Topics discussed at the meeting included: the status of Lake Tanganyika fisheries by national sectors; fisheries management issues and the regional technical co-operation programme project; and the future role of the FAO CIFA Sub-Committee following establishment of the Lake Tanganyika Authority.
The major topics discussed were: seminar on inland aquatic resources management and structural adjustment policies; follow-up actions to the tenth session of CIFA; recommendations of the subsidiary bodies of the Committee; emerging issues in inland capture fisheries and aquaculture of relevance to the CIFA region; opportunities for the integration of irrigation and aquaculture; and prospects for sustainable commercial aquaculture development in Africa.
The major topics discussed were: reports of intersessional activities; co-management arrangements as vehicles to responsible fisheries in the inland waters of Africa, strategies/mechanisms for improved reporting on inland capture fisheries and aquaculture; opportunities for and requirements of a mechanism in Africa similar to the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific; elements of technical guidelines for the control and responsible use of alien species in fisheries and aquaculture: key issues and opportunities for Africa; evolution of aquaculture in Sub-Saharan Africa; current economic opportunities in aquaculture in Sub-Saharan Africa; management of shared inland fisheries resources in sub-Saharan Africa; and proposals for the major topics for discussion at the fourteenth session of CIFA.