USAID/COMFISH Project
PENCOO GEJ
(Collaborative Management for a Sustainable Fisheries Future in Senegal)
(LWA Associate Award No. 685-A-00-11-00059-00)
December 2016
FINAL PERFORMANCE REPORT 
February 11, 2011–September 30th, 2016
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Table Of Contents
ACRONYMS.............................................................................................................................3
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................4
2. ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS.......................................................................................8
2.1 IR1: Institutional and stakeholder capacity strengthened at all levels to implement an 
ecosystem based, co-management approach towards sustainable fisheries, taking into 
account climate change impacts in the fisheries sector..........................................................8
2.2 IR2: Vulnerability assessed and national/local institutional capacity strengthened to 
adapt to the impacts of climate variability and change ........................................................16
2.3 IR3: Governance strategies, policies and best practices identified, tested, assessed and 
applied to build ecosystem resilience to threats to biodiversity conservation and climate 
risk………………................................................................................................................20
2.4 IR4: Increased climate change resilience and enhanced social and economic benefits 
to artisanal fishing communities provide incentives to a continued sustainable fisheries 
agenda...................................................................................................................................28
3. PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS ACCOMPLISHING THE OBJECTIVE................30
4. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ACTIVITIES.....................................................................33
5. SUCCESS STORIES....................................................................................................37
6. RECOMMENDATIONS.....................................................................................................47
7. FINANCIAL SUMMARY ...........................................................................................49
ANNEX 1. Performance Management Plan Results ...............................................................51
ANNEX 2. List of Technical Documents Produced by USAID/COMFISH...........................56
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ACRONYMS
ANACIM National Agency of Civil Aviation and Meteorology
CCLME Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem
CL Local Agreement (Convention Local – in French)
CLPA Local Artisanal Fisheries Councils (Conseils Locaux de Pêche Artisanale)
CNCPM National Consultative Council on Marine Fisheries
CNGPP National Committee for Collaborative Management of Small Pelagics
COGEPAS Senegal artisanal fisheries co-management project (JICA)
COMNACC National Committee on Adaptation to Climate Change
CRC Coastal Resources Center
CRODT Oceanographic Research Center Dakar, Thiaroye
CSE Ecological Monitoring Center
CSRP Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission
CST Scientific and Technical Committee 
DAMCP Department of Community Based Marine Protected Areas
DITP Department of Fisheries Processing Industries
DPM Department of Marine Fisheries
DPSP Department of Fisheries Protection and Surveillance
ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States
ETT Technical Working Group (Équipe Technique de Travail)
GIE Economic Interest Group
GIRMaC Integrated Marine and Coastal Resources Management Project (Gestion 
Intégrée des Ressources Marines et Côtières)
GOS Government of Senegal
GO-WAMER Governance in the West Africa Marine Eco-Region (European Union)
ICC CLPA Coordination and Advisory Committee 
IRD/IFAN Refers to the Biological and Ecological Laboratory of Fish in West Africa 
(Laboratoire de Biologie et d'Ecologie des Poissons en Afrique de l'Ouest -
LABEP-AO)
IUPA/UCAD Institut Universitaire de Pêche et d’Aquaculture - Université Cheikh Anta 
Diop 
IUU Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
LPS Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector Policy Letter
MEEC Ministry of Environment and Classified Establishments
MPEM Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy
PMP Performance Management Plan
PRAO West Africa Regional Fisheries Project (Projet Regional des Peches en 
Afrique de l'Ouest)
PSMA Port State Measures Agreement
SMU Sustainable Management Unit
URI University of Rhode Island
USAID United States Agency for International Development
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The USAID/COMFISH Project was a 5 year, 7 month initiative (February 11, 2011 -
September 30, 2016) funded by the United States Agency for International Development 
(USAID). The project was implemented through a Cooperative Agreement between USAID 
and the University of Rhode Island (URI)/Coastal Resources Center (CRC). Implementing and 
strategic partners included national and local government agencies, Local Artisanal Fishing 
Councils (CLPAs), fisheries associations, university centers, research institutes, and non￾governmental organizations (NGOs) working on marine capture fisheries and other related 
cross-cutting issues along the coast of Senegal.
This is the Final Performance Report of the USAID/COMFISH project. The contents follow 
the guidance provided by the Associate Agreement for this project between URI/CRC and 
USAID/Senegal. That guidance called for:
 An overall description of the recipient’s activities and attainment of results during the 
life of the Agreement
 An assessment of progress made towards accomplishing the objective and illustrative 
results
 Significance of these activities
 Success stories
 Comments and recommendations
 A final report that describes how the recipient’s funds were used
The objective of USAID/COMFISH was to support the Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime 
Economy through its technical directorates, particularly the Maritime Fisheries Directorate 
(DPM), in its efforts to achieve reform in the fisheries sector as stated in the former Fisheries 
Sector Policy Letter (LSP) and reaffirmed in the new “Lettre de Politique Sectorielle et de 
Développement de la Pêche et de l’Aquaculture (LPSD/PA) of 2015. USAID/COMFISH also 
had the objectives of promoting biodiversity conservation, fisheries sector sustainable 
livelihoods, gender equity and adaptation to the impacts of climate change.
The project strategy was to strengthen the enabling conditions necessary for improved 
governance including creating strong constituencies and ownership for sustainable fisheries 
management, individual and institutional capacity development, integration of scientific 
information into decision making, and participatory and inclusive planning and 
implementation in fisheries.
The project put in place participatory fisheries co-management plans for two priority stocks 
(Sardinella and Ethmalosa) based on the concept of ecosystem scale fisheries co-management, 
and using Local Artisanal Fisheries Councils as the co-management entry point from an 
institutional point of view. These two fish stocks account for over 80 percent of the total 
volume of marine fisheries catch by the artisanal fishery (which represents about 90% of total 
industrial and artisanal marine catch). The aim was to integrate institutional, administrative, 
socio-economic and environmental aspects in the process of establishing sustainable co￾management of fish resources in Senegal based on the ecosystem approach. The goal of all the 
activities was also to increase the resilience of marine and coastal ecosystems and populations 
to the effects of climate change through appropriate and effective adaptation strategies.
One of the innovations of the project was the application of a unifying paradigm: the 
Sustainable Management Unit (SMU) concept that was accepted by the Maritime Fisheries 
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Directorate (DPM). SMU is a concept that aims to combine local co-management structures 
(CLPAs and other local fisheries committees) and stocks in such a way that the fishing capacity 
and effort that have an impact on the stock are quantitatively harmonized with the productive 
capacity of each stock.
The key stocks on which the USAID/COMFISH project worked were identified through a 
consultative and participatory process involving CLPAs at the intervention sites, the central 
fisheries administration, the decentralized services of the Ministry of Fisheries, associations 
of fishery professionals, universities, and representatives of other projects and donors involved 
in the fisheries sector. This process made it possible to validate the choice of the stocks targeted 
by the project (Sardinella and Ethmalosa) during a national workshop that brought together all 
the main players in the fishery. The other stocks identified as important at the workshop, but 
lesser priorities for USAID/COMFISH, are Grouper (epinephelus), coastal shrimp (penaeus 
notialis), Octopus (octopus vulgaris). 
Five participatory, ecosystem-based management plans for Sardinella were prepared, 
validated by CLPA fisheries actors and approved by the Minister of Fisheries and Maritime 
Economy. A draft Ethmalosa management plan was also prepared but not formally validated 
by CLPA fisheries actors or approved by the Minister due to time constraints of the project 
ending. These contributed to implementation of the National Small Pelagic Management Plan. 
Other key actions at the political level included support for the process of elaboration of the 
new Sector Policy Letter (LPSD/PA); Ministerial approvals of a national climate change 
adaptation plan for fisheries; approval and implementation of 6 CLPA based climate change 
adaptation plans; preparation and implementation of a national Gender Strategy including a 
Declaration on Women in Fisheries and Action Plan; contributions to the fight against IUU 
fishing at both the industrial and artisanal levels; support to the Technical Committee for 
reflection on the management of fishing capacity in terms of organizing meetings of this 
committee and capacity building; assessment of fishing outside Senegal's exclusive economic 
zone (EEZ) and inclusion of such fishing data in national statistics;support for the Government 
of Senegal’s Accelerated Growth Strategy (ACS); support to the implementation of the action 
plan of the National Strategy for Marine Protected Areas through the Department of 
Community Based Marine Protected Areas (DAMPC); pilot testing of a program in 4 CLPAs 
to provide health and boat insurance to fishers; and, the establishment and implementation of 
a national program to improve marine weather information and alerts to reduce accidents at 
sea.
The capacities of institutions and actors were strengthened at all levels to provide them with 
tools, approaches and knowledge to enable them to contribute effectively to reform in the 
fisheries sector and to change behavior in favor of sustainable co-management of fisheries 
resources in Senegal. Capacity building included key national fisheries research institutions. 
It enabled fisheries research institutions such as CRODT, IUPA, CSE and IRD/IFAN, among 
others, to expand their research activities to areas otherwise not well covered and to train 
young researchers and doctoral students. It also resulted in improved coordination and 
collaboration across fisheries technical and research institutions. Studies on Illegal, 
Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing provided impetus to the 2013 National Strategy 
to Combat IUU and the IUU Action Plan.
Co-management capacity development was achieved at a much greater level than initially 
anticipated. The geographic scope of the project was expanded to include St. Louis in the north 
and Casamance in the south. In the end 21 CLPAs (Sindia Sud, Sindia Nord, Mbour, Joal-
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Fadiouth, Cayar, Rufisque-Bargny, Yenne/Dialao, Pikine, Yoff, Hann, Saint Louis, 
Ziguinchor, Kafountine, Elinkine, Lompoul and Potou , Gandiole, Djirnda, Bassoul, Niodior, 
Missirah, Toubacouta, Fimela, Niassia, Kalissaye, Abene, Tiobon, Thionkessyl, 
Mangagoulack, Cap Skiring and Oukout) had their organizational structures developed into a 
framework for exchange and consultation on fisheries management. CLPA institutional and 
stakeholder capacity were also strengthened through the retrofitting and equipping of offices 
and meeting spaces; training and extensive application in the use of locally selected “relays”
to communicate, motivate, and organize CLPA activities; capacity building of volunteer 
fisheries monitoring groups and CLPA self-surveillance at sea; strengthening and behavior 
change in administrative and financial management; internal mobilization of funds; and 
training in organization and community dynamics (ODC) and resource management. 
In addition, local authorities located in the project areas have received significant support 
(through studies and meetings) enabling them to better understand the importance of fishing 
in their area, with a view to contributing to the financing of CLPAs. 
Women's capacities in post-harvest fish processing and conservation of fishery products have 
also been strengthened through improved hygiene and sanitation practices supported by locally 
developed and implemented hygiene Charters (in 15 locations), and through the establishment 
of a modern processing unit in Cayar. 
The establishment of the SMUs for priority species and the integration of climate change in 
this process were supported by efforts dedicated to strengthening the scientific basis for 
sustainable fisheries management and a better understanding of the concept of climate change 
and its effects on marine ecosystems and communities. The project carried out a series of 
biological, spatial, and socio-economic studies and analyzes with five key partners (CRODT, 
IUPA, CSE, University of British Colombia and IRD/IFAN) to support the process of setting 
up participatory fisheries co-management plans. More than 41 technical studies were 
completed. All the spatial information is contained in a Geographical Information System 
(GIS) created by CSE to support improved management of fish resources at all levels (see 
http//www.sig-comfish.net).
The strategy to build CLPA fisheries co-management capacity involved the development and 
formal approval of Local Agreements, or CLPA legal ordinances on marine resource 
management, surveillance, and enforcement. Their development (9 of them in Joal-Fadiouth, 
Mbour, Sindia north, Sindia Sud, Ziguinchor, Kafountine, Cayar, Yenne/Dialaw and 
Rufisque/Bargny) was grounded on a 15 step participatory process established by the project; 
they are now being implemented. 
The use of Local Agreements in maritime fisheries was an innovation of the 
USAID/COMFISH project, the development and implementation of which enabled the 
reorganization and the operationalization of the CLPAs. These initiatives have also been 
regularly evaluated internally in order not only to assess challenges and effectiveness in the 
implementation of the Local Agreement rules but also to identify the activities that will feed 
into the annual action plans of the CLPAs. This process included training over 13,775 people 
(34% women) through 596 training workshops on administrative and financial management, 
hygiene and sanitation, participatory surveillance, safety at sea, use of meteorological data, 
adaptation to climate change, and good fishing practices. More than 42,837 people have been 
involved in the implementation and application of new technologies, strategies and tools 
developed by the project in the intervention sites.
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In the area of conservation, the project focused on Marine Protected Areas. In collaboration 
with the Ministry of the Environment and Classified Establishments (DEEC) through its 
technical Directorates, the project supported actions related to extension and implementation 
of the National Strategy on MPAs, defining the boundary of the MPAs of Cayar and Joal￾Fadiouth, setting up governing bodies of the MPAs in Gandoul and Sangomar, and capacity 
building of the MPA management committees in Cayar and Joal.
In the field of climate change the project assisted the Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime 
Economy to better integrate climate change into the national planning process and in local 
planning. Outcomes and outputs included: 1) the preparation of the National Adaptation Plan 
(NAP) for the fisheries sector with a vision to 2035. This is the first sectoral adaptation plan 
to contribute to Senegal’s National Climate Change Adaptation Plan. It was officially signed 
by the Ministers of Fisheries and of Environment in October 2016 and was showcased at the
Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) in Morocco in October 2016; 2) six 
vulnerability assessments of local communities followed by six local adaptation plans, 
formally approved and in the process of implementation; and 3) 10 scientific studies to 
accompany the whole process. More than 5,510 people were trained (39% women) in climate 
change.
A Climate Change Fisheries Platform, under the leadership of COMNACC, was established 
to oversee the entire NAP/fishery process. Actions taken in the implementation of local 
adaptation plans included, among others, the establishment of the National Weather Alert 
Platform to improve the resilience of coastal communities, the implementation of a fisheries 
insurance scheme, and the establishment of health committees and Charters at 15 artisanal 
processing sites. The weather alert program led to the creation of local guidelines and rules, 
such as a national guideline on color codes of warning flags (e.g. green, yellow, red, etc.) 
related to wind and sea conditions; penalties for not following weather condition guidance of 
sea safety; and, SMS distribution of weather conditions. Anecdotal reports from fishermen 
indicate that fishing boat losses, and fishermen injuries and fatalities were reduced with 
the start of the Weather Alert Platform.
Socio-economic activities for the benefit of women processors were carried out with the aim 
of improving their working conditions and increasing revenues from their activities. They 
included a capacity-building program (functional literacy courses, climate change training, 
hygiene and sanitation, leadership training, marketing, and improved production, storage, 
packaging and labeling practices); developing and implementing Code of Conduct Charters; 
establishing health committees; exchanges with other USAID projects; trade shows; and 
revolving credit programs. The project trained more than 4,700 women in the fish processing 
value chain in 15 processing sites. 
The socio-economic benefits of the Cayar model facility and process to develop it are very 
tangible in terms of the demand and market for the fish products, and organization and strength 
of the women processing group. The Cayar artisanal processing unit is the first to be approved 
in Senegal by the Department of Fisheries Processing Industries (DITP) for the export of its 
products to the European Union. Price per unit weight of Cayar packaged fish products 
increased three-fold with improved product quality, packaging and establishment of the Cayar 
product label, selling at 1000 FCFA/kg (about $1.81/kg) compared to 300 FCFA/kg (about 
$0.55/kg) for non-improved product at the same site.
The Cayar women’s processing group was awarded the Francophone Prize in Climate Change
(awarded by the International Francophone Organization) at the Climate Change COP 22 in 
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Marrakech, Morocco. The award provides a grant of 17 million FCFA (about US $30,000) for 
further support to women processing groups and climate change adaptation.
In terms of communication and outreach, the project enabled 576 community radio programs 
and 279 written and audiovisual productions (videos, brochures, manuals and guides on the 
implementation of different strategies), including a video in Wolof subtitled in French and 
English of the major results of the project.
Figure 1. Community radio program
2. ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS
2.1 IR1: Institutional and stakeholder capacity strengthened at all levels to 
implement an ecosystem based, co-management approach towards sustainable 
fisheries, taking into account climate change impacts in the fisheries sector
2.1.1 CLPA institutional capacity building 
A major activity throughout the duration of USAID/COMFISH was to support increased CLPA 
institutional capacity. The main objective of CLPAs is to bring all stakeholders together for 
sustainable fisheries resources management. The CLPA is the institution that makes it possible 
for effective collaborative fisheries resources management. At the start of USAID/COMFISH 
the vast majority of CLPAs were non-operational (lack of technical, institutional and financial 
resources).
The 1998 Fishing Code and updates of the Code (Article 23, 2015) set out the provisions for 
establishing legal and institutional frameworks for collaborative fisheries co-management in 
Senegal through CLPAs. The structure and location of CLPAs were defined by Ministerial 
decree. CLPAs are apolitical, non-profit professional organizations of artisanal fishermen and 
other fisheries stakeholders. They are empowered to play a local governance role, set and apply 
rules, and convene all actors for collaborative management of fisheries resources and timely 
resolution of conflicts. 
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USAID/COMFISH used the CLPA as the institutional entry point for fisheries co-management 
and Local Agreements as a legal tool for negotiating rules at the CLPA level and for developing 
and implementing collaborative fisheries management plans on selected fish stocks. 
Structuring CLPAs and revitalizing them through meetings of the members of Coordination 
and Advisory Committee (ICC) have been the project’s key areas for strengthening capacity 
for co-management. Twenty-one CLPAs out of 39 were restructured and transformed (Sindia 
Sud, Sindia Nord, Mbour, Joal-Fadiouth, Cayar, Rufisque-Bargny, Yenne/Dialao, Pikine, Yoff, 
Hann, Saint Louis, Ziguinchor, Kafountine, Elinkine, Lompoul and Potou, Gandiole, Djirnda, 
Bassoul, Niodior, Missirah, Toubacouta, Fimela, Niassia, Kalissaye, Abene, Tiobon, 
Thionkessyl, Mangagoulack, Cap Skiring and Oukout). The project also renovated workspace 
and provided equipment for CLPAs to enable their Coordination Committee to function more 
effectively. 
The CLPA Coordination Committee is the primary forum for fisheries consultation. Each ICC
includes representatives of all fisheries stakeholders (administrative authorities, technical 
services, fishers, and the fishing trade). The project worked with this body to organize a series 
of meetings between actors before developing consensual Local Agreements. The Department 
of Fisheries expressed great appreciation for these Agreements because of the impact they are 
making on fishermen’s’ behavior change towards good fishing practices that contribute to 
sustainable management of Senegal’s fisheries resources.
Other CLPA capacity development activities included technical assistance to train the CLPA 
Executive Bureau as well as the Coordination and Advisory Committee to understand their 
roles and responsibilities. Under the Executive Bureau, five Technical Committees were 
established by the project and provided with training in each CLPA. The five Technical 
Committees are:
 Resource and environmental management committee
 Training, outreach and organization committee
 Finance committee
 Sea safety and surveillance committee
 Conflict prevention, settlement and external relations committee
The Finance Committee is critical in bringing the CLPA to a situation in which it is self￾financing and sustainable in the long-term in terms of funding its operations. In four CLPAs 
partnering with USAID/COMFISH (Mbour, Joal, Kafountine, Sindia Nord), systems for self￾finance were developed, implemented and monitored. The process was a success as the CLPAs 
where the initiative was piloted implemented the systems with the opening of bank accounts 
and initial generation of token amounts of funding. Financial resources come from fines for 
offenses committed, in accordance with the rules of the Local Agreements and from other 
external and internal sources (e.g. member fees, sale of professional business cards, etc.). The 
fines and penalties are levied in compliance with the Fishing Code. The project demonstrated 
to stakeholders at the CLPA level the potential for self-financing and how they could improve 
and scale up the initiative.
Capacity building of the Sea safety and surveillance committees was conducted in collaboration 
with the Directorate of Fisheries Protection and Surveillance (DPSP) for the fight against illegal 
fishing at the local level. The topics covered in the training of the surveillance committees 
related to participatory surveillance techniques, types of fishing offenses, inspection techniques 
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and monitoring tools and procedures. A manual was elaborated at the end of training for the 
members of the Sea Safety and Surveillance Committees and surveillance team members were 
provided with equipped boats, badges, and outfits. Support was also provided for fuel for 
surveillance excursions. Approximately 321 outings were supported. In these outings, 3,344 
pirogues were inspected and 364 boat boardings were carried out. This is important because it 
demonstrates:
 Collaboration between the administration and the actors on implementation of fisheries 
management rules: (fishing code, local agreements, etc.);
 Participatory monitoring committees of the CLPAs revitalized under Local 
Agreements, are functional and can support the administration in their supervisory 
functions;
 Sharing and transfer of some of the central power to fisheries actors has become a 
reality and this contributes effectively to the fight against illegal fishing at the local 
level.
Figure 2. surveillance team preparing to go to sea
CLPA Support Fund. The CLPA Support Fund is the mechanism set up by the State to finance 
CLPA activities. It is supplied through fees on fishing licenses and on fishers' cards but also on 
subsidies granted by the State. For the management of this fund, a departmental committee was 
set up presided over by the territorial authority (prefect of the department). In view of the many 
difficulties faced by CLPAs in implementing the Support Fund, the USAID/COMFISH project 
supported, in 2016, the organization of two workshops (Ziguinchor and Dakar) for exchange 
between CLPA members, local authorities, the central fisheries administration and public 
administration of the treasury. The objective of these workshops was to enable key actors to 
understand how the Support Fund should function.
Discussions centered on fees for fishing licenses, fishers' cards at the various localities, the 
weak involvement of the administrative authorities in the procedures, and the cumbersome 
procedures for disbursement of Support Fund grants. Numerous recommendations and 
proposals were formulated to improve the operation of the Support Fund. 
Annual CLPA evaluation meetings and action planning. The project also assisted the ICC 
Committees to organize annual evaluation meetings (on technical and organizational issues) 
with resource persons and partners. At the annual meetings, CLPA action plans and monitoring 
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of performance are discussed. The action plans are revised annually and submitted to different 
financial and technical fisheries partners. 
2.1.2 Establishment of Local Agreements
It was with the aim of turning CLPAs into operational units for the purpose of collaborative 
fisheries management on an ecosystem scale that the process for establishing and approving 
Local Agreements was part of the CLPA institutional capacity development strategy from the 
beginning. They are a legal tool for negotiating resource management rules in localities
between resource users and stakeholders. CLPAs can establish Local Agreements using the 
provisions in the 1998 Fisheries Code and the 2015 update of the Code. 
CL development begins with a request and show of interest by stakeholders willing to change 
their fishing behavior and avoid poor fishing practices in their areas. As pioneered by 
USAID/COMFISH, there are 15 steps in the process of formulating and implementing Local 
Agreements:
Step 1: Inform and raise awareness of stakeholders (CLPA, local authorities) about what a 
Local Agreement is: a tool for management of the fisheries
Step 2: Sign MOU between USAID/COMFISH and the CLPA for working on a Local 
Agreement together
Step 3: Select and train local coordinators, or “relays” who are designated by the CLPA to 
facilitate the development and implementation of the Local Agreement
Step 4: Prepare with the CLPA officers an action plan for the formulation of the Local 
Agreement
Step 5: Train the relays and have them assess fisheries resources management and prepare 
a diagnostic report (fisheries potential; census of stakeholders, fishing boats and 
engines; artisanal processing techniques; identification of existing rules; and current 
management initiatives in the CLPA)
Step 6: Participatory (local knowledge) mapping of the fisheries (location of stocks, key 
habitats, spawning and nursery areas) and the coastal area (infrastructure related to 
fisheries, landing sites, processing sites, roads, ports, etc.)
Step 7: Organize focus group discussions (FGD) with stakeholders to set rules for the 
fishery based on constraints (information on exploited resources; traditional forms 
of management; current management measures; existing surveillance and 
enforcement)
Step 8: Following inputs from the FGDs hold meeting(s) with the CLPA ICC for validation 
of the findings and recommendations for fishery rules of exploitation
Step 9: Prepare with CLPA key actors the Local Agreement document pulling together the 
maps, state of the fishery, and proposed fishery rules
Step 10: Organize a technical workshop for validation of the Local Agreement with local 
authorities (DoF, Coast Guard, Marine Police, CLPA, and other local key actors)
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Step 11: Urge the CLPA and local administrative authority to approve the Local Agreement 
Step 12: Conduct outreach and disseminate the Local Agreement (disseminate copies, 
organize outreach meetings at villages and landing sites, make use of local radio 
stations)
Step 13: Establish fisheries surveillance (in the case of CLPA this is through the 
Commission of Surveillance in coordination and support of DoF surveillance and 
other relevant government agencies)
Step 14: Capacity strengthening of various components of responsibility of the CLPA for 
sustainable operations of the CLPA to implement the Local Agreement (such as 
training in surveillance, administrative and financial training to operate effectively, 
etc.)
Step 15: Prepare an annual work plan for implementation of the Local Agreement
This process was completed and formal approval of Local Agreements was achieved in the 9 
CLPAs where it was introduced. The Local Agreement process was successful because of the 
value added it brought to stakeholders at all levels. The process has: enabled all stakeholders 
(administration and actors) to understand their respective roles and responsibilities in the 
CLPA; allowed all actors including the administration to better understand the composition 
and operating rules of the CLPA and served to popularize the rules governing the functioning 
and composition of the CLPA; allowed the actors to have a trained relay (a trusted interlocutor) 
who could help them to better express their points of view in resource management in their 
localities; allowed the actors to integrate their local knowledge into the data collection process 
and the administration to have statistical and cartographic data on fishing areas at the local 
level, improving fisheries statistics at all levels which will contribute to better fisheries 
management; helped to facilitate political dialogue, scientific collaboration and build trust 
between the actors and the administration.
Local Agreements contributed to the emergence of the CLPA and allowed CLPAs that 
benefited from this process to become functional. By the end of the project, the Local 
Agreement process was in demand by CLPAs that did not have a CL. CLPAs that existed only 
by name, as well as the administration, appealed to the project to help them develop a CL for 
the operationalization of their CLPA. In areas such as the Casamance, where stakeholders had 
not imagined the CLPA could play such an important role in local resource management, they 
requested installation of the 11 CLPAs envisioned by the administration. This demonstrated 
demand by actors and the administration for scale up of the CL process indicates that 
sustainability in the 9 CLPAs where CLs exist and eventual completion of the process in all 39 
CLPAs could be successfully achieved if resources were committed to doing it. 
2.1.3 National consultative forums and committees
A Technical Working Team (ETT) was set up by DPM by memorandum No. 00556 
MPAM/DPM/SK of 03 April 2013. This ETT was chaired by the Deputy Director of Fisheries 
and consists of DPM technicians, fishery inspectors in the project areas, USAID/COMFISH 
project experts and any other expertise that can provide expertise in fisheries management. It 
was responsible for validating the reports produced periodically by the USAID/COMFISH 
Project as part of the development of fisheries management plans targeted by the project, as 
well as the implementation of Local Agreements developed for the implementation of fisheries 
co-management. The ETT provided a model for participatory development of management 
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plans for Sardinella and Ethmalosa fisheries that could be replicated in the development of 
other species management plans.
USAID/COMFISH also facilitated the establishment of a National Technical Committee on 
the management of fishing capacity in Senegal. A meeting was held in April 2013 to share the 
recommendations of a workshop on the management of fishing capacity and illegal fishing. 
The Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Economy, by official notification, then established the 
Capacity Management Committee by "Memorandum No. 000822" dated 12 June 2013. This 
memorandum defines the participating institutions and TOR assigned to this Committee. The 
Committee was charged with the task of examining and proposing to the Minister mechanisms
to improve the management of fisheries in the Senegalese EEZ. This Committee, led by the 
DPM, had the participation of all the national structures and local fisheries actors, fishermen's 
organizations, fisheries value chain traders, and other fisheries partner projects of the Ministry.
The National Technical Committee held meetings and discussed the validation of documents 
developed under USAID/COMFISH that included reports on IUU industrial fishing in the 
Senegal EEZ and the landings of artisanal fisheries outside the Senegalese EEZ completed 
with CRODT. These studies enabled the Ministry of Fisheries to have data enabling it to 
quantify the exploitation status of Senegalese fishery resources. The information was
integrated into the fisheries management plan development process led by the 
USAID/COMFISH project.
USAID/COMFISH also supported the process of elaboration of the new Sectorial Policy Letter 
of for the Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture (through the Unit of Studies and 
Planning). The project supported the process of drafting the new Sector Policy Letter and
participated in the "National Workshop on Restitution and Validation of the Draft Final Report 
on the Review of the Implementation of the Letter Sector Policy and Aquaculture", with a 
view to formulating a new Sectoral Policy Letter for the sector over the period 2016-2023.
In climate change, USAID/COMFISH facilitated the establishment of a national Steering 
Committee on the integration of climate change into fisheries policy, resulting in a National 
Climate Change Adaptation Plan and Vision in Fisheries to 2035. The project also catalyzed
meetings and discussions on fisheries with the National Committee on Adaptation to Climate
Change (COMNACC). The fisheries National Adaptation Plan (NAP) is the first sector wide 
NAP to be developed in Senegal and stands as a model for other sectors as COMNACC 
facilitates an integrated cross-sectoral NAP process.
Finally, the project interacted with the National Management Committee on Small Pelagics to 
participate in and help organize meetings of the Committee on national Sardinella management 
planning. This activity contributed to making this body more functional in the process of 
establishing small pelagic management plans, in particular for Sardinella and Ethmalosa.
2.1.4 Gender equity and empowerment
In the first 2 years of the project, USAID/COMFISH facilitated the preparation of a national 
Declaration on women in fisheries, developed a fisheries sector capacity building strategy for 
women in fisheries, and facilitated an Action Plan that was adopted and signed by DPM and 
other project partners.
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Other activities included: 
 Taking steps to increase the participation and voice of women in CLPA meetings to 
develop and implement Local Agreements, build CLPA organizational capacity, and 
formulate fishery management plans
 Working with women in fisheries through women’s fish processing groups to support
education, training in record keeping, leadership skill building, literacy training, 
development of Charters that include sustainable fisheries good practices (no purchase 
and processing of juvenile fish or illegally caught fish), sanitation and hygiene 
improvements, and improved processing techniques, packaging, storage and marketing
Figure 3. Literacy training of women fish processers
Cleaning equipment was also provided for the actors; this responded to an old complaint of the 
women who have always raised the problem of hygiene and sanitation at processing sites. The 
material given to the women consisted of shovels, rakes, trash containers, masks, etc. Drying 
racks were also distributed at the processing sites of Nianing, Mballing, Tann, Khelcom, 
Ndayane, Yenne and Rufisque/Bargny in order to better implement the measures of Local 
Agreements related to good practices in artisanal processing. 
2.1.5 Donor coordination and synergies
Coordination with other donor efforts and building synergies was an important activity of 
USAID/COMFISH throughout the life of project. Key partners in this respect were the World 
Bank, CRSP, JICA, CCLME, and the EU. 
The World Bank supported two initiatives in Senegal on fisheries: a) Integrated Marine and 
Coastal Resources Management Project (Gestion Intégrée des Ressources Marines et Côtières 
– GIRMaC), which ended in 2012, and b) the Senegal country component of the West Africa 
Regional Fisheries Project (Projet Regional des Peches en Afrique de l'Ouest PRAO-Senegal). 
