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(Noumea, 1–4 March 2011

• Brief overview of the CFP goal, structure and funding (Lindsay Chapman)
• Coastal fisheries science and management activities in 2010 and proposed for 2011 (Ian Bertram)
• Aquaculture activities in 2010 and proposed for
2011 (Robert Jimmy)
• Nearshore fisheries development activities in 2010 and proposed for 2011 (Michel Blanc)

Coastal Fisheries Science and
Management
Ian Bertram
Science/data - SciCOFish
Being Yeeting - finfish
- Kalo Pakoa - invertebrates
- Franck Magron – data
Community-based management
Etuati Ropeti
Climate change monitoring
Maria Sapatu – resources/habitat
- New pos (resource/habitat)
- New pos (info management )
Aquarium trade
- Colette Wabnitz
Project administrator
Marie-Therese Bui
Coastal Fisheries Programme
Lindsay Chapman
Aquaculture
Robert Jimmy
Mariculture, Noumea base d
- Antoine Teitelbaum
Aquaculture and aquatic biosecurity, Suva based
- Tim Pickering - freshwater
- New pos (biosecurity)
Nearshore Fisheries
Development
Michel Blanc
Development
- William Sokimi - fishing
- Jonathan Manieva – DEVFISH II
- Michael Sharp
Economics
Project assistant
- Genevieve Mirc
Post-harvest and exports
Timothy Numilengi
Project assistant
- Jennifer Corigliano

• Currently 14 professional and 3 support staff in position
• 2 professional staff to start in next 3 to 6 months and 3 positions to be recruited
• 2010 budget of around USD $4.3 million (3.8 million CFP units) – roughly 40% recurrent and
60% project
• 2011 budget will be slightly higher with additional project funding

To assist governments and administrations in the development of scientifically informed and socially achievable coastal fisheries management policies and systems in line with the guiding principles of the “Apia Policy”

2010 ACTIVITIES :- Result 1.1: Assessment of the status of national coastal living marine resource user groups, impact on resources, existing impact management systems, and the current status of resources themselves, in order to inform management.
• Most activities covered under SciCOFish project and discussed during Monday’s Steering Committee Mtg.
• AusAid funded CC Project: Initiate site selection and monitoring for the impact of climate change on
Coastal Fisheries.
• Aquarium Fishery Economic Feasibility study (Nauru)

2010 ACTIVITIES:- Result 1.2: Assistance to members, in partnership with other stakeholders, in developing an appropriate mix of community-based approaches and national management arrangements, incorporation of ecosystem-based principles, and the review of coastal fisheries legislation
• CEAFM capacity building in A. Samoa, Pohnpei (FSM),
Kiribati, Marshall Islands and Samoa (involves extensive consultation in countries)
• Assistance in developing fisheries management plans to Cook Islands & Kiribati (tourism recreational bone fisheries), and FSM (trochus fishery)

2010 ACTIVITIES:- Result 1.2: Continue…
• Assistance in coastal component of legislation review/development to Samoa, Tuvalu and Fiji
(collaborative work with FFA, FFA playing lead role)
• Held CEAFM regional workshop (Nov/Dec 2011)
• Review PNG aquarium fishery project

2010 ACTIVITIES :- Result 1.3: Practical assistance to member countries in the designing and targeting of appropriate awareness raising and educational information
• Produced/distributed CBEAFM Guidelines for PICT
• Brochure for Tonga “Community Managed Special
Management Areas” (English/Tongan)

PLANS FOR 2011:- Result 1.1: …Resource
Assessment, impacts on resources, current status of resources…
• SciCoFish activities covered during Monday meeting and included invertebrate and finfish surveys and capacity building in survey methodologies; finalise survey manuals, attachments and the development of database modules
• Capacity building in aquarium fisheries assessment, 2 countries
• Workshop covering coastal fisheries/resources monitoring protocols, data collection and analysis

PLANS FOR 2011:- Result 1.1: …Resource
Assessment, impacts on resources, current status of resources…
• Conduct finfish, invertebrate & habitat baseline surveys for at least three of the Climate Change project monitoring sites
• Develop database for climate change monitoring work
• Proposing CFP be data repository for member countries/territories coastal fisheries data
• Countries/Territories have coastal fisheries data stored in various formats, on a number of computers, desk, shelves etc.
• CFP has developed a structured format to store data

PLANS FOR 2011: Result 1.2: …developing appropriate mix of community-based approaches and national management arrangements and review of coastal fisheries legislation…
• Develop marine aquarium fisheries policy/management framework, 2 countries
• Capacity building and technical assistance in reviewing/developing CBFM, 5 countries
• Assistance and capacity building in reviewing/developing; species specific or fisheries management plans/framework 4 countries
• Assistance in legislation/regulation reviews/development 3 countries

2011 ACTIVITIES – Result 1.3
: …awareness raising and educational information…
• Develop/produce poster/brochures, information sheets on:-
• Safety checklist for underwater surveys
• Trochus fishery and management
• Fin fish fisheries and their management
• Vanuatu Fisheries Regulation [English, French,
Bishlama]

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Robert Jimmy
Aquaculture Adviser

To provide a regional framework for sustainable aquaculture, in the areas of planning, research, development and trade, for Pacific Island governments, private enterprises and other stakeholders.

