FAO Fisheries Report No. 430

FAO Fisheries Report No.430         FIPL/R430

COMMITTEE FOR INLAND FISHERIES OF AFRICA

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

Mwanza, Tanzania, 12–14 September 1989

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1990

CONTENTS

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PREPARATION OF THIS REPORT

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




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© FAO 1990

Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa,
Report of the fifth session of the Sub-Committee for the development and management of the fisheries of Lake Victoria. Mwanza, Tanzania, 12–14 September 1989
FAO Fisheries Report, No. 430. Rome, FAO. 1990. 97 p.
ABSTRACT
The final formal report of the Fifth 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 Mwanza, Tanzania, from 12 to 14 September 1989, is presented.

CONTENTS


OPENING OF THE SESSION

ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SESSION

REVIEW OF THE STATE OF STOCKS AND FISHERIES

CONSIDERATION OF REPORT AND CONCLUSION OF HEST/TAFIRI/FAO/DANIDA REGIONAL SEMINAR OF LAKE VICTORIA FISH STOCKS AND FISHERIES

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES FOR PLANNING IN SUPPORT OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

PRIORITIES FOR RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT

SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES

COOPERATION IN MANAGEMENT OF LAKE FISHERIES

DATE AND PLACE OF NEXT SESSION

APPENDIX

A       Agenda

B       List of Delegates and Observers

C       List of Documents

D       National Reports

D.1       The Uganda Waters of Lake Victoria - Uganda

D.2       The State of Lake Victoria Fisheries, Kenya Waters

D.3       The State of Lake Victoria Fisheries, Tanzanian Sector

E       Reports from HEST and TAFIRI operating in Lake Victoria Synopsis of Ecological and Fishery Research on Nile perch (Lates niloticus) in Lake Victoria, conducted by HEST/TAFIRI

F       Socio-economic Issues for Planning in Support of Fisheries Management