FAO Fisheries Report No. 508 FIPL/R508 COMMITTEE FOR INLAND FISHERIES OF AFRICA REPORT OF THE SEVENTH SESSION OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE FISHERIES OF LAKE VICTORIA Kisumu, Kenya, 27–29 June 1994 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome CONTENTS

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PREPARATION OF THIS REPORT

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

The report contains a record of discussions of the Seventh Session of the CIFA Sub-Committee for the Development and Management of the Fisheries of Lake Victoria. It includes the agenda, list of documents, list of delegates and observers, opening speech by the Minister for Tourism and Wildlife of the Republic of Kenya, as well as a summary of major decisions taken and recommendations made.

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Participants in the Session
Other interested nations and international organizations
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At its fifth session, the Sub-Committee for the Development and Management of the Fisheries of Lake Victoria reviewed a variety of action programmes and made recommendations to Member Governments on their implementation. Programmes reviewed were concerned with fisheries development, management measures, protection of the environment and prevention of pollution, the water hyacinth, development of aquaculture, fish processing and marketing and technical, scientific and socio-economic issues involved in research policy. It was agreed by members that the concept of the International Code of Conduct for Responsible Fishing was applicable to Lake Victoria. The sub-committee agreed on procedures for the establishment of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization.

CONTENTS

OPENING OF THE SESSION

ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN, VICE-CHAIRMAN AND RAPPORTEUR

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS ON THE MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS AND DECISIONS OF THE SIXTH SESSION

Kenya

Tanzania

Uganda

PROPOSED GUIDELINES FOR MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS FOR THE RIPARIAN COUNTRIES AND THE LAKE VICTORIA FISHERIES ORGANIZATION

STRATEGY FOR FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

RESEARCH PRIORITIES AND ACTIONS

PROJECTS IN SUPPORT OF THE LAKE VICTORIA FISHERIES ORGANIZATION

INTERNATIONAL CODE OF CONDUCT FOR RESPONSIBLE FISHING

REPORT ON THE PREPARATION OF THE CONFERENCE OF PLENIPOTENTIARIES

FUTURE OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE

ANY OTHER MATTERS

ADOPTION OF THE REPORT

APPENDIX A - AGENDA

APPENDIX B - LIST OF DOCUMENTS

APPENDIX C - LIST OF DELEGATES AND OBSERVERS

APPENDIX D - OPENING SPEECH BY THE MINISTER FOR TOURISM AND WILDLIFE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA

APPENDIX E - SUMMARY OF MAJOR DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS