The European Parliament PECH Committee should vote to reduce opacity regarding how Member States monitor their fishing fleets, including those operating outside EU waters.
CAOPA calls for a more sustainable and transparent framework for fishing joint ventures in Africa
An urgent need for a regional management fisheries organization in West Africa
EU-Senegal Fisheries Agreement: asking “the right questions”
Has the European Parliament listened to the Seychelles artisanal fishers concerns?
During the SFPA negotiations, the local artisanal fishing organisation SFBOA, highlighted its priorities: the EU-Seychelles agreement should (i) contribute to reducing the pressure on tuna resources and on the environment; (ii) ensure transparency and more participation of the fisheries stakeholders and local communities, and (iii) use sectoral support funds primarily for the management of fisheries, and for the improvement of living and working conditions in the local fishing sector.
Mauritania pledged to eliminate fishmeal production by 2020. Today, it has tripled
AU Blue Economy : EU reiterates its commitment to address corruption, promote transparency and participation of all stakeholders
New effort for a regional management of small pelagics in West Africa?
“A vibrant call to protect and promote African local artisanal fisheries” ahead of the EU-Africa Summit
At a webinar jointly organized by the FAO and the German Presidency and hosted by Members of the European Parliament, CFFA partner CAOPA calls on EU and AU, their members and their citizens to work together to implement, through transparent, participatory and gender-sensitive national action plans to implement the FAO Voluntary Small scale Fisheries Guidelines.
Liberian fishers protest against the potential issuance of fishing licences to six Chinese supertrawlers
Recently built in China, these vessels, Hao Yuan Yu 860, 861, 862, 863, 865 and 866, arrived mid-June in Monrovia after failing to undertake fishing operations in Mozambique. This demand follows a trend of licence requests by vessels of Chinese origin in several West African countries, such as Senegal and Ghana.
Old fantasies: the French Citizen’s convention for climate proposes to replace fisheries with aquaculture
CSOs complaint about Italian vessels illegal activities in Sierra Leone: The European Commission is dragging its feet
Senegal: The fisheries ministry will not issue any of the licences to the 54 vessels of Chinese and Turkish origin
Senegalese fisheries stakeholders protest against its government intention to issue 54 fishing licenses to Chinese and Turkish vessels
In the midst of the Coronavirus crisis, the Senegalese consultative committee for the attribution of fishing licences was consulted via email for this allocation. Several fisheries organisations have raised sustainability concerns and warned it could endanger artisanal fishing communities’ livelihoods.
Reducing control during the Covid-19 outbreak would open the door to illegal fishing
African artisanal fishermen call for measures to help them cope with the COVID-19 epidemic
Tackling the use of wild fish in aquaculture supply chains
Stories on artisanal fisheries: call for proposal to African journalists
There are only 99 days left for governments to reach an agreement to end harmful fisheries subsidies at the WTO conference
Civil society and artisanal fisheries organisations react to the new EU-Senegal fisheries protocol
As the proposal is being presented at the European Parliament PECH committee and to the Senegalese National Assembly, APRAPAM and CAOPA ask the government to publish all access agreements, demand more transparency on the use of sectoral support funds and express concern on the access to some fish stocks.