West Africa Regional Fisheries Program (WARFP)

The combined development objective/global objective of the West Africa Regional Fisheries Program is to sustainably increase the overall wealth generated by the exploitation of the marine fisheries resources of West Africa, and the proportion of that wealth captured by West African countries.

GEF ID:	3558
IBRD ID:	108941
Project Description:	Executing Agencies: CSRP, Ministry of Fisheries & Martime Economy (Mauritania), Ministry of Mariime Economy (Senegal); Dep. Of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries & Maritime Economy (Guinea-Bissau), Ministry of Fisheries & Aquaculture (Guinea), Ministry of Marine Resources The combined development objective/global objective of the proposed West Africa Regional Fisheries Program is to sustainably increase the overall wealth generated by the exploitation of the marine fisheries resources of West Africa, and the proportion of that wealth captured by West African countries. The combined development objective/global objective of the proposed APL 1 project would be to strengthen the capacity of Cape Verde, Liberia, Senegal and Sierra Leone to govern and manage targeted fisheries, reduce illegal fishing and increase local value added to fish products.
Project Website URL:	http://www.liberiafisheries.net/aboutus/warfp
Region:	Africa,SIDS
Sub-Region:	SIDS (Africa),Western Africa,Small island developing States
Basin:	Canary Current (LME) Guinea Current (LME)
Project Contacts:	John Virdin Operations Officer, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB), Mr. Demba Kane Project Coordinator,
Tranche Funding:	There are currently no items in this folder.
Project Documents:	Outreach materials Strategic Partnership for Fisheries in Africa Project Documents WARFP-PIF Links Fisheries Committee For The West - Central Gulf of Guinea

General Information:
Project Type	FSP
Project Status	CEO Endorsed
Start Date	Apr 23, 2008 10:00 PM
End Date	Nov 23, 2014 11:00 PM

GEF characteristic:
Focal Area	International Waters
GEF Allocation to project	16.05M US$
Total Cost of the project:	16.05M US$
IP Rating:	Satisfactory
DO Rating:	Satisfactory

Partners:
Countries:	Cape Verde, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone
Lead Implementing Agency	International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)

Related content: Protection of the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem (LME); West Africa Regional Fisheries Program APL B1; Senegal River Basin Water and Environmental Management Programme; Combating Living Resource Depletion and Coastal Area Degradation in the Guinea Current LME through Ecosystem-based Regional Actions

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