Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa
In this Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa, we are proud to feature a Special 2018 Edition on Fish and Fisheries Product Trade and Marketing. One of the policy arenas of the Policy Framework and Reform Strategy for Fisheries and Aquaculture in Africa (PFRS) is dedicated towards ‘Responsible and Equitable Fish Trade and Marketing’ through harnessing significantly the benefits of Africa’s fisheries and aquaculture endowments through accelerated trade and marketing. Concerned about the low level of intra-regional trade, the African Union Heads of State and Government, during their 23rd Ordinary Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea in June 2014, committed themselves to Boosting Intra-African Trade in Agricultural Commodities (including fisheries) and Services though harnessing markets and trade opportunities, locally, regionally and internationally, and resolved to (i) triple, by the year 2025, intra-African trade and, (ii) create and enhance policies and institutional