The mission of PRAO-Senegal is to strengthen Senegal's capacity in the areas of good fisheries 
governance, the fight against illegal fishing (IUU fishing) and increased value added of 
fisheries products. Synergies with the USAID/COMFISH project included:
 Capitalize and build on PRAO-Senegal actions in the fight against IUU fishing by 
supporting implementation of the National Plan to address IUU Fishing developed with 
PRAO support.
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 In the field of local co-management of artisanal fisheries, help the PRAO to better 
establish the link between Local Fisheries Committees (CLP) and the CLPAs, which 
the administration has now clearly identified as the local governance structure of 
reference for artisanal fisheries, and continue to educate and train stakeholders in
actions for sustainable co-management.
 Continue to capitalize on and disseminate the actions undertaken by PRAO in the 
management of access to artisanal fisheries (application of fishing licenses).
The World Bank PRAO program was designed to have both regional and individual country 
components, with initial focus on four countries: Cape Verde, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and 
Senegal. PRAO began full operations in 2013. The Bank is currently in an evaluation and 
preparatory phase for a PRAO Phase II that will extend the geographic reach of the program.
The Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (CSRP) is an intergovernmental organization 
established in 1985 through Convention, and includes seven member states: Cape Verde, 
Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. The CSRP focuses 
on marine fisheries of the Canary Current LME, and its objective is to strengthen cooperation 
and coordination of the policies of member states. 
CRSP has implemented the project "Towards Regional Policies of Small Pelagics in Northwest 
Africa" commonly called the "Small Pelagics Project" since 2007. It aims to strengthen the 
instruments of sub-regional cooperation and coordination for the management of shared stocks 
between countries under major influence of the Canary Current upwelling system: The Gambia, 
Morocco, Mauritania and Senegal. The project was supported by the French Development 
Agency (AFD), the Africa, Caribbean, Pacific program (ACP), and the Ministerial Conference 
on Fisheries cooperation among African States Bordering the Atlantic Ocean. 
Certain synergies were also developed with CSRP and the FAO (United Nations Food and 
Agriculture Organization) in the context of implementation of the CCLME (Canary Current 
Large Marine Ecosystem) project on small pelagics. The USAID/COMFISH project supported 
interactions with these programs at the national and local level as part of its contribution to the 
development of local participatory management plans for Sardinella in Senegal.
The development and implementation of collaborative management plans of Ethmalosa also 
involve synergies with the institutions that currently work on Ethmalosa at the West Africa 
regional level, especially the European Union (EU), which funds (10.5 million Euros) the 
“Governance of marine resources management policies and poverty reduction in the West 
African Marine Ecoregion” project (GO-WAMER), which is coordinated by the United 
Nations Development Program (UNDP). GO-WAMER has a partnership agreement with 
CSRP on Ethmalosa management planning in Senegal. 
The GO-WAMER program also has a partnership agreement with CSRP and WWF focused
on combatting IUU fishing and is responsible for coordinating and funding development of 
Senegal’s National Adaptation Plan for Climate Change. USAID/COMFISH coordinated with 
the CSRP, the GO-WAMER project and UNDP in the coordination of actions related to:
 Combatting IUU fishing
 Development and implementation of small pelagic management plans (Ethmalosa and 
Sardinella)
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 Development and implementation of the National Adaptation Plan for Climate Change 
in the fisheries sector
The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) supported the Senegal artisanal 
fisheries co-management project (COGEPAS) from 2009-2013 with a focus on support to co￾management structures (CLPAs), encouraging private sector involvement in sustainable 
management of the sector, and implementing fisheries management activities with artisanal 
fishermen in the fishing villages of Lompoul, Cayar, Joal, Djiffer, Nianing and Pointe Sarène. 
It resulted in awareness raising at the level of the fishermen and provided an opportunity to 
reflect on how to compensate the losses experienced by fishermen during the biological rest 
periods through income-generating activities such as setting up a fishmeal plant in Cayar. The 
USAID/COMFISH Project co-supported elements of COGEPAS that overlapped with 
USAID/COMFISH’s objectives, and capitalized on and disseminated the results of the 
COGEPAS Project at other fisheries sites in Senegal. It is within this framework that the project 
supported immersion of octopus pots during the biological rest period (identified in a 
participatory manner with all stakeholders including the administration and scientists), 
throughout the department of Mbour to support implementation the management plan for this
species put in place by GOGEPAS. The project also continued the process of regionalization 
of fisheries resource management initiated by COGESPAS in the maritime region of Thiès 
through establishment of CLPA networks, which will contribute in the long term to the 
establishment of sustainable management units for targeted stocks (Octopus, Sardinella, and 
Ethmalosa).
2.1.6 IR1: PMP Results
 9 CLPA Local Agreements approved and implemented in CLPAs
 21 CLPAs restructured and with improved institutional capacity
 15,474 individuals (31% women) trained in fisheries good practices and fisheries 
governance through 596 training workshops
 279 audio and written productions (radios shows, brochures, videos) prepared and 
distributed for capacity building of co-management institutions and fisheries actors
 549 research and educational organizations, government agencies, and NGOs with
strengthened capacity 
 21 lines of synergies created in the process of establishing Sustainable Management 
Units
2.2 IR2: Vulnerability assessed and national/local institutional capacity 
strengthened to adapt to the impacts of climate variability and change
The impacts of climate change affect sustainable fisheries management in Senegal. Addressing 
the challenges associated with climate change at all levels and in all natural resource 
management processes is vital. This is why the USAID/COMFISH project established a set of 
processes to strengthen capacity for institutions and actors so that they improve their resilience 
to the impacts of climate change. This includes interventions at the policy level to increase the 
emphasis on climate change, support for coastal and local communities to implement the 
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national strategy for adaptation to climate change, and generating scientific knowledge to 
support decision making and the development of action plans.
Figure 4. Beach erosion in fishing community
2.2.1 Elaboration of a national climate change adaptation plan in fisheries
After a first meeting to establish contact with all the entities involved (administrators, 
researchers and development partners), discussions were held with DPM, DEEC, COMNACC 
(National Committee on Adaptation to Climate Change), CSE, CRODT and ANACIM. With 
the support of the project, a Steering Committee was set up in May 2013 to create the enabling 
conditions for dialogue on ways to better address climate change in policies. This Steering 
Committee conducted a diagnostic study of the consultation frameworks already in place on 
these aspects and presented the results to all stakeholders at the national level (February 2014) 
after these were validated by COMNACC’s Vulnerability and Adaptation Group (July 2014).
This dialogue involved all the stakeholders and made it possible for them to place more 
emphasis on climate change in sectoral policies by developing and implementing a national 
adaptation plan (NAP) for fisheries. The project continued also to support the NAP process 
through technical consultations, and by strengthening synergies between DPM and DEEC, as 
evidenced by the official launch of the NAP on Fisheries that took place in September 2015.
2.2.2 Strengthening capacity for actors and institutions to better address climate 
change
The capacities of the technical services of the Ministry of Fisheries, Ministry of Environment 
and Sustainable Development, COMRECC, ICC members from 15 CLPAs, and women fish 
processors have all received training on the concepts of climate change, its manifestations, its 
impacts on livelihoods, habitats and natural resources, the enabling factors and identification 
of sustainable adaptation strategies. A total of 142 training and awareness-raising workshops
were sponsored by the project to help institutions and stakeholders better understand the 
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potential effects of climate change in order to integrate climate change considerations into 
planning processes at all levels of fisheries management. 
Between 2014 and 2016, the project also contributed significantly to strengthen institutional 
capacity for ANACIM (National Agency for Civil Aviation and Meteorology), providing 
equipment for transmission of weather alerts, as well as funding to establish a national platform 
for the transmission of early warnings to artisanal fishermen to ensure their safety at sea during 
extreme weather conditions. A total of 44,430 alerts were broadcast since the system was 
initiated. In the short term, this capability aims to reduce the risk of accidents at sea from
adverse long term weather and ocean phenomena. Strategic partnerships were also developed 
with SONATEL-Multimédia (public-private partnership) and with the USAID/CINSERE 
Project, whose activities revolve largely on strengthening and upgrading climate information 
services. At the same time, the project has been supporting ANACIM to train local stakeholders 
on weather forecasts, how to use weather information, and ways of getting weather information 
to enhance the safety of fishermen and boats in the context of climate change. Fisheries actors 
are enthusiastic and engaged in using and improving this system that was established and 
demonstrated with project support. Demand for its’ continuation from fisheries actors and the 
administration is strong. Effective strategies to help stakeholders take charge themselves of the 
costs of such a system for the long term need to be further developed for its’ sustainability.
2.2.3 CLPA vulnerability assessments and adaptation plans 
Efforts to assess the vulnerability of coastal communities and plan adaptation strategies were 
undertaken in seven project areas, including the CLPAs in Saint Louis, Ziguinchor and 
Kafountine. 
Below is a summary of the results achieved in implementing these activities:
 Vulnerability to climate change assessed in six coastal and fishing communities, and 
six local plans for adaptation to climate change developed, approved, and implemented: 
(Joal/Fadjiouth, Rufisque/Bargny, Sindia Nord, Sindia Sud, St. Louis, and Ziguinchor 
Kafountine)
 16,129 stakeholders in coastal areas are better prepared to address climate change and 
develop adaptation strategies
 Hygiene committees and Charters established in artisanal processing areas to improve 
the resilience of women processors to climate change by enhancing the quality of 
products
 Local actors have better access to marine weather forecasts, and use weather
information to enhance safety at sea for fishermen and boats within the context of 
climate change and climate variability
 Extension activities conducted on good fishing practices, indigenous knowledge, 
training of radio journalists and project facilitators to improve the resilience of coastal 
communities to climate change
2.2.4 Promotion of renewable energy
A workshop on renewable energy/climate change was held in Cayar that enabled the actors to 
reflect on the types of renewable energy that can be promoted in modern artisanal fish 
processing facilities to reduce costs and protect the environment. During this training, the 
emphasis was placed on understanding the phenomenon of climate change and its impacts on 
the fisheries value chain, and also on mitigation and adaptation activities. Two sources of 
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energy were explored in terms of mitigation: biogas and wind energy. In following up on these 
ideas with the municipality of Cayar and the National Renewable Energy Agency (ANER), 
solar energy emerged as a more promising opportunity due to the greater potential for 
processors to master use of existing technologies and their affordability.
2.2.5 IR2: PMP Results
 The project documented 5,510 individuals trained in climate change and climate change 
adaptation (39% women). The number of stakeholders with increased capacity to adapt 
to the impacts of climate variability and change was 16,129 (30% women), and the 
number of institutions that have strengthened their capacity to adapt to the impacts of 
climate variability and change was 492.
 Six climate change vulnerability assessments were conducted at the CLPA level, and 
six plans for adaptation to climate change developed, approved, and implemented: 
(Joal/Fadjiouth, Rufisque/Bargny, Sindia Nord, Sindia Sud, St. Louis, and Ziguinchor 
Kafountine) 
 National Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Fisheries elaborated, validated, and 
approved by Ministerial signatures. The Plan with a vision out to 2035 was validated in 
a national meeting held on July 22, 2016 in Dakar. It was signed and approved on
November 3, 2016
 USAID/COMFISH and DPM presentation of Senegal fisheries adaptation plan at the 
October 2016 Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Marrakech, Morocco.
 The number of laws, policies, strategies, plans, agreements, or regulations addressing 
climate change adaptation and/or biodiversity conservation officially proposed, 
adopted, or implemented was documented at 29. These include fish processing hygiene 
Charters (adopted at 15 processing sites), climate change adaptation plans, Local 
Agreements, and fisheries management plans.
Figure 5. Fatou Thiaw, USAID/COMFISH Climate Change Officer explains at 
Marrakech, Morocco how the project seeks to promote climate change sustainable 
behavior change and policy dialogue at the local, managerial, research and political 
levels.
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2.3 IR3: Governance strategies, policies and best practices identified, tested, 
assessed and applied to build ecosystem resilience to threats to biodiversity 
conservation and climate risk
2.3.1 Science for decision making
To develop and implement collaborative and participatory fisheries management plans, there 
has to be a scientific knowledge base on fishing stocks and status. Hence, the project conducted 
many studies over the life of the project with CRODT, ISE, ENDA, IUPA and IRD/IFAN to 
support actors in crafting Local Agreements and fisheries collaborative management plans for 
Sardinella and Ethmalosa.
At the same time, the Ecological Monitoring Center (CSE) supported numerous cartographic 
studies within the framework of the elaboration of Local Agreements and participatory 
management plans. All this information is contained in a shared Geographical Information 
System created by the CSE (see http//www.sig-comfish.net).
Below is a summary of the main outputs achieved by USAID/COMFISH and research 
partners:
 Biological and ecological studies on priority species (Sardinella aurita, Sardinella 
maderensis and Ethmalosa fimbriata) 
 Studies on fishing effort, volume of catch, population dynamics, seasonality and 
location of catch, species growth and size/timeframe to reach maturity, selectivity of 
fishing gear, etc.
 Studies on the socio-economic profile of fishers
 Comprehensive participatory mapping of fishing areas, habitat, stock distribution, 
fishing infrastructure, etc.
 Study on the relevance and effectiveness of local regulatory initiatives and measures in 
Sardinella fisheries was conducted by CRODT. A total of 246 actors were interviewed 
on the level of knowledge of fisheries measures, the level of compliance with the 
measures, the factors for non-compliance, the perception of the effectiveness of the 
measures, the impact of the measures, and perceptions on the future of small pelagic 
fishing.
 Study on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing (together with the 
Senegalese Navy, Department of Fisheries Protection and Surveillance (DPSP) and the 
US Navy) and how it affects sustainable fisheries management, particularly Sardinella. 
This study helped to catalyze the formulation of a National Strategy against IUU 
fishing, prepared with the support of the World Bank “COPE” project.
 Studies on climate change and fisheries fed into fisheries planning and adaptation to 
climate change at the community, national, and regional level
 Study on the Sardinella value chain 
 Studies on fisheries extension in Senegal carried out to craft a national fisheries 
extension strategy
 Socio-economic studies conducted to support the DPM’s management plans on coastal 
shrimp under the World Bank GIRMAC project
 Study on internal and external fundraising and self-finance for CLPAs
Fishing outside Senegalese EEZ. These studies uncovered many important and previously 
undocumented facts on marine fisheries in the region. Faced with a constantly increasing 
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fishing pressure and its corollary of overexploitation of fisheries resources in waters under 
Senegalese jurisdiction, artisanal fishers have gradually developed operational strategies to 
maintain the viability of their production activities. One of the most important strategies noted 
in recent years corresponds to the use of fishing zones outside the Senegalese Exclusive 
Economic Zone (EEZ). It should be noted that in the majority of cases, catches made in these 
EEZs of neighboring countries are landed in Senegal and officially assimilated to catches made 
in Senegalese waters. This situation distorts the assessment of the state of exploitation of stocks 
whose potential is overestimated. In order to provide solutions to these problems, CRODT, 
with the support of the USAID/COMFISH project, set up a scientific research protocol to assess 
fishing effort and catches landed outside the Senegalese EEZ.
In six months of investigation, catches landed in six major landing sites from foreign EEZs 
were estimated at 108,272 tons; almost half (45%) of total production. It is in Mauritania where 
the most important quantities come from with 53,229 tons landed exclusively in Saint-Louis. 
Almost 30,000 tons comes from Guinea Bissau, and more than half of the catch landed in Joal 
(22,517 tons) is from the Gambian EEZ. Catches landed at Ziguinchor and Elinkine are mainly 
carried out in Guinea Bissau and, to a lesser extent, in Guinea Conakry.
IUU studies. A model of catch reconstruction provided first estimates of IUU fishing
characterized by transshipment at sea, incursions of vessels into the Senegalese EEZ without 
authorization (foreign vessels), fishing in forbidden zones (foreign and domestic vessels ) and 
the undeclared component for vessels that do not report their catches to authorities. The study
uncovered the following results:
 The volume of IUU fish catch in the Senegalese EEZ landed by the foreign fleet is 
rising and estimated currently at 50,000 tons per year. The value of IUU catch over a 
decade is nearly US $3 billion.
