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Report of the fourth session of the Scientific Committee of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission, Mahe, Seychelles, 29 November - 2 December 2010/ Rapport de la quatrième session du Comité scientifique de la Commission des pêches pour le sud-ouest de l’océan Indien, Mahé, Seychelles, 29 novembre - 2 décembre 2010

Year of publication 2011

Pages 65

Author FAO. South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 9789250067742

Series title FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report

Series number R966

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The fourth session of the Scientific Committee of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission was attended by delegates from Comoros, France, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa and the United Republic of Tanzania. Representatives of FIRMS/FISHCODE, the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), the EAF¿Nansen project, the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (SWIOFP) and the United Kingdom also attended the session as observers. The Scienti fic Committee elected a new Chairperson, examined the status of fisheries resources in its area of competence; considered a report of the Working Group on demersal and small pelagic fishes; discussed research and management actions in Comores (sea cucumber), France (smallscale fisheries), Mozambique (deep-water lobster), Maldives (sharks), Mauritius (sea cucumber) Seychelles (sharks), South Africa (line fishery) and Tanzania (prawns); reviewed the progress towards an ecosystem approach to fisheries; was presented information on the availability and accessibility of data on tuna catches in the EEZs of member countries and high seas; discussed a recent fishery assessment from Mauritius; discussed integration of databases providing regional fisheries information; and made recommendations for the consideration of the fifth session of the Commission. The next session of the Scientific Committee will take place in South Africa or alternatively in Tanzania in 2011 at least t wo months before the sixth session of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission.

Statutory body / Meeting title South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC)

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FAO. South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission/Commission des pêches pour le sud-ouest de l¿océan Indien. Report of the fourth session of the Scientific Committee of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission. Mahe, Seychelles, 29 November¿2 December 2010. Rapport de la quatrième session du Comité scientifique de la Commission des pêches pour le sud-ouest de l¿océan Indien. Mahé, Seychelles, 29 novembre-2 décembre 2010. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report/FAO Rapport sur les pêches et l¿aquaculture. No. 966. Rome, FAO. 2011. 65 pp.

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