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Over the past few weeks the Omali Vida Nón team has been visiting fishing communities to talk about illegal and industrial fishing in the waters around Príncipe. We discussed the effect that industrial fishing has on local fish stocks and on the livelihoods of local small-scale fishers, as well as potential community-based solutions for monitoring illegal fishing activity. For this work we were visited by James Tremlett, a conservationist from Aotearoa (New Zealand) based at the University of Cambridge, UK. Thanks to Fauna & Flora International for supporting this project! 
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After two months working with fishers, the Omali Vida Nón team has already produced preliminary maps of the artisanal fishing areas! Fishers have been carrying GPS trackers that record their location every time they go fishing. Copies of these maps have been offered to the fishers, along with an individual map in which fishers could see their fishing areas represented in the map. This information will allow us to identify the most important areas for the artisanal fishing communities in Principe and, for example, identify possible conflicts with industrial fishing.  Our team "Omali vida nón" keeps growing! Besides all the partners, focal points and collaborators in the fishing communities, there are now new people in the team. Cileine Fernandes (third from left) works at the Principe Trust Foundation and has been involved in community work and recycling within Biosphere projects. She's going to help us with activities in the six target fishing communities. Guillermo Porriños (first from the left) is the new research assistant and is responsible for coordinating fishing data collection and producing artisanal fishing maps. Albertino Lopes (second from left) is helping us entering all the data while he is finishing his studies. James Tremlett (first from the right) is doing a master's degree at the University of Cambridge University and is undertaking a project on industrial fishing and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing... he's currently in Principe where we have been conducting interviews about this topic. Everyone is working together to ensure the future of our sea!  |
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