2010 Activities- Result 2.1:
Improved regional and national capacity for strategic policy, planning and administration to establish clear priorities and enable the aquaculture sector to meet current and future needs, with the guidance of the SPC Aquaculture Action Plan 2007
 Technical assistance on Aquaculture Development Plan for Tonga,
Wallis & Futuna and CNMI.
 Technical assistance on Tilapia Aquaculture Action Plan for
Solomon Islands.
 Technical assistance to Fiji on national aquaculture decree and aquaculture commodity prioritisation development.

2010 Activities- Continue-Result 2.1:
Improved regional and national capacity for strategic policy, planning and administration…
 Assisted in Guam and Fiji Joint Country Strategy Mission.
 Co-organised Tahiti Aquaculture Conference focused on mariculture and finfish (Fiji, Samoa, PNG, Cook Is, Tonga, CNMI, Palau & Wallis
& Futuna attended).
 Funded 5 countries representing PICTs to FAO Global Aquaculture
Conference, Phuket (Cook Is, Fiji, PNG, Nauru & Tonga ).

2010 Activities- Result 2.2:
Increased skills and knowledge base in the SPC region and its member countries and territories, so as to maximize the return on investments in aquaculture through innovative, profitable and sustainable approaches
 Commissioned a consultancy to undertake a review on status of the marine shrimp industry in the Pacific focusing on New Caledonia, Fiji,
French Polynesia and Vanuatu.
 Funded a pearl jewelry training workshop for pearl farmers in RMI.
 Assisted Kiribati with sea cucumber white teatfish culture and Fiji with sandfish hatchery and grow-out (Mini-project, jointly with
ACIAR).

2010 Activities- Continue- Result 2.2:
Increased skills and knowledge base in the SPC region… o Assisted Tonga with live-rock farming project (Mini-project) for ornamental culture.
o Assistance with Mozambique tilapia grow-out trial in Solomon
Islands using commercial pellets.
o Assistance with native freshwater prawn farming in Vanuatu.
o Supervised research work for 5 postgraduate Masters Students from USP and 1 PhD student.

2010 Activities- Result 2.3: Competent authorities established and/or supported, to
manage aquatic biosecurity risks and to facilitate trade.
o Conducted risk-based assessment training on cultured species listed under
CITES for competent Pacific authorities.
o Initiated process on conducting import risk assessment study for GIFT tilapia introduction for Solomon Islands.
o Assistance to Vanuatu on freshwater aquaculture and aquatic biosecurity station set-up.

2011 Activities- Planned 2.1:
Improved regional and national capacity for strategic policy, planning and administration to establish clear priorities and enable the aquaculture sector to meet current and future needs, with the guidance of the SPC Aquaculture
Action Plan 2007
 Assistance to Cook Is and Fiji on national aquaculture strategies development.
 Assistance to Fiji on national aquaculture decree development.
 Undertake program mission trip on food security to
PNG and Vanuatu.
 Conduct aquaculture feed ingredient study in
Samoa, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to supplement ACIAR work in Fiji & PNG.
 Regional Technical Scoping Workshop on
Aquaculture, FAO/SPC (IP5) and Regional TCP,
FAO/SPC (IP6)

2011 Activities- Planned 2.2:
Increased skills and knowledge base in the SPC region and its member countries and territories, so as to maximize the return on investments in aquaculture through innovative, profitable and sustainable approaches
• Assistance to New Caledonia with wild capture based mariculture.
• Assistance to Kiribati and RMI with sea cucumber aquaculture.
• Assistance to Fiji satellite freshwater prawn farmer group under AusAID.
• Undertake economic assessment study on mariculture development in the Pacific Is countries.
• Provide support and supervision to 2 USP Postgraduate
Students
• Assistance on reviewing regional sea cucumber aquaculture through SPC/ACIAR Regional Sea Cucumber
Symposium for PICT.
• Targeted assistance to a portfolio of Small & Mediumscale Enterprices (SMEs) in aquaculture through EU/ACT
Project (“Increasing Agriculture Commodity Trade”)

2011 Activities- Planned 2.3: Competent authorities established and/or supported,
to manage aquatic biosecurity risks and to facilitate trade.
• Provide assistance to Solomon Islands to undertake risk assessment for possible introduction of GIFT tilapia.
• Assistance to French Polynesia with training on diagnostics and management of health problems in cage culture.
• Assistance to key PICTs on OIE reporting of aquatic animal health to maintain marine ornamental marine access to the EU through regional workshop and participation in
OIE Meetings.
• Undertake scoping work to identify needs assessment in developing regional biosecurity framework (IP4).
• Undertake scoping work to increase national capacity for collection and reporting of aquaculture statistics (IP6).

