APPENDIXES

APPENDIX A
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

COPESCAL MEMBER COUNTRIES

ARGENTINA

Eduardo González Plaza
Consejero
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Reconquista 1088
1033 Buenos Aires
Tel: 3110071/74
Fax: 3123539

BOLIVIA

Delegates

Fernando Landívar
Subsecretario de Desarrollo
Forestal, Recreación y Pesca
Secretaría Nacional de Agricultura y Ganadería
Av. Camacho Nro. 1471 - 2^o Piso
La Paz
Tel: (591-02) 371367
Fax: (591-02) 357535

Freddy Arteaga Hayashida
Director Nacional
Centro de Desarrollo Pesquero
Av. Camacho Nro. 1471 - 5o. Piso
La Paz
Tel: (591-2) 374269
Fax: (591-2) 357535

Huascar de la Quintana
Director del Centro de Investigación y
Desarrollo Piscícola del Altiplano (CIDPA)
Casilla Postal 4139
La Paz
Tel: (591-2) 368146/ 08115014
Fax: (591-2) 08115070/317183

Observers

Ramón Abrego Montero
Tte. de Navío
Fuerza Naval Boliviana
Miembro del Consejo Regional
Pesquero - Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Teléfono: (591-03) 533001

Rodolfo Amatller Esgrada
Director Regional
Centro de Desarrollo Pesquero - Trinidad
Casilla 105
Trinidad - Beni
Tel: (591-046) 20877

Oscar Baldomar
Presidente
Asociación de Clubes de Caza y Pesca
Av. Argentina 317
Santa Cruz
Tel: (591-03) 335707
Fax: (591-03) 321977

Lorgio Barrero Suárez
Director Regional
Centro de Desarrollo Pesquero
Av. Ejército 153
Santa Cruz
Tel: (591-03) 335260
Fax: (591-03) 329541

Numa Ausberto Bravo Otero
Director Regional
Centro de Desarrollo Pesquero
Avda. Camacho N^o 1471, 3er. Piso
La Paz
Tel: (591-02) 374270/374271 (Int.111)
Fax: (591-02) 357535

Mirna Brun
Responsable de la Estación
Universidad Mayor de San Simón
Estación Piscícola “Pirahiba”
Casilla Postal 992
Cochabamba
Tel: (591-042) 31765
Fax: (591-042) 31765

Fernando Calderón Valverde
Director de la Carrera Biología
Universidad Gabriel René Moreno
Casilla 702 SCZ.
Casilla Part. 5988 SCZ
Santa Cruz
Tel: (591-03) 365544 Biología

Víctor Camacho Ustárez
Jefe Técnico Estación Piscícola “PIRAHIBA”
Universidad Mayor de San Simón
Casilla 992 - Cochabamba
La Paz
Teléfono: (591-02) 31765

Victoria Chura
Secretaria General de Pescadores
Federación de Pescadores
La Paz

Navil Corcuy Arana
Director Programa Piscícola
Universidad Gabriel René Moreno
Casilla de Correo 852
Santa Cruz
Tel: (591-03) 321277/343778

Roxana Coca B.
Auxiliar de Ictiología
Museo Noel Kempff M.
Casilla 702
Santa Cruz
Tel: (591-03) 565544/422312

Egidio Croco
Miembro Consejo Regional de Pesca - Santa Cruz
Tel: (591-03) 465235

William Hurtado Chávez
Gerente
EMFOPESCOR
Casilla 226
Trinidad - Beni
Tel: (591-46) 20011
Fax: (591-46) 20011

Mario Limachi Corani
Dirigente de Pesca
Federación de Pescadores
La Paz

Soledad Mejía C.
Jefe, Dpto. de Desarrollo Forestal y Pesca S.N.A.G.-SCZ.
Santa Cruz
Tel: (591-03) 364242
Fax: (591-03) 329541

Carlos Franz Paredes Cadima
Asesor General de Asuntos Internacionales
Secretaría Nacional de Agricultura y Ganadería
Casilla Postal 4010
La Paz
Tel: (591-02) 379062
Fax: (591-02) 357535

Pamela Rebolledo G.
Encargada de Sección Ictiología
Museo de Historia Natural
Noel Kempff M.
Casilla 702
Santa Cruz
Tel: (591-03) 365544
Fax: (591-03) 342317

Ronald Saucedo Maillard
Vice presidente
Asociación Caza y Pesca
Av. Argentina 317
Santa Cruz
Tel: (591-03) 335707

Ramiro G. Suárez Jiménez
Presidente Asociación Productores de Salmónidos “APROS-CBBA”
Instituto de Capacitación Campesina
Casilla 80 - Cochabamba
Tel: (591-042) 82140
Fax: (591-042) 82140

BRAZIL

Fuad Alzuguir
Asesor
Ministerio do Meio Ambiente, dos Recursos Hídricos e da Amazonia Legal
Esplanada dos Ministério
Bloco “B”-8 Andar
70.068-900 Brasilia, D.F.
Tel: (061) 322-5635 R 319
Fax: (061) 226.8050

COLOMBIA

Horacio Rodríguez Gómez
Coordinador Nacional Acuicultura
Instituto Nacional de Pesca y Acuicultura
Diagonal 27 Nro. 15-09
Santa Fé de Bogotá
Tel: 2879190

CHILE

Marcelo Campos Larraín
Jefe Departamento de Acuicultura
Subsecretaría de Pesca
Bellavista 168 piso 17
Valparaíso
Tel: (56-32) 212187
Fax: (56-32) 212790

COSTA RICA

María Luisa Fournier
Miembro de la Junta Directiva
Instituto Costarricense de
Pesca y Acuicultura
Apartado postal 615-2010
Zapote - San José
San José
Tel: (506) 253-6667
Fax: (506) 253-6667

Luis París Chaverri
Presidente Ejecutivo
Instituto Costarricense de
Pesca y Acuicultura
P.O. Box. 333-5400,
Puntarenas, C.R.
Tel: (506) 661-0846
Fax: (506) 661-0748/255-4697

CUBA

Raúl Morales Rivero
Director
Empresa Nacional Acuicultura
Ministerio de la Industria Pesquera
Barlovento Playa
La Habana
Tel: 218912/217969/215785

ECUADOR

Orlando Crespo San Martín
Asesor Técnico
Subsecretaría de Recursos Pesqueros
U.M. Rendón 1006 y Lorenzo
Guaraicoa
Guayaquil
Tel: (5934) 306561/309957
Fax: 561489

NICARAGUA

Emilio A. Olivares T.
Director Ejecutivo
MEDEPESCA
Apartado 2020
Managua
Tel: 650423
Fax: 650590

PARAGUAY

Francisco Galeano Vera
Jefe Dpto. de Pesca y Acuicultura
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Alberdi y General Diaz, ler.
Piso 611
Asunción
Tel: 492954/492948
Fax: (595-21) 447250

PERU

M. Beatriz Sáez Bravo
Directora Nacional de Acuicultura
Ministerio de Pesquería
Calle Uno Oeste s/n Urb.
Corpac - San Isidro
Lima
Tel: (51-14) 219111
Fax: (51-14) 219111

URUGUAY

Gustavo Chediak González
Instituto Nacional de Pesca
Jefe Dpto. Acuicultura y Aguas Continentales
Constituyente 1497
Montevideo
Tel: 404689
Fax: 413216

VENEZUELA

Brunilda Heredia
Directora Est. Exp. Guanapito
FONAIAP - SARPA
Jefe Programa Pesca y Acuicultura Continental
Apartado Nro. 09
Altagracia de Orituco, Edo Guárico
Tel: (58-43) 836978/583831465
Fax: (58-43) 836978/5838341531/32262

OBSERVERS

UNITED KINGDOM

Richard Elsy
ODA
c/o Embajada Británica - La Paz
La Paz
Tel: (591-02) 357424
Fax: (591-02) 391063

FAO

RLC Staff

Andrés Mena Millar
Secretary of COPESCAL
Regional Fisheries Officer
Bandera 150
Casilla:10095
Santiago
Tel: 6991005
Fax: (56-2) 6961121/6961124

Bisessar Chakalall
Regional Fisheries Officer
134-138 Frederich St, P.O. BA 822
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad & Tobago
Tel: 625-0467/8
Fax: (809) 623-0995

FAO Fisheries Department
Via delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Roma, Italy
Fax: 57976510

Robin Welcomme
Chief
Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service
Tel: (39-6) 5225 5007

Angel A. Gumy
Senior Fishery Planning Officer
Fishery Policy and Planning Service
Tel: (39-6) 5225 6471

Manuel Martínez Espinoza
Fishery Resource Officer (Aquaculture)
Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service
Tel: (39-6) 5225 3470

Development Law Service

Cristina Leria
Legal Officer
Development Law Service
Tel: (39-6) 55254488

Meeting Officer

Mary-Rose Miquel (FAO/RLC)

