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 formalized 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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