Awareness raising activities and information campaigns around the legal regulations in place, and around the management measures agreed upon by mutual agreement, are regularly carried out among the population. These enhance the acceptance of the maritime surveillance activities by the population, as well as a good understanding of the different conservation measures taken and their evolving impacts on the biodiversity of the PNBA. The activities include raising awareness about the fisheries regulations in force and their evolution with respect to biological halt periods, raising environmental awareness in general, but also sharing the results of fisheries monitoring (fishing effort, catches, infractions recorded, etc.).

In order to enhance the participatory surveillance system, but also to preserve ancestral local know-how and the maritime heritage, the PNBA has set up a community shipyard of R'Gueiba. This shipyard is devoted to the renovation and construction of Imraguen boats. It is managed by the local carpenters' cooperative “El Ittihad”, which brings together 8 Imraguen trained by the PNBA with the help of Breton French naval carpenters. Women are in charge of the pruning and maintenance of the sails. In addition, ecotourism activities are carried out – mainly by women – with the aim of offering alternative income-generating activities, and hence reduce anthropic pressures on the fishing resources.

The participatory maritime surveillance system of the PNBA is the result of a tripartite partnership, which integrates the resident Imraguen population, alongside the park managers and the coast guards (GCM). This system aims to control the entry of boats from outside the PNBA, particularly for motorized pirogues, which have been prohibited within the park since its creation in 1976.The respect of the fishing seasons calendar is today considered a successful model in the West African sub-region. The experience of the PNBA has benefited the Regional Network of Marine Protected Areas in West Africa (RAMPAO), notably through technical support missions and exchange visits. The functioning of the PNBA's participatory surveillance mechanism has as a central feature the representativeness of three entities on board each surveillance vessel: a PNBA agent, a GCM agent, and a representative of the Imraguen population. It has so far contributed to the reduction of illegal exploitation of resources, through the application of management rules agreed upon jointly with the resident population