Mauritania launches a global fisheries transparency initiative, unlocking a major obstacle to sustainable fishing; Indonesia, Senegal, and the Seychelles announce their commitment too. Nouakchott – 3 February 2016. Mauritania launched the new Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) on Wednesday, signaling the beginning of the end for secretive fishing contracts that facilitate over-fishing…
Following the Fisheries Transparency Initiative’s first International Conference in Nouakchott / Mauritania, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania renewed its support for the FiTI by signing a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA Governance Platform, acting as the International Secretariat of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI).…
NOUADHIBOU, 26-28 January 2016. For generations, Mauritania’s rich fishing grounds have been source of employment, income and protein for the Mauritanian population. The marine resources of the country even attract fishing vessels from very remote locations to fish in its Exclusive Economic Zone. Sensitization Workshop on the FiTI, Nouadhibou. Photo Credits @ Fisheries Transparency…