 | FAO Fisheries Report No.437 FIRI/R437 (En) COMMITTEE FOR INLAND FISHERIES OF AFRICA Report
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PREPARATION OF THIS REPORT
This is the final version of the report as approved by the second session of the Working Party on Pollution and Fisheries of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA).
| DEFINITION OF MARINE POLLUTION |
| Pollution of the marine environment means: “The introduction by man, directly or indirectly, of substances or energy into the marine environment (including estuaries) resulting in such deleterious effects as harm to living resources, hazards to human health, hindrance to marine activities including fishing, impairment of quality for use of sea water and reduction of amenities”. |
| IMO/FAO/Unesco/WMO/WHO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution (GESAMP) |
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© FAO 1990
| Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa. Report of the second session of the Working Party on Pollution and Fisheries. Nairobi, Kenya, 23–27 October 1989. FAO Fisheries Report. No. 437. Rome, FAO. 1990. 24 p. |
| ABSTRACT |
| This document is the final report of the second session of the CIFA Working Party on Pollution and Fisheries, held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 23 to 27 October 1989. The Working Party reviewed the intersessional activities since its first session in 1986. It finalized a study on the scientific bases for the control of domestic and industrial organic pollution loads; the study is annexed to this report. The Working Party plans to prepare a paper on metal pollution in African inland waters during the forthcoming intersessional period. Since by then a broad database on water pollution problems would be available, it was recommended to hold a symposium on pollution and fisheries in connexion with the Ninth Session of CIFA. It was further proposed that CIFA establish a close link with UNEP's programme on ‘Protection of the Quality of Freshwater Resources’ to ensure that water quality and quantity issues relevant to fisheries development and aquaculture are duly taken into account. |
2. REPORT ON INTERSESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
3. SCIENTIFIC BASES FOR CONTROL OF ORGANIC POLLUTION IN AFRICAN INLAND WATERS
4. FUTURE WORK PROGRAMME AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5. APPROVAL OF THE REPORT AND CLOSING OF THE SESSION
Annex II: List of Participants
Annex IV: Scientific Bases for Pollution Control in African Inland Waters - Domestic and Industrial Organic Loads