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SPC/WPRFMC/FAO Workshop
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: |
| pdf: 200ko | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. BACKGROUND TO THE WORKSHOP B. OPENING ADDRESSES |
| pdf: 1.1Mo | C. SUMMARIES OF WORKSHOP SESSIONS AND DISCUSSIONS INTRODUCTION TO THE WORKSHOP FISHERIES MANAGEMENT IN PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS IN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY-BASED FISHERIES DATA ANALYSIS EXERCISE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT TOOLS |
| pdf: 784ko | ECOSYSTEM BASED FISHERIES MANAGEMENT FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PLANS COMMUNITY-OWNED MARINE PROTECTED AREAS COMMUNITY FISHERIES MANAGEMENT EXERCISE REQUIREMENTS FOR DRAFTING FISHERIES LEGISLATION NATIONAL REPORTS |
| pdf: 836ko | THE IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FISHERIES REGULATIONS USE OF COMMUNITY BY-LAWS IN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PRACTICAL ON FISHERIES LEGISLATIONS INVOLVING FISHERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT |
| pdf: 668ko | COMMUNITY-BASED FISHERIES MANAGEMENT TRADITIONAL PRACTICES AND REGULATIONS DIFFERENT MODELS OF CBFM PRACTISED IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ALTERNATIVE FISHING METHODS AND SOURCES OF SEAFOOD THE STRUCTURE OF FISHERIES AGENCIES |
| pdf: 236ko | D. CLOSING ADDRESSES E. ASSESSMENT, OUTCOMES AND RECOMMENDATIONS F. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS G. WORKSHOP PROGRAMME |
This regional workshop on fisheries legislation and community-based fisheries
management was organized
by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Western Pacific
Regional Fisheries Management
Council (WPRFMC). The workshop was funded by SPC, WPRFMC, the Food & Agriculture
Organization
of the United Nations (FAO), the Commonwealth Secretariat, Australia, New
Zealand and France, and
hosted by WPRFMC in Honolulu from the 4th to the 8th April, 2005.
The workshop was conducted primarily in response to the needs of Pacific island countries; these needs were detailed in the SPC document “Strategic plan for fisheries management and sustainable coastal fisheries in Pacific islands,” which was endorsed at the SPC Heads of Fisheries meeting held in Noumea in August, 2003. The workshop was also able to serve the purpose of meeting the objective of the FAO Project TCP/RAS/2907 to convene a workshop at a regional level.
The workshop was well attended with 64 presenters and participants. Country representatives were mostly senior fisheries officers and over 25% of the participants were women.
The workshop was conducted on a participatory basis to cover key areas in fisheries management, community involvement, and the implementation and enforcement of fisheries regulations. Related topics included marine protected areas, ecosystem based fisheries management, community by-laws, and alternative sources of seafood. Participant exercises in analysing fisheries data, advising on community fisheries regulations, and developing fisheries legislation played an important role in the workshop.
A formal (questionnaire) assessment of the workshop by participants suggested that that the workshop topics were well chosen. All subjects received an approval rating close to 90%. The most useful subjects (by a small margin) involved fisheries regulations and fisheries management plans. The least useful subject was on the structure of fisheries agencies (but even this scored over 85% approval). From the written comments of participants, the need for more training in fisheries management (including the preparation of management plans) and the need for the involvement of legal advisers in all workshops were the ones most commonly expressed.
Participants were most emphatic that the group activities and role-playing provided a significant learning experience in managing community fisheries and implementing fisheries regulations. Experienced presenters at the workshop claimed that the level of participation in group activities and discussions was high and most rewarding.
Most participants believed that the two field trips (to an early morning fish auction at pier 38 and to a traditional aquaculture site) were of great value, and provided a relief from the demanding workshop sessions. Participants also expressed appreciation for the roles of SPC, WPRFMC, FAO and ComSec in sponsoring the workshop; they believed that the cooperation of these organizations should result in further targeted workshops. Participants gave high praise to the workshop organizer, Ueta Fa’asili, and the WPRFMC hosts, Kitty Simons and Charles Ka’ai’ai.
The following four formal recommendations were made by country representatives at the workshop.
Under the agenda item 4 (the analysis of catch and effort data) participants recommended that the training on the use of the SPC socio-economic manual be conducted at the earliest opportunity. Training in the use of the manual was discussed at the Nadi workshop on “Fisheries Management and Statistics”.
Under agenda item 7 (Fisheries management plans) country participants recommended that training to enable countries to develop their own fisheries management plans should be conducted as soon as possible. Goal 1c of the regional plan refers to short courses on the preparation of fisheries management plans.
The management of “live food fish” fisheries was discussed as a major problem in some countries. The destructive nature of fishing on spawning aggregations was a concern to many. It was recommended that a regional approach be taken in resolving the problems faced by countries in the management of their live food fish industries.
Due to the differences in cultures, customs and traditions in countries of Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia, it was recommended that workshops should be subregional in order to resolve difficulties encountered in the development of community-based fisheries management.
In addition to the
formal recommendations given above, the interest and concerns of participants
suggest that there is a need to hold a “fisheries and the marine environment”
workshop for two senior representatives from each country; one from an
environmental agency and one from a fisheries agency. This is needed to
address the lack of cooperation between such agencies and to allow fisheries
managers to address ecosystems-based fisheries management and the development of
marine protected areas. Such a workshop was one of the activities recommended in
the SPC strategic plan.
