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 objectives of this training workshop were as follows; To build the skills of selected participants in basic record keeping and to improve upon participants’ knowledge, skills and awareness on financial numeracy and literacy (financial management skills).
read moreThis curriculum is an introductory course meant to prepare fisheries enforcement officers by providing basic information about Ghana’s marine fisheries sector. Although this curriculum is not intended to be a complete course for marine fisheries enforcement, it provides very useful information that will prepare enforcement officers to understand Ghana’s marine environment, the importance of marine fisheries to Ghana, the basic offences and the areas of the fisheries laws that relates to those offences.
read moreThis USAID newsletter includes a lead article on the Cayar fish processing plant, inaugurated by USAID/Senegal Mission Director Susan Fine and Senegal MInister of Fisheries Haidar el Ali. The plant upgrade is a component of the USAID/COMFISH project, of which CRC is lead implementer.
read moreThis report is the result of the livelihoods baseline survey as part of the USAID-funded Integrated Coastal and Fisheries Governance (ICFG) Program for the Western Region of Ghana (Hen Mpoano). The survey aims to provide a baseline for interventions to be implemented as part of the Hen Mpoano project by: 1. Establishing a baseline of the status of livelihoods of households in target communities (assess income levels and sources, seasonality issues, assets, vulnerability) 2. Establishing a simplified nutritional baseline of households in target communities and fish species consumed 3. Identifying opportunities for livelihood diversification in the target opportunities Income diversification is a means to cope with risks and seasonality related to agriculture and fisheries. Poverty is multi-dimensional as it not only relates to income and consumption levels, but also to a lack of basic needs (access to shelter, health, and sanitation) and the ability to cope with shocks. Understanding poverty therefore requires the analysis to go beyond measuring income, to include factors such as education levels, health status, ownership and control over capital, financial and natural assets and access to social networks. The livelihoods survey conducted for the Hen Mpoano project aimed to encompass all these dimensions.
read moreThis report draws upon seven years of experience and the extensive discussions and input from a September 2012 learning workshop attended by a broad range of stakeholders — from programme designers and implementers to conservation agency representatives and alumni of the programme. It captures critical lessons learned in the process of designing and implementing WIO-COMPAS.
read moreSemi-annual results report number 6.
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