APPENDIX A
Agenda

1. Opening of the session

2. Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman

3. Adoption of the agenda and arrangements for the session

4. Symposium on the Planning and Implementation of Fisheries Management and Development Programmes

5. Follow-up to the Fifth Session of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA)

6. Report on major intersessional activities

   1. Reservoir fisheries

   2. Improvement of fisheries statistics

7. Recommendations of the subsidiary bodies

   1. CIFA Sub-Committee for Lake Victoria

   2. CIFA Sub-Committee for Lake Tanganyika

   3. CIFA Working Party on Stock Assessment

   4. CIFA Sub-Committee for the Sahel

8. Progress in the development of aquaculture in Africa

9. Conservation of genetic resources

10. Regional cooperative research in fish technology

11. Follow-up to the FAO World Conference on Fisheries Management and Development

12. Proposals for the major topic for discussion at the Seventh Session of CIFA

13. Any other matters

14. Date and place of the Seventh Session

15. Adoption of the Report

APPENDIX B
List of documents

APPENDIX C
List of Delegates and Observers

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

Benin

Affoyon, L.
Directeur national Projet Modèle RAF/198/DEN
c/o Représentant de la FAO
B.P. 1369
Cotonou

Mensah, G.
Directeur des pêches
Ministère du développement rural et de l'action coopérative
B.P. 383
Cotonou

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Bambara, S.
Conseiller au Département des eaux et forêts
Service des pêches
B.P. 631
Bujumbura

Nyakageni, B.
Directeur du Département des eaux et forêts
Ministère de l'agriculture et de l'élevage
B.P. 631
Bujumbura

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Bangassi Kouagou, L.
Directeur des pêches et pisciculture
Ministère des eaux et forêts
B.P. 830
Bangui

Chad

Kourdina, L.
Ministère des eaux, forêts, pêches et chasse
B.P. 447
N'Djamena

Congo

Mfoutou, G.
Directeur des pêches maritimes et continentales
B.P. 1650
Brazzaville

Egypt

El Sherif, R.M.
Head of Economics Department
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
101 Kasr El-eini Street
Cairo

Selim, A.
Economical Adviser to General Authority for Fisheries Resources Development
4 Tayran Street
Nasr City
Cairo

Ethiopia

Fesseha Meketa, D.
Head, Fisheries Resources Development Department
Ministry of Agriculture
P.O. Box 62347
Addis Ababa

Gabon

Gambia

Drammeh, O.K.L.
Senior Fisheries Officer
Fisheries Department
6, Marina Parade
Banjul

Ghana

Denyoh, F.M.K.
Deputy Director of Fisheries
Fisheries Department
Ministry of Agriculture
Box 630
Accra

Odoi-Akersie, W.
Assistant Director of Fisheries
Fisheries Department
Box 630
Accra

Vanderpuye, J.
Professor
Zoology Department
University of Ghana
Legon

Ivory Coast

Diarra, Mamadou
Directeur
Projet de développement pisciculture et pêches continentales
B.P. 494
Bouaké

Konan, A.
Directeur adjoint du projet pêche de Buyo
B.P. 419
Abidjan

Kenya

Odero, N.
Director of Fisheries
Fisheries Department
Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife
P.O. Box 58187
Nairobi

Dadzie, S.
Senior Lecturer
Department of Zoology
University of Nairobi
P.O. Box 30197
Nairobi

Lesotho

Chondoma, E.C.
Chief Fish Production Officer
Private Bag A82
Maseru 100

Madagascar

Razafitseheno, G.
Chef, Service pêches artisanales (continentales et marines)
Direction des pêches et de l'aquaculture
Ministère de la production animale (élevage et pêche) et des eaux et forêts
B.P. 1699
Antananarivo

Malawi *

Nongwa, G.M.
Assistant Chief Fisheries Officer
Fisheries Department
Box 593
Lilongwe

Mali

Kone, Moriba
Chef
Division pêches et pisciculture
Direction des eaux et forêts
B.P. 275
Bamako

Kone, Amadou
Directeur, Opération pêche
B.P. 134
Mopti

Mauritius

Niger

Nigeria

Apanpa, Alhaj D.
Director
Federal Department of Fisheries
P.M.B. 12529
Victoria Island
Lagos

