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SWIOFC - Report of the First Session of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission. Mombasa, Kenya, 18 - 20 April 2005 / SWIOFC - Rapport de la première session de la Commission des pêches pour le sud-ouest de l’océan Indien. Mombasa, Kenya, 18 - 20 avril 2005











FAO Subregional Office for Southern and East Africa/Bureau sous-régional pour l’Afrique australe et orientale. Report of the first session of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission. Mombasa, Kenya, 18– 20 April 2005. Rapport de la première session de la Commission des pêches pour le sud-ouest de l’océan Indien. Mombasa, Kenya, 18-20 avril 2005. FAO Fisheries Report/FAO Rapport sur les pêches. No. 805. Rome, FAO. 2006. 68p.


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    Attending the fourth session were delegates from Comoros, France, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa and Tanzania, and observers from the African Union Strategic Fund for Fisheries, the Agulhas Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystem project, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), the Indian Ocean Commission, the Nairobi Convention, the Swedish Board of Fisheries, the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (SWIOFP), the Oceanographic Research Institute, and the World Bank. The Commission noted the work since the third session, considered the report of the Scientific Committee, reflected on the status of fisheries resources, advised on management of stocks, reminded that there should be more fishery management plans, commended the EAF-Nansen project, cautioned on relying on foreign vessels to report catches within member EEZs, and raised the need for transparency and regional cooperation i n fishing agreements. It established a Regional Steering Committee for the EAF-Nansen project, appreciated initiatives of members and of SADC in the fight against illegal unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing noting that bilateral, regional and global-level efforts were required. It discussed EU regulations on IUU fishing and trade. It considered its direction on climate change and fisheries premature and requested the Scientific Committee to set up a working group with IOTC for further advic e. On improving its effectiveness, members emphasised responsibility, welcomed a results-based approach, and requested a review. A SWIOFP Steering Committee meeting was held in conjunction with the Commission. The Commission elected Maldives, Mauritius and Madagascar to steer the Commission intersessionally and at the fifth session in Maldives, late 2010 or early 2011.
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    Report of the seventh session of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission, Maputo, Mozambique, 12-16 October 2015 / Rapport de la septième session de la Commission des pêches pur le Sud-Ouest de l’océan Indien. Maputo, Mozambique, 12-16 octobre 2015 2017
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    Attending the seventh session were delegates from Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia and the United Republic of Tanzania. Representatives of the African Union (AU-IBAR), Commission de l’océan Indien (COI), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), European Commission (EC), the German International Development Agency (GIZ), the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences on behalf of the Swedish Inte rnational Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), the World Bank (WB) and the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) also attended the session as observers.The Commission noted the work since the sixth session with satisfaction, considered the report of the Scientific Committee and its recommendations, noted the positive outcomes of the Working Party on Collaboration and Cooperation in Tuna Fisheries, revised the SWIOFC Rules of Procedure, raised matters relating to the establishment of a SADC Regional Monitoring, Control and Surveillance centre in Maputo, discussed the inclusion of the regional component of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Governance and Growth project (SWIOFISH1) within the SWIOFC Secretariat, established a Steering Committee for the project, and approved SWIOFCs work programme. The Commission elected Madagascar (Chair), Maldives and Tanzania (Vice-Chairs) to steer the Commission intersessionally and at the eight session in Madagascar, in 2016.
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    The third session of the South West Indian Ocean Commission was attended by delegates from France, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, the United Republic of Tanzania and Yemen. Representatives of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), the Indian Ocean Commission Monitoring Control and Surveillance Project (IOC-MCS), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (SWIOFP), the Reg ional Programme for the Sustainable Management of the Coastal Zones of the Indian Ocean (ReCoMap) and the World Bank also attended the session as observers. The Commission noted the work undertaken since the second session, considered the report of the Scientific Committee, and agreed that the second Working Party on Fisheries Data and Statistics should address the harmonization of fishery frame surveys. It agreed to: establish an ad hoc Steering Committee for the South West Indian Ocean Fisheri es Project (SWIOFP); hold a regional conference on

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