The FCWC Regional Register of Authorized Fishing Vessels (RRAFV) taking shape
May 2025 — Sandy Davies (Senior Fisheries and Environment Director) and Andréa Durighello (Fisheries Expert) travelled to Lomé, Togo for the eighteenth meetingRead More
SWIO Countries Unite to Strengthen Monitoring and Combat Illegal Fishing
May 2025 —Sandy Davies, (Senior Fisheries and Environment Director), Andréa Durighello (Fisheries Expert) and Malebogo Seofeleng (Project Administrator) travelled to Dar es Salaam,Read More
Madagascar: MCS capacity-building workshop & sensitisation event.
April 2025 — Per Erik Bergh (CEO and Managing Director), Andréa Durighello (Fisheries Expert) and Jean-Louis Rabe (MCS Expert) travelled to Diégo-Suarez/Antsiranana, oneRead More
The MCSCC Board of Directors makes significant steps for MCSCC operationalisation
March 2025 — Per Erik Bergh (CEO and Managing Director) and Andréa Durighello (Fisheries Expert) travelled to Johannesburg for the second Board ofRead More
MCS capacity-building workshop focused on inland fisheries
February 2025 — Per Erik Bergh (CEO and Managing Director) and Andréa Durighello (Fisheries Expert) travelled to Malawi for a training focused onRead More
First capacity-building workshop in Seychelles through Oceans Vigilance project
January 2025 — Per Erik Bergh (CEO and Managing Director) and Andréa Durighello (Fisheries Expert) travelled to Seychelles for an initial risk assessmentRead More
FCWC 15th Conference of Ministers – A Step Forward in Fisheries Management
December 2024 – Sandy Davies, Senior Fisheries and Environment Director, participated in the two-day Advisory and Consulting Committee sessions, followed by the 15thRead More
Ghana validates SOPs for PSMA implementation thanks to WATF support
November 2024 — Per Erik Bergh (CEO and Managing Director) and Andréa Durighello (Fisheries Expert) travelled to Tema, Ghana for a workshop aimedRead More
Third in-person coaching of Angolan MCS officers through the SADC Atlantic project
October 2024 — Per Erik Bergh (CEO and Managing Director), Noa Senete (MCS Expert) and Andréa Durighello (Fisheries Expert) travelled to Angola forRead More
Handover meeting of the SADC MCSCC Board of Directors
September 2024 – Per Erik Bergh (CEO and Managing Director) travelled to Johannesburg, South Africa, together with the Regional Technical Team (RTT) andRead More
The SADC MCSCC Ocean Vigilance Project Workshop Held in Tanzania.
August 2024 – Per Erik Bergh (CEO) and JD Kotze (Expert) provided training support for workshops on risk assessment in Zanzibar and DarRead More
36th Committee on Fisheries
July 2024 – Sandy Davies (Technical Director) and Maya Bergh (Intern) attended the 36th Committee on Fisheries (COFI). There were various states, IGOs,Read More
Sixteenth meeting of the West Africa Task Force
June 2024 — Andréa Durighello (Fisheries Expert) participated in the sixteenth meeting of the Fisheries Commission for the West Central Gulf of GuineaRead More
Risk Assessment training provided in Angola.
June 2024 – JD Kotze (Expert) and Noa Senete (Consultant) provided a three-day training workshop on Risk Assessment in Luanda, Angola. The trainingRead More
SADC meetings to kick start the MCSCC Centre
June 2024 – The NFDS Team Per Erik Bergh (CEO and Managing Director), Sandy Davies (Technical Director), Andréa Durighello (Fisheries Expert), JD KotzeRead More
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) workshop at Ghana
May 2024 — Per Erik Bergh (CEO and Managing Director) and JD Kotze (Investigator) attended a workshop at the West Africa Task ForceRead More
9th annual Our Ocean Conference
April 2024 – Sandy Davies (Technical Director) and Maya Bergh (Intern) attended the 9th Our Ocean Conference (OOC) representing Stop Illegal Fishing (SIF). ThereRead More
SADC Technical Committee on Fisheries held 41st Meeting
March 2024 – Sandy Davies (Technical Director) attended the 41st meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Technical Committee on Fisheries whichRead More
Vigilance and Cooperation – essential assets of Namibian fisheries officers to comb
March 2024 — Per Erik Bergh (CEO and Managing Director), Sandy Davies (Technical Director), JD Kotze (Investigator) and Andréa Durighello (Fisheries Expert) travelledRead More
16th Meeting of the SADC RTT in the Kingdom of Eswatini
March 2024 – Per Erik Bergh (CEO) attended the SADC Regional Technical Team (RTT) for the SADC Regional Fisheries Monitoring Control and SurveillanceRead More
Initial training of Angolan MCS officers under the SADC Atlantic project
February 2024 — Per Erik Bergh (CEO and Managing Director), JD Kotze (Investigator) and Andréa Durighello (Fisheries Expert) travelled to Angola as partRead More
Risk Assessment training organised in Durban with multi-agency participation
January-February 2024 — Per Erik Bergh (CEO and Managing Director), JD Kotze (Investigator) and Andréa Durighello (Fisheries Expert) travelled to Durban, South Africa,Read More
The Fifteen FCWC West Africa task force.
December 2023 – Sandy Davies (Technical Director), travelled to Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, on the 11 – 12 December 2023 to attend the fifteenthRead More
First meeting of the SADC MCSCC Task Force takes place.
December 2023-Per Erik Bergh (CEO and Managing Director), Sandy Davies (Technical Director), Andréa Durighello (Fisheries Expert), JD Kotze (Investigator) and Malebogo Seofeleng (ProjectRead More
NFDS active in Ghana and West Africa Task Force.
October 2023 – Per Erik Bergh (CEO and Managing Director), JD Kotze (Investigator) and Andréa Durighello (Fisheries Expert) travelled to Tema, Ghana toRead More
South Africa’s fisheries compliance officers strengthen their capacities to address
July 2023 – Per Erik Bergh (CEO and Managing Director), JD Kotze (Investigator) and Andréa Durighello (Fisheries Expert) travelled to Cape Town, SouthRead More
14th Regional Meeting of the FCWC West Africa Task Force
June 2023 – Andréa Durighello (Fisheries Expert) attended the FCWC West Africa Task Force’s (WATF’s) Fourteenth Task Force meeting which took place inRead More
Project plan with TMT AND MCSCC’s IPMU
June 2023 – Per Erik Bergh (CEO and Managing Director), Sandy Davies (Fisheries Expert), Malebogo Seofeleng (Project Administrator) and Regina Dithapo (Communications Assistant)Read More
7th Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop
July 2023 – Per Erik Bergh (CEO and Managing Director), Sandy Davies (Technical Director) attended the 7th Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop (GFETW)Read More
Madagascar hosts a national workshop to prepare an interagency mechanism for the impl
June 2023 – Per Erik Bergh (CEO and Managing Director), Sandy Davies (Technical Director) and Andréa Durighello (Fisheries Expert) travelled to Antananarivo, MadagascarRead More
SADC Atlantic Namibia: Risk assessment training workshop
May 2023 – Per Erik Bergh (CEO and Managing Director), JD Kotze (Investigator) and Andréa Durighello (Fisheries Expert) travelled to Lüderitz and WalvisRead More