The workshop would be attended by 20 fishery officers from Ghana, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Zambia and Uganda. The workshop will consist of lectures and field work in an artisanal fisheries location to provide basic knowledge on informal Fish Loss Assessment and the local tracking methodologies. A process of conducting pilot assessment studies in economically and socially important fisheries sites in the Africa region will be initiated during and after the workshop.