Sakchai McDonough

🌊🦑 Fisheries+all things oceans with @FAOAfrica. Views are my own #zerohunger #SDG14 #oceandecade

[FAO au Togo @FAOauTogo]

📍#Togo🇹🇬 2⃣2⃣-2⃣6⃣/0⃣6⃣
#Lomé accueille la 8⃣ème réunion du Groupe de travail sur la pêche artisanale #GtPA de @FAO_CECAFCOPACE.
Avec l’appui de @EU_Commission🇪🇺 et #EAFNansen, cette rencontre réunit les États membres pour renforcer la #GestionDurable de la #PêcheArtisanale.
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[FAO CECAF/COPACE Secretariat @FAO_CECAFCOPACE]

🌍Anchored in #OceanGovernance, #BlueEconomy #EcosystemRestoration, The West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme (#WASOP), funded by the #EuropeanUnion implemented by Expertise France, is driving sustainable management of marine resources.

[Paula Anton @piaulia]

Today in @DaMaritima : 2nd Pillar 1 Coordination Committee Meeting of our #WestAfrica Sustainable #Ocean Program #WASOP project with: @FAO_CECAFCOPACE @FCWC_CPCO @CSRP2016 (online) & @EFCA_EU, discussing our joint participation in WASOP Launch and #CaboVerdeOceanWeek2025

[FAO CECAF/COPACE Secretariat @FAO_CECAFCOPACE]

🌍52.6% fish stocks in #MFA34 #CECAF region are overfished
💰 $6.9B economic value at risk
👥 923K fishers’ livelihoods threatened
🐟 Critical species, i.e sardinella in critical condition.

https://t.co/i6WapLyKHY

[Sakchai McDonough @sakchaimcd]

🐟6 out of 11 fish stocks off Northwest Africa are overexploited based on the Summary report for the CECAF Small Pelagic North Working Group.

🚨 Sardines, sardinella & bonga stocks under pressure.

Read more at:
🔗https://t.co/wRd9tA081X

[FAO CECAF/COPACE Secretariat @FAO_CECAFCOPACE]

📄Read the preliminary summary report of the FAO #CECAF Small Pelagic Working Group (Northwest Africa) May 2025

🌍 Supported by the #EAFNansen and hosted by #IMROP

🔗https://t.co/szRE6TE6Gd

[Sakchai McDonough @sakchaimcd]

It’s a wrap!

🌍FAO GSA Africa workshop concludes in Entebbe! Representatives and partners discuss actions for sustainable aquaculture implementation across Sub-Saharan Africa.

https://t.co/HBl5UW63mB

#SustainableAquaculture #GSA #BlueTransformation

[FAO in Uganda @FAOUganda]

.@FAO is promoting the Guidelines 4 Sustainable Aquaculture (GSA) to support responsible aquaculture across Africa.

At a regional workshop 4 sub-Saharan Africa, participants are identifying national priorities, sharing good practices & shaping action plans for GSA implementation

[Paula Anton @piaulia]

Great experts from @NEPAD_Agency @WorldBankAfrica @aquaculturesn @FAOAfriqueCent #LEAFAO & zambian & ugandan #aquaculture sector in our Panel discussion on "Governance & planning mechanisms, resource management – experiences, challenges & perspectives vs #GSA implementation"

[Paula Anton @piaulia]

Launched today in Uganda the @FAOfish Guidelines for Sustainable #Aquaculture Promotion Workshop in #Africa with participants from 🇧🇼🇨🇲🇨🇮🇬🇭🇬🇳🇰🇪🇱🇸🇳🇬🇺🇬🇨🇩🇲🇬🇲🇼🇲🇿🇸🇳🇿🇦🇹🇿🇿🇲🇿🇼 accompanied by regional & international organizations and donors 😃🙏🐟

#BlueTransformation #GSA

[FAO CECAF/COPACE Secretariat @FAO_CECAFCOPACE]

🌍 #EAFNansen ont organisé un atelier pour développer des modèles avancés d'évaluation des stocks de sardinelle ronde en Afrique NO.

🐟Les scientifiques de la sous-région ont collaboré en utilisant #StockSynthesis3 pour reconstituer ces populations de poissons cruciales.

[Paula Anton @piaulia]

📢 VACANCY ‼️ We are looking for great & divers technical expertise to enrich our roster of #Fisheries and/or #Aquaculture experts in the #Africa region!

