Intermediate Result 1 Year 4 Quarter 3 Accomplishments

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2.1 Intermediate Result 1

1 Strategies to increase social and economic benefits to artisanal fishing communities, and otherwise create incentives for a sustainable fisheries agenda in the WAMER identified, tested and applied. 1 Most activities described under IR1 also contribute to IRs 2, 3 and 4. Some activities described under IR2 also contribute to IR1. Year 4 Highlights as of Quarter 3 • Implementation of the Sole Fishery and the Oyster and Cockle Fishery Co-Management Plans: o One year after approval of the Plans, each of the Co-Management Institutions NASCOM and TRY hosted and led the first annual review meetings of the plans as scheduled in Q1 and Q2. In addition to compliance with the current management measures, actions recommended at these meetings such as updating the sole stock assessment and conducting a gillnet study for increased mesh sizes for sole are now underway. Results will be presented for consideration at the 2 nd annual review meetings to be held at the end of the 2013 calendar year. • NASCOM capacity strengthened o Office established with equipment and furniture purchased under the seed grant in Q1. o AdministrativeFinancial Management Training for NASCOM, TRY, TAGFC and TARUD conducted in Q1. Follow-up training conducted in Q2. o Draft Standard Operating Procedures SOP and Business Plan under review, Q3 o German seafood company Kaufland gave NASCOM a donation of 100,000 Euro to support development of a Marine Stewardship Council eco-labeled Sole Fishery in The Gambia, Q3. o 42 spar buoys built and deployed along the Atlantic coast of The Gambia marking the 1 nm seasonally closured area for all fishing, all gears from May 1 – October 31, Q3. • TRY Oyster Women’s Association capacity strengthened. o AdministrativeFinancial Management Training provided in Q1. Follow-up training in Q2. o UNDP funding awarded in Q1 for processing and marketing, including training 300 women in fish hygiene and handling and constructing fuel efficient oyster smoking ovens at each of the 15 TRY community sites based on USAIDBaNafaa funded demonstration model. o SOP Manual finalized in Q2. o First audit conducted by a local consultant in late February report pending. o Exchange visits to oyster processing facilities in the Fatick Region of Senegal Q2 and to Atlantic Seafood in The Gambia Q3. o Women’s health programs for members and member’s daughters conducted. o 15 daughters graduate from the 2 year skills training program in April. • Trans-Boundary Oyster and Cockle Co-Management Plan for the Allahein River estuary under development with 9 CasamanceSenegal and 3 Gambian communities. 9 Project activities described below have contributed significantly and directly to this IR in Quarter 3. The results of the strategies identified, tested and applied in economic and social terms and the degree to which they are influencing a broader sustainable fisheries agenda in the WAMER are positive. The quantification of number of businesses and persons benefitting economically, as reported in indicators for this IR, are exceeding targets specified in the Project Design. However, these numbers do not reveal the underlying complexity of the benefits and the degree to which they are sustainable. USAIDBaNafaa project activities have, to date, focused on creating the enabling conditions for longer term sustained benefits to artisanal fishing communities. Integration of WASH activities at fishery and shellfish landing sites into the project is also aimed at ensuring that health and economic benefits are realized at the community level. The achievements under this IR also contribute to increasing recognition in the region and beyond of Gambian artisanal sole and oyster fisheries as a model for best management practices led by those directly benefitting socially and economically. Marine Stewardship Council MSC engagement and Kaufland Seafood Company’s support for the development of a sustainable sole fishery, as well as award of the UNDP Equator Prize to TRY Association in 2012 are just two examples.

a. An Effective SoleMultispecies Demersal Fishery Co-Management Plan