The World Bank Report No: ISR14457 Implementation Status & Results Ghana Ghana - West Africa Regional Fisheries Program (P124775) Public Disclosure Copy Operation Name: Ghana - West Africa Regional Fisheries Program (P124775) Project Stage: Implementation Seq.No: 5 Status: ARCHIVED Archive Date: 07-Jul-2014 Country: Ghana Approval FY: 2012 Product Line: IBRD/IDA Region: AFRICA Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Implementing Agency(ies): Key Dates Board Approval Date 14-Jul-2011 Original Closing Date 31-Dec-2017 Planned Mid Term Review Date 31-Dec-2014 Last Archived ISR Date 16-Oct-2013 Effectiveness Date 12-Jun-2012 Revised Closing Date 31-Dec-2017 Actual Mid Term Review Date Project Development Objectives Ghana - West Africa Regional Fisheries Program (P124775) Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective is to support the sustainable management of Ghana’s fish and aquatic resources by: (i) strengthening the country’s capacity to sustainably govern and manage the fisheries; (ii) reducing illegal fishing; (iii) increasing the valueand profitability generated by the fish resources and the proportion of that value captured by the country; and (iv) developing aquaculture. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Program? Yes No Ghana - West Africa Regional Fisheries Program (GEF) (P124812) Global Environmental Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective is to support the sustainable management of Ghana’s fish and aquatic resources by: (i) strengthening the country’s capacity to sustainably govern and manage the fisheries; (ii) reducing illegal fishing; (iii) increasing the valueand profitability generated by the fish resources and the proportion of that value captured by the country; and (iv) developing aquaculture. Has the Global Environmental Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Program? Yes No Public Disclosure Copy Component(s) Component Name Component Cost Component 1: Good Governance and Sustainable Management of the Fisheries. 0.00 Component 2: Reduction of Illegal Fishing. 0.00 Component 3: Increasing the Contribution of the Fish Resources to the National Economy. 0.00 Component 4: Aquaculture Development. 0.00 Component 5: Regional Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation and Project Management. 0.00 Page 1 of 6 The World Bank Report No: ISR14457 Overall Ratings Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Public Disclosure Copy Progress towards achievement of GEO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Risk Rating High High Implementation Status Overview The Government of Ghana (GOG) and the World Bank have engaged in connection with in the West Africa Regional Fisheries Program to restore the economic benefits from fisheries. Two of the seven goals of the GOG’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector Development Plan (FASDP) are to (i) increase revenue and profitability in capture fisheries by at least $50 million per year within five years; and (ii) increase the aquaculture production to 100,000 tons pens annum within five years. The FASDP has been adopted by the Cabinet in 2012 and the Bank-financed project is the main instrument to implement it. Open access is widely recognized as the main reason for overexploitation and depletion of natural resources, and secured fishing rights are a good instrument towards generating economic rent. Therefore, the first step towards attaining the goals of the FASDP is the introduction of robust management of the fishing management. Managing the access has shown results towards restoring the resource. The management of the fishing capacity is just one first measure that alone is not sufficient. Without the right legal and institutional framework and a good surveillance system in place, this measure will not be implemented. Additionally, infrastructure, such as landing sites, and aquaculture development are also paramount to show concrete results to fishermen while improving value addition. The Bank financed project is focused on supporting the GOG in these areas. While the project has made progress on several fronts, it has been also lagging behind on others. The project has successfully modernized the registry system in such a way that the Fisheries Commission can now monitor the fleet in real time. The registration of the entire artisanal fleet is also about to be finalized which is another impressive result. The first results from the newly established Fisheries Enforcement Unit that came out during the recent mission are very good news: e.g. the mission has been informed that almost $200,000 has already been paid in fines from recent arrests. However, the original estimation of the disbursement by the end of 2013 was expected to reach $10 million. As of June 2014, the project has disbursed 15.6% (7.8M USD out of 50.3M USD) for IDA and 10.0% (350,000 USD out of 3,500,000 USD) for GEF. Locations Public Disclosure Copy No Location data has been entered Results Project Development Objective Indicators Page 2 of 6 The World Bank Report No: ISR14457 Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Total landings per unit of fishing capacity for Number Value 15.00 11.80 15.00 marine canoe (non-motorized) Date 14-Jul-2011 04-Jun-2014 31-Dec-2017 Public Disclosure Copy Comments Units are tons of fish caught per vessel per year Total landings