The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the Government through the Ministry of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry (MECTHI), launched the 10-year Lake Kariba Inshore Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) to achieve optimal and sustainable utilisation of fisheries resource for the benefit of humankind while also safeguarding the ecosystem
On 15 February, a new national action plan for enhancing and empowering Somali women in their country’s maritime sector was launched at a high-level event bringing together senior government officials and representatives from civil society and the international community, including the United Nations (UN)
More than 40 tilapia fish value chain experts and stakeholders convened at the shores of Lake Kariba for a multi-stakeholder partnership meeting to measure, learn and improve sector strategy performance and coordination
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) and the Department of Regional Development of the Ministry of Agriculture of Tunisia provided equipment to 80 fishers who are members of the Arous Al-Bouhayra Cooperative (SMSA) catching eels in Tunisia to help improve the existing capacity and increase the income of fishers by allowing the direct sales of products
At the virtual closing ceremony of events marking the 2022 International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture in Africa, Emma Metieh Glassco, head of Liberia’s National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA), who served as a panelist at the ceremony remarked that her leadership had taken giant strides to empower women in Liberias fisheries and aquaculture sector
