Summary of Country and Participants Statement CEAFM Workshop

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Summary of Country and Participants
StatementCEAFM Workshop

• 20 Countries FD/CD participating
• 14 country reports received
• 9 from Fisheries Departments
• 5 from Conservation Departments
• 4 from Territories FD/CD administrations
• 3 from countries with separate FD/CD
  administrations

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Current Management Activities

• Conservation Management Measures Countries NGO
• Area closures (MMAs/MPAs/SMAs) 14 4
• Restriction on species (e.g. size limits,
• protected species etc) 6
• Protecting spawning aggregations
  seasons TV
• Gear restrictions (e.g. SCUBA, mesh size
  etc) 4
• Quotas (bag limits) 4
• Permits licensing 2 Management Plan
  (community/fishery) 5 1
• Prohibition on sale/export of species 3
• Restocking stock enhancement 3
• Management awareness programs 4 2
• Habitat restoration/protection (mangrove)
  2 1
• Alternative livelihood 2 1
• Reviewing legislation 1 1

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Planned Management projects

• Management Projects Countries NGO
• Establish area closures 5 2
• Strengthen CBFM 3 2
• Increase number of species regulated 3
• Manage spawning aggregations or seasons WS
• Address additional gear restrictions 3
• Develop-implement management plans 4 2
• Introduce penalty for habitat degradation Guam
• Invasive species eradication 2
• Improve awareness programs Tong 2
• Investigate-develop alternative livelihood 4 1
• Review legislation-regulations 4 1
• Research to improve MMAs 1
• Habitat protection 2 1

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Current Monitoring Activities

• Resources Countries NGO
• Selection of food fish (biological age,
  growth) Guam 1
• Catch Effort information 6
• Documenting change in closures and
  non-closures 6 1
• Baseline assessment 6
• Density-size-distribution (invertebrate/finfish)
  9 1
• Monitoring for location-timing of spawning 2
• Monitoring PETS 2 1
• Habitats
• Coral monitoring-substrate cover 8 1
• Communities reporting change in
  environment 3 1
• Beach Profiling 1
• Other
• Water Quality 2
• Ciguatera CK
• Monitoring for compliance with management
  measures 2
• Socio-economic monitoring - 3

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Planned Monitoring Projects

• Projects Countries NGO
• Environmental, integrated, coastal
  monitoring 4
• Resources assessment 4
• Socio-economic assessment 2
• Improving catch and effort monitoring 2
• Baseline assessments 3
• Monitoring for location-timing of
  spawning 1 1
• aggregations/seasons
• PETS 1
• Resource restocking habitat restoration 3
• Feasibility study on new fisheries /
  alternatives 1
• Compare beach profiling information 2
• coastal erosion study
• Ciguatera monitoring WS
• Training for local communities in Monitoring
  5 2
• MMAs/MPAs
• Habitat mapping 1
• Develop protocols to monitor MMA 2

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Current Collaborations/Partners

• Countries NGO
• Village communities-local authorities 7 4
• National environment, management committees 8 4
• Other Government Departments 11 4
• Environment NGOs local 9 4
• Environment NGOs regional, international 6 4
• CROP International Organizations 7 3
• Research Institutions 3
• Private enterprise 2
• Tertiary Institutions 3 3
• Other countries for management examples WF

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Planned Collaborations/Partners

• Countries NGO
• Village communities 2
• National Environment management committees 2
• Partner Government Departments 2
• Environment NGOs local 3
• Environment NGOs regional, international 3
• Research Institutions FP
• Private enterprise FP
• Tertiary Institutions 1
• Open to working with partners that can
  assist Guam

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Challenges

• Countries NGO
• Funding 13 3
• Jurisdiction overlaps 4 1
• Use of different monitoring methods (comparison
  difficulties) 3 1
• Implement activities on time 3
• Increasing amount of work/broad scope 2
• Lack the will to make decisions based of sound
  advice 5
• Resources, management, monitoring
  limitations 10 2
• Enforcement 4 1
• Limited data 2 1
• Limited awareness 5
• High staff turnover, staff have to many
  responsibilities 2
• Climate change, natural disasters WS
• Lag time to get legislation/regs
  passed Ton 1
• Support at community level 7
• Conflicting policies 2

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Last slideA few country reports mention
overarching legislation -provide for
communities/local authorities to manage
resources at the community/local authority level
Some principles in legislation -environmental
information principles in relation
to achieving sustainable use of
fisheries -precautionary approach -impacts of
fishing on non-target species and marine
environment -biological diversity of the
aquatic environment - prevention-reduction-contro
l of pollution -prevention of damage to flora
and fauna -traditional fishing
methods/practices -consultative process