b. Sustainable fishery and poverty
The impact of fishery on food security pushed the government
to take the issue more seriously, especially since the prices of fish increased
putting more Sierra Leoneans in a vulnerable state of food security. Since 2008
and the publication of the AfC the government vowed to:
«endeavour to manage the resources sustainably in order
to derive maximum benefits, which will contribute towards food security for all
Sierra Leoneans, and the reduction of poverty.» (GoSL, Agenda for
Change 2008)
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According to the government's data some of Sierra Leone's
poorest people live in coastal areas (GoSL 2005). Since the late 90's Sierra
Leone has been part of the Sustainable fisheries livelihoods Programme in
West and Central Africa (SFLP) a partnership between the FAO, the
Department for International Development of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland and 25 West African countries. Launched in 1999 and set to
end in 2006, the SFLP intended to reduce poverty and improve the livelihood of
coastal communities by targeting existent policies relating to SSFs. The action
was founded on 4 principles: information, improvement, support and promotion
each one involving institutions at different level of authority. In order to
reduce poverty and improve the livelihood of coastal communities the SFLP, use
the Sustainable Livelihood Approach and the FAO Code of Conduct for
Responsible Fisheries (CCRF) as a framework. The multilevel action of the
SFLP made it rather effective by targeting issues at global, regional, national
and local level (FAO 2008). Effectively as we said before, in 2008 the AfC
largely included fishery and small-scale fishery in the PRSP, which was
reprised later in 2013 in the A4P.
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