Report of the second session of the Scientific Committee of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission. Quatre Bornes, Mauritius, 3-7 August 2007

摘要

The second session of the Scientific Committee of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission was attended by delegates from France, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, the United Republic of Tanzania andYemen. Representatives of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (SWIOFP), the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Western Indian Ocean Marine Scientists Association (WIOMSA) also attended the session as observers.The Scientific Committee examined the status of fisheries resources (including deepwater resources) in its area of competence; considered the report of the Working Party on Fisheries Data and Statistics; discussed recent fishery assessments from Kenya and Seychelles; discussed the preparation of next year's Conference on the contribution of fisheries development to the Millennium Development Goals; discussed the results of a workshop on managing interactions between sea turtles and shrimp fisheries; encouraged the formation of informal working groups to address priority areas identified; and made recommendations for the consideration of the third session of the Commission. The next session of the Scientific Committee will take place in Mozambique or alternatively in Madagascar in 2008 at least two months before the fourth session of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission.