The Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC) held its 11th session. Eleven out of its ten member counties attended the session, namely, Comoros, France, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, the United Republic of Tanzania and Yemen.
Since the establishment of the SWIOFC in 2005, this is the first time that, the member states hold their regular session virtually. The session was preceded on 3 August 2021 by the Regional Steering Committees for the Southwest Indian Ocean region fisheries projects linked to the SWIOFC, namely, the SWIOFish1 project funded by World Bank and the FAO EAF-Nansen Programme. The Commission acts a regional platform for the steering and collaboration with of fisheries projects.
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