Contribute to address the global issue of weak governance as a root cause of overfishing and degradation of fishery resources and coastal and marine biodiversity.

The initiative will be focused mainly on artisanal and small scale fisheries in Ecuador and Peru.

The strategy is to:

-Establish communities of practice with fishers, stakeholders and authorities of both countries,
-Implement hands-on trials in fishery-specific (seven fisheries) and area-specific cases (two sites),
-Systematically document, exchange and disseminate experience and lessons within each country, between both countries and among participants of CFI, and
-Apply lessons to improve existing fisheries governance schemes or to implement new ones.