 The volume of fish from IUU fishing is so large that it could bias any assessment that 
does not take into account IUU fishing, and is so large it may compete with artisanal 
fisheries for Sardinella species
This study greatly inspired the GOS National Strategy and Action Plan to Combat Illegal 
Fishing (2013). The Action Plan has the overall objective “To eliminate IUU fishing in waters 
under Senegalese jurisdiction and in the open sea through a strengthened national system of 
monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) of fisheries and through improved coordination of 
national and international actions.” To achieve this objective the Action Plan lists six sub￾objectives:
1. Legal, judicial and institutional strengthening
2. Strengthened operational capabilities
3. Strengthened capacity of key actors
4. Improved fisheries governance
5. Strengthened commercial measures
6. Strengthened sub-regional, regional, and international cooperation
USAID/COMFISH contributed to most of these sub-objectives of the Action Plan in addition 
to investments by the administration and other projects and institutions including PRAO (WB), 
ADUPES (EU), WWF and CSRP. 
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Figure 6. Illegal foreign vessel fishing for sardinella in Senegal EEZ
Environmental factors in the Sardinella fishery. Modeling the sardinella fishery in Senegal 
through CPUE (catch per unit of effort), combined with the CRODT temperature index; the 
CRODT Upwelling Index; and the Atlantic Oscillation Index (AMO) was completed. The 
model established that the highest landings of Sardinella occur at high ocean temperatures. 
This model explains why the 2008-2011 landings in Senegal and in the subregion were much 
higher than expected. The model also shows that higher upwelling index numbers increase the 
amount of landings. The studies clearly indicated that climate change has an impact on the 
landings of Sardinella in Senegal. These data are now available to be integrated into the process 
of implementation of the Fisheries NAP and Participatory Sardinella Management Plans where
specific adaptation and management measures related to this knowledge can be considered.
ELEFAN. A stock assessment software based on size frequencies, was produced as part of a 
contract between USAID/COMFISH and the University of British Columbia. The final product 
was delivered to the University of Rhode Island and distributed to project partners (DPM, 
CRODT, IUPA, IFAN and WWF). The objective of this software package was to provide a 
simple stock assessment tool and train fisheries scientists, managers and other partners to use 
it for fisheries assessment and management. A workshop was held at IUPA to train partners on 
the use of the software.
Selectivity of fishing gear. Field studies were conducted in the Sine Saloum area to document
the selectivity of fishing gear catching Ethmalosa and improve recommended mesh size to 
avoid catching juveniles. This activity was linked to the process of collaborative fisheries 
management planning of Ethmalosa. 
2.3.2 Collaborative fisheries management planning
In collaboration with technical partners, fisheries administrations, local administrative 
authorities, local governing bodies (CLPA), and local communities, five participatory 
management plans for Sardinella were developed, technically validated and approved covering 
virtually all the major fishing areas of the country (Petite Côte, Cape Verde, Great South Coast, 
Great North Coast and Casamance). These management plans directly support the Government 
of Senegal through its Sector Policy Letter (LPSD-PA), which provides for the implementation 
of tools for sustainable management of resources and mechanisms for satisfying national 
demand. The diagnostic studies listed above and the results of all the consultations with the 
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stakeholders show unequivocally the state of overexploitation of Sardinella fisheries. The 
management plans are genuine management tools and bring together all the proposals gathered 
at the strategic and local level and translated into measures for the management of these 
Sardinella fisheries.
In order to facilitate a network of inter-CLPA co-management consultations on Sardinella, 
zones of CLPAs that exploit the same fishing grounds were formed for inter-CLPA agreement 
and ecosystem-based management (Sustainable Development Units). These zones are also 
based on coastal Administrative Departments, of which there are six approved by the 
Department of Marine Fisheries. The Department clusters have 2-4 CLPAs in their geographic 
boundaries. The zones encompass the following CLPAs (see also Figure 7):
Zone 
(North to 
South)
Administrative Department CLPAs
1.
Departments of Pikine (Grand 
Mbao, Petit Mbao, Thiaroye, Hann) 
and Rufisque
Pikine, Hann, Rufisque/ Bargny and 
Yenne/ Dialaw
2. Department of Mbour Sindia Nord and Sud, Mbour, Joal
3. Department of Dakar, Thiès and 
Tivaouane
Dakar Ouest (Yoff), Cayar and 
Fasse Boye
4. Department of Saint Louis and 
Louga Saint Louis and Loumpoul
5. Department of Foundiougne Niodior, Bassoul, Missirah, Djirnda 
and Foundiougne
6. Department of Ziguinchor and 
Bignona Ziguinchor and Bignona
The management planning approval process at the national level for the first two Sardinella 
management plans is illustrated in Figure 6. USAID/COMFISH convened two meetings of the 
National Management Committee of Small Pelagics (CNGPP) to validate the proposed co￾management measures. CNGPP is responsible for reviewing the Local Agreements and co￾management measures adopted by CLPAs and to provide technical advice to the National 
Consultative Council on Marine Fisheries (CNCPM), which in turn completes a review and 
final recommendation for the Minister of Fisheries. 
After the first two Management Plans were approved, the CNGPP was dissolved and so far it 
has not been replaced by another body so once the Plans are approved at the level of the CLPA, 
they are sent to the National Consultative Council on Marine Fisheries for review and then to 
the Minister of Fisheries for approval. Once all management plans from the five zones have 
been reviewed and approved, a national Sardinella management plan which provides the 
overall goals, objectives, and minimum fishery protocols and measures will be reviewed along 
with all six zones of local co-management plans as annexes. When validated with 
recommendations it will be submitted to the Minister of Fisheries. The entire process requires 
substantial effort and facilitation as these fisheries bodies do not meet regularly. The realization 
of this process will improve the management of Sardinella and consequently the status of the 
stock whose ecological, social and food security importance is crucial.
The strategy of USAID/COMFISH to work in developing Local Agreements and inter-CLPA 
zones was able to speed implementation, surveillance and enforcement since the Local 
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Agreements were already in implementation with surveillance (except for the North (Saint 
Louis) and the South (Casamance) where the whole process began in FY 2014).
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Figure 7. Coastal Administrative Departments for clusters (SMUs) of CLPA Fisheries 
Management Plans
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Figure 8. Bottom-up co-management planning of Sardinella fisheries in Senegal
For Ethmalosa, the development of the plan and the local-national approval process were
similar, but there are only two local co-management consultation zones. They are defined 
below:
Administrative Department CLPAs
1. Department of Ziguinchor and 
Bignona Kafountine and Ziguinchor
2. Department of Foundiougne Niodior, Bassoul, Missirah, Djirnda 
and Foundiougne
The CLPAs for Ethmalosa in Sine Saloum and Casamance are the same as those for Sardinella, 
so the institutional capacity building had been taking place by USAID/COMFISH since FY14. 
However, the management plan for Ethmalosa is different and the formulation, discussion and 
validation of the management plan took place separately from Sardinella. The data collected 
through the focus groups and field studies were validated by the various actors in the process. 
The first drafts of Ethmalosa management plans in Sine Saloum and Casamance were drafted 
and are pending approval following synergy with the institutions that currently work on 
Ethmalosa at the West Africa regional level such as the CSRP (through the implementation of 
their small pelagics project and the activities of the GO-WAMER project on Ethmalosa 
financed by the EU). 
2.3.3 Biodiversity conservation and sustainable management
USAID/COMFISH implemented a number of strategic interventions in the area of biodiversity 
conservation with the goal of improving the resilience of coastal and marine ecosystems. They 
included: 
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 Support to validate, raise awareness, achieve final approval, and implement Senegal’s 
National Strategy on Marine Protected Areas in Senegal
 To strengthen the capacities and competences of the staff of DAMCP, DPM, the DEEC
as well as community actors involved in the management of MPAs
 Evaluation of biological and socio-economic indicators and status of the Joal-Fadiouth
MPA
 Study on MPA management gaps and challenges at three sites (Cayar, Joal and 
Bamboung)
 To carry out corrective measures/actions for improved biological, socio-economic, and 
governance conditions of MPAs
 Delineating the boundary of the Marine Protected Areas of Cayar and Joal-Fadiouth
with permanent metallic buoys
 Establishment of governing bodies for the MPAs of Gandoul and Sangomar and the 
definition of management rules with the actors
Figure 9. Deploying buoys at the Cayar MPA
2.3.4 IR3 PMP Results
Project results in IR3 are documented by the project’s results framework and performance 
management indicators:
 27 action plans developed to support the process of fisheries management 
 41 technical studies and scientific reports contributing to participatory fisheries 
management plans 
 13 new fisheries technologies established (including Local Agreements, fish processing 
hygiene and sanitation agreements, and climate change adaptation actions)
 42,837 fisheries actors who have applied new technologies or management practices 
 43,854 fisheries actors who have established new concerted rules of fisheries resources 
management
 1,404,565 hectares of biological significance and/or natural resources under improved 
natural resource management
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 889,610 hectares in areas of biological significance under improved management 
(MPAs in the regions where the project is implemented and the Saloum Delta 
Reservation) 
2.4 IR4: Increased climate change resilience and enhanced social and economic 
benefits to artisanal fishing communities provide incentives to a continued 
sustainable fisheries agenda
Both men and women in fisheries make significant contributions to the socio-economic 
development of the country. For decades, women have played critical roles in Senegal’s fishing 
industry, accounting for approximately 30% of the workforce. Thousands of women work as 
wholesale fish traders and processors. Women’s involvement in fisheries decision-making is 
essential because they play critical roles in both the fisheries sector and in addressing household 
nutritional needs. Because of women’s roles in both of these realms, increasing involvement 
and creating leadership roles for women in the industry will foster more successful 
management of Senegal’s marine fisheries.
In the USAID/COMFISH project, women processors were promoted as an integral part of the 
CLPA membership and contributed valuable input and contributions into this decision-making 
process. In addition, the interventions supported by USAID/COMFISH in the women’s fish 
processing value chain, demonstrated how artisanal fish processing by women can be a positive
example of empowerment, environmental protection, and poverty reduction.
Training, learning by doing and material support was provided to women’s groups at 15 
processing sites. This work was linked to building resilience to climate change and part of the 
6 approved CLPA climate change adaptation plans. 
Figure 10. Woman fish processer
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2.4.1 The Cayar local label of artisanal processed fish products
To support women fish processors to modernize their work tools, increase their production 
capacity, improve their conditions of work and increase their revenues, the USAID/COMFISH 
project supported with the most intense activity the fish processing demonstration site in Cayar 
(women’s Economic Interest Group (GIE) "Mantoulaye Guène"). The main products from 
Cayar are smoked sardines or “keccax”.
Activities included: 
 A review of the challenges that hold women back from adopting good practices in fish
processing (including lack of proper equipment, inadequate knowledge and 
understanding, lack of credit, and poor collective action)
 Construction and equipping of the facility to meet national standards and regulations, 
and with institutional approvals
 Training sessions over the life of the project on climate change, good fishing practices, 
environmental management, hygiene and quality, literacy, leadership and computer 
applications
 Development, outreach, validation, approval and implementation of a facility Code of 
Conduct covering fish purchase (no juveniles), hygiene and sanitation, processing 
methods, storage, and packaging
 Establishment and training of health committee
 Production tests to demonstrate the functionality of the unit before the inauguration
 Inauguration and commissioning of the facility in 2014
 Elaboration of business plan and monitoring plan
 Implementation of a revolving credit mechanism for the women’s group
 Monitoring and inspection of the conditions of the facility to ensure compliance with 
regulations and best practices
 Microbiological analyzes of the products from the unit (resulted in Department of 
Fisheries Processing Industries (DITP) granting export authorization for the European 
Union; the only artisanal processing unit approved by the DITP for export to domestic, 
regional and international markets)
 Development of packaging practices and Cayar processed product label
 Promotion of the products at national and regional trade fairs
 Study on the socio-economic benefits of these activities on the women of the GIE 
"Mantoulaye Guène"
2.4.2 IR4 PMP Results
 USAID/COMFISH performance indicators document 16,533 fisheries households 
benefited directly from project interventions. These included activities across all IRs in 
terms of fisheries, climate change, fish processing and the value chain, 
 A structured household survey of perceptions of well-being at project start and at the 
end using the same methodology and population sample showed that stakeholders 
perceived that their wellbeing had improved as a consequence of USAID/COMFISH
interventions.
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 Doubling to tripling of price per kilo for processed fish and similar increase in net 
profits for the Cayar women’s processing group (GIE "Mantoulaye Guène")
 Larger and more diverse market opportunities for packaged fish products with the 
Cayar label (including the EU)
 Increased literacy of women, leadership, and ability to influence fisheries management
 Stronger social capital and financial self-sufficiency of women processors
 Demonstration of effective revolving credit scheme
3. PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS ACCOMPLISHING THE OBJECTIVE
The objective of USAID/COMFISH was to support the Government of Senegal in its efforts 
to achieve reform in the fisheries sector as stated in the former Fisheries Sector Policy Letter 
(LSP) and reaffirmed in the new “Lettre de Politique Sectorielle et de Développement de la 
Pêche et de l’Aquaculture (LPSD/PA) of 2015. USAID/COMFISH also held the objectives of 
promoting biodiversity conservation, fisheries sector sustainable livelihoods, gender equity and 
adaptation to the impacts of climate change.
The Agreement recognized that the fisheries ecosystem—including its biological, physical, and 
human sub-systems—is exceedingly complex. Sustainable reform with widespread impact 
takes many years. However, the long term (20-30 years) goal of USAID/COMFISH was that 
Senegal’s fisheries are no longer over-exploited and are (1) providing the nation with a 
reliable supply of high quality protein, (2) in a manner that contributes to the quality of life in 
artisanal fishing communities while (3) sustaining the ability of coastal and marine ecosystems 
to generate the goods and services that the people of Senegal want and need. 
In the near term, the USAID/COMFISH strategy was to provide some critical interventions to 
help catalyze and put in place the necessary preconditions to achieve the necessary consensus, 
political will, stakeholder understanding ,voice and actions that will set Senegal on a trajectory 
towards achieving this longer term vision of artisanal fisheries reform.
USAID/COMFISH was designed to support the Government of Senegal’s efforts to achieve 
reform of its fisheries sector by strengthening many of the enabling conditions necessary for 
improved governance and demonstrating effective tools and approaches for ecosystem-based 
collaborative management of its marine fisheries through a learning by doing process.
A transformational change in the fisheries that results in major increases in standing fish stock 
biomass or increases in catch per unit of effort, or major increases in annual fish landings were
not anticipated as Life of Project results. First, such results require a strong foundation of key 
enabling conditions. Genuine transformation in the fishery will be achieved when fishermen 
are making the key decisions about how fisheries will be managed, when fishermen are 
demonstrating responsible practices that allow sustainable fishing and when fishermen are 
demonstrating high voluntary compliance and self-enforcement of harvest rules. After these 
conditions are in place for a time, then fish biomass improvements can be expected.
The table below compares results defined in the project proposal awarded by USAID, and 
actual results of the project in terms of outputs and outcomes by Intermediate Result (IR). 
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IR Results Listed in Project Award 
(as modified August 2015) Actual LOP Results 
IR1
 A CLPA institutional effectiveness index applied to 
selected project intervention sites demonstrate a 
significant improvement.
 24 CLPAs strengthened
 Institutional capacity to collect high-quality data is 
increased
 Over 12,050 individuals trained in areas that 
increase fisheries sector productivity and food 
security
 Fisheries technicians and fishermen trained on 
data collection importance and methods at project 
sites
 Conduct IEC campaign for sustainable fisheries 
food security in 24 pilot sites
 Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing from 
industrial vessels studied, findings shared and 
reviewed, and institutional support for planning 
and dialogue on this topic provided
 Strengthen the capacity of stakeholders at the 
CLPA level to implement the National Strategy 
and Action Plan for IUU Fishing through 
participatory monitoring of compliance with fishing 
regulations through the development and 
implementation of Local Agreements (CL)
Outputs
 21 CLPAs restructured and capacity developed including
provision of materials, equipment and office infrastructure, 
and building operational functionality of the Coordination 
and Advisory Committees (ICC), and establishing 
operational Technical Committees with clear roles and 
responsibilities.
