Appendix A
Annexe A

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS

Belgium/Belgique

FRANK, V.
Assistant, Ecologie Animale
Faculté Universitaire
61, Sq. van Bever
1180 Bruxelles.

MICHA, J.-Cl.
Chargé de Cours
Facultés Universitaires
61, rue de Bruxelles
B-5000 Namur.

Botswana

not represented/pas représenté

Burundi

N'GOMIRAKIZA, M.
Directeur du Département des Eaux et Forêts
Ministère de l'Agriculture
B.P. 1850
Bujumbura

Cameroon/Cameroun

not represented/pas représenté

Central African Republic/République centrafricaine

MALETOUNGOU, Z.
Directeur des Pêches
B.P. 1401
Landjia-Bangui

Chad/Tchad

DIGUERA, B.
Directeur des Eaux, Forêts, Pêches et Chasses
Direction des Eaux, Forêts, Pêches et Chasses
B.P. 447
N'Djamena

KOURDINA, L.
Chef du Service des Pêches
Direction des Eaux, Forêts, Pêches et Chasses
B.P. 447
N'Djamena

Congo, People's Republic of the/République populaire du Congo

not represented/pas représenté

Dahomey

HONVOU, L.A.
Ingénieur des Services agricoles
Ministère de l'Agriculture
B.P. 383
Cotonou

Egypt, Arab Republic of/République arabe d'Egypte

EL BOLOCK, A.R.
Professor
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
101 Kasr El-Ainy St.
Cairo

ISHAK, M.M.
Professor
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
101 Kasr El-Ainy St.
Cairo

Ethiopia/Ethiopie

MESKAL, Dr. Fissehah, H.
Faculty of Science
Addis Ababa University
P.O. Box 1176
Addis Ababa

France

LESSENT, P.
Direction Pêche et Pisciculture
Centre Technique Forestier Tropical (CTFT)
45bis, Av. de la Belle-Gabrielle
94130 Nogent-sur-Marne, France

Gabon

not represented/pas représenté

The Gambia/la Gambie

TAYLOR-THOMAS, A. Olu
Senior Fisheries Officer
Fisheries Division
Ministry of Agriculture
Banjul

Ghana

ADJETEY, J.N.N.
Director of Fisheries
Department of Fisheries
Ministry of Agriculture
P.O. Box 630
Accra

ADIASE, M.K.
Research Officer
Institute of Aquatic Biology
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
P.O. Box 38
Achimota

ADUMUA-BOSSMAN, Dr. J.
P.O. Box 398
c/o Department of Fisheries
Accra

AMMAH, Ph.A.
Deputy Fleet Manager
State Fishing Corporation
P.O. Box 211
Tema

ASAFO, C.K.
Senior Fisheries Officer
Fisheries Department
Ministry of Agriculture
P.O. Box 268
Tamale

DADZIE, Dr. St.
Fishery Biologist
Department of Zoology
University of Nairobi
P.O. Box 30197
Nairobi, Kenya

DENYOH, F.M.K.
Principal Fisheries Officer
Fisheries Department
Ministry of Agriculture
P.O. Box 165
Ho

DOWUONA, V.N.
Deputy Director of Fisheries
Fisheries Department
Ministry of Agriculture
P.O. Box 630
Accra

JOHN CLOTTEY, St.
Research Officer
Environmental Protection Council
Parliament House
Accra

KWEI, Dr. E.A.
Project Adminstrator
Volta Lake Research and Development Project
Volta River Authority
P.O. Box 88
Akosombo

MENSAH, E.M.
Fisheries Officer
Fisheries Department
P.O. Box 88
Akosombo

ODEI, Dr. M.A.
Senior Research Officer
Institute of Aquatic Biology
Council for Scientific & Industrial Research
P.O. Box 38
Achimota

ODOI-AKERSIE, W.
Senior Fisheries Officer
Fisheries Department
Ministry of Agriculture
P.O. Box 630
Accra