Sagua, V.O.
Director (Research)
Lake Chad Research Institute
P.M.B. 1293
Maiduguri

Shimang, G.N.
Chief Fisheries Officer
Federal Department of Fisheries
P.M.B. 12529
Victoria Island
Lagos

Rwanda

Kabagambe, J.B.
Chef de la Division pêche et pisciculture
Minagri
B.P. 621
Kigali

Baziramwabo Thatien
Co-Director
Development of Fisheries in Lake Kivu
GCP/RWA/008/NET
c/o UNDP
B.P. 445
Kigali

Senegal

Diagne, M.
Chef, Division des pêches continentales et de la pisciculture
Ministère de la production de la nature
Direction des eaux et forêts
B.P. 183
Dakar

Sierra Leone

Iscandari, Naib B.
Acting Principal Fisheries Officer for Inland Fisheries
Fisheries Division
Ministry of Natural Resources
Private Mail Bag 435
Freetown

Somalia

Sudan

Mishrigi, S.Y.
Director
Fisheries Administration
Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources
P.O. Box 293
Khartoum

George, T.T.
Associate Professor of Aquaculture and Director, Fisheries Research Centre
P.O. Box 1489
Khartoum

Swaziland

Tanzania

Lyimo, E.
Fisheries Officer
Fisheries Division
P.O. Box 2462
Dar-es-Salaam

Maembe, T.W.
Chief Fisheries Officer
Division of Fisheries
Ministry of Lands, Natural Resources and Tourism
P.O. Box 2462
Dar-es-Salaam

Bayona, J.D.R.
Senior Fisheries Research Officer and Director of Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute
P.O. Box 90
Kigoma

Lema, R. *
Senior Aquaculturist
Fisheries Division
P.O. Box 2462
Dar-es-Salaam

Togo

Napo, K.
Directeur adjoint
Service aménagement et protection pêches
Ministère de l'aménagement rural
B.P. 1095
Lomé

Uganda

Kudhongania, A.W.
Director of Research
Uganda Freshwater Fisheries Research Organization
P.O. Box 343
Jinja

Twongo, T.
Scientist, Principal Research Officer
Uganda Freshwater Fisheries Research Organization
P.O. Box 343
Jinja

Zaire

Sabuni, K.
Chef, Division pêches
Directeur national du projet PNUD/FAO ZAI/84/015
c/o Représentant de la FAO
B.P. 7248
Kinshasa

Zambia

Muyanga, E.
Director of Fisheries
Department of Fisheries
P.O. Box 350100
Chilanga

Banda, K.P.
Aquaculturist
FAO Project
Box 350034
Chilanga

Kanondo, V.
Fisheries Economist
Department of Fisheries
P.O. Box 350100
Chilanga

Matipa, R.
Acting Chief Fisheries Officer
Department of Fisheries
P.O. Box 350100
Chilanga

Mulala, S.A.
Chief Fisheries Officer
Department of Fisheries
P.O. Box 350100
Chilanga

Mumba, C.A.
Chief Fish Culturist
Department of Fisheries
P.O. Box 350100
Chilanga

Mushinge, P.
Deputy Director of Fisheries
Department of Fisheries
P.O. Box 350100
Chilanga

Pearce, M.
Fisheries Research Officer
Department of Fisheries
P.O. Box 113
Mpulungu

Scullion, J.
Department of Fisheries
P.O. Box 740005
Nchelenge

Boma, E.D. *
Project Co-Manager
Department of Fisheries
P.O. Box 350100
Chilanga

Kabunda, H. *
Fish Culturist
Department of Fisheries
P.O. Box 410055
Kasama

Sikazwe, C.D. *
Provincial Fish Culturist
Department of Fisheries
P.O. Box 110118
Solwezi

Sinkala, G.Z. *
Provincial Fish Culturist
Department of Fisheries
P.O. Box 510738
Chipata

Subramaniam, S.P.
Acting Chief Fisheries Research Officer
Central Fisheries Research Institute
P.O. Box 350100
Chilanga

Tapiador, D.D.
Project Coordinator
World Bank Fisheries Development Project in Zambia
P.O. Box 350100
Chilanga

Zimbabwe

Machena, C.
Fishery Research Officer and Officer-in-Charge
Lake Kariba Fisheries Research Institute
P.O. Box 75
Kariba

Chimbuya, S. *
Fisheries Ecologist
Lake Kariba Fisheries Research Institute
P.O. Box 75
Kariba

OBSERVERS FROM MEMBER NATIONS NOT MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

Angola

Nkosi, L.K. *
Chief of Inland Fisheries and Pisciculture Sector
Ministry of Agriculture/DNACO
B.P. 74
Luanda

Canada

Powles, Howard
Programme Officer (Fisheries)
Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Science
IDRC Regional Office
B.P. 11007
Dakar
Senegal

Mitchell, C.L.
Economist, Consultant, Fisheries
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
North-South Intermedium Limited
180, McClellan Rd
Ottawa, Int. K2H5W1

Scott, J.F.
Senior Economist
Ministry of Agriculture and Water
Box 31313
Lusaka

Stersky, A.K.
Fisheries Specialist
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Natural Resources
200, Promenade du Portage
Hull, Quebec, K1A 0G4

Bernacsek, G.
Consultant

Guinea

Dieng, A.
Chef, Division pêche
Bureau d'études
Secrétariat d'Etat aux pêches
B.P. 296
Conakry

Mozambique

Do Carmo Carrilho, M. *
Department Director
Fish Culture Department
Ministry of Agriculture
Maputo

Norway

Myklevoll, S.
Institute of Marine Research
P.O. Box 1870
N-5011 Nordnes

United States of America

Hocutt, C.H.
Associate Professor
University of Maryland
Cambridge, Md21613

REPRESENTATIVES OF UNITED NATION SPECIALIZED AGENCIES

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Dragic, D.
Resident Representative of the UNDP in Zambia
P.O. Box 31966
Lusaka, Zambia

Barton, M.
UNDP
P.O. Box 31966
Lusaka, Zambia

World Bank

Khan, Sarshar
Senior Economist
The World Bank Resident Mission
Box 35410
Lusaka, Zambia

Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Telahun Makonnen
Economic Commission for Africa
P.O. Box 3001
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Walters, S.T.
Economic Affairs Officer
ECA/Mulpoc
P.O. Box 30467
Lusaka, Zambia

Allsopp, W.H.
FAO/ECA Aquaculture Consultant
JEFAD
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

OBSERVERS FROM INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

African Development Bank (ADB)

Onaba, G.R.
Harare Regional Office
African Development Bank
P.O. Box 8404
Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe

Southern African Development
Coordination Conference Region (SADCC)

Marechal, Patrice
SADCC Officer (Aquaculture/Fisheries)
c/o French Embassy
P.O. Box 30054
Lilongwe, Malawi

FAO FISHERIES DEPARTMENT

Headquarters (Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome)

Dada, B.F.
Director
Fishery Policy and Planning Division

Gaudet, J.-L.
Senior Fishery Planning Officer
Fishery Development Planning Service
Fishery Policy and Planning Division

Coche, A.G.
Senior Fishery Resources Officer (Aquaculture)
Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service
Fishery Resources and Environment Division

Kapetsky, J.
Fishery Resources Officer (Inland Fisheries)
Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service
Fishery Resources and Environment Division

Karnicki, Z.S.
Fishery Industry Officer
Fish Utilization and Marketing Service
Fishery Industries Division

Greboval, D.
Fishery Planning Officer
Fishery Development Planning Service
Fishery Policy and Planning Division

FAO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA
(P.O. Box 1628, Accra, Ghana)

West, W.Q.-B.
Senior Regional Fisheries Officer

Ossinga, E.
Regional Fisheries Officer

FAO FIELD STAFF

Gopalakrishnan, V.
Project Manager, ZAM/79/005
Development of Fish Culture in Zambia
P.O. Box 350034
Chilanga, Zambia

