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Nine Day Port Inspection Training Underway in Banjul
February 27th, 2024
2nd Apr
2024OSAC Committee Members Meet Fisheries Permanent Secretary
Members of the Oyster Value Chain Stakeholder Advisory Committee (OSAC) recently visited the Permanent…
27th Feb
2024Nine Day Port Inspection Training Underway in Banjul
The Department of Fisheries has kick-started a nine-day training for Fisheries Inspectors and Gambia…
20th Feb
2024The 5th Joint Committee Meeting of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between The Gambia and the European Union
The deputy Permanent Secretary of Finance and Admin at the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and…
20th Feb
2024The Department of Fisheries is holding a five-data collection in fisheries management for it staff
The Department of Fisheries is holding a five-data collection in fisheries management for its staff from…
19th Jan
2024Marine Scientists Descended in Banjul for a Five-Day Meeting
Marine scientists from Senegal, the European Union, and the Gambia are in Banjul for a five-day meeting.…
31st Jul
2023DPS SAMATEH THUMBS UP METROLOGY (MET) UNIT AT THE AIRPORT
The deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters…
28th Jul
2023Gambian Professor Elected as Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Vice Chair of Working Group II
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has elected a Gambian born Professor as its new…
30th May
2023Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources, FAO Meet Communities Over New Project
Officials from the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly matters and Food and…
18th May
2023The Department of Water Resources Galvanizes Efforts To Improve Water And Sanitation
In order to improve and address the data gaps in the water and sanitation sector in The Gambia, the Department…
12th May
2023Ministry of Fisheries, FAO hold ‘Gender Desk’ operationalization meeting
For a collaborative approach, the FAO in conjunction with the Ministry of Fisheries Water Resources and…
14th Apr
2023The President of the Republic of The Gambia, His Excellency Adama Barrow signed the two Instruments of ratification on 13th April, 2023.
The two instruments are the Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses…
14th Mar
2023WADAF NASCOM Jointly Initiate Fisheries Co-Management Committee
The National Sole Fisheries Co-Management Committee (NASCOM) in collaboration with WADAF on March 14…
3rd Mar
2023Fisheries Department Boss Returns From Scientific Event
The deputy director of the Department of Fisheries Momodou Sidibeh has returned home after attending…
5th Dec
2022FAO Hands Over Fish-Smoking Houses to communities
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Gambia office on Friday 9th December 2022 handed over fish…
28th Nov
2022Department of Fisheries holds two days interagency workshop
The Department of Fisheries under the Ministry of Fisheries Water Resources and National Assembly Matters…
31st Oct
2022Fisheries Department Poised To Transform The Value Chain
The Department of Fisheries is galvanizing efforts to ensure that the fishing and the fisheries value…
27th Oct
2022Fisheries department holds three day consultation meeting with Stakeholders
The department of Fisheries recently concluded a three-day consultative meeting with stakeholders on…
29th Sep
2022Four Millions Euros for Oyster farmers in The Gambia
The Food and Agriculture Organisation(FAO) Gambia office in partnership with the Ministry of Fisheries,…
22nd Sep
2022Government pumps D10M into rural water projects
The Deputy Permanent Secretary (DPS) at the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources, and National Assembly…
21st Sep
2022First steering committee on Gender Mainstreaming held
The Ministry of Fisheries Water Resources National Assembly Matters (MoFWR-NAMs) in collaboration with…
25th Jul
2022LAUNCHING OF RURAL WATER SUPPLY PROJECT (PHASE IV) –JICA, MoFWR-NAMs
The Ministry of Fisheries Water Resources and National Assembly Matters (MoFWR-NAMs) in collaboration…
24th May
2022DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES SEASONAL RAINFALL PREDICTION FOR JULY-AUGUST- SEPTEMBER (JAS) 2022 & SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GAMBIA
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) produces the Seasonal Rainfall Prediction (SRP) annually in fulfillment…
22nd Feb
2022Fisheries Officers Trained on Digital Data Collection
The Department of Fisheries in collaboration with the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) and the…
14th Feb
2022DoF hands over fish preservation coolers, gloves, to 250 women through FAO TCP project
The Department of Fisheries under the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matter…
8th Feb
2022WASCAL Hands over Automatic Hydrological Sensors to DWR
The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adopted Land Use (WASCAL) on Tuesday 8th…
19th Oct
2021DEVELOPMENT OF MECHANISMS FOR THE MONITORING OF MARINE MAMMALS INCIDENTAL CAPTURE HELD
Among the species most vulnerable to bycatch are seabirds. Their late sexual maturity and slow breeding…
29th Sep
2021UNIT HEADS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES PRESENTS SELF-ASSESSMENT REPORTS
The Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources, and National Assembly Matters (MoFWR-NAMs) is currently on…
28th Sep
2021MoFWR kick-starts technical retreat on the terminal evaluation of Fisheries, Aquaculture, Sector Strategic Plan
The Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters (MoFWR-NAMs) on Tuesday, 28th…
27th Sep
2021ONBOARD OBSERVERS COMMENCE TRAINING ON DATA COLLECTION ON SEABIRDS, SEA TURTLES
BirdLife International in collaboration with the Department of Fisheries commenced a three-day workshop…
17th Aug
2021PLANNING MEETING FOR GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN THE FISHERIES SECTOR HELD
The Department of Fisheries in collaboration with FAO recently held a planning meeting for gender mainstreaming…
11th Aug
2021Training Of Fishing Vessel Observers
The department of Fisheries under the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters…
8th Jul
2021ECOWAS Commission Fact Finding Mission in The Gambia Fishing Sector Underway
The Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters had requested for support from…
30th Jun
2021WFP HANDS OVER 4 AUTOMATED WEATHER STATIONS TO GOV’T
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) with funding from EU today, Wednesday, 30th June 2021, handed…
28th Jun
2021FISHERIES MINISTER UPATES NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS ON THE STATE OF THE GAMBIAN FISHING INDUSTRY
The Minister of Fisheries Water Resources and National Assembly Matters, James F.P Gomes on Monday, 28thJune…
7th Jun
2021DEPT. WATER RESOURCES HELD GRADUATION FOR MIDDLE LEVEL METEOROLOGICAL TECHNICIAN COURSE
The Department of Water Resources under the Ministry of Fisheries Water Resources and National Assembly…
1st Jun
2021CSRWASHDEP HANDS OVER MOTORCYCLES TO DATA COLLECTORS
The Gambia Climate Smart Rural WASH Development Project (CSRWASHDEP) which aims to increase access to…
27th May
2021DEPT. FISHERIES SET TO COMBAT IUU FISHING AS IT INAUGURATES THE FISHERIES MONITORING CENTER (FMC)
The Department of Fisheries through the Ministry of Fisheries Water Resources and National Assembly Matters…
11th May
2021DEPT. FISHERIES DISTRIBUTES MATERIALS, COVID-19 RELIEF ITEMS ACROSS THE NATION
The Department of Fisheries through the Ministry of Fisheries Water Resources and National Assembly Matters…
20th Apr
2021Gambia Hosts 2nd Ecowas Hydromet Forum
The second edition of the ECOWAS Hydromet forum, Gender and Drought Risk Reduction (DRR) Platform commenced…
13th Apr
2021DATA COLLECTORS TRAINED ON DIGITISED FISH PRICE INFORMATION
The Department of Fisheries under the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters…
30th Mar
2021Gunjur Women Fish processors receives Cistern, Solar system facilities at FTT site in Gunjur
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO) on Tuesday, 30th March 2021, handed over…
25th Mar
2021Senegal’s Minister of Fisheries, Mr. Alioune Ndoye, with high delegation pays courtesy call to Fisheries Minister
The Senegalese Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Economy, Mr. Alione Ndoye with the Seneglese Ambassador…
2nd Mar
2021Department of Water Resources Gets New Office Structure Worth Over D15M
The Climate Smart Rural Wash Development Project (CSRWP) for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation on Monday,…
10th Jul
20202 fish feed mills, aquaculture facility in Jahally, Kuloro inaugurated
The government of The Gambia, through the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly…
8th Jul
202050,000 rural dwellers to benefit from solar-powered water supply
James F. Gomez, minister of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters, while answering…
7th Jul
2020Fisheries minister rubbishes illegal fishing claims
Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters Minister James F.P. Gomez has debunked claims…
1st Jun
2020Press Release on this year's Rainfall Forecast
JAS 2020 Seasonal Rainfall Forecast Over the Gambia
31st Mar
2020In support of Combating COVID-19
The Department of Fisheries (DoFISH) under the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly…
5th Mar
2020Inauguration of the Bansang Hydrological Headquarters in Central River Region (CRR)
The Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters (MoFWR&NAMs) on Wednesday 4th…
3rd Feb
2020The launching of Ministry's new website and Fisheries Information System (FIS)
The Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters recently on Thursday 30th January,…
22nd Jan
2020Training of Fisheries Officers on Electronic Data collection via Mobile App
A two-day electronic data collection training working organizer by Forte Innovation in collaboration…
8th Jan
2020The Chinese Government donated office equipment worth D2m to the Ministry of Fisheries and Water Resources
The Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters on Monday 6th January 2020,…
7th Jan
2020Gambia Navy Intercepts 6 Vessels In Barra for illegal fishing
Gambian authorities on Christmas day intercepted six foreign vessels found fishing in a prohibited area…
3rd Dec
2019Fire Incident Consumes Confidential Files At Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters
The Gambia Fire and Rescue Service have on Monday mounted investigation on the cause of a fire outbreak…
31st Dec
2018There Was Misinformation On The EU, Gambia Fisheries Agreement’ P.S Fisheries, Water Resources
Dr. Bamba Banja, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Fisheries and Water Resources, said there were…
22nd Oct
2018EU signs Sustainable Fishing Partnership Agreement with The Republic of The Gambia
Last Friday, the EU and The Republic of The Gambia signed a new Sustainable Fishing Partnership Agreement…
