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With a view to giving special attention to food security and small-scale fisheries, in the framework of the Impact, Security, Resilience, Sustainability and Transformation Program, coastal countries in West and Central Africa members of the Fishery Committee for the Eastern Atlantic (CECAF) are in conclave in Dakar. This three-day meeting (23-25 July) will be an opportunity for stakeholders from more than 15 countries on the continent to discuss and agree on the necessary actions to put in place an Action Plan to ensure sustainable artisanal fisheries in the region. subregional and regional context.
To enable small-scale fishing to regain its former glory and continue to play its role in the social and cultural economic trio, 15 West and Central African countries have been meeting since yesterday and until July 25, 2018, in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, to reflect, discuss, and agree on the necessary actions that will enable them to set up a Regional Action Plan to ensure this sub-sector some fishing. The holding of this consultation meeting dedicated to the coastal countries of West and Central Africa that are members of the Fishery Committee for the East Atlantic (CECAF) is jointly organized by FAO and the Interafrican Bureau of Animal Resources of the African Union (Ua-Bira) in collaboration with the ECOWAS Commission and the First Project. This consultation aims to raise awareness of the important role of the small-scale fisheries sector and how this is reflected in existing policy frameworks. According to Ndiaga Gueye, FAO's Senior Regional Officer for Fisheries and Aquaculture at the Accra-based Regional Office for Africa, artisanal fisheries are of paramount importance, employing a large number of the labor force living directly or indirectly from the fishery. occupation, with an overwhelming majority of women. "The establishment of this international instrument exclusively dedicated to the management of small-scale fisheries, will improve the governance of this sub-sector of fisheries, while allowing States and subregional organizations to rely on it to promote it to nationally, "he said. Mr. Gueye also said that the voluntary guidelines that are adopted in 2014 by the Fisheries Committee to cover all that is capture of artisanal fisheries responsibly, processing, marketing, will also take into account the cross-cutting dimensions as gender aspects, social equity and also environmental aspects to allow fishing and oil exploitation to go together. For Babacar Banda Diop, Technical Advisor, Number 1, of the Minister of Fisheries, said: "This initiative aims to guarantee artisanal fishermen and communities the security of enjoyment, market support and safeguarding basic rights". And to add: "The contribution of small-scale fishing in the Senegalese economy is not to be demonstrated. That is why this consultation comes at a time to allow member countries to put an end to the constraints of this profession. "
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