CIFA Report No. 2

CIFA Report No. 2         CIFA/R2

REPORT
of the
SECOND SESSION OF THE FAO COMMITTEE FOR INLAND FISHERIES OF AFRICA (CIFA)

Accra, Ghana, 3–7 October 1975

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome 1975

CONTENTS

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PREPARATION OF THIS REPORT

This is the final version of the Report as approved by the Second Session of the FAO Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA).




Distribution:Bibliographic Entry:
Members of the FAO Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa and interested organizations
FAO Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA). Accra, Ghana, 3–7 October, 1975 (1976)
Participants
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CIFA Rep., (2):31 p.
Report of the Second Session of the .....
Conferences. Reports. Inland fisheries.
Resource development. Artisanal fisheries.
Floodplain fisheries. Stock assessment.
Aquaculture. Africa.

COMMITTEE FOR INLAND FISHERIES OF AFRICA (CIFA)

CIFA documents are issued in three series:

CIFA Report

Report of each session, in English and French.

CIFA Technical Paper

Selected scientific and technical papers, including some those contributed as working documents to sessions of the Committee and reports of subcommittees, working parties, study groups and correspondence networks. Published in English and French.

CIFA Occasional Papers

Papers of general interest to the Committee. Published in the language submitted, either in English or French.

Copies of these documents can be obtained from:

Secretary
Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa
Department of Fisheries
FAO
Via delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy

PAPERS ISSUED IN THIS SERIES

CIFA/R1     Report of the first session, Fort-Lamy, Chad, 1972 (Rome, 1973)

CIFA/R2     Report of the second session, Accra, Ghana, 1975 (Rome, 1976)

© FAO 1975


CONTENTS


OPENING OF THE SESSION

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SESSION

ELECTION OF AD HOC CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN

DEVELOPMENT OF FISHERIES IN THE SAHELIAN ZONE

COOPERATION WITH AFRICAN BODIES DEALING WITH FISHERIES

ARTISANAL FISHERIES

FLOODPLAIN FISHERIES

STOCK ASSESSMENT

SYMPOSIUM ON AQUACULTURE IN AFRICA

SYMPOSIUM IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE THIRD SESSION

OTHER MATTERS

ELECTION OF OFFICERS

DATE AND PLACE OF THE THIRD SESSION

Appendix A   List of delegates and observers

B   Address by Lt.Col. Alhaji Idissa, Honourable Commissioner for Trade and Tourism, on behalf of Lt.Col. P.K. Nkegbe, Honourable Commissioner for Agriculture, Government of Ghana

C   Address by Mr. Y. Habtu, Acting Regional Representative for Africa

D   Address by Mr. C.H. Clay, FAO Headquarters Representative of the Director-General, and of the Assistant Director-General (Fisheries)

E   Agenda

F   List of documents

G   Summary recommendations of the second session of CIFA


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