JICA and Fisheries related
assistances in the Pacific
Kazuo UDAGAWA
Coastal Community Based Resource Management
Specialist
Contents
 The Sixth Pacific Island Leaders Meeting
(PALM 6)
 JICA Fisheries Assistance Strategy
 JICA Regional Strategy for Fisheries in
Pacific Region
 JICA Fisheries Project Update in the
Pacific Region
PALM 6
 Okinawa Kizuna Declaration (25-26 May 2012)
 Five Focus areas
 Response to natural disasters
 Environment and Climate Change
 Sustainable Development and Human
Security
 People to people exchange
 Maritime issues
Sustainable Development ad Human
Security
 The Leaders reaffirmed the importance of maximizing and
securing long-term flow of benefit from
the region’s fisheries resources
through enhanced participation by FICs
in the industry, and conservation and
sustainable management initiatives.
 The Leaders welcomed fisheries-related development
cooperation provided by Japan.
Maritime Issues
 The Leaders acknowledged the importance of
promoting maritime cooperation, in such areas as
marine environment, maritime security, maritime
safety, maritime surveillance, marine scientific
research and observations and sustainable
fisheries management to promote
economic growth and to improve
livelihood and food security.
JICA Fisheries Assistance Strategy
Cooperation in the fisheries industry has three
main objectives:
1. Ensure the stable supply of food to local
people,
2. Eliminate malnutrition by providing
valuable nutrition
3. Reduce poverty by providing a livelihood to
the poor.
Three Goals for Fisheries Assistance
1. Vitality in local fishing communities
2. Stable food supply (effective
utilization of fisheries resources)
3. Appropriate preservation and
management of fisheries resources.
Vitality in local fishing communities
 Supports efficient management and cost reduction of
fishing activities by such measures as the construction
of fish markets.
 Strengthening of fishermen organizations including
women’s group in small fishing villages and promoting
joint sales through fisheries cooperatives.
 Technical assistance in fish processing, extensive fish
farming, and These initiatives aim to diversify income
sources for small-scale fishermen.
Stable food supply (effective
utilization of fisheries resources)
 Implementing fisheries resource management
measures
 Provision of preservation facilities such as ice plants
and freezers.
 Technical assistance in post harvest as well as fish
processing technology.
 Utilization of less and non-utilized resources.
 Stock enhancement
 Extensive fish farming
Appropriate conservation and
management of fisheries resources.
 Support the collection and analysis of catch
data
 Supports the formulation of fishing
management systems in administration and
enhanced operating capacity
 Promote community based resource
management
Program Approach
-Realize the effectiveness of the assistance with limited input
-Response to the needs of small island states in the region
Strategic implementation of various assistance activities in the region
Identify the important area for assistance and concentrate the resources
Strengthening the cooperation/coordination relationship among activities in
the region and achieve mutual complementarity
Sharing the outputs (experience, knowledge, lessons learned) in the region
Dissemination of good practices in the region
Long term commitment
Regional Program in the Pacific
 Objective: The livelihood of rural coastal
communities of the Pacific region will be improved
and sustained through optimal and responsible use of
coastal aquatic resources
 Main target group: Rural coastal communities, who
rely mainly on coastal aquatic resources for their
living
Program Strategies
1. Assist both peoples’ initiatives and fishery authority’s
supportive actions on sustainable use of coastal aquatic
resources
Fisheries Authority
Sustainable use of coastal
aquatic resources
Top-down approach
 Enhancement of service-providing
functions of the fishery agency
Co-management
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Coastal communities
Formation of fisher groups/cooperatives
Planning and implementation of CBFM
Roles of women and youth
Bottom-up approach
2. Contribute to the reduction of rural disparity –
preferential support to the communities in the
outer islands/atolls and other remote rural areas
3. Holistic assistances for the coastal
communities - Include non-fishery activities
that contribute sustainable livelihoods of
coastal communities-
Current Fisheries Related Activities
in the Pacific
 Vanuatu: Grace of the Sea Project Phase 2
 Palau: Strengthening of Coral Reef Monitoring
Ability Project
 Tonga: Coastal Resource Management Project
 Fiji: Milkfish Culture Project
 Fiji: Sustainable Rural Development and
Governance on Gau Island
Current Fisheries Related Activities
in the Pacific- Continued Regional: Coastal Community Based
Resource Management
 Respective countries: JOCV Volunteers
and Senior Volunteers in the field of
fisheries such as fisheries resource
management, fish processing,
environmental education, ecological
survey and etc.
Fisheries Related Training Courses
1. Fisheries Extension Officer Training Course for Island
Countries (Pacific and Caribbean Islands)
2. Planning of Fisheries Community Development
3. Capacity Building of Local Government to Develop
and Guide Fishers’ Organizations for Realization of
Sustainable Regional Fishery
4. Stock Management and Enhancement in the Sea
5. Coastal Fishing Technique for Sustainable Resource
Use
6. Gender Mainstreaming in Fishing Community
Development