Ongoing Projects

Project Background Foreign-owned distant water fishing vessels (DWFVs) in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) and Mauritanian waters significantly benefit from unsustainable exploitation and inadequate control of ocean resources in the region. The destabilising impacts of these foreign DWF vessels in the GoG and Mauritania include depleting fish stocks; illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing; and […]

Project Background The lack of transparency, accountability and good governance in the sector has contributed to a suite of fisheries management challenges that pose an existential threat to the Gulf of Guinea’s fisheries sector. The current transparency, accountability and governance gaps risk pushing ocean ecosystems towards total collapse, with devastating consequences for the marine environment […]

Project Summary Oceana is conducting feasibility studies in Ghana and Senegal to help determine if it should open an office in West Africa. This study will provide an analysis of whether Ghana provides a political, socioeconomic, and policy context that will allow Oceana to succeed in its mission. The study will cover the following areas: […]

Project Background The project aims to investigate the relationship between counterpiracy efforts and the persistence of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) region. It questions the assumption that counterpiracy leads to a reduction in piracy and seeks to identify the conditions under which counterpiracy may or may not be effective. The project aims to […]