8th 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 Coastal Fisheries Science and Management Lindsay Chapman Coastal Fisheries Science and Management Ian Bertram Science/data - SciCOFish - Being Yeeting - finfish - Kalo Pakoa - invertebrates - Franck Magron – data Community-based management (climate change adaptation) - Etuati Ropeti Climate change monitoring - Bradley Moore - Ron Simpson PIJP - PIJP under recruitment Aquarium trade - Colette Wabnitz Project administrator - Marie-Therese Bui Aquaculture Robert Jimmy Mariculture, Noumea based - Ruth Garcia Gomez Aquaculture and aquatic trade, Suva based - Tim Pickering - freshwater - Avinash Singh (IACT) Project assistant - Genevieve Mirc Nearshore Fisheries Development Michel Blanc Development - William Sokimi - fishing - Jonathan Manieva – DEVFISH II Economics - 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] RMI FSM Kiribati Nauru Tuvalu Samoa Fiji

Otolith reading workshop IRD/SPC [6 ppl T] RMI FSM 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