Secretariat

Flor Oyarzún (FAO/RLC)

Carmen Rocabado (SNAG., Bolivia)

Yenny Ponton (SNAG., Bolivia)

Marcela Gonzáles (SNAG., Bolivia)

Mónica Torres (GCP/BOL/020/NET)

APPENDIX B
AGENDA

1. Opening of the Session

2. Adoption of the Agenda and Arrangements for the Session

3. Inter-sessional Activities and Measures Adopted with Respect to the Decisions and Recommendations of the Sixth Session

3.1 Progress made on the Application of Recommendations of the Sixth Session

3.2 Report of the Fourth Session of the Working Party on Fishery Technology

3.3 Report of the Sixth Session of the Working Party on Fishery Resources

3.4 Report of the Fifth Session of the Working Party on Aquaculture

4. Sustainable Use of Biodiversity

5. Socio-economic Aspects of Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture in Latin America

6. International Guidelines concerning Aquaculture

6.1 Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries: Chapter on Aquaculture

6.2 FAO/WHO Code of Hygienics Practice for Aquaculture Products

7. Development-oriented Research Priorities in Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture in Latin America

8. Consideration of Inland Fisheries Legislation in Latin America

9. Review of Structure and Functions of COPESCAL and its Subsidiary Bodies

10. Report on the Technical Consultation on Fishery Management of Reservoirs in the COPESCAL Area

11. Any Other Matters

12. Election of Officers

13. Date and Place of the Eight Session

14. Adoption of the Report

APPENDIX C
LIST OF DOCUMENTS

APPENDIX D
NAMES/ADDRESS OF COPESCAL CORRESPONDENTS

ARGENTINA

Laura Luchini
Directora - Dirección de Acuicultura
Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca
Paseo Colón 982, Anexo Jardín
1063 Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tel: 349 2322
Fax: (541) 349 2322

Rolando Quirós
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero
Santa Fé 1548, Piso 7
1060 Buenos Aires

BOLIVIA

Freddy Arteaga Hayashida
Director Ejecutivo
Centro de Desarrollo Pesquero
Casilla 1728
La Paz

María Rojas
Centro de Desarrollo Pesquero - MACA
Av. Camacho N^o. 1471, piso 5
Casilla 10032
La Paz

BRAZIL

Fuad Alzuguir
Assessor de Pesca e Aquicultura
Ministério do Meio Ambiente, dos Recursos Hídricos e da Amazonia Legal
Esplanada dos Ministérios Bloco “B”-8vo. Andar
70.068-900 Brasilia/D.F
Fone 322.5635 - Ramal 319/320
Fax: (061) 226.8050

CHILE

Patricio Bernal Ponce
Subsecretario de Pesca
Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Reconstrucción
Teatinos 120 piso 11
Santiago
Tel. 6710951

Marcelo Campos Larraín
Jefe Dpto. de Acuicultura
Subsecretaría de Pesca
Bellavista 168, piso 17
Valparaíso
Tel. (032) 212187
Fax: 212790

COLOMBIA

Mauricio Valderrama B.
Asesor División Investigaciones
Instituto Nacional de Pesca y Acuicultura
Diagonal 27 N^o 15-09
Santa Fé de Bogotá
Fax: (57-1) 2876107

Horacio Rodríguez Gómez
Coordinador Nacional de Acuicultura
Instituto Nacional de Pesca y Acuicultura
Diagonal 27 N^o 15-09
Santa Fé de Bogotá
Tel: 2879190
Fax: (57-1) 2879309

COSTA RICA

María Luisa Fournier
Miembro Junta Directiva - Instituto Costarricense de Pesca y Acuacultura -
INCOPESCA - P.O. Box 333-5400
Puntarenas
Tel: 6610846/2536667
Fax: 2554697

Ricardo Gutiérrez
Jefe Dpto. de Investigación
Instituto Costarricense de Pesca y Acuacultura
INCOPESCA
P.O. Box 333-5400
Puntarenas
Tel: 6610846
Fax: 6610748

CUBA

Manuel Alvarez
Director Relaciones Internacionales
Ministerio de la Industria Pesquera
Barlovento. Jaimanitas
La Habana
Télex 51 11 89 CARIBEX

Raúl Morales Rivero
Subdirector Empresa Nacional de Acuicultra
MIP Barlovento. Jaimanitas
La Habana
Tel: (53-7) 218912/217969/215785

