| Project's full title |
Strengthening Fisheries Management Regional Processes in the Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic Region - GCP/RAF/522/EC |
| Start date |
01/01/2021 |
| End date |
31/12/2022 |
| Status |
Closed |
| Donor |
European Union |
| Budget |
USD 205 900
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| Project Code |
GCP/RAF/522/EC
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| Objective / Goal |
The project successfully supported the organization of the CECAF
intersessional follow-up meeting on the outcomes of the independent
CBA report, and the implementation of the Ninth Session of the SSC of
the CECAF. The follow-up meeting on the revised independent CBA
report was attended by 15 delegates representing CECAF Members. The
delegates welcomed the report and its options, and the highlighting of
the CECAF’s key challenges. They made key recommendations, as well
as recommending the most appropriate option to improve the
functioning of the CECAF. During the Ninth Session of the SSC the major
items covered included, among others, the reports produced on the
assessment of the Working Groups (WGs) concerned with small pelagic
and demersal species, and the report of the artisanal fisheries WG;
and fishery management advice in the CECAF region. The SSC made
recommendations for the WGs that needed corrective measures or
strengthening. The resolutions proposed were shared in draft form by
the 38 representatives from 18 CECAF Members and non-state
stakeholders who attended the Ninth Session of the SSC, for immediate
implementation. The draft report of the findings and recommendations
of the CECAF CBA study was prepared and presented to CECAF
Members. Once the report has been finalized (in both French and
English) it will be uploaded on the CECAF website for use by
stakeholders.
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| Partners |
Regional Fisheries Bodies and
Regional Economic Communities.
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| Beneficiaries |
CECAF Members.
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| Activities |
- Intersessional follow-up meeting on outcomes of independent
CBA report held in Dakar, Senegal, 28-29 June 2022, and
report presented to 15 delegates representing CECAF Members.
- Delegates recommended that CECAF adopt Option A –
“Maintaining CECAF as an Article VI advisory body – mainly for
coastal living resources”; and actions and interventions were put
forward to support Option A.
- Ninth Session of SSC of CECAF organized in Nouakchott,
Mauritania, 5-9 December 2022, attended by 38 representatives
from 18 CECAF Members, and from other leading fisheries bodies.
- Assessments and management advice from five WGs: i) Small
Pelagic Working Group North; ii) Small Pelagic Working Group
South; iii) Demersal resources Working Group North; iv) Demersal
resources Working Group South; and v) Artisanal Fisheries
Working Group for the CECAF region, which guided formulation
of advice on fishery management measures in CECAF region to be
presented at Twenty-Third CECAF Session for adoption.
- Revision of independent study on CBA of the options for strategic
reorientation of the CECAF ₋ “Revised independent study to
identify different options in support of an improved functioning of
the Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF)” ₋
completed and presented at intersessional meeting of CECAF.
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| Impact |
The project interventions contributed to improving the processes
through which the CECAF provides scientific advice. It is expected
that this will contribute to sustainable regional fisheries governance
in the CECAF mandate area. This, in turn, will assist agencies,
countries and dependent communities to use existing and emerging
knowledge, tools and practices to secure and sustainably maximize
the contribution of aquatic (both marine and inland) food systems
to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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| Contact |
FAO Regional Office for Africa - [email protected]
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| SDG(S) |
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