Transcript day 1 03 wp3a cfp report

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SPC HOF Meeting
(Noumea, 4-8 March 2013
Coastal Fisheries Programme
Outline
• Brief overview of the CFP goal, structure and
funding (Lindsay Chapman)
• Coastal fisheries science and management
activities in 2012 and proposed for 2013 (Ian
Bertram)
• Aquaculture activities in 2012 and proposed for
2013 (Robert Jimmy)
• Nearshore fisheries development activities in
2012 and proposed for 2013 (Michel Blanc)
CFP Goal (FAME Strategic Plan
2013-2016):
Coastal fisheries, nearshore fisheries
and aquaculture in PICTs are managed
and developed sustainably
Coastal Fisheries
Programme
Lindsay Chapman
Coastal Fisheries Science and
Management
Ian Bertram
Aquaculture
Robert Jimmy
- Kalo Pakoa - invertebrates
- Franck Magron – data
Michel Blanc
Development
Science/data - SciCOFish
- Being Yeeting - finfish
Nearshore Fisheries
Development
Mariculture, Noumea
based
- Ruth Garcia Gomez
- William Sokimi - fishing
- Jonathan Manieva – DEVFISH II
Economics
Community-based management
(climate change adaptation)
- Etuati Ropeti
Climate change monitoring
Aquaculture and aquatic
trade, Suva based
- Tim Pickering freshwater
- Avinash Singh (IACT)
- Bradley Moore
- Ron Simpson PIJP
- PIJP under recruitment
Project assistant
Aquarium trade
- Colette Wabnitz
Project administrator
- Marie-Therese Bui
- Genevieve Mirc
- Michael Sharp
Post-harvest and exports
- Timothy Numilengi
CFP staffing and funding
• Currently 18 professional and 2 support staff in
position
• 1 professional staff position lost in June 2013
• 12-month PIJP position under recruitment
• 2012 budget of around USD $5.3 million (4.9
million CFP units) – roughly 25% recurrent and
75% project
• 2013 budget will be roughly the same, by
reducing in 2014 with projects ending.
Coastal Fisheries
Science and
Management Section
EU-funded SciCOFish project (3 staff)
AUSAID-funded coastal fisheries CC (1+2 staff)
AUSAID- funded fisheries and food security (1 staff)
GIZ project CCC adaptations and mitigation (1 staff)
SPC program funds (2 staff)
Invertebrate assessment [34 ppl T]
Palau
Tokelau
Samoa
Cook Is
Fiji
Finfish Biological Sampling [42ppl T]
FSM
RMI
Nauru
Kiribati
Tuvalu
Samoa
Fiji
Otolith reading workshop IRD/SPC
[6 ppl T]
FSM
RMI
Nauru Kiribati
Tuvalu
Creel & Market pilot survey [30 ppl T]
FSM
Nauru
Tonga
Fiji
Invertebrate & CC monitoring
attachments [8 ppl T]
FSM
PNG
Solomon Is
Vanuatu
Samoa
Capacity Development - 2012 highlights
• Database fundamentals workshop @
SPC (28 trained = all ACP but Niue)
• Aquarium fisheries best practices
(Kiritimati Is [RoK] for fishers and
operators)
Materials / Systems to assist countries
• Develop Creel/Market survey manual and finalizing
Invertebrate assessment manual
• CC baseline monitoring reports completed pilot sites (RMI,
Tuvalu, Kiribati, FSM, PNG)
• Additional 8 information sheets for communities
Materials / Systems to assist countries
• Online version of export database
• Creel & market survey database develop/testing
• Deployment of 9 micro servers in ACP countries
Policy/Management Advice
• Advice/assistance in developing resource/fisheries
management arrangements (Policy, Plan, Regulation
or Legislation)
– Sea Cucumber (RMI, Kiribati, Solomon Is, Vanuatu, Cook Is,
Fiji: on-going)
– Aquarium fishery (RMI, Kiribati, Cook Is, F/Poly, FSM,
PNG),
– Legislation (Vanuatu, Fiji)
– Samoa (CEAFM model and Coastal Fisheries Policy),
• Institutional Strengthening
scoping / review (Palau, Vanuatu)
CC Adaptation activities - 2012
• Building and developing CEAFM/Ridge to Reef
approach programs integrating CC adaptation
activities
– FSM
– Nauru
– Samoa
– Kiribati
Receive/Responded Ad-Hoc request:- Tuvalu ciguatera
poisoning
Some Activities -2013
• Invertebrate assessment (3 countries)
• Finfish UVC assessment (Fiji)
• Climate Change resources monitoring & follow-up
training; Tuvalu, Kiribati, RMI
• Otolith preparation and reading workshop II (Fiji,
Tonga, Samoa, Palau, PNG)
• Coral identification workshop (Sol Is)
Activities -2013
• Invertebrate assessment data analysis (Palau, Fiji,
Cook Islands)
• Live rock assessment (Tonga)
• Market study for giant clam (aquarium and food)
trade (FP)
• Creel/Market survey (A. Samoa)
Some activities- 2013
• Finalize and publish, Invertebrate, Fin-Fish UVC,
Creel and Market surveys assessment manuals
• DVD of community-based coral farming activities
(awareness & training tool combined: Sol Is)
• Develop/distribute best practices for Aquarium
industry (harvesting/export)
Activities - 2013
• Country visit for development of country specific
data bases
• Finalize and distribution of creel and market survey
database
• 4 additional micro servers to be deployed
Policy/Management Advice- 2013
• Continued assistance to those countries with draft
plans, regulations: specific fisheries, or community
resource management frameworks
• Continued assistance for legislation reviews (Fiji,
Vanuatu, FSM)
• Vanuatu ISP, Kiritimati
Fisheries Master Plan
• Kadavu (Fiji): establish pilot
sites for climate change
adaptation activates
Challenges
• Funding Restriction
• Lack of data in countries
• Slow responses