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Faculty/Unit |
Law |
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Name of Project Leader |
Prof Hennie van As |
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Project leader Email |
hennie.vanas@mandela.ac.za |
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Project Leader contact |
0415041200 |
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Project Name |
FishFORCE |
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Project Focus |
FishFORCE, the Fisheries Crime Law Enforcement Academy, was established at the Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa in 2016. It aims to build law enforcement expertise and strengthen cooperation between agencies, domestically and cross-border, towards enhanced law enforcement in addressing fisheries crime. This is to be achieved via a combination of hands-on expert training of fisheries law enforcement officers from multiple relevant agencies, continual post-training support and focused research. Fisheries crime refers to the full range of serious offences occurring throughout the fisheries value chain both at-sea, in-land waters and on land including document fraud, illegal fishing, human trafficking and corruption to name a few. |
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Geographic Location |
Southern Africa including small island states in the Western Indian Ocean. The project also includes Kenya |
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Indicators (see four categories below): |
SDG1, SDG2, SDG3, SDG4, SDG8,SDG14,SDG16,SDG17; AA1,AA3,AA4; NDP1,NDP3,NDP4,NDP5,NDP9,NDP10,NDP11; TSP1, TSP4,TSP5, TSP7, TSP8 |
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Focus Area |
To build technical expertise and professionalism, strengthen interagency and cross border cooperation, and stimulate research and awareness to promote fisheries crime law enforcement in Southern Africa |
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Internal University Collaborators |
CMR at Ocean Sciences Law Faculty Digital Learning |
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External Collaborators |
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Royal Norwegian Embassy Pretoria Interpol UNODC FOA Stop Illegal Fishing SADC LETrainNet University of Kenya University of Dar es Salaam Eduardo Mondlane University University of Namibia University of Malawi University of Zimbabwe Seychelles Fishing Authority Open University of Mauritius University of Wollongong Australia Trygg Mat Tracking International Labour Organisation Marine and Ocean Crime Priority Committee (Operation Phakisa) Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) SAPS National Prosecuting Authority |
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Funding Source |
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Plus additional smaller funding sources |
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Forms of Output |
Improved technical capacity and professionalism of fisheries enforcement officers in multiple agencies within Southern Africa FishFORCE is the institutional anchor for a regional network in evidence-based analysis, discussion and dissemination on issues of fisheries crime and enforcement to provide policy advice to regional processes Support and tools are available to facilitate and strengthen interagency and cross-border investigations and actions against illicit fisheries operators |
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Online Link |
N/A |