Promotion of Rights-based fisheries and co-management towards institutional building and participatory mechanism for coastal fisheries management

( 2008 )

1. INTRODUCTION

Co-management is credible concept to bring a sustainable coastal fisheries management with sharing a certain responsibility and authority between government and stakeholder organization. SEAFDEC collaborated with member countries have led provided the regional guidelines for responsible fisheries in Southeast Asia : supplementary guidelines on co-management using group user rights, fishery statistic, indicators and fisheries refugia. To practice the current issued regional guidelines, the program formulation is applicable plan to promote the guidelines. The program has chiefly placed an emphasis on co-management using group user rights and indicators for strengthening institutional building and participatory mechanism.

2. OBJECTIVES

     1) To promote the applicable practice of rights-based fisheries and co-management towards institutional building of stakeholders for coastal fisheries management

     2) To introduce the appropriate participatory mechanism of co-management to foster the use of indicator for coastal fisheries management

3. ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR 2008

Project I Promotion of Rights-based Fisheries through Co-management Approach for Small-scale Fisheries in the Southeast Asian Region

Activity 1: Inception Meeting / Workshop/ Consultation

     The 1st meeting will be organized at the beginning under the Regional Scientific Advisory Committee (RSAC), to review the current situation of coastal fisheries management in the member countries or Southeast Asian Region. The meeting will also identify and prioritize the problems and constrains to promote the right-based fisheries and co-management for coastal fisheries management conducted the technical details of the following activities will be identified and concluded in the meeting.

Activity 2: Technical transfer through capacity building activities

     Activity 2-1 : Regional Training Course on Rights-based Fisheries and Co-management for Coastal Fisheries Management

     This international training course will be organized at the Training Department and focuses to assist member countries on capacity building of fisheries officers and fisheries policy makers. The course aims to extend the knowledge and skill on coastal fisheries management concept, participatory, co-management approach through rights-based fisheries management and conflict resolution skill in fishery resource management. Some case study and pilot project of SEAFDEC/TD will be used as a study site for the course work and discussion and also including participatory research method.

     Activity 2-2 : Training Workshop on Co-management, Rights-based Fisheries for Small-scale Fisheries at the national level.

     The training workshop will be organized for fisheries officers, fisheries policy maker or people who work in the coastal small-scale fisheries sector. The content of the workshop will be based on the right-based and co-management in fisheries which based on the “SEAFDEC Regional Guidelines for Co-management Using Group User Rights for Small-scale Fisheries in Southeast Asia” and accommodate their fisheries management experiences and current situation. The training objective is to promote and provide information of the rights-based and co-management for small-scale fisheries management at the national level then fisheries co-management will be defined as a strategic approach to achieve a development of the fisheries sector in the interested country.

Project II Promotion of participatory mechanism on the use of indicators for coastal fisheries co-management

1. Regional consultation and preparation

This component composes of consultation and preparation processes. On the consultation process, the component has an aim to earlier consult with fisheries scientists expertise either biology or management to recognize the current situation of indicators use and selection of indicator use in the ASEAN region. On the preparation process, the component considers on requirement and development of indicators use. In addition, the component includes a design of participatory mechanism framework and function contributing indicators use. This component consists of two activities as seen the details of the activities.

2. Guideline development to foster indicators use and participation

The component is to contribute all member countries to provide the national guideline of indicators use and the orientation of national guideline practice based on each country interest. Furthermore, the component also encourages country member to establish participatory mechanism and institution. Member countries can make request at regional seminar to prioritize country ordinal rank for component and activities implementation. This will mainly consider on the readiness of member countries.

Expected Outcome:  

     •  Strengthening the practice of the regional guidelines for co-management using group user rights for small-scale fisheries in Southeast Asia .

     •  The participatory mechanism of co-management to promote the regional guidelines on the use of indicators for the sustainable development and management of capture fisheries in Southeast Asia .

     •  More applicable practice of co-management using group user rights to ensure sustainable coastal fisheries management and the stability of food security and livelihood to small-scale fisheries at the region level