FAO Fisheries Report No.388

FAO Fisheries Report No.388         FIPL/R388(En)

COMMITTEE FOR INLAND FISHERIES OF AFRICA

REPORT OF THE
FOURTH SESSION OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE FISHERIES OF LAKE VICTORIA

Kisumu, Kenya, 6–10 April 1987

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome 1988

CONTENTS

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PREPARATION OF THIS REPORT

This is the final version of the report as approved by the Fourth Session of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA) Sub-Committee for the Development and Management of the Fisheries of Lake Victoria.

© FAO 1988

ABSTRACT
The final formal report of the Fourth Session of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA), Sub-Committee for the Development and Management of the Fisheries of Lake Victoria held in Kisumu, Kenya, from 6 to 10 April 1987, is presented. The papers presented at the seminar on the Fishery Statistics of Lake Victoria, are also included as Appendixes to the Report. The main decisions, directives and recommendations are listed in Appendix D.4.


Distribution:For bibliographic purposes this document should be cited as follows:
Members of CIFA
Participants in the Session 
Other interested nations and international organizations
Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa, 1988 Report of the fourth session of the Sub-Committee for the development and management of the fisheries of Lake Victoria. Kisumu, Kenya, 6–10 April 1987. FAO Fish.Rep., (388): 112 p.
CIFA mailing list
FAO Fisheries Department
Fishery Officers in FAO
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CONTENTS


OPENING OF THE SESSION

ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SESSION

STATE OF LAKE VICTORIA FISHERIES

STATE OF ADVANCEMENT OF NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY FINANCED PROJECTS

FISHERIES STATISTICS OF LAKE VICTORIA

INTRODUCTION OF EXOTIC SPECIES INTO LAKE VICTORIA

NILE PERCH PUBLICITY

COOPERATION IN MANAGEMENT OF LAKE FISHERIES

DATE AND PLACE OF NEXT SESSION

APPENDIX

A   List of Delegates and Observers

B   Annotated Provisional Agenda and Timetable

C   List of Documents

D   National Reports

D.1   State of Lake Victoria Fisheries - Kenya

D.2   State of Lake Victoria Fisheries, Tanzanian Sector

D.3   Recent Trends in the Fisheries of Lake Victoria (Uganda Northern Part)

D.4   Summary of major recommendations and decisions of the CIFA Sub-Committee on Lake Victoria

E   Period Massive Fish Kills in the Kenyan Portion of Lake Victoria

F   Contribution of the Introduced Fish Species especially Lates niloticus (L.) and Oreochromis niloticus (L.) to the Fisheries of Lakes Victoria and Kyoga

G   HEST Contributions

G.1   A Preliminary Description of the Artisanal Nile Perch (Lates niloticus) Fishery in Southern Lake Victoria

G.2   A Comparison of Trawl Surveys in 1969/70 and 1984/85 Tanzanian Part of Lake Victoria

G.3   Recent Developments in the Fishery for Haplochromis sp. (Pisces: Cichlidae) and Nile Perch, Lates niloticus (Pisces: Centropomidae), in Lake Victoria