March 2019 — Sally Frankcom (Communications Officer) and Mark Ssemakula (Project Officer) attended the eighth meeting of the West Africa Task Force of the Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC), held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire from the 8th to the 10th May 2019.
Opening the meeting, the representative of the Honourable Minister Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani stressed the illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing is one of the major challenges for sustainable fisheries in the Gulf of Guinea. “Our weak systems and lack of good governance have led to this region becoming a hot-spot for illegal fishing. This should be addressed through the operationalization of our regional cooperation through establishing joint patrols and taking steps to tackle illegal transhipment.”
