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4.4 Sustainable management of fisheries as a way to increase social and economic benefits for
fishing communities
Three aspects will be included in this project component: 1. an analysis of value chains, 2. an improvement of techniques used to treat and conserve marine products in project sites, and 3. an
evaluation of the perceptions of coastal communities on the state of their social well-being.
4.1.1 Economic value chain analysis:
The goal of this study is to carry out a deep analysis of the value chain for the principal products from artisanal fisheries on the Petite Côte, Saloum and the Cayar zone, specifically. For FY2012
USAIDCOMFISH will target stocks of sardinella and coastal shrimp.
The value chain analysis allows identification of entry points and possibilities for improving profits and equity at all levels of processing from the landing site to processing sites to selling points.
COMFISH will focus specifically on the increase in added value from small-scale fisheries and for women working in traditional roles in the processing of marine products.
The study will include all problems associated with fisheries for the aforementioned stocks, in the processing, commercialization and seasonality of these products. The gender aspect as well as the
characteristics of these fisheries products in the economic sector will also be taken into account.
4.1.2 “Ecosystematic” value chain analysis:
In addition to the economic value chain, USAIDCOMFISH will study environmental aspects of values chains. This information will be used to develop a plan to decrease greenhouse gas emissions
particularly CO
2
produced throughout the treating, processing and conserving of marine products. This initiative will contribute to the implementation of measures to adapt fisheries to reduce their
environmental foot print thereby mitigating the effects of climate change on e.g. CO
2
production in other sectors. Terms of reference for the analysis of the value chain will include the following
elements: •
Traditional economic value chain analysis see 4.1 above; •
A consideration of gender and changes in women’s roles at successive links in the value chain aspects;
• A review of pollution caused along the refrigeration chain, and how this relates to practices
related to quality, conservation techniques gutting, bleeding, refrigeration, smoking, fermen- tation, etc., water use, the hygiene and health conditions in the landing and processing sites;
• The identification of one to two fish landing sites including Cayar to test the feasibility of
fisheries product labeling with clear criteria for traceability and thus value added; •
An analysis of the value chain will also take into consideration the economic aspects and tar- iffs, as well as the consumption of energy, the production of CO
2
and its contribution to in- dustrial pollution in Senegal, and the detachment of information and power “shadowing” and
who controls who throughout the market chain.
4.1.3 Improvement in treatment and conservation techniques for marine products:
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