 | FAO Fisheries Report No 502 FIRI/R502(En) COMITTEE FOR INLAND FISHERIES OF AFRICA Report
|
| The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. |
The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
M-45
ISBN 92-5-103533-4
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Applications for such permission, with a statement of the purpose and extent of the reproduction, should be addressed to the Director, Publications Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy.
PREPARATION OF THIS REPORT
This is the final version of the report as approved by the fourth session of the Working Party on Pollution and Fisheries of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA).
| DEFINITION OF MARINE POLLUTION |
| Pollution 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-IOC/WMO/WHO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP) |
Distribution
Members of CIFA
Mailing List CIFA
Mailing List Inland Water Pollution (Africa)
FAO Fisheries Department
FAO Regional Fisheries Officers
© FAO 1994
| Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa. Report of the fourth session of the Working Party on Pollution and Fisheries. Accra, Ghana, 18–22 October 1993. FAO Fisheries Report. No. 502. Rome, FAO. 1994. 45 p. |
| ABSTRACT |
| This document is the final report of the fourth session of the CIFA Working Party on Pollution and Fisheries, held in Accra, Ghana, from 18 to 22 October 1993. The Working Party finalized a Review of chlorinated hydrocarbon substances in the African aquatic environment; the review is annexed to this report. The Working Group concluded that it had achieved its major goal to evaluate the state of the African aquatic environment and to review major groups of pollutants that could have negative impacts on aquatic life and fishery resources, i.e. organic matter, metals and organochlorine substances. Future studies could concentrate on phosphorus loads causing eutrophication and on the state of specific types of water bodies in Africa. The Working Party discussed its potential role in the preparations for the CIFA Seminar on African inland fisheries, aquaculture and the environment, scheduled for December 1994, and made suggestions for major inputs it could provide to the seminar. |
2. Review of the document “Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Substances in the African Aquatic Environment”
4. Role of the Working Party in the CIFA Seminar on African Inland Fisheries, Aquaculture and the Environment, December 1994
5. Approval of the report and closure of the session
Annex II: List of participants
Annex IV: Review of chlorinated hydrocarbon substances in the African aquatic environment
by O. Osibanjo, C. Biney, D. Calamari, N. Kaba, I.L. Mbome, H. Naeve, P.B.O. Ochumba and M.A.H. Saad
2 Sources and pathways of chlorinated hydrocarbons
3 Fate of CLHCs in the aquatic environment
4 Ecological and public health impacts of CLHCs in the aquatic environment
5 Analytical methods for CLHC analysis in aquatic environmental samples
6 Overview of chlorinated hydrocarbons distribution in Africa
7 Levels of CLHCs in different environmental compartments
8 Regional comparison of CLCHs
9 Comparison of CLHCs in the African aquatic environment with other parts of the world
10 Regulatory control measures