Yemen’s SFISH National Awareness Campaign ( 11-12 October 2023)

PERSGA organized an awareness-raising campaign on the IUU fishing for four schools in Aden (Yemen)- in collaboration with the Yemeni National Focal Point (Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)) and in coordination of Ministry of Education, during 11-12 October 2023. These schools were at Al Ma’ali District located within the Aden Governorate (Yemen). Three of the schools were governmental ones, while the fourth one was non-governmental one.

A presentation on the IUU fishing was first provided to students of these schools and then a time for questions was provided for students.

More than 800 students, along with some teachers, participated at the campaign. These students were from the secondary and high stages. Most of them were girls participated from a girl school. More than 20 school teachers, including supervisors for environmental activities at each school, attended the activities of the awareness-raising campaign. Most of these teachers were females. At the end of the activities of the campaign in each school, some students suggested activities for developing an awareness-raising programme to enhance the SFISH Project. Different national TV channels and press covered activities of the awareness-raising campaign.

 

Yemeni TV Channel covering activities of the campaign