Gaoussou Gueye’s call for unity at Artisanal Fisheries Summit 2024
The 2nd Artisanal Fisheries Summit is underway at the FAO headquarters in Rome, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines....
Workshop to review the Senegalese maritime fishing code: CAOPA mobilizes professionals in Thiès
The African Confederation of Artisanal Fisheries Professional Organizations (CAOPA), with the support of OAK Foundation, is organizing a two days workshop in Thiès on the 2nd and 3rd of May 2023, with the aim of contributing to the review of the maritime fishing code. This workshop aims to take int...
Overexploitation of sardinella in Senegal: A threat to food security
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that 12.3 million people work in fisheries in Africa, including over 7.5 million men and 2.3 million women in artisanal fisheries. The FAO reports that fish accounts for an average of 22% of protein intake in sub-Saharan Africa; in some countr...