The world's first commission on the management of marine fisheries and eco-systems on a regional level is to be hosted in Namibia.
Angola, Namibia and South Africa, the three member states of the Benguela Current Commission (BCC), met to discuss the location of the secretariat earlier this week and it was decided that it would be housed in Namibia due to its experience of hosting similar programmes.
Speaking to the Namibian, Albert Mbanga, public relations officer at the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, told the paper: "The one-day meeting decided that the secretariat should be established in Namibia.
"Namibia already hosts the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) programme."
Nickey Iyambo, Namibia's Agriculture, Water and Forestry minister, noted that the secretariat would serve to help form plans to protect southern Africa's renewable fish resources.
He added: "This will enable us to map out strategies how to protect our valuable and renewable fish resources to ensure abundant fish for generations to come."
It is estimated that some 2.4 million tonnes of marine fish was landed by southern African countries last year.
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