Twenty (20) women of the TRY Oyster Women’s Association receive training on oyster ecology for improved co-management in The Gambia. The training is one of the key activities outlined in the schedule of the Women Shellfishers and Food Security Project intended to deepen the understanding of the resource users on the basic biological and environmental principles of oyster ecology in order to enhance their co-management efforts. The training was organized with two main aims: 1) to build the capacity of women shellfishers on oyster ecology for better implementation of the community-based management of oyster stocks in mangrove and estuarine systems in The Gambia, and 2) to encourage the youth to get involved in the oyster business as a source of economic empowerment and as a tool for natural resource conservation.