1: COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE TO FIGHT ILLEGAL FISHING

Introduction to community surveillance

What are the challenges of community surveillance, and how can they be overcome?

How can data collected through community surveillance be used?

The DASE app

Case Study: Launching the DASE app in Ghana

Additional resources

Section one of the toolkit provides information and resources for practitioners working alongside fishing communities who are seeking to set up their own community surveillance projects to detect and report IUU or destructive fishing, or those who would like to equip and train fishers on EJF’s DASE app. It consists of four key components:


  • An overview of what community surveillance is, how to use it effectively and its importance in the fight against IUU fishing;

  • Challenges of community surveillance and how to overcome them;

  • A guide to verifying and submitting evidence of suspected illegal or harmful fishing practices gathered through community surveillance;

  • Introduction to EJF’s DASE app, and technical advice on how to use it.


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