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TAGFC and NASCOM and two fisheries associations GAMFIDA and NAAFO. The Year 5 workplan anticipated that USAIDBaNafaa staff and partners NASCOM would facilitate this
work, led by the DPS with the aim of a draft Cabinet Paper by December 2013. Due to the unexpected passing of Ousman Drammeh, USAIDBaNafaa Project Manager, this activity was
not realized before the end of the project.
2.2.4 Goverance Scorecards Improving
Governance Scorecards for both the Sole fishery and the Oyster and Cockle fishery have been used since the beginning of the project to track overall progress in key categories. The baseline
score recorded in 2009 improved significantly for both fisheries in 2010. Results for both the Sole and the Cockle and Oyster fisheries continued to improve in 2011 scored in
JanuaryFebruary 2012 as the two co-management plans were officially approved. The last and final scoring was done in September 2013 see results in Table 6 below. With the approval of
the two co-management plans, First Order Outcomes focusing on commitment and capacity showed significant improvement. Second Order Outcomes, focusing on changes in institutional,
individual and investment behavior progressed more gradually after an initial leap in Year 1. Of note in the 201213 scoring is that, with implementation of the plans, stakeholders have a more
in-depth understanding of the dimensions of fisheries governance, have raised their expectations and are less willing to give high scores.
Progress on Fisheries Infrastructure Development in The Gambia
The newly constructed US8.5M Banjul Fisheries Jetty was Tuesday July 9
th
, 2013 handed over to the management of the Gambia Ports Authority GPA through a signed management
contract by the Minister of Fisheries and Water Resources Daily Observer, July 10, 2013
The Fisheries Jetty was among the sub-projects sponsored by the African Development Bank ADB and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa BADEA and coordinated by the Gambia
Artisanal Fisheries Development Project under the Ministry of Fisheries. The acting deputy managing director of Gambia Ports Authority GPA said “The objective to have the jetty will include the need to
earn foreign exchange by providing the adequate service to foreign and local fishing trawlers on the industrial level as well as catering for artisanal fisheries for the local fisher folk.
The jetty has a total length of 125 meters. There are 2 piers; pier 1 has a 85 meter length access bridge and a 60 meter length pier head; Pier 2 – the concrete deck part of the jetty which is connected to pier 1
– has a 40 meter length access bridge and a pier head of also 60 meter length for industrial fishing vessels. There are two floating pontoons attached to access bridge of pier 1 each of 20 meter length for
artisanal canoes to enable fish to be offloaded from commercial artisanal fishing boats.
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Table 6: Governance Scorecard Results
Outcome Order Sole
Cockles and Oysters
2009 2010 2011 201213
2009 2010
2011 201213 First Order Outcomes
14 29
36-37 36-38 11
28 33
34-36 Second Order Outcomes 14
31 32-37 32-35
10-12 27-29 35 38-40
An additional perspective on management of the Sole and Oyster fisheries in The Gambia was explored through collaboration with Dr. Chris Anderson, a URI Economist now at the
University of Washington who was developing a Fisheries Performance Indicator tool for The World Bank. The World Bank was interested in testing the tool in the context of developing
countries where significant investments in improved fisheries management were being undertaken. This tool was applied in more than 25 countries around the world in various
fisheries. Chris Anderson visited The Gambia in January 2012 and summarized the pre- USAIDBaNafaa status of the two fisheries in the diagrams below. Unfortunately the exercise
was not repeated after 2 years as anticipated to capture changes.
Figure 44. Baseline retrospective pre-USAIDBaNafaa Fisheries Performance Indicators for The Gambian artisanal sole fishery.
Figure 45. Baseline retrospective pre-USAIDBaNafaa Fisheries Performance Indicators for The Gambian oyster fishery.
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2.2.5 Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