VANDERPUYE, C.J.
Research Fellow
Volta Basin Research Programme
University of Ghana
P.O. Box 88
Akosombo

YEBOAH, F.
Senior Planning Officer
Volta Lake Research and Development Project
Volta River Authority
P.O. Box 88
Akosombo

NSIAH, S.B. - Liaison Officer
Fisheries Officer
Department of Fisheries
Ministry of Agriculture
P.O. Box 630
Accra

Ivory Coast/Côte-d'Ivoire

VIEYRA, A.R.
Directeur des Pêches Continentales
Ministère de l'Agriculture
B.P. 20896
Abidjan

COULIBALY, D.
Directeur du Service de Pisciculture
Ministère de l'Agriculture
B.P. 20896
Abidjan

DIA, A.El K.
Océanographe
B.P. V18 CRO
Abidjan

FANNY, Dr. A.
Directeur Project Pêche AVB/FAO
B.P. 1041
Yamoussokro

Kenya/Kenya

not represented/pas représenté

Madagascar

not represented/pas représenté

Malawi

MATHOTHO, A.J.
Chief Fisheries Officer
Fisheries Department Headquarters
P.O. Box 593
Lilongwe

MSISKA, O.V.
Fish Culturist
Kasinthula Research Station
P.O. Chikwawa

Mali

KONARE, A.
Directeur “Opération Pêche”
B.P. 91
Mopti

TRAORE, B.
Opération Pêche
B.P. 275
Bamako

Mauritius/Maurice

ARDILL, J.D.
Senior Fisheries Officer
Ministry of Fisheries
Government House
Port Louis

Niger

not represented/pas représenté

Nigeria

DADA, B.F.
Acting Director
Federal Department of Fisheries
Victoria Island
P.M.B. 12529
Lagos

AFINOWI, M.A.
Research Officer
Federal Department of Fisheries
P.M.B. 5122
Port Harcourt
Rivers State

AWACHIE, Dr. J.B.E.
Professor
University of Nigeria
Nsukka

EZENWA, B.
Fisheries Research Officer
Federal Department of Fisheries
Victoria Island
P.M.B. 12529
Lagos

GAFFAR, J.A.
Senior Fisheries Officer
Fisheries Division
Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Lagos State

IMEVBORE, A.
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Ife
Ife

ITA, E.O.
Fishery Biologist
Kainji Lake Research Project
P.M.B. 666
New Bussa

OLUMBUNMI, O.E.
Principal Fisheries Officer
Fisheries Division
Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Ibadan

OTOBO, F.O.
Senior Research Officer
Kainji Lake Research Project
P.M.B. 666
New Bussa

SAGUA, V.O.
Director
Kainji Lake Research Project
P.M.B. 666
New Bussa

Senegal/Sénégal

SENE, E.H.
Directeur des Eaux et Forêts
Direction des Eaux et Forêts
Ministère du Développement Rural et de l'Hydraulique
B.P. 1831
Dakar

FALL, A.O.
Chef de la Division Protection de la Nature
Direction des Eaux, Forêts, Chasses
Ministère du Développement Rural et de l'Hydraulique
B.P. 1831
Dakar

Sierra Leone

CHAYTOR, D.E.B.
Professor
Institute of Marine Biology and Oceanography
University of Sierra Leone
Freetown

Somalia/Somalie

not represented/pas représentée

The Sudan/le Soudan

MISHRIGI, S.Y.
Director
Fisheries Research
P.O. Box 1489
Khartoum

GEORGE, T.T.
Aquaculturist
Fisheries Research Station
P.O. Box 1489
Khartoum

Swaziland/Souaziland

not represented/pas représentée

Tanzania/Tanzanie

IBRAHIM, K.H.
Fisheries Officer
Freshwater Fisheries Institute
Nyegesi
P.B. 1213
Mwanza