Nugent, C.
Project Manager and Fish Culture Training Extension Expert
Development of Fish Culture and Inland Fisheries Project (IVC/84/001)
B.P. 1747
Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Haight, B.
Fishfarming Extentionist
Development of Small-scale Fishfarming in the Lake Basin (KEN/80/006)
P.O. Box 30470
Nairobi, Kenya

Roest, F.C.
Fishery Biologist
Development of Fisheries in the Eastern Central Atlantic
c/o UNDP
P.O. Box 154
Dakar, Senegal

De Fooz, B.R.
Aquaculture Extension Expert
ZAM/79/005
P.O. Box 350100
Chilanga, Zambia

Cayron-Thomas, E.
Aquaculturist
FAO Project
Box 350034
Chilanga, Zambia

Reusens, M.
Fishery Biologist A/E
GCP/RWA/008/NET
B.P. 221
Gisenyi, Rwanda

Galbreath, P.F.
Fish Culture Training Extension Expert (IVC/84/001)
B.P. 1747
Abidjan, Ivory Coast

FAO CONSULTANTS

Demoulin, F.
Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service
Fisheries Department
FAO
00100 Rome, Italy

Calamari, D.
Convenor, Working Party on Water Quality Criteria of the European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission (EIFAC)
c/o Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service
Fisheries Department
FAO
00100 Rome, Italy

SECRETARIAT

Host Government

Department of Fisheries, Zambia

Mushinge, P.K.
Conference Liaison Officer

Muyanga, E.D.
Director

Mulala, S.A.
Chief Fisheries

Kampuni, F.D.
Administrative Officer

Subramaniam, S.P.
A/Chief Fisheries Research Officer

Pearce, M.J.
Research Officer, Mpulungu Fisheries Research Unit

Secretaries

Chisanga, P.
Sakala, D.

Messengers

Mikakamgoma, E.
Mwambwa, L.

FAO

Secretary of the Committee

West, W.Q.-B.

Translator

Laught, J.-P.

Interpreters

Agoh, J.
Currimjee, V.
Farrell, P.
Scherman, L.
Tango, A.
Tawil-Saad, .H

Administrative Assistant (Meetings)

Webb, J.C.

Secretaries

Adelaayitar, M.Y.
Moosmann, J.
Van Kessel, W.J.A.

* Attended only the Symposium on the Planning and Implementation of Fisheries Management and Development Programmes

APPENDIX D
Summary of Major Decisions and Recommendations

ITEM 4:

Symposium on the Planning and Implementation of Fisheries Management and Development Programmes

For the attention of Governments

1. Accord higher priority to the improvement of fishery statistics (paragraph 13 of the report).

2. Incorporate into national manpower development plans the training of technical personnel and research workers and phase properly the absorption of trained experts into the civil service (para. 13).

3. Promote the participation of the people in the implementation of the programmes and increase the awareness of the decision makers (para. 13).

4. Increase the use of the African Regional Aquaculture Centre (ARAC) (para. 14).

5. Integrate aquaculture development into land and water use plans in order to reduce conflicting uses (para. 14).

6. Monitor and evaluate the implementation of fishery development programmes (para. 15).

7. Increase regional collaboration in fisheries research development and management of international inland water bodies (para. 16).

8. Increase effort in the management of reservoirs, lagoons and international river systems (para. 17).

For the attention of FAO

1. Assist the Sahelian countries sharing Lake Chad and international river systems (para. 16).

ITEM 6:

Report on Major Intersessional Activities

(a) Reservoir Fisheries

For the attention of FAO

1. Carry out more work in small water impoundments (para. 25).

(b) Improvement of Fisheries Statistics

For the attention of Governments

1. Ensure proper use of the trained personnel (para. 28).

For the attention of FAO

1. Intensify and strengthen the training programme in fisheries statistics including the use of remote-sensing techniques (para. 27).

2. Evaluate the effectiveness of the training provided so far (para. 28).

(c) Pollution

For the attention of FAO

1. The CIFA Working Party on Water Pollution Effects on Fisheries should evaluate the need for a future lake-wide pollution monitoring programme for Lake Tanganyika (para. 32).

