were also ranked in order of priority at national and regional levels, and
general mechanisms for their implementation were proposed. On the basis of the
work of these subgroups, elements for an Action Plan were identified at the
regional level taking into consideration the relevant provisions of the Protocol
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