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Liberia joins the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI)
MONROVIA, 21st of May 2025. The Republic of Liberia has taken a significant step towards
enhancing fisheries governance by joining the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI). This
commitment demonstrates the country’s political will to improve transparency and participation
for the benefit of a more sustainable management of its marine fisheries.
The commitment was formalised by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between
Liberia’s National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) and the FiTI.
This agreement establishes a collaboration framework to coordinate activities related to enhancing the
transparency of fisheries management in Liberia through the implementation of the FiTI Standard.
The FiTI Standard is the only internationally recognised framework that defines what information
on marine fisheries management should be published online by national authorities. Its objective
is to contribute to the sustainability of marine fisheries by increasing the availability, accessibility,
credibility and usability of national fisheries management information.
Liberia is endowed with rich demersal and pelagic fishery resources which support food and
nutrition security, employment and livelihoods for thousands of people, and government
revenues. However, the sector is facing several challenges. For example, despite its huge natural
resources, including some of the richest fishing grounds in the world along its 579 km coastline,
fish consumption in Liberia is among the lowest in West Africa. A policy brief published by the
University of Liberia and Conservation International in 2023 recommended, inter alia, that Liberia
must make efforts to strengthen transparency in fisheries management by increasing access to
data and information.
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