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IVLP: Combating Illegal Fishing off the Coasts in Lakes of Africa
May 30 - June 2
With delegates from Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Morocco, Senegal, and Sierra Leone.
The Department of State has outlined the following specific objectives for the project:
- Review best practices for law enforcement to deter foreign fishing vessels from engaging in illicit activity;
- Observe best practices in sustainable fisheries management and product traceability (from extraction to commercialization), and address the key role of maritime domain awareness (MDA) and interagency coordination;
- Explore state, local, and federal strategies for addressing IUU fishing;
- Encourage collaboration between government agencies, environment and policy NGOs, think tanks, fisheries-related industry representatives, and other relevant U.S. stakeholders to deter IUU fishing in exclusive economic zones (EEZ); and to
- Facilitate conversation and collaboration on the successful creation and implementation of enforcement frameworks, agendas, roadmaps, and/or joint programs particularly as they relate to overlapping and/or disputed territorial claims.
