Cote d’Ivoire is situated in the Gulf of Guinea and has a rich aquatic including 501 identified fish species. The eastern coastline includes lagoons and includes ecologically and biologically important marine areas. There are six RAMSAR sites including mangrove areas along the coast. Table 1: Selected fisheries sector data – Cabo Verde, Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal Cabo Verde Cote d’Ivoire Senegal Source EEZ area (km2) 796 555 173 764 157 709 Sea Around Us (seaaroundus.org/data) Continental (km2) 5 382 10 200 23 893 area fished (km2) 734 265 N/A N/A FAO Fishery country profiles (2008) Coast line (km) 1 020 (10 islands and 5 islets) 550 718 Number of people directly employed in coastal fisheries (fishing and postharvest activities) 5 800 70 000 108,900 CPV: FAO Fishery country profile (2008) Percentage of women in above 16% 60% 30% Information from countries and FAO/de & Garibaldi (2014) Annual capture fisheries production (inland and marine waters), tonnes (2014) 35 680 74 900 458 713 FAO statistics and information from countries. Data do not include of marine mammals, crocodiles, corals, sponges, shells and aquatic plants and of fish waste for trade statistics Value of annual fish/seafood capture fisheries production (USD, 2014) N/A 92 700 000 N/A Fish exports, tonnes, product weight (2013) 16 834 37 604 149 917 Fish exports, USD 1 000 (2013) 58 281 110 835 288 730 Fish imports, tonnes, product weight (2013) 882 305 644 8 913 Fish imports, USD 1 000 (2013) 4 502 377 941 19 283 Per capita annual fish consumption (kg) (2011) 12.2 18.1 23.5 of fish in animal protein intake (%) (2011) 10.2 38.6 42.8 Fishing GDP (% of total GDP) 1.28 0.76 1.81 World Bank, 2012, based on various sources. Postharvest GDP % 2.66 0.76 2.29 Total fisheries GDP % 3.94 1.52 14.10
security, employment, national economic growth). Support the development of key indicators for assessing coastal fisheries governance effectiveness and policy coherence (in collaboration with development of FPAI of Global Partnership project – see also output 3.2.1).         Provide support to the establishment of national mechanisms, and development of related guidelines, to regularly evaluate key governance elements and their coherence with environmental, economic and social sustainability goals.     Put in place a mechanism for validating evaluation results with stakeholders and for lessons learnt to feed back into policy making processors.     Output 1.1.4 Government coordination mechanisms, including consultative frameworks, are put in place and promote coherence and synergies among existing development projects and initiatives in coastal fisheries and related sectors. Carry out an inventory of existing and planned projects and initiatives in the fisheries sector.     Prepare and implement a permanent advocacy programme on government policies and priorities.             Assist the government to convene meetings twice a year of all relevant donors and development partners for                  
development, utilisation and degradation. Develop or improve management plans in accordance with EAF, including taking into consideration the dependency of communities (women) on the resource (seafood collectors and processors)     Carry out awareness raising activities.       Support implementation of management plans.       Output 1.2.3 Support has been provided to national institutional structures responsible for fisheries management for them to have appropriate capacities and mandates to EAF, relevant international instruments and co-management. Assess for capacity development and reorganisations within government institutions for EAF management, implementation of relevant international instruments and co-management.   Provide technical support for strengthening government institutions at national and local levels according to needs assessment.           Organise training / awareness raising workshops according to identified needs.             Output 1.3.1 Coastal fishers and fish workers organisations are formalised and/or strengthened. Select organisations to be included for support that are relevant to outcome 1.1 and other project value chain  
market access and regional exports, e.g. through mutualisation arrangements. out preliminary assessment on Fisheries Improvement Programme (FIP), labelling or certification schemes for selected products carried out.         Component 3: Strategic communication, monitoring and evaluation, and of good practises Output 3.1.1 Project communication strategy is developed and implemented and effective communication products developed for sharing project results and lessons learnt. Develop Project communication strategy  Develop audio-visual material for disseminating project results and lessons learnt for different media (radio, articles in the press, television, internet) and different stakeholder groups.           Output 3.1.2 Project experiences are shared through existing platforms and networks, and collaboration is strengthened. Project work planning in collaboration with partners (see also output 3.2.1)   Organise (two) regional workshops and national ones to share and discuss project results with partners and stakeholders (see also output 1.1.4)   Participate in national and international meetings and conferences and present project results.    Prepare and publish Project results in journals, conferences etc.   