NEARSHORE FISHERIES
DEVELOPMENT SECTION
2012 HIGHLIGHTS & PLANS FOR 2013
2010-2013 OBJECTIVE:
To develop sustainable nearshore
fisheries in PICTs to provide food
security, livelihoods (and), economic
growth and climate change adaptation
THE SECTION:
• 5 professional staff, 1 project assistant
• 2012 budget > USD 500,000
• NFDS provides assistance in:
- fishing technology including FADs, sport
fishing, fisheries diversification
- seafood export facilitation
- fishermen’s associations
- fisheries economics
ONGOING PARTNERSHIPS WITH:
• IFREMER (FADs, fish waste utilization)
• FAO (International Guidelines for SSF)
• FFA and EU (DevFish-2 project)
• AusAID (seafood exports – Fish for Food Security project)
• NZAID (5-year Pacific Fisheries Training Programme)
• JICA (FAD training)
• GIZ (CC adaptation and FAD projects)
• SPTO (sport fishing development)
• SPC/OFP (artisanal tuna fisheries data)
• SPC/CFP (economic assessments, fisheries diversification)
Fishing technology: 2012 highlight
Exploratory fishing for diamond-back squid in New
Caledonia
• Project received support from Okinawa & New Caledonia Fisheries
Department
• Untapped commercial resource found – 2 species
• Potential for coastal fisheries diversification with local marketing
Fishing technology : 2012 key inputs
• FAD work in Kosrea (FSM), Cook Islands, American Samoa, Vanuatu
and Kiribati
• Training of sport fishing guides in Niue and New Caledonia
• Pilot fisheries diversification project (small pelagics) in Marshall Isds
• FAO/SPC regional workshop on SSF
• Regional workshop on fish waste utilization
Fishing technology : 2013 plans
• Nearshore FAD projects with data collection in American Samoa,
Palau, Yap (FSM)
• Fisheries diversification project (bagan) in Kavieng (PNG)
• Sport-fishing tourism development (Palau? Yap?)
• DVD on fish handling in sport fishing (catch-and-release)
• Training in sashimi-grade tuna handling in Tarawa (Kiribati)
• SFO course in Christmas Island (Kiribati)
• Fisheries education project in Cook Islands
Seafood export facilitation: 2012 highlight
Evaluation of Competent Authorities in Fiji and Solomon
Isds
• Done in collaboration with FFA (DevFish-2)
• To ensure compliance with EU importing requirements
• Shortcomings found, ongoing work by SPC/FFA to rectify those
Seafood export facilitation : 2012 key inputs
• Regional Fish Inspectors training course (4 weeks, NZ)
• HACCP courses for CA and private sector in Fiji and Solomon Islands
• Technical assistance and training to private sector:
o Tripacific in Fiji – tuna pouch exports to AUS and NZ (Canada, EU)
o International Food Corporation in PNG – tuna cans to EU
o South Seas Investments in SOL – sashimi tuna to Japan
• Regional workshop on EU’s TRACES system
Seafood export facilitation : 2013 plans
• Regional thermal process training – 3 phases – for CAs and private
sector (with FFA)
• Onsite thermal process assistance to companies and CAs in Fiji,
Solomon Islands, PNG, Marshall Islands
• Pre-EU audit of the PNG CA (with FFA)
• 2nd Regional Fish Inspectors course for CAs and private sector
• 2 more HACCP courses
Fishermen’s associations: 2012 highlight
Small Fishing Operations (SFO) course for Tarawa associations
• Training conducted in collaboration with Kiribati Fisheries and PNG’s
National Fisheries College
• Course covered safe vessel operations, fishing techniques and fish
handling
• Provides Tarawa fishers with access to export markets via KFL
Fishermen’s associations : 2012 key inputs
• Study of sustainability options for fishermen’s associations, results
discussed at regional workshop (Auckland, November)
• Follow-up support to PITIA and national associations based on study’s
recommendations
• Inputs into PNA’s purse-seine crewing strategy
Fishermen’s associations : 2013 plans
• Strengthening of Palau Fishing Association (PFA) – sustainability
options and startegic plan
• Testing mobile phone technology for small boat safety
• Feasibility study of alternative power sources for fisheries centers
in atoll countries
• FAD training in Timor Leste
Fisheries economics: 2012 highlight
“Financial management training for fisheries officers”
• Vessel economics, aquaculture economics, project management,
business management & marketing
• National courses in Fiji and Solomon Islands
• Regional courses in New Zealand and Vanuatu
Fiji course participants at local tilapia and carp farm
Solomon Islands course participants
Fisheries economics: 2012 key inputs
• Economic inputs in sub-regional study on management of sea
cucumber fisheries and bêche-de-mer trade
• Data collection systems developed for cost-benefit analysis of FAD
programmes and sport fishing tourism
• Economic analysis of development proposals for Tokelau’s
nearshore fisheries and Samoa’s aquarium trade
Fisheries economics: 2013 plans
• FAD monitoring programs established in American Samoa, Palau
and FSM (Yap)
• Tourist surveys implemented in Niue and Cook Islands
• Financial management training in Tuvalu, Fiji (phase 2) and 2
regional courses
• Economic inputs into Aquaculture Section’s project ‘Improving
Community-based Aquaculture in Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa and Vanuatu’
• Collaboration with PNG National Fisheries College on economic
aspects of Kavieng processing facility and cobia aquaculture
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