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At Mombasa, the African Union’s Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), with the support of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), brought African Member States together to advance coordinated fisheries and aquaculture governance, positioning science-based evidence as a key driver of food security, climate resilience, and the blue economy. As Africa grapples with overexploited fisheries […]
On the margins of the Blue Ports workshop, the Moroccan port city of Tangier hosted a decisive coordination meeting convened by COMHAFAT/ATLAFCO. Major regional fisheries organisations operating along Africa's Atlantic seaboard gathered to take stock of the partnership framework forged in Agadir in 2015 and to agree on a new roadmap for deeper, more operational cooperation — with sustainable marine resource management and effective regional governance squarely at the centre
From 4 to 6 March 2026, the Moroccan port city of Tangier hosted a landmark gathering that could reshape the future of fisheries governance across Atlantic Africa. Convened by COMHAFAT/ATLAFCO, the workshop “Towards the Implementation of the Blue Transformation of Fishing Ports in the COMHAFAT Region” brought together policymakers, international experts and fishing-sector stakeholders from […]