Report of the seventh session of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission. Maputo, Mozambique, 12-16 October 2015

Download or read book Report of the seventh session of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission. Maputo, Mozambique, 12-16 October 2015 written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.