June 2015 - Per Erik Bergh (NFDS Managing Director), Sandy Davies (Technical Director), Kristin von Kistowski (Senior Adviser), Mark Ssemakula (Project Officer), Kosakosa Mukosa (Research Assistant) and Sally Frankcom (Communications Officer) were in Nairobi, Kenya providing technical assistance for the 3rd FISH-i Africa Task Force from June 2-4, 2015.
The meeting bought together the FISH-i Africa member countries and for the first time the Task Force welcomed observers, both from the Western Indian Ocean region and from West Africa, where a similar regional Task Force is currently being established.
Task Force members were able to celebrate the success of the groups work to date, most notably through the apprehension of vessels fishing illegally, the discovery of forged licenses and the continued information sharing, all of which are playing a part in increasing compliance and stopping illegal fishing.