ECUADOR

Gustavo González
Subsecretario de Pesca
Subsecretaría de Recursos Pesqueros
V.M. Rendón 1006
Casilla 8358
Guayaquil
Fax: (5934) 561489
Tel. 309957

Orlando Crespo San Martín
Asesor Técnico
Subsecretaría de Recursos Pesqueros
V.M. Rendón 1006
Casilla 8358
Guayaquil
Tel: (5934) 306561/309957

Luis Torres
Asesor Técnico
Subsecretaría de Recursos Pesqueros
V.M. Rendón 1006
Casilla 8358
Guayaquil
Tel: 306561

EL SALVADOR

Ricardo Hernández
Director CENDEPESCA
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Santa Tecla, San Salvador
Tel: 280034/281066
Fax: 280034

Ricardo Ibarra Manzanares
Subdirector CENDEPESCA
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Santa Tecla, San Salvador
Tel: 280034/281066
Fax: 280034

GUATEMALA

Leonel Barrientos
Director General
Dirección General de Servicios Pecuarios
Ministerio de Agricultura,
Ganadería y Alimentación
Km 22 Carretera al Pacífico
Ciudad de Guatemala
Tel: 0312013 al 17
Fax: 0312012 DITEPESCA

Héctor Clavería
Jefe Dpto. Pesca Continental
DITEPESCA/DIGESEPA
Ministerio de Agricultura,
Ganadería y Alimentación
Km 22 Carretera al Pacífico
Ciudad de Guatemala
Tel: 0312013 al 17
Fax: 0312012 DITEPESCA

HONDURAS

Marco Polo Micheletti
Director General
Dirección General de Pesca y Acuicultura
Avda. de la FAO
Colonia Loma Linda Norte
Apartado Postal 309
Tegucigalpa
Tel: 324054
Fax: (504) 324054

Marco Tulio Sarmiento
Jefe Departamento de Acuicultura
Dirección General de Pesca y Acuicultura
Avda. de la FAO
Colonia Loma Linda Norte
Tegucigalpa
Tel: 32-86-00
Fax: (504) 32 4054

JAMAICA

Roy Moo Young
Director of Fisheries - Fisheries Division
Ministry of Agriculture
P.O. Box 470
Kingston

MEXICO

Carlos Camacho Gaos
Subsecretario de Promoción y Desarrollo Pesquero
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente,
Recursos Naturales y Pesca
Periférico Sur 4209 5o. piso
Frac. Jardines en la Montaña
México D.F. C.P. 14210
Fax: 628 0656

Mara A. Murillo Correa
Directora
Dirección de Relaciones Pesqueras
Internacionales
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente,
Recursos Naturales y Pesca
Periférico Sur 4209 5o. piso
Frac. Jardines en la Montaña
México D.F. C.P. 14210
Tel: 628 0658/6280719
Fax: 628 0656

NICARAGUA

Agnes Saborío
MEDEPESCA
Apartado 2020 y 3509
Managua
Fax: 650590

Emilio A. Olivares T.
Director Ejecutivo
MEDEPESCA
Apartado 2020 y 3509
Managua
Fax: 650590
Tel: 650423

PANAMA

Richard Pretto Malca
Director
Dirección Nacional de Acuicultura
Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario
Santiago de Veraguas
Tel. 981380 - 984700
Fax: 984700

PARAGUAY

Francisco Galeano Vera
Jefe
Departamento de Pesca
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Alberdi y Gral. Díaz 611, Piso 1
Asunción
Tel: 441894/492948/492954
Fax: (595-021) - 447250

PERU

Marco Espino
Director General de Recursos Pesqueros
Instituto del Mar del Perú
Apartado 22
Callao, Lima

Ronualdo Gallo
Director de Pesca Continental
Ministerio de Pesquería
Calle Uno Oeste s/n
Urb. Corpac 4^o Piso
San Isidro
Lima 27

Beatriz Sáez Bravo
Directora Nacional de Acuicultura
Ministerio de Pesquería
Calle Uno Oeste s/n
5to. Piso Urb. CORPAC
San Isidro - Lima
Lima 27
Tel: 21 91 11
Fax: (5114) 21 91 11

REPUBLICA DOMINICANA

Marina Tejera de Díaz
Directora
Departamento de Recursos Pesqueros
Secretaría de Estado de Agricultura
Av. J.F. Kennedy - Ed. fte. Leche Rica
Santo Domingo
Tel: 809-547 2687
Fax: 227 1268

