1. The role of Institutions (regional, national and provincial, Donor partners, NGOs)
Moses J Amos, FAME, SPC

2. Presentation Overview
Role of sub-national and national institutions
Role of Regional & Subregional Agencies
Role of Donor Partners & NGOs
Current CBFM Implementation Approach
Investing on coastal fisheries
Lifting Coastal Fisheries Management
The New Song
Conclusion

3. Role of sub-national and national institutions on CBFM
Sub-national (Province/State)
National Level – (17 responses)
Management measures under By-Laws
Provincial zones/boundaries
Policy and management Plans
Legislation/Regulation/MCS – (weak)
Data collection & reporting/ creel survey data collection/stock Assessment – (weak)
Human & financial resource – (identified as limited)
Enforcement and prosecution – (identified as weakness)
CBFM communities practising some form of CBFM - focus is food security, livelihoods, cultural heritage and custom and eco-tourism
Capacity building, education, & awareness on new measures – (weak)

4. Role of Regional & Subregional Agencies
Regional Level
Sub-regional Level
Facilitate management approaches
Provision of technical and scientific services and advices
Capacity building
Regional workshops and meetings
Short term and long term formal training
Production of awareness materials
Facilitate management approaches (MSG Road Map)
Subregional regional workshops and meetings

5. Role of Donor Partners & NGOs
Main focus of community based management work is food security and sustainable livelihoods
Community capacity building and vocational training, awareness, networking and dissemination
Channelling funds from donor agencies for specific management activities
Many are working in PNG, Solomons and Fiji and/or Micronesia and cover roughly 254 communities
Around 80 staff working across the 254 communities assisting in different ways
Provision of funding through regional agencies and under bilateral arrangements aimed at addressing national needs and priorities for coastal fisheries management
Provision of funding for capacity building/short & long term formal training.

6. Current Implementation Approach
Inshore Fisheries
Sub-national
Regional
Sub-regional
National
NGOs

7. WHICH MANAGEMENT PATHWAY?
“The ocean is the next frontier in the pursuit of sustainable management & development. While we have failed to protect our land and atmospheric environments from our human demands we must make sure that the ocean does not meet with the same fate...”
President Anote Tong of Kiribati, sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly

8. Summary results of SPC survey 2014-15 (apologies and thanks from H Govan)

9. Some preliminary results
One third of PICTS have a coastal fisheries policy or advanced draft

10. Some preliminary results
Responses from 19 of 23 PICTs
One third of countries have a coastal fisheries policy or advanced draft
Development work is not distinguished from resource management – some estimates that management around 20% (5-50%)

11. Investing in coastal fisheries
Total recurrent fisheries budget for region = US$ 70 million, but excluding PNG and French Polynesia it is US$23 million
Total recurrent COASTAL fisheries budget for region = US$ 10 million (15%) but excluding PNG and French Polynesia US$ 6 million (25%)
45% of staff in Fisheries Departments have duties that include coastal fisheries. Only 23% have direct CBFM duties

12. Are we investing sufficient Budget and human resources to Coastal Fisheries?
National Budget Allocation
Human Resources NO
Total recurrent COASTAL fisheries budget for region = US$ 10 million (15%)
YES - 45% BUT with JDs amongst other duties include coastal fisheries
NO - 23% with JDs specific to CBFM

13. Are we developing policies backed up by legislation to Manage Coastal Fisheries?
Limited/No
8 PICTs - Coastal Fisheries Policies/drafts
5 PICTs - Sub-national coastal fisheries plans
6 PICTs - Species specific management plans

14. Take Home messages
Are we developing policies backed up by legislation to manage coastal fisheries? - NO
Are we investing sufficient Budget allocation to Coastal Fisheries?- NO
Are we investing sufficient human resources on Coastal Fisheries? – NO
Do we urgently need to change from – business as usual – have a new song for Coastal fisheries ? - YES

15. Lifting Coastal Fisheries Management
We need a remix/new song for coastal fisheries management – for Fisheries Ministers/donors partners
The remix/new song with time frames - short, medium and long term.

16. Sustainability of CF Resources
The New Song
Sustainability of CF Resources
Climate Change
Culture
NCD/Health
Livelihood
Food security

17. The “Choir Approach” to singing the new song
Inshore Fisheries
Sub-
National
Regional
C/Com
Gender
youth
Church
Gen.1:26
Donor Partners
Sub-regional
NGOs

18. Conclusion - Suggestions Strengthening Fisheries Institutions for lifting Coastal Fisheries Management
Improve/strengthen capacity at national fisheries administrations, sub-national, and communities
Allocate adequate budget to strengthen national fisheries coastal fisheries programs
Develop national policies/plans/legislation/regulations that recognises the role of local communities in community based management of inshore fisheries
Encourage and empower coastal communities to address their coastal fisheries problems through community-based management practises
Adopt standardised, user-friendly and cost-effective data collection systems;
Modify household income and expenditure surveys and censuses to measure the success of management approaches
Structure national fisheries institutions to enable greater involvement by stakeholders

19. Thank you Merci beaucoup
Any Questions