CRC
1 February 2019
Aug 18-21: Conference on Fisheries and Coastal Environment in Accra, Ghana ...read more1 November 2018
Nov 8: CRC to host RIMTA’s Annual MeetingCRC will be hosting the RI Marine Trades Association’s annual ...read more25 October 2018
Nov 8 and Nov 9: Game of FloodsCRC is teaming up with Providence, RI Emergency Management Agency – ...read moreThe USAID Feed the Future (FtF) and Biodiversity COMFISH Plus Project (USAID/COMFISH Plus) was a $4,523,583 two-year initiative (October 1, 2016 – October 31, 2018) funded by the United States Agency for International Development. It was a follow-on to the five-year USAID/COMFISH initiative: Collaborative Management for a Sustainable Fisheries Future in Senegal (February 14, 2011 – September 30, 2016). USAID/COMFISH Plus was implemented through a Cooperative Agreement between USAID and the University of Rhode Island.
read moreThis event was aimed at promoting a sound working relationship between the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, the Fisheries Commission and the media to work closely together towards improving targeted marine fisheries stock and food security. It also stressed the need for the media to prioritize reportage in the fishing sector.
read moreThe purpose of the co-management policy document therefore, is to lay out a road map for Ghana’s fisheries management that transitions from a more top-down consultative management framework to an approach that will transition into a system that allows some or full delegation of authority to resource users and other stakeholders in the decision making processes.
read moreThis progress report hereby details activities, results, lessons learned during Year 2 (October1, 2015 to September 30, 2016). It further explains how partners significantly contributed to the achievement of set targets and how these achievements will be sustained to meet the overarching goal of SFMP.
read moreThis progress report details activities, results, and lessons learned during the first quarter of Project Year 5 (FY19). It also explains how partners contributed to the achievement of targets and how these achievements will be sustained to meet the overarching goal of SFMP.
read moreThe April 2012 BALANCED newsletter highlights how PHE approaches contribute to the progess towards three Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on Gender Equality, Chilld and Maternal Health, and Environmental Sustainability. The introductory article calls on the international development community to: promote the value of integrated PHE approaches in international policy dialogues; increase support for universal access to family planning and reproductive health services; and foster creative international financing policies to better link health, development and conservation.
read moreThe USAID/COMFISH Project was a 5 year, 7 month initiative (February 11, 2011 - September 30, 2016) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The project was implemented through a Cooperative Agreement between USAID and the University of Rhode Island (URI)/Coastal Resources Center (CRC).
read moreThis annual report updates project progress through Year 4 (October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018) and provides information on how partners are contributing to the achievement of project targets and how these achievements will be sustained to meet the overarching goal of SFMP. Progress towards implementing significant management measures in the fisheries sector in Ghana were highlighted in dramatic fashion in Q4 of FY18 when a nationwide closed season was announced by MOFAD and rescinded shortly thereafter following a letter to the President from the Ghana National Canoe Fishermen’s Council (GNCFC).
read moreDAA has used its Quarterly Review Meetings to disseminate information to members and also share ideas among members. Quarterly review meetings were held in December 2017 in Accra and Apam which included other members of DAA who are farmers to serve the purpose of sharing ideas in general. The objective of these meetings were to discuss and review Year Four activities, identify challenges and oppurtunities, share ideas, success stories and lessons learned and to learn about the way forward.
read moreThis document serves as the project's Monitoring and Evaluation Plan, a tool for planning, managing, evaluation and documenting progress towards achieving the goals of the project.
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