SURINAME

Director
Fisheries Department
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal
Husbandry and Fisheries
P.O. Box 1153
Paramaribo
Tels: 72233/76741

H. Jessurun
Fisheries Department
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries
P.O. Box 153
Paramaribo
Tel: 72233/76741

URUGUAY

Gustavo Chediak
Jefe Departamento de Acuicultura
y Aguas Continentales
Constituyentes 1497
Montevideo
Tels: 417576/417236
Fax: 413216

VENEZUELA

Juan José Salaya
FUNINDES
Universidad Simón Bolívar Apartado
80659
Caracas
Teléfono: 58-2-9063923

Carlos Giménez
Director
Servicio Autónomo de los
Recursos Pesqueros y Acuicultura
Ministerio de Agricultura y Cría
Torre Este,
Parque Central Piso 10 Caracas
Fax: 58-2-5743587

Francisco Bortone
Director Fomento Pesquero y Acuícola
Servicio Autónomo de los
Recursos Pesqueros y Acuicultura
Ministerio de Agricultura y Cría
Torre Este Parque Central Piso 10
Caracas
Tel: 5090262/5090263
Fax: 58-2-5743587

APPENDIX E
MAIN DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SEVENTH SESSION OF COPESCAL

SUBJECT 3. INTER-SESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEASURES ADOPTED WITH RESPECT TO THE DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SIXTH SESSION

B. Report of the Fourth Session of the Working Party on Fisheries Technology

To the attention of FAO

1. To treat the problems related to the marketing of inland fishery and aquaculture products as the main subject for the Fifth Session of the Working Party on Fisheries Technology (16).

2. Note the official ratification of the Government of Paraguay to hold the Fifth Session of the Working Party in Asunción in 1996 (16).

C. Report of the Sixty Session of the Working Party on Fishery Resources

To the attention of FAO

1. To consider the effects of pollution on the inland fishery resources in the Region as a priority topic for the Seventh Session of the Working Party on Fishery Resources (17).

To the attention of FAO and Governments

1. To identify a group of experts to gather information and prepare technical documentation on the pollution of the aquatic environment, the effects of aquatic pollution on fishery resources and the control and management of fishery resources degradation problems (17).

To the attention of Governments

1. To provide the Secretary with the names of qualified specialists who are interested in forming part of the group of experts; names and addresses of national institutions and experts that attend to environmental impact on fishery resources; sources of information, data banks, scientific cooperation networks related to the subject and the proposal of experts to be hired as consultants (19).

To the attention of FAO

1. Note Bolivia's offer to host the Seventh Session of the Working Party on Fishery Resources (20).

D. Report of the Fifth Session of the COPESCAL Working Party on Aquaculture

To the attention of FAO and Governments

1. To undertake profit analysis and financial sensitivity studies for the main types of cultivation and to prepare strategies for promoting the production of seeds by the private sector (30).

SUBJECT 4. SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY

A) Selective breeding

To the attention of FAO and Governments

1. Note the concern that tilapia hybrids, such as red tilapia, could break down into their original species, resulting in the unintentional introduction of four new species (34).

B) Introduction of exotic species

To the attention of Governments

1. Rigorously apply the Code of Practice for the Introduction of Exotic Species as approved by COPESCAL, in order to minimize the risks of aquatic species introductions and to add it to national legislations (35).

To the attention of FAO and Governments

1. To continue gathering data about introductions and its addition to the FAO Data Bank (35).

To the attention of FAO

1. To consider the impact of introductions in Latin America as a priority subject for the Working Party on Fishery Resources (35).

C) The impact of fisheries

To the attention of Governments

1. To apply proper management systems to each fishery and to encourage the protection of the aquatic environment at basin level (36).

SUBJECT 5. SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF INLAND FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE IN LATIN AMERICA

To the attention of FAO

1. To undertake the following activities, whose results should come together in the Commission's Working Parties (45):

• to introduce the analysis of relevant questions relating to the economic and social aspects of inland fisheries and aquaculture to the agenda of the subsequent sessions of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies;

• to identify economists, sociologists, anthropologists and other related specialists, with experience in the analysis of inland fisheries and aquaculture in the countries of the Region;

• to study the consequences of the increased foreign and local demand for fish on the economic and social aspects of inland fisheries and aquaculture in selected countries of Latin America;

• to study the commonly used marketing systems for fisheries and aquaculture products in selected countries of Latin America and to define the focus of a pilot project;

• to undertake case studies in selected countries about the difficulties of applying regulations in uncertain legal systems where shared fisheries resources are affected, identifying possible technical solutions;

• to begin studying present systems of access in selected Latin American countries, placing special emphasis on traditional systems;

• to analyze the probable economic and social impact of Mercosur on inland fisheries and aquaculture in countries of the Region.

