Over the last year our ZANSASP* team have been completing a baseline study with 52 communities in Zanzibar, shown on the map! The communities are based in two marine conservation areas of ecological and socioeconomic importance, supporting the livelihoods and subsistence of 132,685 people.

The baseline study is complete and capacity building has started with the 52 Shehia Fisher Committees (SFCs), made up of 600 people! SFCs are village-based bodies responsible for local decision-making for fishery management.