The overall objective of the 6th Artisanal Fisheries Working Group is to improve regional artisanal fisheries knowledge of CECAF Member Countries. The Working Group was organized by FAO headquarters, in close collaboration with the FAO Regional Office for Africa. The sixth session had significant results that will help to revitalize the working group. To this end, the participants discussed the various proposals on issues related to the indicators and data collection methods, the definition and characterization of small-scale fisheries as well as the priority studies to be conducted. On all these aspects, the working group has come to considerable achievements. The progress of the Action Plan was also assessed and recommendations for the continuation of the planned activities were made.