Report of the meeting on operationalizing the African fisheries reform mechanism (AFRM)

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.