CAOPA and APRAPAM wonder why Senegal has not submitted an "ambitious" plan for expansion in this sector, including artisanal fishing, to ICCAT, the organisation that allocates access to the main tuna resources in the region.
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CAOPA calls for a more sustainable and transparent framework for fishing joint ventures in Africa
European and African artisanal fishermen's organisations denounce their marginalisation
Stranded for months due to Covid-19, Mauritian fishers are now stuck between polluted waters and insufficient support
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USCOFEP-CI's refrigerated container guarantees a continuous supply of fish to Abdijan
Mauritania pledged to eliminate fishmeal production by 2020. Today, it has tripled
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Concrete measures to improve working conditions in small-scale fisheries in Senegal
For the post-Covid-19 period, CAOPA calls for decent working conditions for artisanal fisheries
Liberian fishers protest against the potential issuance of fishing licences to six Chinese supertrawlers
Recently built in China, these vessels, Hao Yuan Yu 860, 861, 862, 863, 865 and 866, arrived mid-June in Monrovia after failing to undertake fishing operations in Mozambique. This demand follows a trend of licence requests by vessels of Chinese origin in several West African countries, such as Senegal and Ghana.
"This is the first time fishing communities are seeing a concrete positive impact of the agreement with the European Union"
Through a fund set up under the EU-Côte d'Ivoire SFPA, the women fish processor cooperative purchased a refrigerated container and placed it in San Pedro, a fish-producing area in the west of the country, which lacked conservation facilities and where large quantities of artisanal fisheries landings were lost as a result.
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Senegal: The fisheries ministry will not issue any of the licences to the 54 vessels of Chinese and Turkish origin
EU-Seychelles SFPA: The PECH rapporteur calls for more transparency and participation of the local fisheries sector
The EP Fisheries Committee voted the extension of the EU-Mauritania SFPA protocol, highlighting issues for renegotiation
The report by MEP Clara Aguilera cautions that this extension should not make negotiations for the new protocol drag, and includes key demands from the Mauritanian small-scale fisheries sector, such as progress on transparency and the use of sectoral support for the sustainable development of the local sector.
Senegalese fisheries stakeholders protest against its government intention to issue 54 fishing licenses to Chinese and Turkish vessels
In the midst of the Coronavirus crisis, the Senegalese consultative committee for the attribution of fishing licences was consulted via email for this allocation. Several fisheries organisations have raised sustainability concerns and warned it could endanger artisanal fishing communities’ livelihoods.
