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West Africa Task Force

Topic:
  • Counter-IUU Fishing
Categories:
  • Government
  • Government Initiative

The West Africa Task Force is supporting regional cooperation in order to identify, track, gather evidence and mount enforcement and prosecution actions against illegal fishing operators. It does this by:

– Supporting a case from the point where intelligence is received to enforcement prosecution of perpetrators;
– Sharing information effectively;
– Tracking vessels and identifying possible illegal fishing activity;
– Identifying the illegal fishers and eliminating illegal and ‘risk’ vessels from license lists and registers;
– Improving understanding of the fishing operations to inform MCS operations and strengthen MCS capacity;
– Cooperating and harmonizing with other countries, regions, organizations and initiatives; and
– Building the foundations for long term regional and sustainable MCS structures in the region.

The six member countries of the Fisheries Committee of the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC) – Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Togo are the founding members of the West Africa Task Force.

Region:
  • Benin
  • Cote d’Ivoire
  • Ghana
  • Liberia
  • Nigeria
  • Togo
  • Western Africa
Harvest:
  • Wild-capture

Contact Information

Contact Name: Not available
Contact Email: secretariat@fcwc-fish.org
Website: fcwc-fish.org/activities/projects/watf
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