This is a five years project for Strengthening Community Capacity for Fishery Co-management (SCCaFCoM), being implemented in the non-protected areas of Rufiji-Mafia-Kilwa seascape in Tanzania. RUMAKI is a globally outstanding priority site in the Eastern African Marine Ecoregion (EAME). The overall goal of the project is to “Improve socio-economic well-being of coastal Rufiji-Mafia-Kilwa communities through sustainable, participatory and equitable utilisation, management and protection of marine and coastal resources”. The purpose of the SCCaFCoM project is “to strengthen the capacity of communities & local authorities to engage effectively in sustainable fisheries co-management initiatives within the Rufiji-Mafia-Kilwa seascape in Tanzania”. During its first year (2006) the project secured NOK 960,027 which was equivalent to USD 143,717 out of what was requested amounting to NOK 1,455,025 (year 1) NOK 1,587,385 (year 2), NOK 1,658,543 (year 3) from NORAD