 Establishment and implementation of CLPA self-financing 
plans 
 15,474 individuals (31% women) trained in fisheries good 
practices and fisheries governance through 596 training 
workshops
 Institutional strengthening of the National Management
Committee on Small Pelagics
 Capacity development in fisheries science, use of local 
knowledge, GIS, and collaboration among fisheries 
research organizations 
 576 community radio programs and 279 written and 
audiovisual productions (videos, brochures, manuals and 
guides on the implementation of different strategies),
 Preparation and implementation of a national Gender 
Strategy including a Declaration on Women in Fisheries 
and Action Plan
 IUU fishing research conducted and used for policy 
formulation, and CLPA capacity in participatory monitoring 
strengthened (see IR3)
Outcomes
 CLPA capacity increased. A baseline and end of project 
survey documented a 77% increase in CLPA management
effectiveness.
IR2
 Climate change vulnerability assessments and 
adaptation plans approved and implemented in 6 
fishing communities
 Climate change considerations are mainstreamed 
in national and sub-national fisheries policies and 
strategies, in particular national fisheries plans 
(sardinella and ethmalosa), regional fisheries 
plans, and CLPA Local Agreements
 12,705 stakeholders with increased capacity to 
adapt to the impacts of climate variability and 
change
Outputs
 5,510 individuals trained in climate change and climate change 
adaptation (39% women). 
 Establishment of a national Steering Committee under the 
National Committee on Adaptation to Climate Change 
(COMNACC) on the integration of climate change into
fisheries policy
 Six climate change vulnerability studies completed at the 
level of CLPAs
 Early Warning System of alerts for safety at sea
established and demonstrated in 4 CLPAs with 44,430 
alerts broadcast to reduce the risk of accidents at sea

Outcomes
 16,129 stakeholders with increased capacity to adapt to the 
impacts of climate variability and change 
 492 institutions with strengthened capacity to adapt to the 
impacts of climate variability and change 
 National Adaptation Plan for Climate Change in Fisheries 
formally approved by both Environment and Fisheries 
Ministers
 Six climate change adaptation plans at the level of CLPAs 
formally adopted by local authorities and implemented
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IR Results Listed in Project Award 
(as modified August 2015) Actual LOP Results 
IR3
 New technologies and fisheries sector 
management practices are developed and 
adopted by fisheries stakeholders
 42,837 fishers and others have applied new 
technologies or management practices
 Two fisheries co-management plans are 
formulated and formally approved
 9 Local Agreements (Convention Local) for 
fisheries management in CLPAs are formulated, 
formally approved and implemented and include:
 The force of law once approved
 Increased participatory governance and 
decision-making for fishers and other local 
stakeholders
 Measures to implement 
technological/behavioral ecosystems￾based fisheries innovations
 32 policies/regulations/administrative procedures 
approved and implementation begun on 95% of 
them
 46,646 fisheries stakeholders have established 
new concerted rules of fisheries resources 
management
 CLPAs in the project’s intervention zones 
(corresponding to up to 75% of CLPAs in the 
country) are strengthened and made functional 
through establishment of management 
committees (including on finance and fisheries 
surveillance), selection of facilitators and relays, 
and formulation and approval of Local Agreements 
and collaborative fisheries management plans
 Alternative financing mechanisms for CLPAs to 
supplement financing via share of registration fees 
are defined and tested
 1,109,661 hectares of biological significance 
and/or natural resources under improved natural 
resource management 
 450,656 hectares in areas of biological 
significance under improved management
Outputs
 41 technical studies and scientific reports contributing to 
participatory fisheries management plans 
 13 new fisheries technologies established
 43,854 fisheries actors who have established new 
concerted rules of fisheries resources management
 Establishment of a national committee on the management 
of fishing capacity in Senegal
 Draft Ethmalosa participatory fisheries management plan, 
tied to regional plan
 Climate change considerations mainstreamed in
participatory fishery management plans
 Establishment of participatory CLPA fisheries
surveillance of IUU fishing 
 Establishment of a national committee on the management 
of fishing capacity in Senegal
 Studies on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) 
fishing that provided impetus to the 2013 National Strategy 
to Combat IUU and IUU Action Plan
Outcomes
 42,837 fisheries actors who have applied new technologies 
or management practices 
 24 policies/regulations/administrative procedures approved 
and implementation begun
 Nine CLPAs approved and implemented Local Agreements 
(Convention Local-CL) representing more than 60 fishing 
villages throughout the coastal zone of Senegal.
 Ministerial approval of five participatory fisheries 
management plans for Sardinella across ecosystem based 
groupings of CLPAs; contribution to regional scale plan
 Validation and approval of the National Strategy on Marine 
Protected Areas (MPAs) by the Ministry of Environment and 
Sustainable Development (MEDD)
 1,404,565 hectares of biological significance and/or natural 
resources under improved natural resource management
 889,610 hectares in areas of biological significance under 
improved management (MPAs in the regions where the 
project is implemented and the Saloum Delta Reservation) 
IR4
 Over 16,533 artisanal fishery households in 24 
CLPAs benefit directly from USAID/COMFISH 
interventions
 Fisheries sector stakeholders in the project sites 
perceive that their welfare is better off due to 
project assistance
 It is unlikely that fishery populations or other 
marine environmental conditions can be 
demonstrated to be improved with attribution 
solely to the efforts of this five-year project. 
However, the project will conduct research with 
stakeholders to track the evidence of positive
movement toward biological reference points for 
selected fisheries and marine habitats
 Over 200 women and their families have improved 
social and economic conditions as a consequence 
Outputs
 16,533 fisheries households benefited directly from project 
interventions
 Improved processed fisheries products, packaging, 
labelling, product recognition, and markets. The Cayar 
smoked fish product label is recognized nationally. The 
Cayar products are invited to national trade forums and 
shows.
 Larger and more diverse market opportunities for packaged 
fish products with the Cayar label (including the EU)
 Demonstration of effective revolving credit scheme in 
association with processing groups that enhance the 
fisheries value chain and well-being of fishing communities 
and families
Outcomes
 Stakeholders perceived that their wellbeing had improved as 
a consequence of USAID/COMFISH interventions. This was 
demonstrated by a structured household survey of 
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IR Results Listed in Project Award 
(as modified August 2015) Actual LOP Results 
of improved fish processing techniques, higher 
quality product, and improved marketing
perceptions of well-being at project start and end using the 
same population sample.
 EU export approval of the Cayar based modern artisanal 
fish processing center (run by women); a first in Senegal
 Tripling of price per kilo for processed fish and similar 
increase in net profits for the Cayar women’s processing 
group (GIE "Mantoulaye Guène")
The table indicates the progress toward the result objectives. Results in terms of fisheries co￾management plans, Local Agreements, CLPA capacity development, capacity development of 
research institutions and fisheries research collaboration, other policy advances in climate 
change adaptation, fish processing, and safety at sea, and changes in stakeholder behavior, all 
exceeded original expectations toward reform of the fisheries sector.
4. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ACTIVITIES
Activities, results, and outcomes are delineated above. This section speaks to broader 
significance in terms of transforming fisheries in Senegal, and to innovative strategies 
introduced. USAID/COMFISH project support to the Government of Senegal and 
stakeholders in the artisanal fisheries sector began at a time when legislation to codify 
participatory and deconcentrated fisheries governance bodies via the CLPA had been put 
in place, but was not implemented. Donor initiatives, such as the World Bank (PRAO), had 
focused on establishment and capacity development of Local Fisheries Counsels (CLP), a 
parallel/sub-structure of the CLPA, and JICA had begun to build the capacity of some 
selected CLPAs. The USAID/COMFISH projects’ key contribution in this context was to 
catalyze the definitive emergence and development of the CLPA as the functional local 
artisanal fisheries governance structure of reference as envisioned in the legislation by 
reactivating 21 of a total 39 CLPAs coastwide. 
The project was able to make this contribution through a nested governance approach that 
focused on inclusive, equitable capacity development of the administration and other 
fisheries stakeholders at all levels. The project successfully accompanied capacity 
development with effective strategies and tools for the practical application and continuous 
adaptation and improvement of sustainable fisheries resource management practices (CLs, 
Collaborative Fisheries Management Plans, Local and National Climate Change Adaptation 
Plans, Hygiene Charters, etc.). Project support focused simultaneously on national policy 
and field level practice, facilitating increased dialogue, learning and trust to remove barriers
and increase the quality and efficiency of actions at all levels. This approach resulted in 
significant legislative, regulatory and policy milestones (approved CLs, FMPs and 
Adaptation Plans, National Strategy on Marine Protected Areas, participation of 
stakeholders in revision of the Fisheries Code (2015) and LPSD-PA (2016)) and in 
appropriation of improved practices, voluntary compliance, and participatory surveillance 
at local levels. 
As a result of project assistance, CLPAs, the administration, women processors and other 
stakeholders in the sector have demonstrated processes that enable improved governance 
of the artisanal sector at local, zonal and national scales. These stakeholders better 
understand the integrated nature of their actions and the value of the contributions of all 
actors. Stakeholders also understand more clearly the challenges that remain, including the 
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need to further harmonize, institutionalize and scale up these achievements. The project has 
facilitated a growing consensus and a strong community of practice for addressing these 
challenges going forward. 
Following are highlights of some of the key strategies and the significance of their 
contribution to this result. 
4.1 Ecosystem-based, participatory, fisheries management
Sardinella was identified by fisheries stakeholders in an inclusive and participatory national 
workshop as the top priority stock. Sardinella is critical because it accounts for approximately 
80 percent of the volume of the catch in the country and is therefore invaluable in terms of the 
fisheries value chain and food security.
The ecosystem range of the species is the entire coast and West Africa region. The 
USAID/COMFISH project recognized from the beginning that from a biological standpoint 
and for sustainable management of fish stocks, effective fisheries management must cover the 
unit stock ecological zone. This meant that the management of Sardinella required formulation 
of the idea of fisheries Sustainable Management Units (SMUs), and it required buy-on on the 
idea on the part of DPM. Such an approach had not been applied in practice before in Senegal.
In order to apply and test the ecosystem approach, six groupings of CLPAs that exploit the 
same fishing grounds were formed. These groupings are also based on coastal Administrative 
Departments, of which there are six approved by the Department of Fisheries. The coastal 
Administrative Departments have 2-4 CLPAs in their geographic boundaries. 
At the same time, the project facilitated the formulation of a national Sardinella management 
plan, which fed into a West Africa regional Sardinella planning initiative with the Sub￾Regional Fisheries Commission (CSRP) and the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem 
program (CCLME). The sub-national Sardinella plans composed of Sustainable Management 
Units were submitted as Annexes to the national plan to the Minister of Fisheries for approval. 
4.2 Local Agreements as a key strategy for CLPA institutional strengthening 
It was with the aim of turning CLPAs into operational units for the purpose of collaborative 
fisheries management on an ecosystem scale that Local Agreements (similar to municipal 
ordinances in the U.S.) were formally established in CLPAs. As pioneered by COMFISH, there 
are 15 steps (see section 2.1.2) in the process of establishing Local Agreements.
The process of establishing and developing Local Agreements enables stakeholders to identify 
the assets and challenges of fishing, and to get the project’s input from scientific evidence based
on studies by partner research institutes. It further enables stakeholders to learn about the 
management rules in Local Agreements that can change their behavior and lead them to adopt 
good fishing practices and adapt to climate change impacts. This process also contributes to 
better organizational structure of CLPAs and strengthens the capacity of their various 
committees, so that the stakeholders have functioning committees for monitoring, control, self￾financing and oversight on management rules. 
The CL therefore serves as a tool that can enable stakeholders to: (1) identify a coherent list of 
activities for each CLPA and for all the CLPAs (covering the geographic and biological 
distribution area of a given unit stock) to engage in the sustainable management; (2) have 
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information on the assets and challenges of fishing in their areas; and (3) contribute to revitalize 
local governance bodies by structuring CLPAs and establishing units for monitoring, control 
and surveillance, and the financial self-reliance of the CLPA. This whole process makes it 
possible for CLs to give stakeholders the mechanisms for adopting good fishing practices, 
which is one of the prerequisites for developing collaborative fisheries management plans.
4.3 Mainstreaming climate change in marine fisheries
Mainstreaming climate change and adaptation at the local (CLPA) and national level in 
fisheries management plans, CLPA adaptation plans, and in one of the first official national 
fisheries adaptation plan established anywhere in the world was significant. It provides policy 
supportive links and feedback loops between national and sub-national policy, implementation, 
and learning and adaptation.
Climate change considerations and adaptive actions were effectively integrated into each and 
every intervention area of USAID/COMFISH, also including gender empowerment and 
livelihoods (IR4), capacity building (IR1), and management planning (IR2).
Figure 4. Signing ceremony of the NAP/Fisheries by Ministers of Fisheries and 
Environment
The appreciation of the GOS is evidenced in a letter sent by the Ministry of Fisheries on 
November 1, 2016 to the COP of USAID/COMFISH Plus stating:
“In addition to your support toward the process of effectively integrating climate change 
adaptation in the sustainable development of marine fisheries in Senegal, you also allowed us 
to bring to the Marrakech COP 22 the Department of Fisheries’ key focal point on climate 
change.
I would be most grateful if you would inform the USAID authorities our appreciation for this 
frank collaboration between USAID through COMFISH, and the Ministry of Fishing and the 
Maritime Economy through the Directorate of Maritime Fisheries.”
Many regional and international climate change leaders and experts visited the 
USAID/COMFISH and DPM booth at the Conference of the Parties at Marrakech, Morocco, 
including the COP of the USAID West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change project. 
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4.4 Gender approach
Women play a critical role in Senegal’s fishing industry. Thousands of women work as 
wholesale fish traders and processors. However, they account for a much smaller percentage 
of those involved in fisheries governing bodies, as cultural factors hinder their ability to 
contribute to the decision-making process. Women’s involvement in governing bodies is 
essential because they play critical roles in both the fisheries processing sector and assume 
great responsibility in child and family nutritional needs, education and social well-being. 
Because of women’s roles in both of these realms, increasing involvement and creating 
leadership roles for women in the industry will foster more successful management of 
Senegal’s wild fisheries. 
Gender mainstreaming was a key component of the USAID/COMFISH project. To build the 
capacities of women working in the fisheries sector, so that they can protect their interests in 
the decision making process and be a voice for change, USAID/COMFISH facilitated the 
preparation of national Declaration on women in fisheries, developed a fisheries sector capacity 
building strategy for women, and facilitated an Action Plan that was adopted and signed by 
DPM and other project partners. These items are unique not only in Africa, but in global 
fisheries. The Declaration and Strategy define the values and criteria women want the 
authorities to address in order to enhance the mainstreaming of gender in fisheries policies, and 
especially throughout the development of fisheries management plans in Senegal.
The gender activities described earlier with respect to improving hygiene, sanitation, quality 
standards, storage and marketing also contribute to reducing post-harvest losses, improving the 
value chain and revenues, and supports a collective heritage of artisanal fish processing and 
stakeholders with a stronger voice to combat the growing number of foreign owned industrial 
processing plants adjacent to artisanal processing. 
Figure 5. Women processing fish at Joal landing site
Innovative approaches to women's empowerment: Teaching tools adapted to women's level 
of education (songs, dances, images and documents translated into Wolof) were used.
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This included the "DABU" method (which means catching up). It is a method for transmission 
of a message to people who have never been to school. The aim is not to transmit knowledge 
but to give the interested parties a simple message that arouses interest and commitment to 
action. The "DABU" method seeks to:
 Ensure interaction and active participation of all
 Galvanize, motivate and mobilize stakeholders on the need to self-manage
4.5 Model for artisanal fish processing
The Cayar fish processing facility is known and recognized as a reference in the artisanal 
processing of fish that the Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy of Senegal wants to 
reproduce in all Senegal's artisanal processing sites. The Cayar facility is an important model 
in terms of standardization of processing sites with respect to hygiene, product quality, 
environmental sustainability, and women's empowerment. Since its inauguration, many 
national and international figures have visited the facility. These include the Minister of 
Fisheries and Maritime Economy, the current Minister of Infrastructure, and representatives of 
USAID and Congressional Offices from Washington, D.C. At the Dakar FIARA 2015 trade 
show the US ambassador to Senegal visited their booth. 
The authorization given to the Cayar facility and women’s group for export to the European 
Union obtained in 2016 is a first for artisanal fish processing in Senegal (and possibly Africa).
Overall, the Cayar model achieved multiple objectives:
 Reduced post-harvest losses
 Promoted international trade through eco-labeling
 Improved involvement of artisanal fishermen (men and women) in the value chain
 Demonstrated good processing practices and product quality
 Empowered women in fisheries in terms of leadership, literacy, marketing, and business 
management
It is a testament to the appreciation by GOS of the quality of work and value added of 
USAID/COMFISH that the Minister of Fisheries is committed to provide public funding to 
scale up the model of the GIE "Mantoulaye Guène" in Cayar. The Secretary General of the 
Ministry of Fisheries, under orders of the Minister, stated to the COP of USAID/COMFISH 
(now COP of USAID/COMFISH Plus) that the Ministry will commit 780,750,000 FCFA 
(about US $1.4 million) of public funds for this purpose. As the project came to an end, four 
artisanal processing sites were identified by the Ministry where the Cayar model would be 
replicated (Mbao, Fass Boye, Senegal Pencum and Goxxu Mbaac). The technical assistance of 
the USAID/COMFISH team was requested to provide capacity building in organizational 
dynamics for the women’s groups at these sites.
5. SUCCESS STORIES
5.1 USAID promotes the adoption of a new model for sustainable fisheries and 
marine biodiversity conservation in Senegal 
In Senegal, marine fisheries play a very important role in food security, livelihoods, and local 
and national economic growth. They provide an estimated 600,000 jobs—17 percent of the 
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total labor force- and produce 300,000 metric tons of high quality protein annually. Senegal’s 
marine zone is one of the world's most biologically productive areas and home to over 1,000 
species of fish, several species of cetaceans including dolphins and whales and five species of 
endangered marine turtles.
The sustainability of these biological and economic riches is being compromised by 
weaknesses in fisheries management, destructive and unsustainable fishing practices and 
overfishing. The crisis in the fisheries sector negatively impacts food security in the country: 
forty-six percent of households in Senegal are considered vulnerable and 20 percent highly 
vulnerable to food insecurity. According to the Global Hunger Index, this classifies the food 
security situation in Senegal as “serious”. 
To help address some of the above-mentioned issues in the fishery sector and contribute to 
sustainable fisheries and improved food security in Senegal, a USAID funded program called 
USAID/COMFISH- Collaborative Management for Sustainable Fisheries- consulted with key 
fisheries stakeholders and commissioned various studies on the fisheries situation to develop a 
better model for sustainable fisheries and marine biodiversity conservation. The model seeks 
to improve fisheries governance, strengthen the capacities of fisheries institutions and 
stakeholders and introduce new fisheries management structures called Sustainable 
Management Units (SMUs).
« We welcome this initiative as it will go a long way to promoting sustainable fisheries, 
contribute to food security while preserving the marine environment in Senegal” said 
Moustapha Thiam, the Director of the Senegalese Marine Fisheries Department during the 
official presentation of the new model. Other stakeholders including fishermen associations 
and donors, expressed satisfaction over the proposed model and promised to support its 
implementation. 
The physical boundaries of the Sustainable Management Units would coincide with the 
physical boundaries of the biological stocks/ecosystems of fish stocks. Through these 
management units, the model will attempt to streamline the various fisheries management 
structures (Artisanal Fisheries Local Councils (CLPAs), Local fisheries Committees (CLPs), 
Beach Committees, etc.) so that they can better manage the fishery. 
5.2 Strategy for the implementation of biodiversity conservation and 
sustainable fisheries in Senegal
Senegal has taken a very important step for the conservation of biodiversity and for promoting 
sustainable fishing through the development and validation of a national strategy of Marine 
Protected Areas (MPAs). The strategy is the result of a long participatory process between civil 
society, NGOs and the fisheries administration. It was financially and technically supported by 
USAID through the USAID/COMFISH project together with other partners of the Government 
of Senegal.
The cost of implementation of the strategy is estimated at 5 billion FCFA over five years and 
multiple donor initiatives are poised to contribute in various ways to its’ realization in addition 
to USAID, including the EU, AFD, WB, MAVA through PRCM, WWF and others. It seeks to
support the creation and effective management of new MPAs as a tool for fisheries 
management and marine and coastal biodiversity.
"This strategy will pave the way for the establishment of a coherent network of MPAs to ensure 
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the conservation of marine and coastal biodiversity and sustainable fisheries management" 
welcomed Camille Manel, Director of the Directorate of Marine Fisheries, Senegal.
Faced with the deterioration of the marine and coastal environment in Senegal, marked by 
lower species abundance, habitat degradation, and the high dependence of the population 
(about 600,000 direct and indirect jobs related to fishing) vis-à-vis fisheries resources, the 
implementation of the strategy should allow the recovery of fish stocks, protection of certain 
endangered marine and coastal species, and improved means livelihoods and food security. 
Indeed, when they are well located and properly managed, Marine Protected Areas are 
effective tools for the conservation of biodiversity and sustainable management of marine and 
coastal resources. They help preserve key habitats such as seagrass beds, mangroves, mudflats, 
estuaries and deltas, island environments, etc. that are considered critical for the renewal of 
fisheries resources and the conservation of biodiversity.
In Senegal, marine coastal protected areas now cover a total area of 198,940 ha, or 1% of the 
Senegalese maritime space. This coverage is far from the 20 to 30% recommended for 
protection against fishing (see Durban Congress, 2003). The national MPA strategy will thus 
enable the Government of Senegal to respect its international commitments, in particular as 
regards the Convention on Biological Diversity, which obliges States Parties to designate at 
least 10% of their maritime space in Marine Protected Areas.
5.3 Bridging the gender and cultural gap in Senegal’s fisheries sector
Women play a very important role in the artisanal fisheries sector of Senegal; at least 7,000
work as whole-sale fish traders and processors. While these women make a vital contribution
to the welfare of their families as well as to the economic development of their country, their
ability to effect change in the field of their employment is seriously impeded by persistent gender
and culturally related obstacles. As a result, they are vastly under-represented (less than 5%) in
fisheries governing bodies and cannot fully play their part in the development of this sector in
Senegal.
To help overcome some of the obstacles towards the fair representation and active participation
of women in the fisheries sector, the USAID/COMFISH first brought together 42 women for a 
workshop to analyze the situation of women working in the fisheries sector in Senegal. These
women represented key women’s fish processing associations from seven major fishing
communities and landing sites in Senegal (Joal, Mbour, Sindia, Rufisque, Yenne, Foundiougne
and Cayar).
The workshop tested gender-sensitive workshop techniques to improve women’s participation.
These techniques include the use of the main local language (Wolof) to bridge the linguistic
barrier between men and women, most of whom are largely illiterate. In addition, women-friendly
seating arrangements were introduced to give women front- row seats alongside men. And
provisions were made to ensure equal talking time for both men and women, as well as the 
use of non-western forms of communication (such as utilizing local songs, dances, stories and
myths) to create familiar cultural settings conducive to women’s free expression and active
participation.
This novel approach was subsequently tested at community gatherings as well as in more formal
meetings, such as the recent follow-up national Gender and Fisheries Workshop organized by 
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the project in collaboration with the Fisheries Ministry and World Wildlife Fund. It has proven
to be successful:
“In the recent past, we were sidelined at community fisheries meetings and could hardly make our
voices heard. With the current set-up introduced by the project, we feel more comfortable voicing
our concerns,” said Maty Ndao, a representative of a fish processing women’s group in Cayar.
The follow-up workshop resulted in the formulation of a Women’s Declaration, the first ever
of its kind in the fisheries sector. An excerpt of the declaration reads:
“We, women working in the fisheries sector, are determined to sustainably develop the fisheries
sector and to be a significant leverage to wealth creation in Senegal; we call on the Senegalese 
Government, the International Community and non-State actors to support this national 
initiative to reinforce women’s roles in the fisheries sector.”
Figure 6. Participants in the national workshop to develop a strategy for strengthening 
women’s role in the fisheries sector
The meeting also resulted in the crafting of a Strategy and A ction P lan to achieve the goals
of the Declaration. The Strategy integrates the empowerment of women and the mainstreaming
of their interests, concerns and values into fisheries management and policies. The declaration
was handed over to the Senegalese Fisheries authorities who have approved it and pledged to
act on its recommendations.
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Figure 7 The women’s declaration being handed over to fisheries authorities at the 
workshop
The USAID/COMFISH project and its partners will promote and disseminate the national 
Strategy among fishing communities, associations and other stakeholders while 
supporting women to lobby for the restructuring of CLPAs. For instance, in Joal—the
largest f i s h landing site in Senegal—there is only one woman representative (among 33 
totals) on the Counsel of the Coordinating Committee of the CLPA. Gender-balanced CLPAs
where women have a veto right against gender-biased decision-making could play a
stronger role in the sustainable management of fisheries in Senegal.
“This declaration represents a first victory in the movement and organization of women to 
occupy their place and take on their role in the sustainable management of fisheries in 
Senegal” congratulated Khady Sane Diouf, Deputy Director of USAID/COMFISH.
5.4 Maty Ndao, champion in the empowerment of women processors
At Cayar, Senegal's third largest fishing center, May Ndao helps empower her sisters to learn 
to read and write. This fishing center is located on the southern part of the great Senegalese 
coast, 58 km northeast of Dakar, and occupies a seafront site over 3 km long. Cayar is not only 
known for the amount of its landings of fish but also for the quality of organization of 
stakeholders in particular women processors.
At the head of these women is Maty Ndao, a true activist for the cause of women, working 
hard so that her sisters have a voice in fisheries decisions as well as on the issues of 
development of their localities.
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Figure 8 Maty Ndao during the inauguration of the modern artisanal fish processing 
unit of Cayar
With the help of USAID/COMFISH and the participation of other women processors in Cayar, 
Maty Ndao helped reorganize and revitalize the women’s fish processing economic group 
“Mantoulaye Guene,” named after one of the pioneers of artisanal fish processing in Cayar. 
The group has the trust and support of several other partners including the town of Cayar, the 
Fisheries Department, the CLPA Cayar (Local Artisanal Fisheries Council), and others.
With the training assistance of COMFISH, Maty Ndao learned to read, write and count in 
Wolof – the main local language of Senegal and of the illiterate women in her GIE, which has 
over 220 members.
"Because of the functional literacy program, I now keep a small accounting notebook of my 
sales of keccax (dried, smoked fish) and I can also dial numbers now on my cell phone," said 
Bineta KAMA, one of learners of the adult literacy training initiative for the processing group.
Maty Ndao also managed to herself train, in turn, three women who support each other in their 
literacy work twice a week. The COMFISH functional literacy program partnered with APTE
(a local NGO working for Fishing, Sanitation, Tourism and the Environment) and 
FORACTION (a local firm specializing in basic education for adults).
According Minata Dia, of APTE, the leadership of Maty Ndao and the use of tradition and 
local culture (songs, dance, percussion tom-tom, etc.) as knowledge transmission media were 
key to the success of the functional literacy program.
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Figure 16. Women processing group of Cayar presenting excerpts from their Code of 
Conduct (good practices) at the Cayar processing area
One of the innovations in the collaborative work with this processing group is the formulation 
and group adoption of a Code of Conduct for better management of artisanal processing of 
keccax. This Code includes a number of measures to improve health, quality of processed 
products, and resource conservation (refusing to buy or process juvenile fish).
With the implementation of the Code and improved product quality they saw their incomes 
increase and this helps them to cope better with family expenses such as tuition and / or medical 
expenses of their children. In view of the quality of their products, they are regularly invited 
to participate in national and even international trade fairs.
5.5 A banner and a platform for transmission of early weather warnings that 
saves lives
On a calm morning in August 2015, Mamadou Sene, fisherman by trade, left his home, after 
Fajr prayer and heads, as usual, to the beach of Guet Ndar in St. Louis.
Once there, he approaches a high pole located in a clear area on which is hoisted a green banner. 
He looks up, lingers for a moment on the color of the banner before turning back, smiling.
Like Mamadou, many fishermen from St. Louis and several fishing areas throughout Senegal 
observe the same ritual every morning since the USAID/COMFISH project helped the local 
fisheries governance bodies (CLPAs) to erect the banners on the outskirts of fishing landing 
sites.
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Figure 9. A banner hoisted yellow by the CLPA Mbour indicates that conditions at sea 
require taking caution
Before the implementation of these banners, several cases of loss of life and destruction of 
fishing equipment were regularly recorded at Guet Ndar. Now with these banners, we know 
when we should not go to sea,” said Mamadou Sene.
The USAID/COMFISH project has provided CLPA poles and banners to 9 CLPAs that were 
erected at the outskirts of the main beaches of landings or fishing piers. The installation of 
these banners was preceded by several rounds of meetings, training sessions and radio 
broadcasts to explain the meaning and importance of the different banner colors. The green 
flag means absence of severe weather so authorized fishing trips; red means confirmation of 
the occurrence of severe weather phenomenon or prohibition of fishing trips; and, the color 
yellow means vigilance, possible occurrence of severe weather.
"We are grateful to USAID/COMFISH because these banners help us to save lives in St. Louis, 
which is more exposed than other fishing sites to climate change and weather variability," said 
Abdoulaye Mbodj, Secretary of Saint Louis CLPA.
Prior to the installation of the system of safety banners, the project worked with ANACIM –
the National Agency of Civil Aviation and Meteorology - to establish a platform for 
transmission of early weather warnings for the safety of fishing boats and crew.
Climate change affects several key sectors of the Senegalese economy, including fisheries. 
According to specialists of the ANACIM they increase, among others, the frequency and 
intensity of weather events thus endangering the lives of coastal communities and especially 
the safety of fishermen at sea. According to the Directorate of Protection and Monitoring of 
Fisheries (DPSP), hundreds of casualties and / or missing and considerable material damage 
are recorded each year due to weather increasingly dangerous sea. The empirical knowledge 
of fisheries actors are no longer sufficient to protect and preserve their livelihoods against these 
threats.
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Thus, in order to help fishing communities to increase their resilience to climate change 
impacts, particularly those of severe weather, the USAID / COMFISH in partnership with 
ANACIM set up a transmission platform of early weather warnings to fisheries stakeholders 
in Senegal.
Figure 10. Launching ceremony of the transmission platform of early weather 
warnings: transfer of mobile phones at ANACIM by the Deputy Director of USAID 
with the Minister of Transport and Tourism
Through this platform, SMS alerts are sent at least 24 hours in advance to several hundred 
fishing actors across Senegal, including representatives of CLPAs, and local fisheries technical 
services, to inform them of the occurrence of predicted dangerous weather conditions.
"The SMS alerts we receive help us make the right decision and avoid going to sea when it is 
not advised," said El Hadj Kane, Coordinator, CLPA Cayar.
 
Figure 11 Fishermen receive a weather warning SMS
In addition to awareness raising sessions on safety at sea, coastal communities of 9 CLPAs
(Rufisque / Bargny, Yen / Dialaw, Mbour, Joal, Sindia North, Sindia South Cayar, St. Louis, 
Ziguinchor and Kafountine) regularly receive these SMS alerts. 
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"Over the past six months, we have not recorded any human casualties or boat and equipment 
damage since we started receiving these SMS weather alerts on our mobile" welcomed Mbaye 
Seck, CLPA Coordinator of Joal Fadiouth.
