DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT INTERVENTION AREA. At the beginning of the project, the intervention area covered the area under the Cayar CLPA (La Grande Côte) and the CLPAs on La Petite Côte (Joal/Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Mbour, Yenne/Dialaw, Rufisque/Bargny and Foundiougne). So all the CLPAs targeted by project interventions were in the regions of Thies, Dakar and Fatick. This zone harbors over 65% of the fishermen in Senegal, close to 65% of the fishermen contributing to the fishing effort, and 70 to 80% of small pelagic fish landings. Some actions on shrimp fisheries are also conducted in the Saloum Biosphere Reserve. The administrative map below (fig.1) shows these intervention areas as well as the site plans of the MPAs in Xxxxx, Xxxx and the Saloum Biosphere Reserve. Figure 1: Administrative map of initial project intervention sites (source: CSE) Following the logic it used to develop the first UGD stock based sardinella management plan, the USAID/COMFISH project has worked progressively to extend its intervention area to also cover the regions of Saint-Louis, Louga and Ziguinchor. In the Sédhiou region, the extension of the USAID/COMFISH Project’s activities will help reinforce the fisheries activities supported by the USAID/Wula Naafa Project for the sustainable management of fisheries zones in the Boudié/Balantacounda area. Several demands from the Department of Maritime Fisheries, its field services and the stakeholders at the grassroots led the project to extend its activities in this manner. The map below (fig.2) shows the new areas (phase 2) and the old areas (phase 1) targeted by the project.
