WCS Supporting small-scale fisheries to secure jobs, food, and biodiversity The overall objective is to secure jobs, food, and biodiversity functions of Small Scale Fishers (SSF) in Colombia, Indonesia and Kenya. The target groups are small-scale fishers and fishworkers, government agencies, other fisheries stakeholders, and the coastal ecosystems.
In Colombia, they will support Afro-Colombian fishers and local governments of three MPAs to better monitor and govern fisheries, to improve the selectivity and environmental performance of fisheries, and to develop alternative income and food provision strategies.
In Kenya, they will support fishers and their communities to develop a nationwide prioritization to improve/expand fisheries replenishment zones, and to formally integrate this into the national government’s planning process.
In Indonesia, they will support fishers and their governments to co-develop and implement more inclusive and sustainable planning, management, conservation, and restoration of coastal fisheries and associated ecosystems, including enhanced value chains and alternative income streams.
The project also includes an overall focus on results management and evaluation by their Global SSF Program based around the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries. They will systematically evaluate performance of the country programs against FAO