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The inland and marine coastal fisheries resources of the Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region represent a natural wealth of about € 50 billion. ECOFISH strives to ensure the sustainable management of these assets by putting in place policies to handle them effectively, by protecting them and by promoting good fishing practices.

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Enhancing equitable economic growth by promoting sustainable fisheries in the EA-SA-IO region

Five interconnected workplans…

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Workplan 1: Lake Victoria
Lake Tanganyika Authority
Workplan 2: Lake Tanganyika
ECOFISH project
Workplan 3: Marine Fisheries
Demonstration projects ECOFISH
Workplan 4: Demonstration Projects
Technical assistance
Workplan 5: Technical Assistance

…to achieve 3 main results:

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RESULT 1: Enhanced regional policies and institutional frameworks to secure more sustainable fisheries management and contribute to marine biodiversity and climate resilience.

8 STRATEGIC ACTIONS

  1. Support SSF-Biodiversity Conservation Demonstration Activities
  2. SSF – Climate Adaptation Outlook Network
  3. Imporved Data & Information Management in the BE Context
  4. Integrated Coastal Fisheries Resources and conservation management
  5. Updated Fishery Policies and Management Plans
  6. Actualized SSF Registration & Licensing Frameworks
  7. Updated Fishery Policies and Management Plans
  8. Enhanced Regional Cooperation in inland and Marine Fisheries

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RESULT 2: Strengthened capacity to prevent, deter and eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing in the EA-SA-IO region

8 STRATEGIC ACTIONS

  1. Support inter-regional, inter-agency and inter-governmental cooperation in EA-SA-IO
  2. Support exchange of experiences & development of coordinated approaches to improve MCS of small scale marine fisheries
  3. Organise joint regional sea & air patrols with Authorities in continuation of the Joint Regional Patrol Programme of IOC-PRSP
  4. Facilitate the interoperability of systems & exchange of data at regional levels
  5. Support capacity building for regionally harmonised enforcement, compliance & prosecution procedures
  6. Provide capacity building and technical assistance on catch Certification & traceability scheme
  7. Encourage synergies with other regional initiatives
  8. Establishment of risk assessment frameworks with the support of EFCA

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RESULT 3: Concrete fisheries management and governance initiatives in small-scale inland and marine fisheries are supported with the possibilities of replication at the regional level.

9 DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

  1. Action Aid International-Zambia
  2. ADPP-Mozambique
  3. C3-Madagascar
  4. IGAD
  5. Mwambo Coastal Community Network-Tanzania
  6. Namibia
  7. SOS Sahel-Sudan
  8. UNDP-Mauritius
  9. WWF-Kenya
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