Title: Summary of Country and Participants Statement CEAFM Workshop
1Summary 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
2Current 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
3Planned 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
4Current 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
5Planned 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
6Current 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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7Planned 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 -
8Challenges
- 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
9Last 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