Report of the meeting on operationalizing the African fisheries reform mechanism (AFRM)

The meeting on ‘Operationalizing the African Fisheries Reform Mechanism (AFRM)’ was concluded on the21st June 2014. Then meeting, organized by AU-IBAR in collaboration with NPCA , had participants froma broad spectrum of stakeholders from academia, from regional institutions to representatives of fishingcommunities. The meeting proposed seven AFRM Working Groups and developed their terms of reference:I. Policy, Governance and Institutions, II. Sustainable Aquaculture Development, III. Monitoring, Control andSurveillance (MCS), IV. Fish trade and market promotion, V. Small-scale fisheries Development VI. Finance &Investment and VII. Human Capacity Development. Memberships for the various proposed Working Groupswere also suggested.