November 2016 - Per Erik Bergh (Managing Director) was in Mombasa, Kenya representing Stop Illegal Fishing and the FISH-i Africa Task Force at the high level stakeholders’ meeting on a proposed Fisheries Crime Law Enforcement Academy to be developed in collaboration between FishFORCE and the University of Nairobi.
FishFORCE, the Norwegian funded Fisheries Crime Law Enforcement Academy, housed at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), Port Elizabeth, South Africa, aims to build local law enforcement expertise and strengthen cooperation between agencies, domestically and cross-border, towards enhanced law enforcement in addressing fisheries crime.
Opening the meeting Cabinet Secretary Willy Bett, from Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, highlighted the need to share ideas and build capacity to understand the issues related to illegal fishing and fisheries crime; “we need to understand what this is about to be able to protect our resources and prevent crime.”
Per Erik Bergh commented, “the successes and lessons learned by the FISH-i Africa Task Force will contribute to the shaping of the academy and identify issues that may be of interest for further discussions and collaborations.”
