Transcript New song for Change - Secretariat of the Pacific Community

Coastal Fisheries Management challenges
Moses J Amos, FAME, SPC
Presentation Overview
 Coastal Fisheries management
 Major drivers
 Challenges
 Threats
 Current approach
 Key impacts of current approach
 New Song for Change
 Composition of the new Song
 Role of CROP Agencies
 Reporting and evaluation of the new Song
Coastal fisheries management
 Unlike the industrial tuna fishery, there is no
regional approach to coastal fisheries
management.
 Ineffective coastal fisheries management is a
real tragedy for the Pacific region.
 Failure of the management techniques has
resulted in closing down of fisheries to
prevent collapse of the resource
 Production will not expand in future.
 Production will decline and the situation will
become worse in the future
Major Drivers
Population Growth
 Significant growth forecast in all
three regions
• Highest in Melanesia
 Substantial urbanization – most
growth in urban areas
• Rural populations in
Micronesia and Polynesia likely
to decline
High dependence on Fish
 Very high consumption
 Great dependence in rural areas
 Mainly subsistence
 Most fish consumed fresh
 Fish supplies most animal protein
Challenges – Food security Gap
Assume a whole snapper:
25-30 cm or around 250g
Plate size fish
Fish gap within 15 years
115,000 metric t of Coastal fish
460,000,000 pieces of coastal fish
Challenges _ Livelihoods
Very important for local
incomes - provides around
50% of coastal households
with 1st or 2nd source of
income.
Challenges - Patterns of Economic Development
 Many people without jobs will
seek income and food security
from harvesting of coastal
fisheries
“Willingness to compromise
tomorrow’s sustainability for
today’s food security and
income”
Threat- Urbanization
Coastal fishery resources are over-exploited,
close to urban areas where population
creates the greatest demand for fish
Increase population
in urban areas
Higher proportion of people not having
access to sufficient fish for
consumption
More coastal fish shipped in from less
populous areas
Exporting urban-type fisheries problems
to rural areas
Threats – Habitat degradation
Coastal production depends
on good habitat
Production decline affected by
habitat destruction or
degradation
NO HABITAT
NO FISH!!
Threat – Climate Change
 Frequency of tropical cyclones
 Rising sea surface temperatures
and more acidic oceans impacting
on:
 coral reefs,
 coastal habitats,
 growth and survival coastal fishery
resources and food webs
 Changes in rainfall or sea level
impacts migration patterns of fish
affecting production levels
Current Approach
Subnational
NGOs
Regional
Inshore
Fisheries
National
Subregional
WHICH MANAGEMENT PATHWAY?
Key Impacts of the current
approach
Limited coastal fisheries policies backed up by
legislation to manage coastal fisheries
Limited budget allocation to Coastal Fisheries
management
Limited and unfocused human resources on
Coastal Fisheries management
New song for Change
 A new Song for change from – business as usual – for
Coastal fisheries management is urgently needed
 The new Song must be sang in harmony by all
stakeholders from the same song book.
Composition of the new Song for Change
for Coastal Fisheries Management
NCD/Health
Culture
Climate
Change
Livelihood
Sustainability
of CF
Resources
Food
security
The role of CROP Agencies
 Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific
 Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS)
 Major political initiatives
 Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)
 Provide management advice on tuna fisheries and increasing
benefits to Pacific island countries from tuna fishing activities
 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
(SPREP)
 Environmental aspects of fisheries
 University of the South Pacific (USP)
 The School of Marine Studies is involved in a wide range of training.
 Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
 Most aspects of coastal fisheries and scientific research on tuna.
Harmonization of CROP Agencies’ roles for
coastal fisheries management
SPC
PIFS
SPREP
FFA
Coastal
Fisheries
management
USP
Reporting & evaluation of the
effectiveness of the new Song
New SONG
FFC
HOF9
SPC CRGA
FFC MIN
PIF/POC
PIF LEADERS
Thank you
Merci beaucoup