"The Strategic Partnership for a Sustainable Fisheries Investment Fund in Sub-Saharan Africa is a World Bank/GEF initiative approved in November of 2005. It involves a partnership and a funding mechanism. The Partnership comprises the Sub-Saharan coastal states, led by the AU, with the support of FAO and WWF, and the inclusion of the regional fisheries management commissions and the GEF-supported Large Marine Ecosystem (LME) projects." (Quoted from paper)