MAPUNDA, X.E.
Co-Manager
Lake Tanganyika Research and Development Project
P.O. Box 90
Kigoma

Togo

YABOURI, K.
Directeur du Service des Pêches
Direction du Service des Pêches
B.P. 1095
Lomé

Uganda/l'Ouganda

KANYIKE, E.S.
Senior Fisheries Officer
Fisheries Department
P.O. Box 4
Entebbe

United Kingdom/Royaume-Uni

STONEMAN, J.
Fisheries Adviser
Ministry of Overseas Development
Eland House
Stag Place
London SW1
England

Upper Volta/Haute-Volta

not represented/pas représentée

United States of America/Etats-Unis d'Amérique

LOVSHIN, L.L.
Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquaculture
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama 36830

Zaire/Zaïre

not represented/pas représenté

Zambia/Zambie

MUSHINGE, P.K.
Acting Deputy Director (Fisheries)
P.O. Box 100
Chilanga

CHIPUNGU, P.M.
Biologist
P.O. Box 100
Chilanga

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/ORGANISATIONS INTERNATIONALES

Economic Community for West Africa (ECWA)
Communauté Economique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (CEAO)
B.P. 643, Ouagadougou, Upper Volta

International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Fondation Internationale pour les Sciences (IFS)
Box 5073, S-102 42 Stockholm 5, Sweden

Interstate Permanent Committee for the Control of the Drought in the Sahel (CILSS)
Comité Permanent Interétats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS)
B.P. 7049, Ouagadougou, Upper Volta

East African Freshwater Fisheries Research Organization (EAFFRO)
Organisation est-africaine de recherche sur les poissons d'eau douce (EAFFRO)
P.O. Box 343, Jinja, Uganda

Niger River Commission
Commission du Fleuve Niger
B.P. 729, Niamey, Niger

Organization for the Development of the Senegal Basin (OMVS)
Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Bassin du Sénégal (OMVS)
B.P. 3152, Dakar, Senegal

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME/PROGRAMME DE DEVELOPPEMENT DES NATIONS UNIES

FELICIANO, Gregorio
Resident Representative of the UNDP in Ghana
P.O. Box 1423
Accra

FAO/UNDP PROJECTS/PROJETS FAO/PNUD

Fish Culture Development Project
Projet de développement de la pisciculture
B.P. 130, Foumban, Cameroon

Fish Culture Development Project
Projet de développement de la pisciculture
P.O. Box 872, Bangui, Central African Rep.

Fishery Survey and Development Project
Recherche et prospection pour le développement de la pêche en Tunisie
c/o UNDP, B.P. 863, Tunis, Tunisia

Fisheries Training Development Project
Central Fisheries Research Institute
P.O.Box 100, Chilanga, Zambia

Integrated Fisheries Development Project
P.O. Box 593, Lilongwe, Malawi

International Eastern Central Atlantic Programme (CECAF)
Programme International pour l'Atlantique Centre-Est (COPACE)
B.P. 154, Dakar, Senegal

Kainji Lake Research Project
P.M.B. 666, New Bussa, Nigeria

Lake Kossou Project/Project du Lac Kossou
B.P. 1041, Yamoussokro, Ivory Coast

Lake Tanganyika Fisheries Research and Development Project
P.O. Box 90, Kigoma, Tanzania

Volta Lake Research and Development Project
P.O. Box 88, Akosombo, Ghana

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS/ORGANISATION POUR L'ALDMENTATION ET L'AGRICULTURE

Headquarters, Rome

CLAY, C.H.
Coordinator of Lake Projects (Africa)
Operations Service
Department of Fisheries
Representative of the FAO Director-General,
and Assistant Director-General (Fisheries)

GAUDET, J.-L.
Fishery Liaison Officer
Fishery Liaison Unit

SHEHADEH, Dr. Z.H.
Fishery Resources Officer (Aquaculture)
Fishery Resources and Environment Division

