December 2015 - Sally Frankcom (Communications Officer) attended the Fisheries Committee for West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC) Ministers Conference in Accra, Ghana where the six members of the West Africa Task Force (WATF) Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Togo adopted the Terms of Reference establishing mechanisms and a framework for the Task Force.
Mr. Seraphin Dedi, Secretary General of the FCWC congratulated the Task Force on the speed with which new cooperative working methods are being adopted both at national and regional levels. “All countries are now actively participating on the WATF communications platform. This is bringing immediate benefits to the regions MCS efforts as information is exchanged and acted upon in real time.”
The Coordination Team of the project comprises of the FCWC Secretariat, Trygg Mat Tracking, Stop Illegal Fishing and NFDS.
