PROFISH
The Global Program on Fisheries (PROFISH) is a global program on
The World Bank characterises this crisis in the following way:[1]
Increasing population pressures, growing demand for fish and failures of governance are leading to unsustainable levels of exploitation of living aquatic resources and destruction of aquatic ecosystems. In many developing countries the sustainable benefits are in decline, perpetuating a spiral into poverty for many small-scale fishers and communities dependent on fishing.
PROFISH is a programming and funding partnership between key fishery sector donors, international financial institutions, developing countries, stakeholder organizations, and international agencies. PROFISH currently receives financial and in-kind support from
As of November 2018, the PROFISH trust fund is now part of the World Bank's Program for the Blue Economy (PROBLUE) umbrella program.[2]
Objectives
The overall objective of PROFISH is "to improve sustainable livelihoods in the fisheries sector and to make concrete progress towards meeting the goals of the
The specific objectives are to strengthen governance of the world's marine fisheries by: (i) improving the quality of investments made by both public and private sectors; (ii) assisting countries and regions to establish roadmaps to achieve effective sector governance and reform using improved fisheries management tools; and (iii) aligning donor interventions
It is intended that PROFISH would improve sustainable livelihoods in the fisheries sector and to make concrete progress towards meeting the 2002 fisheries goals of the
Studies
A 2008 joint publication by the World Bank and the
References
- ^ a b Global Program on Fisheries (PROFISH) – World Bank.
- ^ PROBLUE Annual Report 2019.
- ^ WSSD's goals in fisheries Archived 2010-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ FAO