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African Journalists Support Sustainable Fisheries

Over one hundred African journalists have decided to harness the power of the media to support sustainable fisheries.

Africa: African Journalists Support Sustainable Fisheries and Resilient Coastal Communities

World Bank, 8 March 2016

Over 100 journalists from 44 African countries convened in Elmina, Ghana, to tackle issues in the fisheries sector. They witnessed how sustainable fishery management can reduce… Read more »

Elmina fishing habour, Ghana.

Ghana: Friends of Nation Calls for Stiffer Fisheries Laws

Ghanaian Chronicle, 2 March 2016

Friends of the Nation (FoN), a socio-environmental research and advocacy non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Takoradi in the Western Region, has challenged the government… Read more »
Africa: US Ratification of Accord Is Fresh Boost for Global Effort to Combat Rogue Fishing

FAO, 7 March 2016

Ambassador David Lane meets FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva Read more »
Africa: Africa Lost Over U.S.$1Billion Due to IUU Fishing Says AU Senior Fisheries Officer

Daily Observer, 3 March 2016

A Senior Fisheries Officer of the African Union has stated that one of the core challenges in the fisheries sector in Africa is the menace of the illegal Unreported and Unregulated… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Supports Launch of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative in Nouakchott

African Development Bank (AfDB), 23 February 2016

The African Development Bank (AfDB) played a key role in the First International Conference on the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on February… Read more »
Africa: Official Figures Gravely Underplay Fish Catch

SciDev.Net, 1 February 2016

Up to 30 per cent of all fish caught globally could be missing from official figures because of unreliable data on illegal fishing and small, local fisheries, researchers believe. Read more »

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