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List of Key Outputs •
SOW for small pelagics stock identification •
Regional fisheries management coordination meeting trip report [POL019]
1.6 Informing the U.S. Government on Key Fisheries Policy Issues in Ghana
Activity Lead: Crawford
Activity Team: Crawford, Lazar, Mensah
SFMP will educate senior officials in USAID, the Embassy and the FAS on critical policy issues and challenges affecting the economic health of the fisheries sector in Ghana so they are well
informed in their discussions with high-level GoG officials and ways that USG assistance can and does support reforms called for in national policy documents. This will be important as well
in fostering better donor coordination on these issues at senior levels. Educational outreach will include personal briefings and short discussion briefs. In Year 1, briefings will be prepared in
three issue areas: the effects of fishing pre-mix fuel subsidies, overcapacity in the fishing fleets, and combatting IUU fishing. SFMP will encourage the Regional Training Center RTC in
Accra, established under the guidance of the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Bureau INL at the Department of State and part of the support to the West Africa
Cooperative Security Initiative WACSI, to develop training sessions on IUU fishing which may be associated with transnational criminal syndicates and in of itself is considered by many
to be a transnational criminal activity. In addition, during the early phases of Year 1, the SFMP will prepare and conduct briefings on the overall SFMP design and activities for the following
groups:
• Economic Growth Office team
• Ghana Mission Maritime Security Group here in the Embassy
• Development Partners Environmental and Natural Resources working group.
Table of Key Activities and Milestones
Who Activity 1.6 Informing the US government on key
fisheries policy issues in Ghana
Q1 Q2
Q3 Q4
CRC Project orientation briefings PPT
X CRC
Development of Issue briefing documents X
X X
CRC Briefings
X X
X
List of Key Outputs •
USG brief on status of small pelagics and importance for food security in Ghana and regionally [POL020]
• USG brief on fuel subsidies and overcapacity in fisheries [POL021]
• USG brief on IUU fishing in the West Africa Region [POL022]
• Project Brief and Powerpoint [POL023]
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1.7 Reducing Child Labor and Trafficking in Fisheries
