Indicators of sustainability regarding subsidies in fishing sectors: what role for institutional and regional co-operation in West Africa? The experience of Enda Diapol

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Indicators of sustainability regarding subsidies
in fishing sectors what role for institutional
and regional co-operation in West Africa?The
experience of Enda Diapol

• Papa Gora NDIAYE

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CONTENTS

• Enda Diapol and its work on fisheries in West
  Africa
• The recent completed Program on Fisheries, Trade
  and Environment in West Africa (PCEAO)
• The regional Co-operation for the best
  implementation and follow-up of indicators of
  sustainability of trade policies, and in
  particular, the effects of subsidies on the
  sustainability of fisheries
• Current work of Enda Diapol for a better
  consideration of indicators of sustainability
  regarding subsidies in the fishing policies in
  West Africa

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Why Enda Diapol focuses on fishing policies in
West Africa? (1)

• the international context imposes the definition
  of common harmonized and coherent fisheries
  policies
• the impacts of trade policies in West African
  fishing sectors, which bears enough constraints
  and opportunities, justify the definition of
  coherent and concerted public strategies on
  various aspects

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Why Enda Diapol focuses on fishing policies in
West Africa? (2)

• In addition, the coastal West African countries
  that are Members of the Sub regional Fisheries
  Commission (CSRP) belong to the same marine
  ecosystem
• Since many limitation and constraints have been
  noted in the national planning strategies of
  fishing resources, of coastal monitoring and the
  trade of fishing products

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The Program of Fisheries, Trade and Environment
in West Africa (PCEAO)

• The main objective of the program is to support
  the emergence of concerted and coherent fishing
  policies in the sub region which conciliates the
  development of exports, sustainable management of
  the fishing resources and food security.

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Results and findings

• Country-Studies, which were carried out in 6
  countries of the sub-region (Cape Verde, Gambia,
  Guinea, Bissau Guinea, Mauritania and Senegal)
• importance of trade in West African fisheries
• very strong increase of volume and value of
  fishing products exports
• Transfer of fishing effort of many fishing units
  from traditional species toward exported species
  

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Subsidies and policy support to fishery sectors
in West Africa (1)

• Free zone and free exporting company status
• tax and customs fees exemption on imports and
  exports of capital goods, equipment and raw
  material as well as semi-processed and processed
  products

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Subsidies and policy support to fishery sector in
West Africa (2)

• tax exemption on value added and company
  registration fees
• tax profits (ICP) at a preferential rate (15
  instead of 33 as specified under the common law
  in Senegal before the devaluation of the CFA
  franc)

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Subsidies and policy support to fishery sector in
West Africa (3)

• The devaluation of the FCA franc in 1994 also
  allowed an increase of the competitiveness of
  Senegalese fishing products on the European
  market (compared to exports from non-ACP
  countries)
• Subsidies to exports
• Grant for implementation quality and safety
  procedures of fishing companies and harbour
  facilities

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Subsidies and policy support to fishery sectors
in West Africa (4)

• The policy of fuel subsidy lead to
• Equipment modernization
• Use more powerful motors
• Extend the length of sea trips
• Extension of fishing areas
• Example of Senegal From less than CFAF 2 billion
  in 1986, the fuel subsidy in favour of
  small-scale fishing rose to CFAF 9 billion in
  2005

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Regional and institutional cooperation

• Objective reduce the negative impacts of
  subsidies on the fisheries
• Implementation of indicators for the follow-up of
  the effects of trade on fisheries in West Africa
• Sharing information within a dialogue framework
  for the follow-up of trade policies effects of
  the fishing sector

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Works of Enda Diapol for a better consideration
of indicators of sustainability regarding
subsidies in fishing sectors in West Africa

• To make innovative research on the effects of
  subsidies in fisheries
• To impulse the implementation of the new Network
  on Fishing Policies in West Africa (REPAO) which
  handles also questions related to subsidies on
  fisheries

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