Transcript Unit 4

Coastal Fisheries Policy and Planning Course, 28/01/08 – 8/02/08, Apia, Samoa
Unit 4
Fisheries Planning
Peter Manning
FAO
Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Topics covered in this unit
• Planning – developing Fisheries Management
Plans
• Data needs for effective policy and planning
• Strategies in data poor situations – where
personnel and finance are constrained
In this session....
• characteristics of tropical small island state
fisheries
• the planning process
• the fisheries management plan
Characteristics of coastal fisheries
management of PICs...
• subsistence and small commercial operators
operating in coastal waters...
• many relatively small stocks are fished
• to study such stocks using temperate water
methods is, on the whole, prohibitively
expensive
• advice and training in the past from a
temperate, stock assessment based
perspective.
“A fisheries management plan is....
• a formal or informal arrangement between a fishery
management authority and interested parties
• which identifies the partners in the fishery and their
respective roles,
• details the agreed objectives for the fishery and
specifies the management rules and regulations
which apply to it and
• provides other details about the fishery which are
relevant to the task of the management authority.”
FAO 1997. Fisheries Management. Technical Guidelines for Responsible
fisheries
The planning process.... No fixed, “correct”
procedure, but ....
form small working group (wg)
wg develops discussion paper
consultation
draft (amend)
management plan
comment & adjustment
review, &
proposed
revisions
implementation
FMP should contain....
• a description of fishery, current status and
established user rights
• the management objectives
• how these objectives are to be achieved
• how the plan is to be reviewed
• the consultation process for review
Outline of the Barbados Fisheries
Management Plan ....
• Guiding Principles (mission, goals, fisheries
policy and country profile)
• Fishing industry profile (overview of fisheries,
fishing industry, inter-sectoral linkages)
• Fisheries Management (fisheries planning
process, coastal zone management, fisheries
legislation)
• regional fishery agreements, organizational
framework, research and statistics, monitoring
control and surveillance, inspection, registration
and licensing)
Barbados FMP cont. ....
• Fisheries Development (Visions from harvest,
postharvest and State sectors)
• Management and implementation for specific
fisheries (one for each fishery)
• Fishery management options
• Glossary
A project approach to fisheries
management planning ....
• use of Logical Framework Analysis
• value
– requires clear statement of goal, purpose,
objectives, activities, outputs and means of
evaluation
– many donors require that projects submitted for
funding be in this format.
Table 3.1c. Logical framework analysis – Deep-slope and bank reef fishes.
Intervention Logic
Objectively
verifiable
indicators
Sources of Verification
Assumptions
Overall
Objectives
Ensure sustainable yield for local
consumption through a
precautionary approach to
further development
Co-management
mechanisms in
place and
resources being
managed
Data on landings and reports
from fishers
Stakeholders willing to
cooperate
Project
Purpose
Steady supply of good-quality
fish, particularly during the
off-season for pelagics
Deep-slope and bank
fish species
available for
purchase
throughout the
year
Fisheries Division record,
interviews with retailers
and restaurants
No major natural
disturbances that
disrupt production
or negatively impact
the resource
Outputs
1. Fisherfolk participating in
planning and management
2. Minimum mesh size for traps
set and enforced
3. Protected areas established and
enforced
4. Response of resource to
precautionary measures
monitored and evaluated
1. Mechanism for
fisherfolk input
established and
operating
2. Agreed mesh size
in regulations
and few or no
traps with
smaller mesh in
operation
3. Protected areas in
regulations;
little or no
fishing taking
place in them
4. Catches of
resource stable
or increasing
1. Interviews with fisherfolk
organizations
2. Published regulations and
reports from inspectors
and fishers
3. Published regulations and
reports from inspectors
and fishers
4. Technical reports of
monitoring and
interviews with
stakeholders
Fishers willing to
participate
Funds available for
assessment
Activiti
es
1. Locate fisherfolk involved in
fishery and initiate dialogue
2. Determine appropriate
precautionary mesh size
3. Seek agreement on mesh size
4. Draft and gazette mesh size
regulations
5. Determine number and sizes of
areas that would be
appropriate for protected
status
6. Seek agreement on areas
7. Draft and gazette regulations on
areas
8. Establish monitoring program
Human resources
List number of
person years of
individuals with
various skills
required to
carry out this
project
component
Material resources
List all
supplies,
equipment,
transportation,
workshop, and
other resources
required to
carry out this
project
component
Preconditions
Important to make decisions based on
best information available....
• Namibia’s pilchard stock
1600
1400
1000
800
pilchard
600
400
200
0
19
50
19
53
19
56
19
59
19
62
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65
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77
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80
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83
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89
'000 tons
1200
year
thank you