Fisheries sectorial policies and governance reviews and economic profiles were conducted and the review reports formally presented to Ministers of Fisheries and of Finance.

Small-scale Fisheries Improvement Projects (for lobster and octopus fisheries respectively) were launched in partnership with WWF and Marine Stewardship Council. Under these projects, the small-scale fishing communities will be linked to the export markets in order to encourage them and the government to under reforms in the governance of the fisheries resource