Promote greater use of scientific knowledge and progress in developing fisheries Take urgent measures to coordinate actions and initiatives

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4.6 Ensure outreach on and communication of policy options, legal and regulatory provisions

Outreach and communication efforts must be undertaken on policy options, legal and regulatory provisions. These elements are sometimes unknown or are interpreted wrongly by most stakeholders and some officials. Stakeholders often ask for the extension of the Code and CLPAs . Therefore, the time is right to rethink the approach and techniques of communicating and disseminating information to ensure that set goals are achieved, well understood and owned by the target communities. In the same vein, outreach to and training of stakeholders should be done under the best conditions, and in a specialized facility. There should be some brainstorming on a number of different strategies, including: possible ways to involve the Schools under MPAM, resume the FENAGIE PECHE training center project, build on the initiative conducted by the Ministry of Technical Education and Vocational Training, and rehabilitate the CPEP.

4.7 Promote greater use of scientific knowledge and progress in developing fisheries

Ensure that CRODT initiatives are more efficient by signing contracts, as was the case for the ADUPES project. Terms of reference should be drafted with a clear set of goals, budgets, and monitoring and evaluation by the Ministry of Fisheries. - Get closer to and establish collaboration with all the scientific institutions of learning and research that are involved in fisheries, marine resources and the coastal environment. - To enhance efficiency in the support from CRODT and the other institutions concerned, building on the American model, efforts should be made to pool together all the activities and scientific knowledge of these institutions so as to harness the synergy in their actions at the central level and in the coastal areas. Accordingly, steps should be taken to put in one basket the actions of CRODT and the institutions considered. Other structures could be involved in this collaborative process based on their skills and competencies. As an example, we should explore the case of HASSAM which, at national level, coordinates numerous activities on the marine environment. 4.8 Coordination of efforts Marine reserves and coastal environmentefforts shall be coordinated with the Ministry of Environment, which is responsible for MPAs. Action plan outlines The idea here is, building on the key recommendations proposed, to tease out ideas on actions we deem fundamental for the national authorities or the COMFISH project to implement urgently, so that they can more easily implement the major program of said project.

4.8 Take urgent measures to coordinate actions and initiatives

For the state authorities As we found out during our field visits, stakeholders are sometimes confused and have difficulty differentiating between the ongoing initiatives and the goals they out set to achieve. In our opinion, urgent measures should be take to coordinate efforts under the auspices of the Department of Fisheries, which already has a Project Monitoring Bureau and a Bureau for Coordination of Regional Services and Monitoring of CLPAs. 48

4.9 Show the political will to promote extension