AIRAKSINEN, K.
Fishery Resources Officer (Aquaculture)
Fishery Resources and Environment Division

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS/ORGANISATION POUR L'ALIMENTATION ET L'AGRICULTURE

Field

KAMBONA, J.J.
Senior Fishery Officer and
CIFA Regional Secretary

WEST, Dr. W.Q.-B.
Fishery Officer

Appendix B

ADDRESS BY MR. J.N.N. ADJETEY
DIRECTOR OF FISHERIES, GHANA

Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen:

I take this opportunity to welcome you to Ghana for participation in the Symposium on Aquaculture in Africa. To those delegates who took part in the First Regional Workshop on Aquaculture Planning which was also held in Accra this year I say welcome again.

As you know this Symposium is preceding the Second Session of the FAO Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa which commences in this very hall next Friday, October 3rd, when you will be formally welcomed on behalf of the Government of Ghana by the Commissioner for Agriculture.

I understand that flight difficulties have created some problems in the arrivals of delegates. We are happy however that you were able to get here in the long run and you are here in good spirit and I hope that all will go well at the Symposium.

If there are any problems please feel free to contact the Secretariat, myself or Mr. Nsiah who is the liaison officer both for the Symposium and the Second Session.

Once again I say welcome to you all and I hope that the deliberations at the symposium will come to a successful and useful end.

Appendix C

ADDRESS BY MR. C.H. CLAY
COORDINATOR LAKE PROJECTS (AFRICA)
DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES, FAO

Distinguished Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen:

I have great pleasure in adding a word of welcome to this Symposium on behalf of Mr. Fred Popper, the Assistant Director-General (Fisheries) of FAO, who regrets very much his inability to be here on account of other commitments. This is the first symposium of its kind in this part of the world and FAO attaches considerable importance to it. FAO is grateful to the Government of Ghana for hosting this Symposium and for providing the excellent facilities that have been arranged.

As most of you are aware, there is a world-wide interest now in the development of aquaculture as a means of increasing fish and shellfish production. To a large extent this is due to the recognition that many of the valuable stocks of fish and shellfish are fully exploited or over-fished, and even maintenance of present production from capture fisheries requires strict regulatory measures. The new concepts of marine resource utilization emerging from the Law of the sea Conferences have acted as a further incentive to developing fishery resources within national jurisdiction.

Fish culture is believed to have been in existence on the African continent in Egypt as early as 2 500 B.C.; its modern development and expansion occurred between the last two world wars. Its main objective to date has been to improve and diversify the nutrition of rural populations. This type of subsistence farming is practised in Africa and other regions and will have an important role to play for a long time to come. In general, on a world wide basis, aquaculture has undergone considerable expansion and diversification during the last decade. From a subsistence-level activity, it has become a commercial-scale operation and is often integrated with agriculture, animal husbandry and other rural industries - with great advantage to rural economies. It has been the mainstay of many village and community development programmes in African and Asian countries. Today, interest in aquaculture has spread also to large private firms and multi-national corporations and we have to consider the enterprise as ranging from small-scale rural operations to vertically integrated corporate undertakings. The range of cultivated organisms has also expanded.

The world production through aquaculture is estimated to be about 5 million tons. The limited data available for the African region do not allow a meaningful estimate of the actual contribution of the continent to this activity. However, the considerable progress achieved in the last decade in experimental government farms and development projects in several countries, shows that the potential African contribution to the total production through aquaculture can be significant. In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest in research and development in this field in Africa and it is, therefore, a very opportune time to hold a regional symposium in order to assess the present status and potential for development, identify major constraints and formulate action programmes for the future.