ITEM 7:

Recommendations of the Subsidiary Bodies

(a) CIFA Sub-Committee for Lake Victoria

For the attention of Governments

1. Organize a meeting of the Ministers of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to confirm a formal request for a regional fisheries research programme for the Management and Development of Lake Victoria to be submitted to EEC (para. 37).

For the attention of FAO

1. Organize a Workshop on the Collection and Standardization of Statistics (para. 39).

(b) CIFA Sub-Committee for Lake Tanganyika

For the attention of Governments

1. Expedite the request to EEC for a regional fisheries development project for Lake Tanganyika (para. 42).

2. Select one country to play the leading role (para. 42).

For the attention of FAO

1. Ensure the financing by Finland and EEC of the Lake Tanganyika projects (para. 43).

(c) CIFA Working Party on Stock Assessment

For the attention of Governments

1. Consider the adoption of guidelines for the introduction of exotic species into African Inland waters (para. 45).

(d) CIFA Sub-Committee for the Protection and Development of the Fisheries in the Sahelian zone

For the attention of Governments

1. Non members of CILSS to be associated with the activities of the Sub-Committee (para. 48).

For the attention of FAO

1. Undertake an assessment of the effects of the drought on the inland fisheries of the countries in the Sahelian Zone (para. 47(a)).

2. Convene a meeting of the Sub-Committee (para. 47 (b)).

ITEM 8:

Progress in the Development of Aquaculture in Africa

For the attention of Governments

1. Seek international assistance to support ARAC until longer-term support from the member countries themselves is assured (para. 51 i).

2. Seek training fellowships from possible donors (para. 51 ii).

3. Accord a higher priority to the formulation of national aquaculture development plans, the training of personnel, the development of both small and large scale aquaculture (para. 53).

For the attention of FAO

1. Study interrelationship between ARAC and all future subregional training/research centres (para 51 iii).

2. Publish and disseminate widely ARAC research results (para. 51 iv).

3. Expedite the provision of research facilities (para. 51 v).

4. Request donors to increase financial support for aquaculture developments, applied research and training (para. 52).

ITEM 9:

Conservation of Genetic Resources

For the attention of Governments

1. Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania and Zaire to nominate experts to serve on the CIFA correspondence working group on the introduction and transfer of exotic species (para. 55).

For the attention of FAO

1. Establish a Correspondence Working Group to draft a code of guidelines for the introduction and transfer of fish species in international water bodies of Africa (para. 55).

ITEM 10:

Regional Cooperative Research in Fish Technology

For the attention of Governments

1. Give full and continued support to the Regional Cooperative Programme on Fish Technology in Africa (para. 62).

For the attention of FAO

1. Continue searching for funds for the Regional Cooperative Research Programme in Africa and ensure wider dissemination of the results of the Programme within the region (para. 63).

ITEM 11:

Follow-up to the FAO World Conference on Fisheries Management and Development

1. Note the endorsement of the report of the FAO World Fisheries Conference and the strong support of the project ideas specifically proposed for inland fisheries of Africa (para. 74).

2. Appeal to donor agencies and financial institutions to provide the necessary financial support for the implementation of Action Programmes (para. 74).

ITEM 12:

Proposals for the Major topic for Discussion at the Seventh Session of CIFA

For the attention of FAO

1. Organize in conjunction with the next session of CIFA a symposium on the development and management of fisheries in small water bodies (para. 76).

2. For future sessions, the following subjects, fishing technology and fisheries statistics in the development of inland fisheries, should be considered (para. 77).

ITEM 13:

Other Matters

For the attention of FAO

1. Consider the proposal to establish a Sub-Committee for the man-made lakes of West Africa (para. 78).

2. Consider the suggestion to organize in the near future an All Africa Fisheries Conference as a follow-up to the FAO World Fisheries Conference (para. 79).

3. Consider the possibility of placing an item on the agenda of the FAO Regional Conference for Africa on marine and inland fisheries development in Africa (para. 79).

4. Consider the feasibility of publishing an inland water fisheries journal and the possible revival of the African Journal of Tropical Hydrobiology and Fisheries (para. 80).

ITEM 14:

Date and Place of the Seventh Session

Note the interest of Benin, Senegal and Sudan to host the next Session (para. 82).