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It’s a long way to mutual understanding: European and African stakeholders find common ground on fishing joint ventures

It’s a long way to mutual understanding: European and African stakeholders find common ground on fishing joint ventures

The EU Long Distance Advisory Council (LDAC) and CFFA have published the report of the seminar on European fishing investments in third countries they jointly organized last May in Berlin, in the headquarters of the NGO Bread For the World.

Costas Kadis: “the EU Ocean Pact will be a model of sustainability, good governance, and coherence”

Costas Kadis: “the EU Ocean Pact will be a model of sustainability, good governance, and coherence”

The Cypriot commissioner-designate faced the questions of the European Parliament fisheries committee (PECH) regarding the strategic framework which should bring coherence among ocean-related policies, including the Common Fisheries Policy. PECH backed him for his future mandate.

Liberian artisanal fishers oppose further unravelling of their fishing zone to let trawlers in

Liberian artisanal fishers oppose further unravelling of their fishing zone to let trawlers in

In April 2024, the Liberian National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) invited several fisheries stakeholders to validate a draft fisheries management plan for a multi-species deep-water shrimp fishery, which are very vulnerable and already over-exploited. LAFA deplores the absence of an appropriate stakeholder engagement during the development of the plan.

Senegalese civil society outlines the challenges of the new president's programme for small-scale fisheries

Senegalese civil society outlines the challenges of the new president's programme for small-scale fisheries

In a position paper, APRAPAM questions the government's proposal to support the production of fish feed and insists instead on the importance of a management plan for small pelagics and the prioritisation of human consumption.

Côte d'Ivoire: "Thanks to this refrigerated container, women processors and fishmongers in San Pedro are able to get by"

Côte d'Ivoire: "Thanks to this refrigerated container, women processors and fishmongers in San Pedro are able to get by"

Two years after receiving funding from the EU-Côte d'Ivoire SFPA to buy a refrigerated container, we examine how the women of the Société Coopérative de Femmes Mareyeuses Grossistes et Détaillantes in the fishing port of San Pedro are faring. Beyond fish preservation, enabling women to become autonomous remains a challenge.

To go far, you have to be together. The Ivorian women in artisanal fisheries can tell you how

To go far, you have to be together. The Ivorian women in artisanal fisheries can tell you how

This article by Andréa Durighello analyses, through the example of the Ivory Coast, the value of women's cooperatives and associations in African artisanal fisheries: in the professionalisation of the trade, in strengthening capacities, in representing women in professional organisations and, above all, in responding unitedly to the hazards of life.

China's capture of Ghana's fishing industry is threatening food security

China's capture of Ghana's fishing industry is threatening food security

Even though it is illegal for foreign vessels to fish in Ghana, over the last decade Chinese-owned vessels have proliferated. Journalist Kwabena Adu Koranteng investigates how business people well connected with power act as fronts for Chinese fishing industry. Ghana loses 50M€/year but more concerning is the fact that severe overfishing is impacting food security and nutrition in the country.

FPAOI calls on countries and actors in the region to engage in the FiTI

FPAOI calls on countries and actors in the region to engage in the FiTI

The Federation of Artisanal Fishers of the Indian Ocean, which includes 36 artisanal fisheries organisations from the Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Reunion, highlighted the importance of transparency for the sustainable management of fisheries in the Western Indian Ocean region.

Guinean Artisanal fishermen complain that Asians are fishing in the area reserved for them

Guinean Artisanal fishermen complain that Asians are fishing in the area reserved for them

According to a decree from December 2021, the so-called "advanced artisanal" fishery that local stakeholders complain about is now officially called "semi-industrial" and is reserved exclusively for Guinean fishermen.

Affordable social housing to improve the living conditions of women fish processors in Côte d'Ivoire

Affordable social housing to improve the living conditions of women fish processors in Côte d'Ivoire

The USCOFEP-CI cooperative has signed an agreement with a property developer for the construction of 500 units that will be put up for rent-purchase for the affiliated women, with the possibility of purchase over 10 to 13 years.

CAOPA calls for a more sustainable and transparent framework for fishing joint ventures in Africa

CAOPA calls for a more sustainable and transparent framework for fishing joint ventures in Africa

Following the publication of a common position with CFFA in July 2020, African artisanal fishers are reviving the process of reflection started more than ten years ago on opaque foreign investment in African fisheries through fishing joint ventures.

Mauritania pledged to eliminate fishmeal production by 2020. Today, it has tripled

Mauritania pledged to eliminate fishmeal production by 2020. Today, it has tripled

Despite promises of measures to discourage this activity by increasing export taxes and redirecting landings for human consumption, more than 650,000 tons of fresh fish per year are used to make fishmeal and fishoil.