per unit of fishing capacity (for Number Value 25.00 20.90 25.00 marine canoe Fisheries motorized) Date 14-Jul-2011 04-Jun-2014 31-Dec-2017 Comments Units are tons of fish caught per vessel per year Total landings per unit of fishing capacity (for Number Value 6.90 5.00 6.90 Lake Volta canoe fisheries) Date 14-Jul-2011 04-Jun-2014 31-Dec-2017 Comments Units are tons of fish caught per vessel per year Total patrol days at sea per year in coastal Number Value 13.00 10.00 19.00 fisheries Date 14-Jul-2011 04-Jun-2014 31-Dec-2017 Comments Indicator should read total 10 days out of 14 trips with a patrol days at sea PER total of 238 hours MONTH in coastal fisheries Annual net economic benefits from targeted Amount(USD) Value 55200000.00 55200000.00 fisheries Date 14-Jul-2011 04-Jun-2014 31-Dec-2017 Comments For non-motorized marine in progress For non-motorized marine canoe fisheries only canoe fisheries only Annual net economic benefits from motorized Amount(USD) Value 99500000.00 99500000.00 marine canoe fisheries Sub Type Supplemental Annual net economic benefits from Lake Volta Amount(USD) Value 82300000.00 82300000.00 canoe fisheries Sub Type Supplemental Public Disclosure Copy Total annual aquaculture production (in tons) Number Value 9000.00 32512.00 35000.00 Date 14-Jul-2011 04-Jun-2014 31-Dec-2017 Comments Direct project beneficiaries Number Value 233000.00 233000.00 Date 14-Jul-2011 31-Dec-2017 Comments Female beneficiaries Percentage Value 12.00 12.00 Page 3 of 6 The World Bank Report No: ISR14457 Sub Type Supplemental Public Disclosure Copy Global Environmental Objective Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Pl. refer to PDO Indicators (same indicators) Number Value Date Comments Intermediate Results Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Marine fishing canoes registered and licensed Number Value 0.00 8000.00 11213.00 Date 14-Jul-2011 04-Jun-2014 31-Dec-2017 Comments in progress, so far, 8000 has registered Active marine fishing canoes Number Value 11213.00 12728.00 11213.00 Date 14-Jul-2011 04-Jun-2014 31-Dec-2017 Comments Increased actice licensed industrial trawl vessels Number Value 67.00 89.00 40.00 Date 14-Jul-2011 04-Jun-2014 31-Dec-2017 Comments increased Agreements signed between Gvt and Number Value 0.00 0.00 12.00 communities for stakeholder mgt of fisheries Date 14-Jul-2011 04-Jun-2014 Comments Fishing enforcement unit established as Text Value No Yes Yes described in 202 fisheries act Date 14-Jul-2011 04-Jun-2014 Comments Public Disclosure Copy Satellite based fishing vessel monitoring Text Value No No Yes system is in place for the 2200 m ile exclusive Date 14-Jul-2011 04-Jun-2014 economic zone and monitoring 24 hrs/day. Comments Yes to 26 tuna vessels Total aerial patrol hours per year in coastal Number Value 0.00 750.00 fisheries Date 14-Jul-2011 Comments Page 4 of 6 The World Bank Report No: ISR14457 Pilot integrated fish landing site clusters with Number Value 0.00 0.00 9.00 functioning basic services (electricity, water...) Date 14-Jul-2011 04-Jun-2014 Comments Public Disclosure Copy Zoning regime for Volta Lake established Yes/No Value No No Yes Date 14-Jul-2011 04-Jun-2014 31-Dec-2017 Comments An electronic #dashboard# of key Yes/No Value No No Yes environmental, social and economic fisheries Date 14-Jul-2011 04-Jun-2014 31-Dec-2017 statistics established at the Secretariat of the Comments Fisheries Commission and linked to the CSRP, and publicly accessible Data on Financial Performance (as of 28-Apr-2014) Financial Agreement(s) Key Dates Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Original Closing Date Revised Closing Date P124775 IDA-49790 Effective 14-Jul-2011 27-Jan-2012 12-Jun-2012 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 P124812 TF-10905 Effective 27-Jan-2012 27-Jan-2012 12-Jun-2012 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 Disbursements (in Millions) Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P124775 IDA-49790 Effective USD 50.30 50.30 0.00 7.44 40.73 15.00 P124812 TF-10905 Effective USD 50.30 3.50 0.00 0.35 3.15 10.00 Disbursement Graph Public Disclosure Copy Page 5 of 6 The World Bank Report No: ISR14457 Public Disclosure Copy Key Decisions Regarding Implementation Despite those encouraging results, the project is still significantly behind schedule. Since the effectiveness of the project in June 12, 2012, the project has been moving very slowly towards its goal. The Minister has agreed to prioritize the following key activities because they will allow quick attainment of higher level key results as outlined in the project's Result Framework, namely (i) Prevent further degradation of the resources measured through landings per unit of fishing capacity; (ii) Fight against illegal fishing measured through the total patrol days at sea per year in coastal fisheries; (iii) Increase of net economic benefits in the artisanal segment; and (iv) Increase of the aquaculture production. Since project closure is scheduled in December 2017, and an extension is highly unlikely, it is important to (i) accelerate implementation to achieve results as soon as possible; and (ii) re-structure the project with focus on parts which are achievable during the remaining time. Public Disclosure Copy Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Projects P124812-Ghana - West Africa Regional Fisheries Program (GEF) Page 6 of 6