Report of the steering committee meeting to prepare for the second regional inter governmental meeting on establishment Ankara, Turkey, 24-26/03/09 FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture report Series, Vol. 900

The meeting initiated the drafting work on the substantive issues of the agreement and decided on the next steps including a timeline to confirm the commitment to a cooperative arrangement and the choice on the option for the regional cooperative arrangement in order to prepare for the second Regional Intergovernmental Meeting on the Establishment of a Central Asian and Caucasus Regional Fisheries Arrangement, which is scheduled to take place in Trabzon, Turkey, from 3 to 5 June 2009.