This report is the culmination of across-African countries analytical and empirical studycommissioned by the World Bank, which set out to improve theunderstanding of the characteristics and environmental,economic, and social performances of small-scale fisheriesin Africa. It applies a common evaluation tool, calledFishery Performance Indicators (FPIs), which evaluates theecological, social, and economic performances of aparticular fishery. This paper is a compilation of a seriesof case studies to cast some light on the status of SSFs inAfrica. The fisheries case studies range from inland tomarine, single to multispecies, East to West African, andfrom artisanal to semi-industrial fisheries. A template wasdeveloped to provide structure and guidance for these casestudies. Each case study involved the following elements:(a) characterization of SSFs (at both the national andcase-study levels); (b) legal and institutional frameworkfor case-study countries and communities; and (c) social,economic, and environmental performance of case-studyfisheries. This synthesis report focuses on element (c) byusing the standard Fishery Performance Indicators (FPIs) todo the comparison analysis. This report uses thequantitative results from the FPIs to explore commonalitiesand differences among and between the nine African fisheriesin six countries (Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Senegal,and Sierra Leone) and to infer their relative strengths andweaknesses. Overall, there are large performance gaps in therecent African SSFs in terms of the output performance.These fisheries have unhealthy fish stock, high-riskvolatility, weak market performance, and postharvest performance.
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