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of experimental findings. Ponds must be en- 

 larged and tended regularly. Fish farmers 

 must also be convinced that they can draw a 

 cash crop from ponds rather than produce 

 fish only for their own consumption. 



R egional Fish - Culture and Training Cen- 

 terl n French -Speaking Africa^ A recom- 

 meriHation with immediate relevance to Afri- 

 ca was the symposium's suggestion that ag- 

 ricultural departments and land and water 

 authorities make allowances for fish culture 

 in their development plans. This willbe done 

 on a large scale in French-speaking Africa 

 when four Governments cooperate with FAQ 

 in a training program in fish culture to be 

 launched in the latter part of 1966. 



This regional fish-culture and training 

 center will serve Cameroon, Gabon, the Cen- 

 tral African Republic, and Congo (Brazza- 

 ville). It will be situated in the Central Afri- 

 can Republic, will provide a three -year train- 

 ing course, and also conduct research into 

 fish-culture problems which interest the whole 

 region. Graduates will initiate training pro- 

 grams in their own countries. 



Nigerian Brackish - Water Fish - Culture 

 Study : The Rome symposium also recom- 

 mended that fisheries organizations give 

 greater attention to studies of brackish wa- 

 ter fish culture in estuaries and coastal la- 

 goons and swamps. One such study is being 

 carried out by an FAQ expert in Nigeria 

 where the Government hopes to find a means 



of using the 1 million acres of mangrove 

 swamps along the coast. 



Indonesia, with a similar mangrove swamp 

 coastline, has evolved a "tambak" system 

 which gives an abundant fish crop, and India 

 also breeds fish in its coastal swamps. 



An Indian fishery biologist is conducting 

 the FAO Nigerian experiment on the island 

 of Buguma, which lies 20 miles from Port 

 Harcourt in the Eastern Region of Nigeria. 



The Nigerian project faced formidable 

 difficulties. The dwarf mangroves had to be 

 cut and uprooted because they were drain- 

 ing off water. Moreover, mangroves cause 

 a highly acid soil which is unsuitable for fish. 



Despite these difficulties, and those of 

 transporting materials through the swamp 

 and of building within a tidal area, the exper- 

 imental farm's 14 ponds were completed in 

 March 1966. They are stocked with local fish 

 and experiments are under way to determine 

 which will give the greatest return and under 

 what conditions. It should be possible to ob- 

 tain 400-500 pounds of fish per acre from 

 these ponds while, with more experience and 

 intensive cultivation methods, production 

 could be lifted nearer the Indonesian figure 

 of 1,500 pounds per acre. These experimen- 

 tal ponds should make it possible for Nigeria 

 to find a new source of protein and a viable 

 industry in what before were merely man- 

 grove swamps. (Food and Agriculture Organ- 

 ization, Rome, July 15, 1966.) 



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FAO MEETINGS ON FISHERY MATTERS, 

 SEPTEMBER -DECEMBER 1966 



Type of Meeting 



Date 



Location 



ECE/Codex Alimentarius Group on Quick Frozen Foods •••■••«••■■••••• 



Sept. 5-9 

 Sept. 15-24 

 Sept. 20-22 

 September 

 Oct. 3-7 (tent.) 

 Oct. 5-11 



Oct. 17-22 

 Oct. 17-29 

 Oct. 21-25 

 Nov. 7-14 

 Nov. 9-19 

 Dec. 5-17 

 Dec. 12-20 

 Dec. or early 1967 



Geneva, Switzerland 

 Seoul, Korea 

 Berlin, Germany 

 Kuwait 

 Paris, France 

 Seville, Spain 



Abidjan, Ivory Coast 

 Rome, Italy 

 Rome, Italy 

 Rome, Italy 

 Abidjan, Ivory Coast 

 Punta del Este, Uruguay 

 Rome, Italy 

 Rome, Italy 





2nd Meeting of the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling 



Technical Conference of Fishery Officeis of the Near East Region ••..■.*••• 







Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries Resources of the Tropical Atlantic 



(Results of laTA and GTS) (co -sponsored with UNESCO and STRC/OAU) 



47th Session of the FAO Council- ...............■•••■>>ai>*«. 





4th Session of the Toint FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission .....<!«•• 





9th FAO Regional Conference for Latin America ••■••••■•«•••••■••• 



7tii Session of Toint FAO/WHO Committee of Exoerts on Nutrition •■■•>■•■•• 



Working Party on Codes of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products 



