Project Beneficiaries

At the regional level, PERSGA member states (especially Yemen), expects, and fisheries industry in PERSGA region will benefit from (a) data and information availability on the status of fisheries; (b) improved knowledge to formulate policy on common agenda and monitor the implementation; and (c) technology transfer and knowledge sharing from project activities; d) provision of technical guidelines, training modules and delivery of training workshops in priority capacity building issues and sustainable fishery approaches.

Private sector stakeholders including enterprises engaged in fishing, or providing services to the sector, fishing fleets, and local and international investors are important regional players and will benefit indirectly from the regional interventions. Universities and research institutes in the region will benefit from the regional platforms on sustainable fisheries, which facilitate exchange and cooperative research for improving fisheries management, through participation in the project studies and regional forums to be organized. This could also improve collection of fishery data, getting engaged in innovative solutions in efforts to address priority issues, e.g. bycatch, IUU, through gear-selectivity studies. Enhancing cooperative research is reported to have mutual benefits, such as improving quantity and quality of data, inclusion of fishers’ knowledge in science and management, improved application of science to fisheries management, and reduced costs of research. Other benefits are the buy-in of science and management by industry and improved relationships and trust between fishers, scientists, managers and private sector investors. Cooperative research will also improves capacity-building within the fishery sector, and it encourages R & D innovative approaches to management, such as adaptive and ecosystem-based approaches.