SUBJECT 6. INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES RELATIVE TO AQUACULTURE

A. Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries-Chapter Relative to Aquaculture

To the attention of FAO

1. Widely distribute the draft of the Code among technical institutions in the Region (46).

B. Joint FAO/WHO Code of Hygienic Practice for Aquaculture Products

To the attention of FAO and Governments

1. To refer to specialists in pathology of aquatic organisms instead of veterinarians (50).

To the attention of FAO

1. To revise the terminology used in the document for its correction before being presented for adoption (51).

SUBJECT 7. DEVELOPMENT-ORIENTED RESEARCH PRIORITIES IN INLAND FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE IN LATIN AMERICA

To the attention of FAO

1. To include the establishment of technology research priorities among the agenda topics for the Fifth Session of the Working Party on Fisheries Technology (59).

SUBJECT 8. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF LEGISLATION RELATIVE TO INLAND FISHERIES IN LATIN AMERICA

To the attention of FAO

1. Note the request for FAO assistance in revising the legislation relative to inland fisheries and aquaculture in countries of the Region (63).

To the attention of Governments

1. To establish independent agencies within the fisheries administration to deal with the management of fisheries activities in inland waters (64).

2. To sign agreements between countries that have common resources in shared basins (65).

To the attention of FAO and Governments

1. To hold a seminar to prepare guidelines for formulating legislation relative to inland fisheries (66).

2. Note the offer of Nicaragua to be considered as host country for the seminar on fisheries legislation (66).

SUBJECT 9. REVIEW OF THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF COPESCAL AND ITS SUBSIDIARY BODIES

To the attention of FAO

1. To maintain the Commission under Article VI of the FAO Constitution and to take maximum advantage of the positive aspects and the useful tradition of work forged by the Commission (69).

2. To arrange through the Secretariat better cooperation with the regional projects that operate fisheries and aquaculture sectors in the Region (70).

To the attention of FAO and Governments

1. To strengthen the role of the Commission by undertaking activities together with regional fisheries organizations, companies associated with the use of aquatic resources and national academic and research institutions (71).

2. Help from the National Correspondents for the Secretariat in identifying national institutions with potential to carry out joint activities with COPESCAL (71).

To the attention of FAO

1. To hold sessions of the Commission and its working parties once every two years (72).

To the attention of FAO and Governments

1. To improve the mechanisms of information exchange through the COPESCAL's use of the Newsletters of the Aquaculture and Fisheries Technical Cooperation Networks (73).

2. To send more materials for publication in the Newsletters and to use these as a means of information and to obtain information on topics of fisheries and aquaculture interest (73).

To the attention of FAO

1. To send documents for the sessions prior to the events themselves. To send copies through the National Correspondents (74).

To the attention of FAO and Governments

1. To strengthen the role of the National Correspondents, by more frequent communication between them and the Secretariat, as well as among themselves (75).

To the attention of FAO

1. To give more attention by the Commission to the subjects of aquatic pollution and environmental protection; as well as to the economic and social aspects of inland fisheries and aquaculture (76).

SUBJECT 10. REPORT OF THE TECHNICAL CONSULTATION ON THE MANAGEMENT OF FISHERIES IN RESERVOIRS IN THE COPESCAL REGION

To the attention of FAO

1. Note the additional information provided by Bolivia about fisheries in reservoirs, which should be added to the report of the Technical Consultation (78).

SUBJECT 11. OTHER MATTERS

A. Fisheries Management Project in the Amazon Basin

To the attention of FAO

1. To activate the COPESCAL Sub-commission for the Amazon Basin in order to offer support to the Amazon project (82).

2. To consider the advantages of holding a technical consultation with representatives from the project's fisheries institution counterparts in the beneficiary countries, and with project and FAO/COPESCAL personnel (83).

SUBJECT 12. ELECTION OF OFFICERS

To the attention of FAO

1. Note the election of Bolivia as Chairman and of Brazil, Costa Rica and Chile as Vice-chairmen (86).

SUBJECT 13. DATE AND PLACE OF EIGHTH SESSION

To the attention of FAO

1. Note the offer of Brazil to host the Eighth Session, subject to official ratification. Note also Ecuador's and Venezuela's offers for the same purpose (87).