West Africa Regional Fisheries Program

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The objective of the West Africa Regional Fisheries Program Project for Africa is to strengthen the capacity of Cape Verde, Liberia, Senegal, and Sierra Leone to govern and manage targeted fisheries, reduce illegal fishing, and increase local value added to fish products. There are four components to the project. The first component of the project is good governance and sustainable management of the fisheries. The objective of this component is to build the capacity of governments and stakeholders to implement a shared approach that will ensure that the marine fish resources are used in a manner that is environmentally sustainable, socially fair and economically profitable. The second component of the project is reduction of illegal fishing. The objective of this component is to reduce the illegal fishing activities threatening the sustainable management of the marine fish resources. The third component of the project is increasing the contribution of the marine fish resources to the local economies. The objective of this component is to increase the benefits to West Africa from the marine fish resources, by increasing the share of the value-added captured in the region. The fourth component of the project is coordination, monitoring and evaluation and program management. The objective of this component is to support the countries to implement the program in the context of the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission Strategic Action Plan, and to monitor results.