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This project will engage artisanal fishing communities from six islands in Cabo Verde to reduce bycatch of threatened seabirds and marine turtles. It will improve local livelihoods while preserving healthy fish stocks. Three local NGOs will work with fishers, fishmongers, restaurants, and communities, to establish a local participatory sustainable fisheries certification scheme and enable behaviour change. Fishery associations will create peer-to-peer training, including improved safety and food-hygiene. Lessons learnt will be shared with practitioners and policy makers nationally and regionally.