SFMP definition
Examples of SFMP in a sentence
The SFMP, led by the Hen Mpoano national activities manager and with support from FoN, will also train marine police in fisheries laws and the rationale upholding these laws, first in the Central Region where illegal light fishing and trans-shipment of fish are continuing problems and then rolled out to other regions and at the national level as well..
Our SFMP design builds on the gains and lessons learned by the ICFG initiative.
While an IEE is in place for this project, an EMMP will be prepared during the mobilization period for submission to the SFMP AOR.
The SFMP will continue ICFG’s focus on the need for legislative reform to make co-management a reality by working closely with MOFAD and the attorney general’s office on procedural processes described in the 3rd National Fisheries dialogue proceedings.
The SFMP will develop nested governance arrangements and management plans for fishery management units at three ecosystem scales, utilizing adaptive co-management approaches tailored to each unit.
The SFMP aims to move Ghana from over-reliance on input controls and to start considering output controls.
Mobilizing US government support for policy and legislative reform: While much of the SFMP approach is predicated on building local constituencies to support change and thereby create demand for local policy makers to make difficult choices necessary to end overfishing, we will also work with USAID, the Embassy and the FAS to raise critical policy issues at senior levels of Ghana’s government via other USG-GoG communication channels.
The SFMP features local partners that have strong women leaders and the mission to empower women in advocacy, policy dialogue and management decision-making.
SFMP also will also build on SNV experience in using innovative web-based and mobile phone social media tools to reach a wide-ranging and dispersed network of stakeholders in all coastal regions of Ghana.
The SFMP will continue and expand the scope ICFG’s successful national dialogues that engaged an array of stakeholders.