The 1st Africa Fisheries and Aquaculture Dialogue.

Is an annual event that sets to create a platform that brings together various Fisheries and aquaculture experts and practitioners to look at sustainable ways that will strengthen the industry as a whole and turning it into a viable business model.

It is a platform that draws its aims and objectives from the recent CAMFA conference in The Gambia in 2010 and seeks to collaborate national efforts and align them with the private sector to strengthen the sustainability of the industry.

The potential of the fisheries and aquaculture Industry remains marginalised from the mainstream national economic development plans and we are saying this has to stop. Fisheries play a critical role in the Socio-economic development of the continent and with various programmes on the ground targeted at viable sustainability, effects of climate change, food security and employment creation, the dialogue creates a platform that will connect both the private sector and public sector to work together in strengthening the Industry as a whole.

The rationale of the dialogue is simple: To ensure the viability, sustainability and profitability of Africa's vital fisheries for generations to come.