The FAO Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa at its First Session in Fort Lamy, Chad, 29 November to 5 December 1972, expressed strong interest in furthering the development of aquaculture in the region and, inter alia, recommended the holding of a symposium on the subject. It is in implementation of this recommendation that FAO has prepared this symposium in conjunction with the Second session of the Committee. It is one of the series of regional symposia being held in preparation for the FAO Technical Conference on Aquaculture to be held in May/June 1976 in Kyoto, Japan. The first regional symposium covering Asia and the Far East was held in conjunction with the Fourteenth Session of the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council in 1970 in Bangkok, Thailand; the second, covering the Mediterranean region, was held in Athens, Greece in March 1972, in conjunction with the Eleventh Session of the General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean. The third regional symposium on the problem of communicable fish diseases in Europe, was held in conjunction with the Seventh Session of the European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in April 1972. The Symposium covering Latin America, held in Montevideo, Uruguay, in November/December 1974 was the fourth of the series; the present Symposium completes the regional meetings on aquaculture.

The agenda of the Technical Conference will be prepared on the basis of the findings of the regional symposia and therefore we expect that this Symposium will make a detailed analysis of the status, problems and future of aquaculture industry in the region as a whole. You may wish to formulate specific action programmes and recommend their implementation by national, regional and international agencies. As you know, the Second Session of CIFA will be held immediately after this Symposium; your report and recommendations for follow-up action will be considered during the Session.

The number of papers submitted for presentation at the Symposium is clearly indicative of the interest in the subject and the efforts now being made to develop the industry in this region. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have contributed review and experience papers for presentation here.

FAO's field programmes in aquaculture have increased rapidly during recent years. We have at present some 25 large-scale projects in operation, of which some 18 are solely concerned with aquaculture and the others have a strong element of aquaculture. These do not include a number of projects “in the pipeline”. Our involvement in Africa in this field of work is represented by 10 operational projects; 7 additional projects are also in pipeline. We hope that, as a result of this Symposium, a number of new activities will develop and I can assure you that FAO will be happy to assist the governments in the region, to the extent possible within its available resources, to formulate and implement suitable projects. I am sure that other international and bilateral agencies also would lend their support to the development of this industry. The concern for the small farmer and the small fisherman, who have benefited in small measure from developments in the fishery sector so far, should lead us to considering ways in which aquaculture can be integrated with rural development programmes. In fact, the way in which aquaculture should be developed - whether as a rural small-scale operation or as a vertically integrated industry - I expect, will be debated when you consider “the socio-economic aspects of aquaculture” an important item on your agenda. Some of the previous regional symposia have concluded that a major constraint to development is the lack of appropriate planning and integration of aquaculture development in national fishery development and overall economic development plans. In the absence of such plans, the requirements of a new industry like aquaculture fail to be recognized and provided.

You have a fairly tight schedule of meetings and the secretariat has attempted to arrange the agenda in such a way that you will have the maximum time for full and free discussions so that the last meeting of Recommendations Committee will reflect the considered views of all the participants. Mr. B.F. Dada, Acting Director, Federal Department of Fisheries, Nigeria and Mr. A.R. Vieyra, Director of Fish Culture and Inland Fisheries, Ivory Coast have kindly agreed to act as Chairman and Vice-Chairman for the Symposium respectively.

Before closing, the Secretariat wishes to thank the International Foundation for Science of Stockholm, Sweden, for supporting the participation of a number of colleagues from Africa who would not otherwise have been able to attend.

I wish you a very fruitful symposium and a very enjoyable stay.

Appendix D

ADDRESS BY MR. B.F. DADA
ACTING DIRECTOR,
FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES, LAGOS, NIGERIA

Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen:

It affords me great pleasure to address this august gathering this morning as the Chairman of the FAO/CIFA Symposium on Aquaculture in Africa. I should like, first of all, to thank the Secretariat and the entire members of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa for this great honour and privilege.

With the present world population of 4 000 million people, growing at an annual average of 2.1 percent, the need to increase food production has become very urgent and this is especially so in developing countries. According to the FAO, the per capita daily calorie intake for the African region is approximately 2 000 calories as compared to 3 000 calories in North America or Western Europe. Moreover, the proportion of animal protein in the diet of majority of people in the region is very low. Thus, the nutrition gap between them and the developed countries is quite obvious.