Apply👉https://t.co/ZDsLjAyRz0

@FAOAfrica @FAOWestAfrica @FAOEastAfrica @FAOAfriqueCent @faosfsafrica @FAOfish @kinadjian

[Fisheries & Aquaculture @FAOfish]

#BlueTransformation is advancing sustainability, growth & resilience in fisheries & aquaculture.

Check "What's New" on the @FAOFish website for updates on practices, tools, knowledge & innovation driving this change.

👉 https://t.co/azZeBNWuJh

[Sakchai McDonough @sakchaimcd]

@AfriqueCaopa recommandations cles sont les suivantes:

- Renforcer le renforcement des capacités
- Améliorer la surveillance participative
- Augmenter les ressources techniques et financières
- Harmoniser les interventions
- Élaborer des plans de gestion locaux

[FAO CECAF/COPACE Secretariat @FAO_CECAFCOPACE]

🔎Rapport sur la cogestion des pêches artisanales au #Sénégal avec @AfriqueCaopa:

📊 211 répondants, 13 sites de pêche.
♻️ 14 initiatives de cogestion identifiées.
👥 Acteurs clés: pêcheurs/transformateurs, administration des pêches, conseils locaux.

🔗https://t.co/T2UHNjFF6D

[Sakchai McDonough @sakchaimcd]

TLDR on #PESCAO C3 recommendations:

- boost research funding (currently at 0.42%)
- prioritize local knowledge
- create centers of excellence for fisheries science
- improve fisheries data collection systems
- launch multi-year national programs
- better traceability
- more MPAs

[FAO CECAF/COPACE Secretariat @FAO_CECAFCOPACE]

Under the EU #PESCAO, representatives gathered to strategize #WestAfrica fisheries knowledge

Discussions ranged: knlowedge systems, human migration, stock assessments...

Needs:
📊Better data systems
🤝Regional collaboration
🔬Science-based management

🔗https://t.co/VlK7EdjFoT

[Sakchai McDonough @sakchaimcd]

@DiplomaticIfe Good Dr. Agreed! #digitaldivide in #africanfisheries more than a technical gap; it seems to be getting wider! Hardware+capacity needed to bridge gap.
Opportunity for eastern central Atlantic to shape hybrid approaches (gradually test traditional with new digital methods+tools)?

[Sakchai McDonough @sakchaimcd]

📘Report

- In Ghana's case: 52/300 landing sites monitored
- Electronic registry (2014) faced functionality issues
- Key challenge: improved coverage of landing sites needed

Overall, #CECAF countries need a harmonized data collection (artisanal) system

https://t.co/KohPV8qcbI

[FAO CECAF/COPACE Secretariat @FAO_CECAFCOPACE]

📊 Report analyzes small-scale fisheries data systems in #CECAF region

Key findings:

🔷Senegal: diverse monitoring methods and needs modernization
🔷 Mauritania: SSPAC system with good coverage
🔷 Ghana: faces registry functionality challenges

🔗https://t.co/vF2NyNOaBx

[Sakchai McDonough @sakchaimcd]

🔬FAO #CECAF report reviews Bayesian approaches (JABBA) vs stochastic models (SPICT) vs length-based methods (LBSPR/LBB) for data-limited fisheries

🧐multi-model frameworks more suited?

🔗https://t.co/EiubUYRpJm

[FAO CECAF/COPACE Secretariat @FAO_CECAFCOPACE]

🌍 Fisheries in #CECAF region requires data and alternative solutions exists.

🔷 Report = length-based methods & catch-only models can assess fish stocks even with limited data
🔷 Consider: test alternative models for contextual and sustainable fishing

🔗https://t.co/zt4c4Hlnsq

[FAO Knowledge @FAOKnowledge]

Empowering local communities in fisheries & mangrove co-management is key to sustainable ecosystems & livelihoods. 🐟

This @FAO e-book shares successful methodologies supporting an ecosystem approach to small-scale coastal fisheries.

Discover insights ➡️ https://t.co/ZOP9yMYHqd

[FAO CECAF/COPACE Secretariat @FAO_CECAFCOPACE]

🐟 23rd #CECAF Committee Session Report. Hosted by @NAFAA_2017, key outcomes included:

- several stocks overexploited
- recommendations for sustainable fishing
- call for enhanced scientific monitoring of resources

🔗https://t.co/azy0i7qC8b

[CAPE-CFFA @capecffa]

Tomorrow, the #EU & #Mauritania 🇪🇺🇲🇷will discuss the results of the Joint Scientific Committee of their fisheries agreement, including the catastrophic state of small pelagic stocks

We make recommendations based on the latest @FAO_CECAFCOPACE report: https://t.co/2e3OJsYaFr