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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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Deep Sea Mining: Artisanal Fishers call for the protection of their livelihoods against deep sea mining

Published On July 20, 2022 Published By Aliou

The Locally Managed Marine Areas network (LMMA) and the African Confederation of Professional Artisanal Fishing Organisations (CAOPA), representing artisanal fishing communities from Africa and the Pacific want to reiterate that deep-sea mining, like other destructive polluting activities promoted a...

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Seafarers’ Day 2022: CAOPA calls for the ratification and implementation of ILO C188

Published On June 25, 2022 Published By Aliou

Seafarers’ Day is celebrated every year on 25 June. This year, 2022, the theme chosen by International Maritime Organization (IMO) is: “Your voyages – past and present, share your sea journeys”. Seafarers all have different backgrounds, but all face similar challenges. The ai...

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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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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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Webinar: How can the EU-AU partnership support sustainable artisanal fisheries?

Published On January 31, 2022 Published By Aliou

The African Confederation of Artisanal Fisheries Organisations (CAOPA) is organising a webinar on “How the EU-AU partnership can support sustainable African artisanal fisheries”. The perspective of African civil society....

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COFI34: CAOPA focuses on the effects of industrial aquaculture on artisanal fisheries

Published On February 16, 2021 Published By Aliou

On the occasion of 34th COFI session, the African Confederation of Professional Organizations of Artisanal Fisheries (CAOPA) made a declaration related to aquaculture, an item on the Committee’s agenda. CAOPA is pleased with the attention given by the Sub-Committee on Aquaculture of the Commit...

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COFI 34: Africa concerned about overexploitation of fish stocks

Published On February 16, 2021 Published By Aliou

On the occasion of the 34th session of COFI 2021, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kenya, the President of the African regional group in Romes, spoke on the situation of fisheries and aquaculture on the continent. On 1 February 2021, Mrs. Jackline YONGA welcomed the pub...

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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

Deep Sea Mining: Artisanal Fishers call for the protection of their livelihoods against deep sea mining

Seafarers’ Day 2022: CAOPA calls for the ratification and implementation of ILO C188

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

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

Webinar: How can the EU-AU partnership support sustainable artisanal fisheries?

COFI34: CAOPA focuses on the effects of industrial aquaculture on artisanal fisheries

COFI 34: Africa concerned about overexploitation of fish stocks