The question then arises, what is the possible contribution of aquaculture to the present food shortage both in quantity and quality, in the areas affected? It has been suggested that fisheries resources are the last remaining major means of saving mankind from hunger and ensuring adequate supply of protein. With the expected change in the regime of the oceans arising from the United Nations Conferences on the Law of the Sea, it is becoming increasingly clear that the possibility of dividing up the seas in the near future cannot be ruled out. The trend therefore is to promote a gradual switch-over from conventional “fish capture” to “fish culture” just as it has been successfully demonstrated in the case of livestock, namely, from hunting of wild animals to the rearing of domesticated animals. It is my view that the African countries should not be left behind in this new trend.

Inland fisheries are important in many parts of Africa; the main centres of production include the Niger River, Lake Chad and the East African lakes. The potential for freshwater fish production has been estimated at about 1 800 000 t/annum. It is felt that aquaculture can play a significant role in increasing the overall food production in the African region because of the available resources consisting of coastal waters, lagoons, rivers, streams, lakes, swamps, etc. Perhaps what is urgently needed is the necessary technology to transform these natural resources into fish for human consumption.

The FAO Committee for Inland Fisheries at its first Session in N'Djamena (Fort Lamy) Chad Republic in 1972, expressed strong interest in furthering the development of aquaculture in the region and among other things, recommended the holding of this Symposium. The objectives of the Symposium, as you are aware, include the following:-

1. to review the present status and potential for the development of aquaculture in fresh, brackish and marine environments in Africa;

2. to determine the major constraints to aquaculture development, including planning and organization, financing, scientific research, technical support, education and training, extension services, aquacultural inputs, marketing, economics, water pollution and related factors:

3. to evaluate, on the basis of existing information, the efficiency of currently cultivated species and the culture techniques employed;

4. to recommend national and regional activities to be undertaken for the rational development of aquaculture.

Papers to be discussed at this meeting cover a wide range of subjects, namely: present status of aquaculture in Africa and potential for development, the species for culture systems and techniques of aquaculture and the socio-economic aspects of aquaculture. Apart from the fundamental problems of fish seed, fish feed and management in aquaculture, I should like the participants also to focus attention on some of the following main problems, namely: organisation of research, training, pollution, economics and co-ordination of efforts.

I need not remind you that the recent drought in the Sahelian zone had produced adverse effects on the water areas and fish populations. Research efforts therefore, should be properly directed so that what seems at first a disadvantage could be turned into an advantage. In order to promote a rapid development of aquaculture in the region, there is urgent need for the training of manpower at various levels, in aquacultural techniques. Pollution from industrial wastes, pesticides and other chemicals used in agriculture as well as domestic sewerage, is becoming a threat to inland fisheries in general and aquaculture in particular, in some of the countries of the region. We should not wait until a problem of this nature advances to crisis point before we recommend necessary solution.

While the Governments in many of the African countries are willing to finance aquaculture projects, they are also very much concerned about the economic viability of such projects. Indeed, the impression is often wrongly given that aquaculture is less profitable than sea fishing, agriculture and animal husbandry. To dispel this erroneous impression, economic data including costs and benefits analysis must be provided from representative fish-farm projects. This Symposium should be able to offer some suggestions in this regard. Finally, the co-ordination of overall efforts and dissemination of experience and knowledge can be achieved by holding symposia and seminars of this nature, at regular intervals.

Ladies and gentlemen, I have no doubt that we are all anxious to address ourselves to some of these and other problems which would make for a faster development of aquaculture in this region. I wish us all successful deliberations.

Thank you.

Appendix E

AGENDA

Appendix F

OFFICERS OF THE SYMPOSIUM

Appendix G

LIST OF DOCUMENTS

Country Reports

Review papers

Experience papers