Category: West Africa
The cost to Africans for IUU fishing in Africa's coastal waters is astronomical. Sub-Saharan countries in western Africa are losing a significant portion of their GDP to IUU fishing.
The National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) has disclosed the free distribution of Japanese Yamaha outboard engines and thread nets to fishermen in Southeastern Liberia through their respective Fisheries Cooperatives.The four counties to benefit from the distribution of the fishing gears are Maryland, Grand Kru, Sinoe and River Cess.Th...
At the end of July 2021, the European Commission concluded the negotiations for a new sustainable fisheries partnership agreement (SFPA) with Mauritania for a period of 6 years, tacitly renewable. On the same day, the protocol of this new agreement was signed. It entered into provisional application on 16 November 2021.