Consultation workshop: 24 April 2024, Mindelo, Cabo Verde Tuna and black mackerel are two important species for the well-being and livelihoods of Cabo Verdeans, providing both family incomes and food security. However, it is essential to adopt approaches and solutions to [...more]

14-17 May 2024 Tarawa, Kiribati The SVC4SIDS project, in collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development (MFMRD) of Kiribati, is organising a four-day training on financial literacy and business planning in the fisheries sector. The training will be held [...more]

14 and 18 March 2024, VirtualIn collaboration with the SVC4SIDS project, FAO's EAF Nansen Programme delivered virtual training sessions on the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF) on 14 and 18 March 2024. This initiative highlights FAO's unified commitment to sustainable [...more]

24 April 2024Mindelo, Cabo Verde  The consultation and validation of basic information for fisheries management based on the ecosystem approach to fisheries workshop is organized by the SVC4SIDS Project in partnership and coordination with the EAF-Nansen Program, and in collaboration with [...more]

  Working closely with local stakeholders, FAO’s SVC4SIDS project and the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade funded Tobwan Waara Programme are actively contributing to domestic tuna and export lobster fisheries value chain enhancement in Kiribati. On the island of [...more]

In collaboration with the Kiribati Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development (MFRD) and funding from the Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF), FAO’s SVC4SIDS project held a Micro Canning Training of Trainers from 5 to 8 December 2023 [...more]

Representatives of SVC4SIDS countries and the Donor gathered in Vigo from 2 to 4 October to review the project progress and plans and provide guidance for facilitating cooperation at decision making and technical levels. Cabo Verde and Kiribati were respectively [...more]

Spiny lobster (Panulirus pencillatus and P. versicolor) thrives abundantly off the Line Islands of Kiribati. This delicacy supplies the domestic hospitality industry and nurtures export channels, playing a key role in the country’s economy. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic has had [...more]

“By 2033, Kiribati will contribute to supporting KV20 through the establishment of a competitive and reliable domestic tuna value chain with diversified products as a stepping-stone to international markets, acknowledging potential changes in the tuna resource due to climate change”. [...more]

Subsequent to the national "Sustainable Fish Value Chains for Small Island Developing States" (SVC4SIDS) project inception in December 2022, public and private sector actors from Santiago, São Vicente and São Nicolau islands convened  on 9 June in Mindelo, in a [...more]