Report of the Ad Hoc Technical Meeting on the Future of the Southwest Indian Ocean Committee.  Albion, Mauritius, 24-27 January 2000 / Rapport de la réunion technique ad hoc sur l'avenir du Comité des pêches du sud-ouest de l'océan Indien. Albion, Maurice, 24-27 janvier 2000.

FAO Subregional Office for Southern and East Africa/Bureau sous-régional pour l'Afrique australe et orientale;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

Report of the Ad Hoc Technical Meeting on the Future of the Southwest Indian Ocean Committee. Albion, Mauritius, 24-27 January 2000 / Rapport de la réunion technique ad hoc sur l'avenir du Comité des pêches du sud-ouest de l'océan Indien. Albion, Maurice, 24-27 janvier 2000.

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FAO Subregional Office for Southern and East Africa/Bureau sous-régional pour l'Afrique australe et orientale;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

Descripción

This document is the final report of the Ad Hoc Technical Meeting on the Future of the Southwest Indian Ocean Committee, which was held in Albion (Mauritius), from 24 to 27 January 2000. Major topics were: the status of non-tuna fishery resources in the region; regional collaboration in the region; options for the future regional body; and draft agreement for the establishment of a regional body in the South West Indian Ocean. Seven of nine members of the former Committee for the Development and Management of Fisheries in the Southwest Indian Ocean were present at the meeting. The meeting agreed to establish a regional body under Article XIV of the FAO Constitution.