On March 26, 2026, the official launch of the Project for the Development of Competitive Aquaculture and Sustainable Fisheries Value Chains (ProDeCAP) took place in Côte d'Ivoire. This initiative will be implemented over a 5-year period with the support of the FAO.

ProDeCAP aims to increase the contribution of the fisheries and aquaculture sector to local and national economies, as well as to food and nutritional security. It has a budget of 28.95 million euros (33.1 million $), co-financed up to 85% by a loan from the African Development Bank, while the remainder comes from the Ivorian government and other stakeholders.

The total number of expected direct and indirect beneficiaries is estimated at approximately 700,000 people, including 50,000 operating in aquaculture and 650,000 in the fisheries sector.

According to the project presentation document, "the project has a national scope and its implementation will focus on three main areas of the national territory: the maritime facade [including the cities of Abidjan, Jacqueville, Assinie, and the departments of San Pedro, Tabou, Grand-Béréby, Sassandra, etc.]; inland water bodies and courses, lowlands, artesian wells, and floodplains dispersed throughout the central watersheds [departments of Man, Bouaké, Toumodi, Yamoussoukro, Soubré, Béoumi, and the Kossou and Buyo dam lakes]."

Regarding the prospects for aquaculture, authorities are relying on ProDeCAP to increase aquaculture production to 35,000 tonnes by 2031, compared to a production level of only 8,806 tonnes achieved in 2023, according to the FAO.