West African Fair for
Artisanally Processed Fish

2 and 3 June 2001
Place de l'Obélisque Dakar, Sénégal

Fish processing and trade have a long tradition in the West African region. Processed fish products dried, smoked, salted or fermented are eminently suited to local tastes and cuisines, and provide a rich source of nutrition, even in remote regions.

Activities related to fish processing and trade have significant livelihood, social and cultural implications. They provide diversified marketing and employment opportunities within the fisheries sector, especially to women of fishing communities. They contribute to food security, especially of the poorer sections of society.

Trade in these products is mainly through informal networks. These dynamic and diversified networks, although able to respond to demands for fish products through the region, are constrained by poor transport infrastructure, problems at borders, poor market facilities, lack of access to market information, among others. It is to highlight these issues that the fair is being organized.

Organizers:

• Collectif National des Pecheurs Artisanaux du Senegal (CNPS)

• The Centre de Recherches pour le Developpement des Technologies Intermediaires de Peche (CREDETIP)

• The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

With the support of:

• The FAO-DFID Sustainable Fisheries Livelihood Programme (SFLP).
  
  
• Development and Peace, Canada.