10 annually, or immunizations of children, compliance with closed seasons and not arrests for
illegal fishing, etc. Other options to be examined will include linkages to the private sector partnerships related to insurance e.g. accident, health, and vessel and pension schemes for
fishermen. Most of these programs will require some form of registry of fishermen and fish workers and therefore some form of individual registration scheme and linkages to the vessel
registry system.
The analysis will include a top-level systems model to facilitate the comparison of options, impacts and implementation of risks. In addition, SFMP will complete the bio-economic analysis
of the fisheries if the fuel subsidy is removed that was started under WARFP but remains incomplete; and impact it would have on stocks and fishing effort.
1.2 Strengthened Law Enforcement
1.2.1 Training of FEU and Marine Police and strengthening the prosecutorial chain Activity Lead:
FoN
Activity Team: FoN, HM, FEU, MP, FC
The SFMP is working with the police administration, Ghana Navy and the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development to strengthen the capacity of the Fisheries Enforcement Unit
FEU. SFMP areas of support are focused more on shore based and community level MCS improvements and to a lesser extent on understanding and coordinating regional IUU fishing
issues where other donors are quite active. Since the WARFP is providing a large investment in strengthening the FEU and MCS capabilities of the FC, SFMP support will be tailored carefully
to unmet needs of the FC and the Marine Police. SFMP will provide limited material support to outfit the training facilities with furniture and other accessories for the Marine Police Academy
at Ainyinase in the Western Region. Once the facility is furnished for conferencing and training, short refresher trainings will be run at the school for the Marine Police and other marine law
enforcement agencies - FEU, MCS, etc.
The SFMP, via FoN will also train marine police and naval officers who are deployed to the Fisheries Enforcement Unit FEU and MCS personnel working out of Tema and Takoradi
commands. FoN will continue to implement a series of workshops envisioned to strengthen coordination and the prosecutorial chain in fisheries law enforcement in the Western and Greater
Accra Regions. Currently, the FEU has two commands, the Western Takoradi and Eastern Tema Commands where fisheries violations arrested offshore are prosecuted.
Fisheries Enforcement will be critical during the implementation of the preferred options or consensus reached at e.g. closed seasons for which the marine police and the FEU and other
law enforcement agencies will be deployed to ensure compliance with and success of the order. The proposed hotline for reporting IUU will play a role in this regards see Strategic private
partnerships IR6.
There are still issues of effective coordination of the FEU operations relative to navy and police. As reported in the press, there are still issues with fishers in recent months where several
incidences assault, etc. between naval officers and fisher folks have been reported. There will be the need to also facilitate an engagement process at the top of Navy, Marine Police and FC to
address anticipated enforcement challenges for the quick action options to be implemented under the National Marine Fisheries Plan.
11 Working with the Marine Police MP and FoN, CRC will hold a workshop to develop a tool on
how to use a competency based approach to assessing minimal knowledge, skills and attitudes KSA needed by fisheries enforcement officers. This will enable the MP, with support of FoN,
to conduct rapid competence assessments of staff. A resulting report will identify competence gaps and recommended strategies to resolve them. This could then be applied to future
performance assessments, capacity development strategies, rewarding staff non-financially for outstanding performance, such as certifications, and changes to the Human Resources systems of
MP, to support long-term organizational change.
1.2.2 Communications behavior change communications on good fishing practices Activity Lead:
