MONROVIA – The government of Liberia through the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority, (NaFAA) recently signed two cardinal fisheries projects with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) aimed at strengthening the Liberian fisheries sector. According to a NaFAA press release, the two Fisheries projects include the ‘Livelihood Empowerment of women in small-scale fisheries (SSF) during and after COVID-19 and the Assessment of Sea Cucumber Fisheries along the coast in Liberia’. The ‘Livelihood Empowerment of women in small-scale fisheries (SSF) during and after COVID-19’ project is in line with Sustainable Development Goal 1,2,3,8,9, and 14. Meanwhile, speaking earlier, FAO Country Representative to Liberia Maritztou Njie noted that the Liberian fisheries sector is very important to its citizens, strengthening food security and providing direct employment for those along the coast. Meanwhile, speaking on the Assessment of Sea Cucumber Fisheries the FAO Country Representative promised that FAO will provide the technical support to ensure that NaFAA achieves its desire objective to produce a sea cucumber management plan.

Source: Front Page Africa April 27, 2021 09:00 UTC