dc.description.abstract | The meeting on ‘Operationalizing the African Fisheries Reform Mechanism (AFRM)’ was concluded on the
21st June 2014. Then meeting, organized by AU-IBAR in collaboration with NPCA , had participants from
a broad spectrum of stakeholders from academia, from regional institutions to representatives of fishing
communities. The meeting proposed seven AFRM Working Groups and developed their terms of reference:
I. Policy, Governance and Institutions, II. Sustainable Aquaculture Development, III. Monitoring, Control and
Surveillance (MCS), IV. Fish trade and market promotion, V. Small-scale fisheries Development VI. Finance &
Investment and VII. Human Capacity Development. Memberships for the various proposed Working Groups
were also suggested. | en |