CAPFISH Project Report: Summer Academy West Africa
The CAPFISH Project was created in response to an identified need for capacity-building to address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and related matters – a complex problem affecting aquatic ecosystems, coastal communities, fishers and fish workers, and economic and national security. Over the last five years, the CAPFISH Project has provided training and educational materials on IUU fishing to developing country administrations around the world, most recently with a two-week regional Summer Academy for West Africa. This Academy ran for two weeks and included delegates from fisheries, maritime and enforcement agencies, industry, maritime training institutions, regional fisheries bodies, and fisher representative organisations in the West African region. Speakers comprised representatives of regional and sub-regional fisheries bodies, UN Agencies working in the region, NGOs, academic institutions, enforcement agencies, and fisher organisations. This report presents summaries of Summer Academy lectures, biographies of speakers, Summer Academy activities, and details of attendees, as well as providing participant breakdowns by gender and region