(1982) Report of the Twentieth Session of the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Commission [joint Report of the seventh Session of the Indian Ocean Fishery Commission (IOFC)

(1982) Report of the Twentieth Session of the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Commission [joint Report of the seventh Session of the Indian Ocean Fishery Commission (IOFC)

Year of publication 1982

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) 1982 Report of the Twentieth Session of the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Commission [joint Report of the seventh Session of the Indian Ocean Fishery Commission (IOFC)]. The fil formal report of the joint meeting of the seventh session of the Indian Ocean Fishery Commission (IOFC) and the twentieth session of the Indo-Pacific Fishery Commission (IPFC), held in Kuta Beach, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, from 11 to 18 November 1982 is presented. Major topics were a review of the-activities of the subsidiary bodies of IOFC and of IPFC, a general debate on the situation and prospects of fisheries in the region, opportunities and needs for regiol cooperation, a review of some regiol technical assistance programmes, future of Indian Ocean Fishery Commission and Indo-Pacific Fishery Commission and the FAO World Conference on Fisheries Maqement and Development. A list of major decisions and recommendations of the joint meeting is included as Appendix D. The portions of the report relating to IOFC and IPF C separately were also endorsed respectively by the Commissions.