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.
European and African artisanal fishermen's organisations denounce their marginalisation
Stranded for months due to Covid-19, Mauritian fishers are now stuck between polluted waters and insufficient support
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.
USCOFEP-CI's refrigerated container guarantees a continuous supply of fish to Abdijan
Increased free access to EU market for cheap tuna loins is bad news for producers in developing countries
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?
Concrete measures to improve working conditions in small-scale fisheries in Senegal
“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.
The cooperative of women fish processors in Côte d'Ivoire inaugurates a refrigerated container in San Pedro
For the post-Covid-19 period, CAOPA calls for decent working conditions for artisanal fisheries
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.
"This is the first time fishing communities are seeing a concrete positive impact of the agreement with the European Union"
Through a fund set up under the EU-Côte d'Ivoire SFPA, the women fish processor cooperative purchased a refrigerated container and placed it in San Pedro, a fish-producing area in the west of the country, which lacked conservation facilities and where large quantities of artisanal fisheries landings were lost as a result.
