INFOSAMAK and FAO have signed a new Letter of Agreement (LoA) in the support of an international project titled: Global Assessment of Discards. The project, which will run from July till December 2015, is a first step in a 2 phase project that aims to updated global assessment of fisheries discards. Through this project, INFOSAMAK will compile available discard information, collect discard information from Africa and Middle-East and organize a workshop to evaluate progress of the project.