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In African small-scale fisheries, when a woman falls ill, her whole community suffers

Published On March 7, 2024 Published By Aliou

The recent report on ‘Fisheries and the right to food in the context of climate change’ points out that women account for half of the workers in all fisheries and aquaculture value chains, where they perform crucial functions: ‘for every fisher, there are around four jobs in second...

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ALERT: Uncontrolled immigration of young African people to Europe and the need for initiatives to retain young people in Africa with decent jobs

Published On July 12, 2023 Published By Aliou

African Confederation of Professional Organizations of Artisanal Fisheries (CAOPA) would like to draw your attention to a worrying issue affecting young people in Africa: uncontrolled immigration to Europe. This phenomenon has tragic consequences, with many young people losing their lives in the Sah...

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Stockholm: African Artisanal Fisheries Calls for Better Transparency in EU Fishing Agreements

Published On May 25, 2023 Published By Aliou

The African Confederation of Professional Artisanal Fisheries Organizations (CAOPA) expressed its concerns at the General Assembly of the European Union’s (EU) Advisory Council on Long Distance Fishing (LDAC) held in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 25, 2023. CAOPA President Gaoussou Gueye highlighte...

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Small-scale fisheries in Africa: challenges, pains and hopes

Published On May 1, 2023 Published By Aliou

Small-scale fisheries in Africa play an important role in the economy and food and nutrition security. It provides an essential source of protein for local populations and represents a means of livelihood for many coastal communities. In Africa, small-scale fisheries employ more than 10 million peop...

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Financing the 30×30 agenda for the Oceans: Debt for Nature swaps should be rejected

Published On December 6, 2022 Published By Aliou

1. At the UN Biodiversity Conference, or COP-15, the post-2020 framework will likely endorse the target of declaring 30% of the world’s land and oceans as protected areas by 2030. We recognise that protected areas can be effective means to restore and conserve biodiversity ...

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CAOPA welcomes Guinea’s commitment to FiTI fisheries transparency standards

Published On December 1, 2022 Published By Aliou

PRESS RELEASE The Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy of the Republic of Guinea, Charlotte DAFFE, sent a ‘commitment letter’ to the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) on 28 November 2022, stating that: “to guarantee the sustainability of our maritime resources and to allow...

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CAOPA calls on the FAO to support sustainable artisanal aquaculture that complements artisanal fishing activities

Published On November 30, 2022 Published By Aliou

PRESS RELEASE Mbour, 30 November 2022 – The African Confederation of Artisanal Professional organisations (CAOPA) brings together professional organisations from 27 African countries. On the occasion of the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA), CAOPA organised on 2...

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CAOPA works for adapted funding for small-scale fisheries

Published On November 9, 2022 Published By Aliou

The African Confederation of Professional Organizations of Artisanal Fisheries (CAOPA) organized on 8 and 9 November 2022, in Thiès, a workshop to share experiences on alternative funding systems for small-scale fishing and to reflect on a model adapted to women’s activities....

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Senegal: CAOPA and its partners say NO to aquaculture using fresh fish to produce meal and oil

Published On October 31, 2022 Published By Aliou

Curtains fell at the workshop of the African Confederation of Professional Organizations of Artisanal Fisheries (CAOPA) under the theme: “For a sustainable small-scale aquaculture complementary to African artisanal fisheries”. Held from 26 to 27 October 2022 in Saly Portudal, the event a...

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ILO C188 on Labour in Fishing: A Challenge for the Future of African Artisanal Fisheries

Published On July 21, 2022 Published By Aliou

Mbour, 21-23 July 2022-The African Confederation of Profesional Organisations of Artisanal Fisheries (CAOPA) is organizing a “training workshop on Convention 188 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on work in fishing: a question of the future for African artisanal fishing” fro...

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In African small-scale fisheries, when a woman falls ill, her whole community suffers

ALERT: Uncontrolled immigration of young African people to Europe and the need for initiatives to retain young people in Africa with decent jobs

Stockholm: African Artisanal Fisheries Calls for Better Transparency in EU Fishing Agreements

Small-scale fisheries in Africa: challenges, pains and hopes

Financing the 30×30 agenda for the Oceans: Debt for Nature swaps should be rejected

CAOPA welcomes Guinea’s commitment to FiTI fisheries transparency standards

CAOPA calls on the FAO to support sustainable artisanal aquaculture that complements artisanal fishing activities

CAOPA works for adapted funding for small-scale fisheries

Senegal: CAOPA and its partners say NO to aquaculture using fresh fish to produce meal and oil

ILO C188 on Labour in Fishing: A Challenge for the Future of African Artisanal Fisheries