5.6 Establishment and implementation of nine Local Agreements for marine 
fisheries: a roadmap for sustainable fisheries management in Senegal
Faced with the failure of centralized fisheries management in Senegal, the government of 
Senegal has promoted a policy of fisheries co-management through the creation (by Law 98/32 
of the Marine Fisheries Code) of CLPAs (Local Artisanal Fisheries Councils), which give 
prominence to fisheries stakeholders in fisheries decision making and management.
It is in this context that the USAID/COMFISH project supports co-management efforts by 
developing Local Agreements, which is a tool for decision-making and management/resolution 
of conflicts related to the exploitation of fishery resources.
Local Agreements are legal ordinances in accordance with fisheries legislation that are adopted 
in a consensual manner by a CLPA or between CLPAs for the sustainable management of 
fisheries resources. Their objective is to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of 
fisheries resources to meet the growing, diverse and changing needs of the population.
Thus, in collaboration with the CLPAs of the main fisheries sites in Senegal, specifically those 
of Joal-Fadiouth, Mbour, Sindia north, Sindia south, Ziguinchor, Kafountine, Cayar,
Yenne/Dialaw and Rufisque/Bargny, the USAID/COMFISH project supported the 
development and implementation of 9 local agreements approved by the CLPAs and the 
administrative authorities for the sustainable management of fisheries resources. These 9
Agreements now constitute a real road map for the Management of fisheries resources in 
Senegal.
The project pioneered a 15 step inclusive and participatory process to establish the 
Agreements. The process takes several months and many stakeholder meetings to discuss and 
validate fishery rules and activities.
Overall, internal evaluations showed positive results with regard to the application of Local 
Agreement rules and resource management. The process of developing Local Agreements also 
enabled the USAID/COMFISH project to train over 15,474 people (31% women), through 596
training workshops covering, among others, administrative and financial management, hygiene 
and sanitation, participatory monitoring and enforcement, safety at sea, use of meteorological 
data, adaptation to climate change, and good fishing practices. More than 42,837 people were
involved in setting up and applying new technologies, strategies and tools developed through 
the Local Agreement development and implementation process.
In addition to the dissemination of hard copies of the Agreements (about a hundred copies per 
CLPA), other means were used to reach the maximum number of actors: 
 Awareness raising meetings (45) on management rules
 Radio broadcasts with community radio stations across all major fishing communities. 
Radio programming reached the general public and was led by CLPA staff and 
community representatives.
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The establishment and use of the Local Agreements through a participatory and inclusive 
approach is the most appropriate tool to promote co-management in maritime fisheries. It was 
an innovation of the USAID/COMFISH project and allowed the reorganization and the 
operationalization of the CLPAs.
6. RECOMMENDATIONS
The following recommendations are principally for the Government of Senegal and CLPA 
level actors engaged in fisheries governance who have increased their capacity and begun to 
appropriate processes and innovations initiated and developed with USAID/COMFISH 
assistance. While significant progress has been made in identifying and testing systems and 
strategies for scale up and sustainability, continued assistance from technical and financial 
partners who support the Government in its’ reform of the fisheries sector can have high value 
added at this stage in the process for the implementation of these recommendations. The way 
forward for realization of a robust, deconcentrated, participatory fisheries governance 
framework for eco-system based management has been demonstrated and enabling conditions 
strengthened, but state and local actors require additional technical and financial assistance to 
accompany their investment in consolidating achievements and further institutionalizing
successful approaches. 
Continued CLPA capacity development and monitoring. A baseline and end of project 
survey of CLPA capacity showed increased institutional capacity in the areas supported by 
USAID/COMFISH, but weaknesses remain. It is important to continue convening participatory 
meetings in the CLPAs for annual work planning and on key topics and to provide training, 
support, and assistance with organizational synergies and collaboration.
Implementation and monitoring of Local Agreements. Marine fisheries institutions at the
national and local level are at the critical stage of implementation and monitoring of Local 
Agreements, fisheries management plans, and climate change adaptation plans.
Nine Local Agreements are currently in force, but they have been approved and signed only 
recently with little time for implementation, especially those in St. Louis and Casamance. 
Monitoring their implementation and providing on-going assistance to address challenges and 
weaknesses are important for their long term success.
In addition, Local Agreements need to be developed for all Senegalese CLPAs, including the 
Dakar, Sine-Saloum and Ziguinchor Regions.
Implementation of Sardinella and Ethmalosa management plans. It is critical to provide 
support in the implementation of the Sardinella management plans that were approved recently, 
and to provide similar support to the Ethmalosa management plans once prepared, validated, 
and approved. The inclusive, participatory and iterative process, and a great deal of fisheries 
science for decision making required the duration of the USAID/COMFISH project to achieve. 
The rationale for follow-on interventions by USAID and other technical and financial partners 
is to provide support to the government, CLPAs and other stakeholder institutions during initial 
implementation of management plans.
Climate change adaptation. Pursue the implementation of the National Climate Change 
Adaptation Plan for Fisheries, and the development and implementation of local adaptation 
plans, including in the Sine-Saloum. This is to better integrate the effects of climate change 
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into local planning in the face of the adverse impacts of climate change on communities, their 
environment and targeted fish stocks. 
IUU fishing. Take action at the national level and regional level to combat IUU fishing and 
implement the National Plan to Combat Illegal Fishing. Combatting IUU fishing is crucial to
preserve fisheries resources, to ensure the food security of populations, to combat the 
impoverishment of fishing communities and to optimize the economic benefits derived from 
fishing by the State. The National Plan has been endorsed by the relevant authorities and 
implementation is awaiting the finalization and signing by the Fisheries Minister of an Arête
(ordinance). Once signed, the Arête will officially formalize a national Task Force to 
implement the National Plan. The Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy (MPEM) and 
the Department of Fisheries Protection and Surveillance (DPSP) should ensure the operations 
of the Task Force and implementation of the National Plan and could benefit from technical 
and financial assistance to facilitate this effort.
A key action that is needed is to strengthen judicial and institutional capacity to improve catch 
traceability and implement the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA) adopted by the FAO 
Conference in November 22, 2009 to prevent, combat and eliminate IUU fishing. The goal is 
to ensure that ships in Senegal’s waters legally depart and land from Senegalese ports. Senegal 
is one of a small number of West African countries in the process of ratifying the PSMA.
Another needed action is for the Government of Senegal to continue to play a leadership role 
in and collaborate with the regional bodies that have a role in coordinating the fight against 
IUU fishing in Senegal and West Africa including the Economic Community of West African 
States (ECOWAS) and Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (CSRP). USAID and other donors 
with West Africa Regional offices and technical assistance mechanisms should provide 
capacity development support at this level in addition to bi-lateral support to Senegal.
On the U.S. front, President Obama’s administration was a strong advocate for sustainable use 
and protection of the global oceans. President Obama issued in June 2014 a Presidential 
Memorandum on a “Comprehensive Framework to Combat Illegal, Unreported, and 
Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Seafood Fraud”. The Memorandum directs all USG executive 
departments and agencies to combat IUU fishing and seafood fraud by strengthening 
coordination and implementation of relevant existing authorities and, where appropriate, by 
improving the transparency and traceability of the seafood supply chain. There are several U.S. 
driven initiatives that are rolling out, which future USAID initiatives in marine fisheries could 
support. Among the global initiatives rolling out are the Sea Scout and Ocean Network 
Initiatives in which Senegal has already been named an “Our Ocean Champion.” All this 
provides strategic opportunities for partnerships with U.S. agencies active in the fight to combat 
IUU fishing.
Women in fisheries. Pursue the implementation of the National Strategy to strengthen the 
social, economic and political power of women in fisheries. This is to ensure their 
empowerment, strengthen fisheries management, improve the fisheries value chain, and 
improve the socio-economic well-being of fishing communities. 
Income generating activities in fishing communities. Strengthen community-based savings 
and credit mechanisms in the fisheries value chain and support supplemental income￾generating activities of coastal communities, especially targeting women in order to improve 
household food security.
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Management planning for other shared fish stocks. Focus on a Management Plan for the 
sole fishery in Senegal given that The Gambia has a management plan and has undergone 2 
Marine Stewardship Council Pre-Assessments (2008 and 2015) towards potential certification 
and eco-labeling. One of the gaps identified is the fact that the sole stock in question (Red and 
Black sole) is shared by the Gambia and southern Senegal (principally). Efforts at addressing 
the shared nature of the stock and a framework for harmonized (or at least coordinated) 
management of the stock could benefit both countries and in particular Senegalese fishermen 
(who make up the majority of Sole fishermen fishing in both Senegal and The Gambia).
A second opportunity for shared fisheries resource management is coordination and 
collaboration of the Allahein River estuary oyster fishery that is a transboundary resource 
between Senegal and The Gambia. This is a fishery that primarily involves women, with the 
local NGO called TRY working on oyster fisheries management on The Gambian side.
Water, Sanitation, and Health (WASH). WASH interventions are needed and should be 
integrated into future Government of Senegal investments and USAID support for initiatives 
at fishing docks, landing sites, and processing sites. This contributes to social well-being, 
resilience, more modern fishery, and improved value added of landed and processed products.
Project Steering Committee. USAID/COMFISH attempted to form a government Steering 
Committee of the project, but was not successful. In future USAID partnerships with national 
government agencies in marine fisheries, the idea of forming such a Steering Committee and/or 
establishing a project coordinator at the level of the Ministry of Fisheries should be revisited. 
This is crucial for better institutional collaboration, facilitates information and sharing of 
project results within the Ministry of Fisheries, and also accelerates the process of approving 
the strategies developed by the project. USAID/COMFISH experienced poor communication
and coordination between the Ministry of Fisheries, its technical directorates and decentralized 
services (in the field). This delays the Ministry's response to decision-making (approval and 
effective use of strategies, plans, etc.). In the future, it would be wise to set up a mechanism 
for communication and sharing of information between the different players in the fisheries 
sector.
Capacity building for decentralized fisheries technical services. A feature of 
USAID/COMFISH was continuous involvement, learning by doing, and training of fisheries 
technical services at the local and sub-national level. This will continue to be important in the 
future. This allows them to better support and monitor project initiatives in the field and 
promotes sustained progress in fisheries governance in the future. 
7. FINANCIAL SUMMARY
The table below provides a summary of how project funds were allocated across budget 
categories.
Budget Line Items USAID Total 
Approved Budget
July 1, 2016 to 
September 30, 2016*
Actual Expense Life of 
Project
Personnel $ 949,370 $ 157,246 $ 917,982 
Students $ 8,125 $ 1,114 $ 8,125 
Fringe $ 513,458 $ 78,496 $ 477,574 
Consultants $ 4,283,904 $ 821,202 $ 4,593,413 
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Other direct costs $ 1,013,900 $ 144,308 $ 743,382 
Subcontracts $ 1,270,907 $ 11,068 $ 1,244,503 
Travel $ 1,390,880 $ 269,195 $ 1,294,735 
Equipment $ 103,463 - $ 103,463 
Indirect $ 1,965,701 $ 394,184 $ 2,115,058 
Total $ 11,499,709 $ 1,876,814 $ 11,498,236 
*Not previously reported
ANNEX 1. Performance Management Plan Results
COMFISH RESULTS 2011-2016
Indicators LOP
Target FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 Cumulative Completion 
rate Comments
IR 1: Institutional and stakeholder capacity strengthened at all levels to implement an ecosystem based, collaborative management approach towards sustainable fisheries, 
taking into account climate change impacts in the fisheries sector
1. Increase by 75% of the 
management effectiveness 
composite index score of CLPAs in 
USAID/COMFISH sites by 2016
75% NA Baseline 
value 0.04 0.17 0.17 77%
The COMFISH project 
documented a 77% 
increase in CLPA 
management
effectiveness. Please 
note that the index is 
between -1 and 1 and 
that reference study 
placed it at 0.04 in 
2012.
2. Number of individuals who have 
received USG supported short-term 
agricultural sector productivity or 
food security training (FTF 4.5.2-7)
12,050
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M=37
F=7
986 
M=596
F=390
2,078 
M=1424
F=654
4,465 
M=3016
F=1449
4,343 
M=3009 
F=1334
3,557
M=2588
F=969
15,474 
M=10,670
F=4,803
128%
The project has trained 
15,474 people (31% 
women), for a total of 
596 trainings.
3.Number of written and/or 
audiovisual productions intended 
for capacity building of co￾management institutions and 
fisheries actors 
261 0 2 9 14 147 107 279 107%
279 written and audio 
productions (radios 
shows, brochure 
productions, videos)
4. Number of research and 
educational organizations, 
government agencies, and NGOs 
who have strengthened their 
capacity as a result of USG 
assistance 
196 0 15 22 71 64 377 549 280%
549 organizations have 
strengthened their 
capacities
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COMFISH RESULTS 2011-2016
Indicators LOP
Target FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 Cumulative Completion 
rate Comments
IR 2: Vulnerability assessed and national/local institutional capacity strengthened to adapt to the impacts of climate variability and change
5. Number of people receiving 
training in global climate change as 
a result of USG assistance
4,673 0
394
M=266
F=128
782
M=528
F=254
1,841
M=1129
F=712
1,377 
M= 1045
F= 332
1,116 
M= 397
F= 719
5,510 
M=3365 
F=2145
117% 5,510 trained, of which 
39% are women 
6. Number of climate change 
vulnerability assessments 
conducted as a result of USG 
assistance
6 0 0 3 0 1 3 7 116%
Vulnerability 
assessments are 
completed for the areas 
of Saint Louis, 
Kafountine, Ziguinchor, 
Rufisque-Bargny, 
Sindia et Joal
7. Number of laws, policies, 
strategies, plans, agreements, or 
regulations addressing climate 
change (mitigation or adaptation) 
and/or biodiversity conservation 
officially proposed, adopted, or 
implemented as a result of USG 
assistance
17 0 0 3 11 2 13 29 171%
29 policies (adaptation 
plans, hygiene 
agreements)
8. Number of stakeholders with 
increased capacity to adapt to the 
impacts of climate variability and 
change as a result of USG 
assistance
12,705 700 986 2,078 4,465 4,343 3,557 16,129 127%
16,129 have increased 
their capacity to adapt 
to climate change, of 
which 30% women
RI 3 : Governance strategies, policies and best practices identified, tested and applied to build ecosystem resilience to threats to biodiversity conservation and climate risk
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COMFISH RESULTS 2011-2016
Indicators LOP
Target FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 Cumulative Completion 
rate Comments
9. Number of action plans and/or 
projects developed to support the 
process of fisheries management 
27 0 2 6 4 7 8 27 100%
27 action plans
developed to support 
the process of fisheries 
management 
10. Number of scientific reports 
contributing to the management 
plans for Sustainable Management 
Units (UGD)
45 0 2 11 9 10 9 41 91% 41 technical studies on 
fisheries
11. Number of lines of synergies 
created in the process of 
establishing Sustainable 
Management Units (UGD)
21 0 1 4 6 4 6 21 100% COMFISH created 21 
synergies
12. Number of 
policies/regulations/administrative 
procedures analyzed (FTF 4.5.1-24 
stage 1)
68 13 10 21 16 5 16 81 119%
81 policies and other 
documents have been 
analyzed 
13. Number of 
policies/regulations/administrative 
procedures drafted and presented 
for public/stakeholder consultation 
(FTF 4.5.1-24 stage 2)
12 0 3 7 2 0 0 12 100%
Adaptation plans, 
hygiene agreements, 
Local Agreements
14. Number of 
policies/regulations/administrative 
procedures presented for 
legislation/decree (FTF 4.5.1-24 
stage 3)
16 1 3 8 0 3 2 17 106%
Adaptation plans, 
hygiene agreements, 
Local Agreements
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COMFISH RESULTS 2011-2016
Indicators LOP
Target FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 Cumulative Completion 
rate Comments
15. Number of 
policies/regulations/administrative 
procedures prepared with USG 
assistance passed/approved (FTF 
4.5.1-24 stage 4)
24 0 2 9 7 4 2 24 100%
Adaptation plans, 
hygiene agreements, 
Local Agreements
16. Number of 
policies/regulations/administrative 
procedures passed for which 
implementation has begun (FTF 
4.5.1-24 stage 5)
32 0 0 3 11 2 8 24 75%
Adaptation plans, 
hygiene agreements, 
Local Agreements
17. Number of new technologies of 
fisheries management established 17 0 4 3 4 0 2 13 76%
Implementing Local 
Agreements, hygiene 
agreements and 
adaptation plans
18. Number of fisheries actors who 
have established new concerted 
rules of fisheries resources 
management 
46,646 0 20,940 10,056 12,858 43,854 94%
19. Number of farmers and others 
who have applied new technologies 
or management practices as a 
result of USG assistance (FTF 
4.5.2-5)
42,837 0 0 7,685 32,360 2,792 42,837 100%
20. Number of hectares of 
biological significance and/or 
natural resources under improved 
natural resource management 
(Biodiversity indicator 4.8.1-26)
1,109,661 0 0 334,104 603,714 171,843 1,404,565 126%
Total area where 
project has been 
implemented
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COMFISH RESULTS 2011-2016
Indicators LOP
Target FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 Cumulative Completion 
rate Comments
21. Number of hectares in areas of 
biological significance under 
improved management as a result 
of USG assistance
450,656 0 0 41,500 66,496 342,660 889,610 197%
Total area of marine 
protected areas and the 
Saloum reserve.
IR 4. Increased climate change resilience and enhanced social and economic benefits to artisanal fishing communities provide incentives to a continued sustainable fisheries 
agenda
22. Number of institutions that have 
strengthened their capacity to 
adapt to the impacts of climate 
variability and change with the 
assistance of the USG (This 
indicator was added in FY15)
362 0 35 63 127 104 163 492 136%
23. Number of rural households 
benefiting directly from USG 
interventions
16,533
Baseline
Study: 
10,331
households
9131 7402 16,533 100%
Households located in 
the project intervention 
areas
24. Fishery sector stakeholders in 
the project sites perceive that their 
welfare is better off due to USG 
assistance
Baseline 
Study
2
nd
study
In general, the actors 
feel like their welfare 
has increased due to
COMFISH. (Refer to full 
report for details)
ANNEX 2. List of Technical Documents Produced by USAID/COMFISH
Technical Documents
2011
1. Rapport de atelier sur l’aménagement des pêcheries et la sélection des stocks 
prioritaires, USAID/COMFISH
2. Evaluation of the legal and institutional capacity of the Conseil Local de Pêche 
Artisanale (CLPA), KARP, USAID/COMFISH
3. Senegal fisheries governance needs assessment, Lopez, USAID/COMFISH
4. Guide méthodologique pour l’evaluation de la vulnérabilité au changement 
climatique au niveau communautaire (zones côtières), Septembre, ENDA, 
USAID/COMFISH
2012
5. Amélioration des techniques de traitement et de conservation du poisson à Cayar : 
Code de Bonnes conduites des femmes transformatrices de produits halieutiques 
de Cayar pour la fabrication de poisson braisé séché: APTE, USAID/COMFISH
6. Analyse microbiologique et chimique des sardinelles braisées séchées ou ‘keccax’ 
à Cayar (Evaluation de la qualité hygiénique), Consultants (APTE), 
USAID/COMFISH
7. Dynamique de l’occupation des sols, cartographie des CLPA, des zones de pêche 
et mise en place d’un système d’information géographique, CSE 
8. Dynamique des populations de sardinelles en Afrique du Nord-Ouest : contraintes 
environnementales, biologiques et socio-économiques, CRODT 
USAID/COMFISH
9. Etat des lieux du site de transformation artisanale des produits halieutiques de 
Cayar, Consultants (APTE), USAID/COMFISH
10. Evaluer et suivre les impacts des AMP sur la base d’indicateurs biologiques, 
socio-économiques et de gouvernance : Etude de cas sur l’AMP de Joal-Fadjouth, 
WWF/CRODT, USAID/COMFISH
11. Rapport de missions de prospection sur la vulnérabilité des zones côtières en 
relation avec les activités de pêche (Mbour Mballing Pointe Sarène Ngaparou Saly 
Somone Ndayane Poponguine Guéréo Kayar Rufisque Yenn Sindou et 
Foundiougne), CAREX/ISE/UCAD 
12. Rapport sur le recensement des ménages du secteur de la pêche dans les CLPA 
de: Joal-Fadiouth, Mbour, Sindia, Foundiougne, Cayar, Rufisque-Bargny, Yenne￾Dialaw, USAID/COMFISH
13. Rapport sur le recensement des organisations professionnelles du secteur de la 
pêche dans les CLPA de : Joal-Fadiouth, Mbour, Sindia, Foundiougne, Cayar, 
Rufisque-Bargny, Yenne-Dialaw, USAID/COMFISH
14. Rapport technique de l’atelier d’identification des stratégies pour les Conseils 
Locaux de pêche Artisanale (CLPA) dans la mise en place des Unités de Gestion 
Durable des ressources (UGD), WWF USAID/COMFISH
15. Recensement de la pêche crevettière dans le Sine Saloum, USAID/COMFISH
16. Roles of women in fishing communities of Dakar, the Petite Cote and Sine 
Saloum, USAID/COMFISH
17. Situation de référence sur la perception des acteurs de l’état de leur bien-être social 
au niveau des sites d’intervention du programme Mbaye A. USAID/COMFISH
18. Stratégie de renforcement des capacités des CLPA dans la zone d’intervention du 
projet USAID/COMFISH, FORACTION
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19. Stratégie de renforcement des capacités des CLPA dans le cadre de la mise en 
œuvre des unités de gestion durable des ressources, WWF USAID/COMFISH
20. Stratégie de renforcement des capacités et du pouvoir social et économique des 
femmes actives dans la pêche, WWF, USAID/COMFISH
21. Description des séries statistiques sur l’effort, les captures et l’environnement 
hydroclimatique au niveau des sites de Kayar, Mbour et Joal, Rapport CRODT
22. Construction d’indicateurs pour le suivi-évaluation de la performance des 
Conseils Locaux de Pêche Artisanale au Sénégal, Séne C. USAID/COMFISH
23. Convention locale pour une gestion durable des ressources halieutiques : Conseil 
Local de la Pêche Artisanale de Joal-Fadiouth, Région de Thiès, Département de 
Mbour, République du Sénégal, USAID/COMFISH
24. Convention locale pour une gestion durable des ressources halieutiques : Conseil 
Local de la Pêche Artisanale de Sindia: Région de Thiès, Département de Mbour, 
Sous Préfecture de Sindia, République du Sénégal, USAID/COMFISH
2013
25. Stratégie Nationale pour les Aires Marines Protégées au Sénégal, DAMPC, 
USAID/COMFISH
26. Evaluation de l’effort et des captures réalisés hors de la ZEE sénégalaise par la 
pêche artisanale, CRODT, USAID/COMFISH
27. Etude sur la vulgarisation dans le secteur de la pêche au Sénégal, AB. Diagne, 
USAID/COMFISH
28. Etude diagnostique des lacunes et contraintes de la gouvernance des aires marines 
protégées de Joal-Fadiouth, Cayar et Bamboung, USAID/COMFISH, CRODT
29. Etude diagnostique des lacunes et contraintes de la gouvernance des aires marines 
protegées de Joal-Fadiouth, Cayar et Bamboung : USAID/COMFISH
30. Estimation préliminaire des captures de la Pêche Illicite Non Déclarée et Non 
Réglementée (INN) au Sénégal, sources de données, logique, et conclusions, 
USAID/COMFISH
31. Cartographie des CLPA de Mbour, Sindia, Joal, Yene, Rufisque Cayar et de la 
migration des stocks Rapport d’activité, CSE, USAID/COMFISH
32. Cartographie de l’occupation du sol de la zone d’emprise des CLPA (Rufisque￾Bargny, Sindia Mbour, Cayar, Joal et Yenne- Dialao), distribution et dynamique 
des stocks, CSE, USAID/COMFISH
33. Analyse de la vulnérabilité des communautés côtières et stratégies d’adaptation 
au changement climatique dans les CLPA de Rufisque/Bargny, Sindia et 
Joal/Fadiouth, CAREX :ISE/UCAD
34. Amélioration des techniques de traitement et de conservation du poisson à Cayar : 
Etude sur les conditions de longue conservation du poisson BRAISE-SECHE 
(keccax) à Cayar, APTE, USAID/COMFISH
35. Amélioration des connaissances sur les aspects du changement climatique et la 
pêche dans les zones côtières du Sénégal et de la Commission Sous Régionale des 
Pêches (CSRP), Kane A.
36. Plan d’Adaptation au changement climatique à l’échelle du Conseil Local de la 
Pêche Artisanale de Joal-Fadiouth ; République de Sénégal, ISE, 
USAID/COMFISH
37. Plan d’Adaptation au changement climatique à l’échelle du Conseil Local de la 
Pêche Artisanale de Rufisque/Bargny; République de Sénégal, ISE, 
USAID/COMFISH
38. Plan d’Adaptation au changement climatique à l’échelle du Conseil Local de la 
Pêche Artisanale de Sindia; République de Sénégal, ISE, USAID/COMFISH
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39. Plan d’Adaptation au changement climatique à l’échelle du Conseil Local de la 
Pêche Artisanale de Ziguinchor; République de Sénégal, CSE USAID/COMFISH
40. Convention locale pour une gestion durable des ressources halieutiques : Conseil 
Local de la Pêche Artisanale de Cayar : (CLPA/CAYAR), Région de Thiès, 
Département de Mbour, République de Sénégal, USAID/COMFISH
41. Convention locale pour une gestion durable des ressources halieutiques : Conseil 
Local de la Pêche Artisanale de Mbour : Région de Thiès, Département de Mbour, 
Préfecture de Mbour, République du Sénégal, USAID/COMFISH
42. Convention locale pour une gestion durable des ressources halieutiques : Conseil 
Local de la Pêche Artisanale de Rufisque/Bargny : Région de Dakar, Département 
de Rufisque, République du Sénégal, USAID/COMFISH
43. Convention locale pour une gestion durable des ressources halieutiques : Conseil 
Local de la Pêche Artisanale de Yene/Dialaw,: Région de Dakar, Département de 
Rufisque, Arrondissement de Bambilor, République du Sénégal, 
USAID/COMFISH
2014
44. Amélioration des techniques de traitement et de conservation du poisson à Cayar : 
Guide des bonnes pratiques en Wolof « TEERE BU TËNK MBAAXU SOPPIN 
AK NJAAYINU KECCAX » ATPE USAID/COMFISH
45. Amélioration des techniques de traitement et de conservation du poisson à Cayar : 
Guide des bonnes pratiques de transformation et de commercialisation du 
KECCAX, APTE USAID/COMFISH
46. Cartographie des Sites et infrastructures de pêche des CLPA de Saint-Louis, 
Ziguinchor Sédhiou et mise à jour du système d’information géographique, CSE, 
USAID/COMFISH
47. Contribution du projet USAID/Comfish à l’amélioration de l’adaptation et de la 
résilience des écosystèmes et communautés côtières face au changement 
climatique, Kane A.
48. ELEFAN in R: a new tool for length-frequency analysis, 
USAID/COMFISH/UBC/IUPA
49. Etude bioécologique et socio-économique sur les stocks de l’ethmalose, CRODT, 
USAID/COMFISH
50. Etude sur la contribution socio-économique de la pêche artisanale dans
l’économie des collectivités locales côtières : l’étude du cas de la commune de 
Cayar ; WWF USAID/COMFISH
51. Formation du GIE «Dynamiques femmes de tanne» de Joal Fadiouth en 
organisation et dynamique communataire (ODC): Manuel du participant, 
USAID/COMFISH
52. Guide pratique sur la surveillance participative dans la pêche artisanale, 
USAID/COMFISH
53. Manuel de gestion administrative et financiere a l’usage des comites de 
coordination des CLPA dans le cadre de la gestion des ressources halieutiques, 
USAID/COMFISH
54. Rapport de l’étude sur la mobilisation interne et externe de fonds pour les conseils 
locaux de pêche artisanale (CLPA), Abdou Séne, USAID/COMFISH
55. Rapport de la réunion technique d’examen et de validation de la proposition de la 
mise en place du réseau des CLPA du Sénégal ; WWF, USAID/COMFISH
56. Etude diagnostique des cadres de concertation déjà mis en place sur les 
changements climatiques, la pêche et l’environnement marin et côtier, DEEC 
USAID/COMFISH
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57. Convention locale pour une gestion durable des ressources halieutiques ; Conseil 
Local de la Pêche Artisanale de Kafountine, Région de Ziguinchor, Département 
de Bignona, Arrondissement de Kataba1, République du Sénégal, 
USAID/COMFISH
58. Convention locale pour une gestion durable des ressources halieutiques : Conseil 
Local de la Pêche Artisanale de Ziguinchor, Région de Ziguinchor, Département 
de Ziguinchor, République du Sénégal, USAID/COMFISH
59. Convention locale pour une gestion durable des ressources halieutiques : Conseil 
Local de la Pêche Artisanale de Saint-Louis: Région de Saint-Louis, Département 
de Saint-Louis, République du Sénégal, USAID/COMFISH
2015
60. Elaboration de documents de gestion de l’unité ameliorée de transformation des 
produits halieutiques du Groupement d’Interet Economique « Mantoulaye 
Guène » de Cayar, APTE
61. Guide pratique de cogestion locale des pêches au Sénégal, ADEPA 
USAID/COMFISH
62. La chaîne de valeur de la sardinelle pêchée au Sénégal, Consultants (Mbaye 
A.,Cissé I., Touré K ; Ba A. /ISRA, CRODT, IRD, ENSA)
63. Manuel de gestion à l’usage des comites de gestion de salubrite des aires de 
transformation pour une meilleure adaptation au changement climatique, 
USAID/COMFISH
64. Manuel de procédures d’autocontrole de l’Unité moderne de transformation des 
produits halieutiques de Cayar, A. Mbengue, NC.Ndiaye, USAID/COMFISH
65. Plan d’Affaires de l’Unité de transformation de produits halieutiques du 
Groupement d’Intérêt Economique « Mantoulaye Guene » de Cayar, APTE 
USAID/COMFISH
66. Suivi des Indicateurs de la performance des Conseils Locaux de Pêche Artisanale 
au Sénégal ; Mbaye A., USAID/COMFISH
67. Plan d’Adaptation au changement climatique à l’échelle du Conseil Local de la 
Pêche Artisanale de Kafountine 2015-2020 ; République de Sénégal, CSE 
USAID/COMFISH
68. Plan d’Adaptation au changement climatique à l’échelle du Conseil Local de la 
Pêche Artisanale de Saint-Louis 2015-2020 ; République de Sénégal, CSE 
USAID/COMFISH
2016
69. Test de sélectivité des engins utilisées dans la pêcherie de l’ethmalose (cobo), 
IUPA, USAID/COMFISH
70. Plan National d’Adaptation du secteur de la pêche et de l’aquaculture face au 
changement climatique horizon 2035, Consultants, (Diouf PS., Diop N. Diop H.) 
USAID/COMFISH, octobre 2016
71. Plan de gestion participatif de la pêcherie de sardinelle dans la Grande Côte Nord, 
Grande Côte Sud, le Cap-Vert, la Petite Côte et la Casamance, Consultant / 
USAID COMFISH
72. Evolution de la perception des acteurs de Cayar et Joal de l’état de leur bien-être 
social, par Adama Mbaye, sociologue chercheur ISRA/CRODT
73. Documentation de bonnes pratiques de pêche & Cartographie de la migration des 
pêcheurs, CSE, USAID/COMFISH
74. Appui à la mise en place des Plans de gestion des petits pélagiques au Sénégal 
CRODT