Conserving Aquatic Biodiversity in African Blue Economy

Strengthening MCS Systems to Combat IUU Fishing in West Africa

Posted by Patricia Lumba on 12 November 2024 11:50 AM CAT

A team of MCS personnel from FCWC member states, along with the AU-IBAR team, visited the MCS center in Tema, Ghana. The coordinator of the center, Mr. Ere-Walson, demonstrated how vessels' activities are monitored at sea.

In the waters of West Africa, the fight against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing has long been a pressing challenge. These unregulated practices not only harm the environment but also threaten the livelihoods of local communities who depend on sustainable fisheries. Recognizing the need for change, AU-IBAR, in collaboration with the Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC) and financial support from SIDA, launched an initiative aimed at enhancing the capacity of six West African countries to combat this growing threat.

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New Release: Policy brief on 9 factors enabling local blue growth in developing countries

Posted by Patricia Lumba on 06 September 2022 10:25 AM CAT

The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management has released a policy brief that presents nine key institutional and infrastructure factors that promote local blue growth from the use of marine resources in developing countries.

The policy brief is based on four background studies, all addressing the same question: what is needed for marine resources to actually generate local blue growth?

Here, local blue growth refers to economic revenue and wellbeing in the local community from the sustainable use of ocean resources, such as fisheries, aquaculture, or tourism. Download the document from below or access via https://www.havochvatten.se/local-blue-growth