NFDS

The Stop Illegal Fishing Secretariat is run by NFDS Africa a Botswana based fisheries and natural resources consultancy group that has been working to stop illegal fishing for the past two decades. NFDS Africa has provided strategic, technical and operational expertise to Stop Illegal Fishing since its formation and everyone at NFDS Africa is highly committed to the fight against illegal fishing in Africa and across the globe.

NFDS Africa’s network and experience in implementing programmes and initiatives across Africa, their technical knowledge in fisheries, IUU fishing, intergovernmental processes, their investigative and analytical capacity and their trade-mark edge on communications material all help to make NFDS Africa a good partner to support Stop Illegal Fishing.

Recent Posts

Ghana adopts high-standard procedures for PSMA implementation – leading the way for the FCWC region

On 06-08 November, SIF was in Tema, Ghana to continue the process of...

SADC Atlantic shows growing impact in Angola’s actions to fight IUU fishing

On 22-25 October 2024 in Luanda took place the third in-person training organised...

First meeting of the Board of Directors of the SADC Regional MCSCC.

On 23 to 27 September 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa, the Southern African...

In Memory of JD Kotze – An African Champion in the Fight Against Illegal Fishing and Environmental Crime 30 January 1961 to 15 September 2024

Johannes Dirk Kotze, known to us all as simply JD, was a spirited...

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What impact are we having?

The Issues

One in four fish in Africa is caught illegally, this threatens the sustainability of fish stocks, damages the ecosystem and deprives governments of income and people of livelihoods.

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Our Approach

Creating change by informing policy and practice, our hands on experience and investigative work means we are often the first to spot new trends and find ways to challenge these.

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Our Initiatives

Illegal fishing is a complex issue that requires multifaceted responses. Stop Illegal Fishing are working with a range of organisations to bring about change.

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