CECAF-PESCAO Project Improved Fisheries Governance in West Africa

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CECAF-PESCAO Project Improved Fisheries Governance in West Africa

Report of the Project Inception Workshop – Akosombo, Ghana, 24–26 April 2019

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Accra, Ghana ;

Pages 42 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

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Synopsis (short abstract) The inception meeting of the PESCA-CECAF project was held at the Volta Hotel in Akosombo, Ghana from 24 to 26 April 2018. A total of 34 participants from 9 CECAF Member countries and representatives, Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC), EAF-Nansen Programme, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FAO Regional Office for Africa, DEMERSTEM Project, Instituto Espanol de Oceanografid Oceanografia (IEO), West Africa Non-State Actors for Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (WANSAFA), Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (CSRP), and Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA) attended the meeting.

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FAO. 2020.Report of the Project Inception Workshop Improved Fisheries Governance in West Africa – CECAF-PESCAO Project.

Akosombo, Ghana, 24–26 April 2019. Accra

Language English

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