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Senegal has everything to gain by implementing the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI)

Published On July 16, 2024 Published By Aliou

In Senegal, transparency in fisheries is key to effective governance and informed participation of small-scale fisheries in co-management, a path that Senegal has been committed to since 2015. The highest international standards of transparency in fisheries are those of the Fisheries Transparency In...

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Access agreements in Africa: Gaoussou Gueye calls for transparency and collaboration

Published On July 10, 2024 Published By Aliou

On Tuesday, July 9, an informal exchange of views on access agreements was held in the Malaysia Room of the FAO in Rome. This event, organized by Madagascar and Germany, highlighted the complex and crucial issues of access agreements in Africa, focusing on the expectations of African coastal states ...

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Reassessing Joint Ventures in Africa: Towards transparency and sustainable management

Published On May 27, 2024 Published By Aliou

The President of the Platform of Non-State Actors in Fisheries and Aquaculture in Africa spoke on Thursday 23 May 2024 at a seminar entitled “Fishing companies with investments and activities in non-EU countries: case studies in Africa“. This event, organised at the headquarters of Brot ...

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Senegal: Minister publishes lists of vessels authorized to fish

Published On May 11, 2024 Published By Aliou

The battle for transparency in fishing has just begun On May 6 2024, Dr Fatou Diouf, Minister of Fisheries, Maritime Infrastructure and Ports, published the list of vessels authorised to fish in waters under Senegalese jurisdiction. She went on to emphasize that this move ‘reflects the princip...

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Joint ventures, transparency: CAOPA’s call for a sustainable small-scale fisheries sector

Published On March 20, 2024 Published By Aliou

In the dynamic world of fisheries, attention is turning to the urgent need to ensure sustainability and transparency in the sector. Stakeholders in small-scale fisheries express growing concern about the challenges threatening the fragile balance of marine resources....

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Small-scale fisheries plead for participatory fisheries management at FAO

Published On January 15, 2024 Published By Aliou

The first meeting of the FAO Sub-Committee on Fisheries Management, taking place from 15 to 18 January in Rome, Italy, has opened crucial discussions on current management practices, with a particular focus on small-scale fisheries. The growing recognition of the importance of this sector by the int...

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Declaration – World Fisheries Day Sô-Ava, Benin – 21 November 2023

Published On November 22, 2023 Published By Aliou

We, the representatives of the men and women working in small-scale fisheries from thirty African countries, meeting in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, on 19 and 20 November 2023 to discuss emerging fisheries issues and our concrete initiatives to safeguard our interests and improve our living and worki...

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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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Does the fish belong to the one who catches it?

Published On October 11, 2021 Published By Aliou

The African Confederation of Artisanal Fisheries Organisations (CAOPA) organised a webinar entitled ‘Who owns the fish?’ on 5 October 2021. This videoconference, which brought together several panellists from the African and European continents, addressed issues related to fisheries, particularl...

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Senegal has everything to gain by implementing the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI)

Access agreements in Africa: Gaoussou Gueye calls for transparency and collaboration

Reassessing Joint Ventures in Africa: Towards transparency and sustainable management

Senegal: Minister publishes lists of vessels authorized to fish

Joint ventures, transparency: CAOPA’s call for a sustainable small-scale fisheries sector

Small-scale fisheries plead for participatory fisheries management at FAO

Declaration – World Fisheries Day Sô-Ava, Benin – 21 November 2023

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

Does the fish belong to the one who catches it?