With this regard, ATLAFCO aims to combine efforts, to take advantage of complementarities, exchanging information and harmonizing conservation and management policies between Member States;

Given the importance of highly migratory species in fisheries in the Region, ATLAFCO encourages member countries to inform each other on their activities in the assessment and conservation of these species and to coordinate their actions within competent international organizations

Trade in fishery products plays an important role in the socio-economic development of the countries of the Region. ATLAFCO’s aim is to establish bilateral and multilateral cooperation to increase intra-African fish trade and promote transparency and traceability-based commercial systems