April 2015 – Mark Ssemakula (NFDS Project Officer) was in Johannesburg, South Africa last week for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Task Force Meeting on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and the SADC Technical Committee Meeting on Fisheries. Presenting at both meetings, Mark was representing the Stop Illegal Fishing Secretariat and speaking about potential support to the SADC Regional Fisheries MSC Coordination Centre (MCSCC). The meetings, during which the SADC Action Plan on IUU fishing was scrutinized and adopted, were attended by representatives from all the SADC Member States as well as experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA), the Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
