MeerWissen African-German Partners for Ocean Knowledge

Example: Joint taskforce for uptake of fisheries data in East Africa

The MeerWissen project “Fishing Data East Africa” (FIDEA) has achieved a significant impact on policymaking in the East African region through the establishment of a new political platform. FIDEA established a joint taskforce for the exchange of fisheries data and information between researchers and the National Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries in Tanzania. It successfully linked policymakers and fisheries researchers through an international partnership supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This enabled the project partners to conduct an extensive review of the fisheries information system in Tanzania, Zanzibar and Mozambique and provided the opportunity for the countries in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) Region to submit their first report on the progress towards SDG 14.4.1.