West Africa - Mauritania Fish. APL

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The development objective of the First Phase of the West Africa Regional Fisheries Program (WARFP) Project for Africa is to strengthen governance and management of targeted fisheries and improve handling of landed catch at selected sites. The project comprises of four components. The first component, strengthening good governance and sustainable management of the fisheries aims to build the capacity of the government and stakeholders to develop and implement policies and systems that will ensure that the fish resources are used in a manner that is environmentally sustainable, socially equitable, and economically profitable. The second component, reducing illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing aims to reduce IUU fishing activities that threaten the sustainable management of fish resources by strengthening fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) systems. The third component, increasing contribution of the fish resources to the local economy aims to increase the benefits derived from fish caught in the exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of the countries in particular by investing in infrastructure and institutional capacity that enable improved handling of landed fish and reduction of postharvest losses. The fourth component, project management, monitoring and evaluation, and regional coordination aim to support project implementation and regional coordination within the WARFP, ensuring that regular monitoring and evaluation is conducted and the results are fed back into decision making and project management.