Table 2. Fishery sector reference instruments that establishes the fisheries development policy in Mozambique. Instrument Objectives Strategies/Actions Fisheries (i) Master Plan improvement 1995-2005 in the domestic supply of fisheries produce to cover part of the country’s food deficit, (ii) increasing the net foreign exchange revenue generated by the sector, and (iii) improving the living conditions of fishing communities. Strategic Plan " Improved The subsistence for the living artisanal fishing Artisanal conditions in (i) the increase of Fishing the the results for communities of provided by 2007-2011 artisanal fishing as it is (PESPA) fishermen”, traditionally consisting of: known and (A) fishing accomplished, so activities based that it can induce on traditional increases in the gear and income of methods, fishermen, (ii) the providing improvement of added results, current techniques corresponding of storage, to their handling and potential, while processing, which at the same can offer decreases time, in volumes of favourable losses and areas, more improved quality advanced of fishery forms of products, and (iii) fishing, lower costs or particularly on extending the the open sea, period of fishing are developed; and other activities (B) better which contribute health, to mitigating the
Table 2. Fishery sector reference instruments that establishes the fisheries development policy in Mozambique. Instrument Objectives Strategies/Actions Fisheries Master Plan 1995-2005 (i) improvement in the domestic supply of fisheries produce to cover part of the country’s food deficit, (ii) increasing the net foreign exchange revenue generated by the sector, and (iii) improving the living conditions of fishing communities. Strategic Plan for the Artisanal Fishing for 2007-2011 (PESPA) " Improved living conditions in the communities of artisanal fishermen”, consisting of: (A) fishing activities based on traditional gear and methods, providing added results, corresponding to their potential, while at the same time, in favourable areas, more advanced forms of fishing, particularly on the open sea, are developed; (B) better health, The subsistence artisanal fishing (i) the increase of the results provided by fishing as it is traditionally known and accomplished, so that it can induce increases in the income of fishermen, (ii) the improvement of current techniques of storage, handling and processing, which can offer decreases volumes of losses and improved quality of fishery products, and (iii) lower costs or extending the period of fishing and other activities which contribute to mitigating the
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