The Government of Ghana, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) have formed a partnership under the Common Oceans Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) Tuna Project funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by FAO to pilot Electronic Monitoring System (EMS) technologies in Ghana.  The objective of this study is to support a business case for EMS in the Ghanaian fleet, including options for financin a permanent implementation of the system. 

The Government of Ghana, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) have formed a partnership under the Common Oceans Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) Tuna Project funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by FAO to pilot EMS technologies in Ghana. The objective for the project was to support building a business case for EMS in the Ghanaian fleet, including options for financing a permanent implementation of the system. The business case is intended to inform the Ghanaian Government of the capital and recurrent costs of equipment and operations as well as required legislative changes and institutional arrangements necessary to utilize the EMS as an enforcement tool.

The workshop report outlines the main outcomes of the Malaysia National Awareness Workshop held on 19-20 September in Putrajaya, Malaysia. The aim was to build capacity and facilitate discussions on effective seabird conservation in tuna fisheries and the challenges that this specific fleet faces. 

The document summarizes results obtained during the noted Round 8.13 workshop.

This report covers bird-scaring line expert Dave Goad's visit to Suva, Fiji on 8-12 May 2018 to teach the Port-based Officer James Nagan how to make bird-scaring lines and conduct a workshop with the local women's group on making BSLs as well as to investigate the availability of local materials to make these lines.