Ecosystems Societies Consilience Precautionary principle Development of an assessment method of the societal cost for best fishing practices and efficient public policies SIXTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME, INCO-DEV, PRIORITY A.2.2 Reconciling multiple demands on coastal zones Incofish, start-up workshop, 4-7 October 2005

e COST Context The project ECOST falls under: –the logic of the decision of Johannesburg to restore the marine ecosystems for 2015 through the establishment, by 2012, of networks of protected areas and –the philosophy of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF) for a responsible fishery

e COST Main Objective To develop a new approach for the evaluation of fishing activities and fishing policies in order to contribute to a better management of aquatic resources in the world

e COST Specific Objectives 1-Development of far-reaching research into the capacity of traditional models to take into account the reality of ecological, economic and social effects using purely theoretical considerations, the experience of past application, and a questioning of the notion of value. 2-The construction of an efficient model for societal cost. This model is based on the consilience between economics, sociology and ecology, and takes into account the variable nature of resources and marine environmental changes. 3-Comparison of the societal costs of fishing activities. Comparative work carried out on three levels: firstly, work on the ecosystem showing the repercussions of the use of distinct techniques and practices; secondly, comparison of the ecosystems themselves in order to highlight the responses made by the ecosystems to anthropic pressure; and thirdly, a comparison of ecosystems that have free or regulated access and the ecosystems found within marine protected areas. 4-Definition of options for public policy by the formulation of certain principles found within the framework of the CCRF for responsible fishing

Societal costs The societal costs are all costs linked to fishing activities and fishery policies SC = Ecol C + Econ C + Soc C These may be ecological (alteration of the capacity of a system), economic (all costs linked to production, management, subsidies, and external factors) and social (the costs of poverty, social injustice, gender discrimination, food security and food safety).

e COST 3 Eco-Regions

ASIA Great Delta Ecosytem Perl River (China) Chao Phraya (Thailand) Mekong (Vietnam) The Vo Doi marine protected area

AFRICA Coastal Upwelling Ecosystem Senegal Guinea Bissau Guinea Conakry The Tristao/Alcatraz marine protected area

Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Jamaica Dominicana Republic Trinidad and Tobago The Parque Nacional des Este

WORK PACKAGE (1) WP 1: Study of present-day relevance of available tools and models that were previously used for impact assessments. Questioning of the notions of value, particularly those assigned to ecosystems and monetary valuation. Definition of ecological, economic and social value as accounted for in ECOST. Development of links between ecology, economics and sociology using the consilience principle (9 months) WP 2: Development of an articulation platform for data and information (48 months) WP 3a, b: Development of a method for a sociological and economics evaluation (12 months) WP 4: Development and application of an ecological model to chosen ecosystems (12 months) WP 5: Production of ECOST model (9 months) WP 6: Calibration and application of ECOST method to fisheries of chosen regions (6 months)

WORK PACKAGE (2) WP 7: Eco-region comparative analysis of societal costs according to the ecosystems, the methods of fishing and the fishing policies (6 months) WP 8: Comparative analysis of societal costs with MPAs (12 months) WP 9: Elaboration of a generic version of the ECOST model (6 months) WP 10: Public and fishery policy analysis (42 months) WP 11: Definition of public policy options towards a better integration of societal costs in public and private decision-making (6 months) WP 12: Dissemination of knowledge, tools and results of the ECOST project and conceptualisation of a tool for the broadcast of the ECOST method (48 months)

Incofish-Ecost ? Ecological modelling Valuation Law Case studies: Gulf of Thailand Other?