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World Oceans Day: Children ask, what sea will you leave us?

Published On June 10, 2022 Published By Aliou

On the occasion of the celebration of World Oceans Day, this Wednesday June 08, 2022, CAOPA in partnership with the School Government of the Centre d’application Abbé David Boilat of Mbour, Senegal, organized an awareness day to promote sustainable small-scale fisheries....

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World Oceans Day: Small scale fishers from around the world call on governments to act

Published On June 8, 2022 Published By Aliou

M’Bour, 8 June 2022. World Oceans Day reminds everyone of the important role that the oceans play in our daily lives. The aim of the day is to mobilise and unite the world’s population around a vision for the sustainable management of the world’s oceans. This year, the Day will hig...

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IUU fishing in Africa: CAOPA proposes solutions

Published On June 5, 2022 Published By Aliou

Artisanal fishing is the most important sector of the ocean economy. It provides livelihoods, income and employment, and contributes to the food security of hundreds of millions of people in Africa. To make this work, stakeholders depend on access to healthy oceans and ecosystems....

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Senegal: CAOPA women trained in the use of the FTT oven

Published On June 3, 2022 Published By Aliou

The year 2022 has been declared by the United Nations General Assembly as the “International Year of Small-scale Fisheries and Aquaculture”. This is a great opportunity to help professionals of this sector to improve their living and working conditions, and to make them more visible....

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Senegal: CAOPA offers life jackets to the women of Toubacouta

Published On May 31, 2022 Published By Aliou

On Monday 30 May 2022, CAOPA handed over 40 life jackets to four women’s economic interest groups (GIE) in the commune of Toubacouta. For CAOPA, the objective of this donation is to ensure good safety for women harvesters and processors of sea products , in the Saloum islands....

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Plastic: A threat to the health of oceans, ecosystems and communities

Published On May 27, 2022 Published By Aliou

Every minute, one million plastic bottles are sold worldwide, according to the United Nations Environment Organization. Every day, Americans alone use 500 million disposable straws. And every year, five thousand billion plastic bags are used around the world. Illustrative cases As much as strong ima...

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Making fish worth its weight in gold: granting better access to markets for women in African artisanal fisheries

Published On May 5, 2022 Published By Aliou

When the United Nations agreed, in 2015, on the Sustainable Development Goals, they called, through SDG 14b, for market access to be provided to artisanal fisheries....

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CAOPA congratulates Mauritania on the publication of its second FiTI report

Published On April 22, 2022 Published By Aliou

Mbour/Senegal: Friday 22 April 2022- Mauritania has published its second report under the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI), covering data for 2019 and 2020. This second report follows the release of the first report in May 2021....

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Subsidies to artisanal fisheries: CAOPA and LMMA call on the WTO

Published On April 20, 2022 Published By Aliou

The WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies have been going on for more than twenty years, and we appreciate the constant engagement of the OACPS negotiators on this issue....

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Ghana: CAOPA and LMMA present the priorities of artisanal fisheries

Published On April 12, 2022 Published By Aliou

The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development of Ghana in partnership with the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OECP) organized the 7th Meeting of OECP Ministers in charge of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Accra, Ghana, from 5 to 8 April 2022. The aim is “to raise a...

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World Oceans Day: Children ask, what sea will you leave us?

World Oceans Day: Small scale fishers from around the world call on governments to act

IUU fishing in Africa: CAOPA proposes solutions

Senegal: CAOPA women trained in the use of the FTT oven

Senegal: CAOPA offers life jackets to the women of Toubacouta

Plastic: A threat to the health of oceans, ecosystems and communities

Making fish worth its weight in gold: granting better access to markets for women in African artisanal fisheries

CAOPA congratulates Mauritania on the publication of its second FiTI report

Subsidies to artisanal fisheries: CAOPA and LMMA call on the WTO

Ghana: CAOPA and LMMA present the priorities of artisanal fisheries