NEARSHORE FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT SECTION
2010 HIGHLIGHTS & PLANS FOR 2011
Michel Blanc
Nearshore Fisheries Development Adviser
SPC Noumea, New Caledonia

2010-2013 OBJECTIVE:
To develop sustainable nearshore fisheries in
PICTs to provide food security, livelihoods and economic growth

2010 ACTIVITIES - Result 3.1
: Subsistence, artisanal, sport and industrial fishing activities within the sustainable production level of the available fisheries resources.
• DevFish-2 project started, officer recruited;
• Tokelau Tuna Fisheries Development Plan drafted in collaboration with FFA;
• Action plan for sport fishing development in Cook
Islands fully implemented, 3 local guides operate sustainably.

Result 3.1 : sport fishing development
• new work area for NFDS, tourism-based sport fishing growing sector, good potential in PICTs
• integrated development with management and livelihood objectives
• one successful pilot project implemented with MMR in Aitutaki (CKI)  feasibility study, training, management plan, marketing for bonefish fly-fishing

2010 ACTIVITIES - Result 3.2
: Resource materials, advice and training in appropriate fishing techniques and technologies.
• FAD work made the bulk of NFDS’s technical assistance in 2010;
• Regional safety and fishing course for Fisheries
Officers conducted in Vanuatu;
• A number of resource materials produced.

Result 3.2 : Fad work
• nearshore FADs for food security and livelihoods
• technical assistance / capacity building in Samoa, FSM, Kiribati, RMI, Nauru, Fiji and
Tuvalu
• follow-up workshops in FAD fishing skills & small boat safety in Kiribati, RMI, Fiji,
Nauru, Tuvalu

Result 3.2 : Resource materials
• A new technical manual: “Small-scale fishing techniques using light”
• Handling guidelines for sportfish: 2 species, bonefish and giant trevallies
• SPC small boat safety checklists in vernacular languages (Tahitian and Marquesian)

2010 ACTIVITIES - Result 3.3
: Optimum benefits from the resource through improved seafood quality standards and value-adding
• Limited post-harvest capacity at NFDS in 2010;
• Training in onboard catch handling conducted in RMI,
Fiji (JICA course) and Vanuatu (FO course);

Result 3.3 : Fish silage production
• advice on the utilization of fish wastes to New Caledonia, French
Polynesia and Niue
• technical manual on fish silage released and regional interest growing

STAFF CHANGES AT NFDS:
• from 2 to 1 FDO (fishing): Steve Beverly is leaving after 15 years of association with SPC!
• 1 FDO (economics) recruited : Michael Sharp arrives and brings new capacity to the CFP
• 1 FDO (post harvest and exports) soon to be recruited: fisheries post-harvest capacity is back at SPC!
• EU-funded DevFish-2 project has started: Jonathan Manieva is the CFP arm of this joint
FFA/SPC project
 Wider range of expertise available at the NFDS:
 fishing technologies: small- and medium-scale fishing techniques, FADs, sport fishing, bycatch mitigation, small boat safety
 fisheries economics: assessment of commercial viability of fishing/aquaculture ventures and projects
 post-harvest and exports: training in seafood safety/quality; assistance to CAs; advisory services on US/EU importing requirements
 fishermen’s associations (through DevFish-2)
 fisheries development and HR planning

PLANS FOR 2011 - Result 3.1
: Subsistence, artisanal, sport and industrial fishing activities within the sustainable production level of the available fisheries resources.
• collaboration with FFA on 2 projects: “bagan” bait fishing in
Marshall Islands; purse-seine crew training in Kiribati (NZfunded);
• continued assistance to fishermen’s associations through DevFish-2 project
• economic assessment of fisheries/aquaculture ventures or projects ?;
• feasibility studies of sport fishing development ?

PLANS FOR 2011 - Result 3.2
: Resource materials, advice and training in appropriate fishing techniques and technologies.
• assistance to national FAD programmes of Solomon
Islands and possibly PNG; follow-up training in Tuvalu
• small boat safety training in Tokelau
• regional safety and fishing course for Fisheries Officers conducted in October;
• international FAD conference co-organized, co-funded with IFREMER and French Polynesia (November 2011)
• training in small fishing/aquaculture business management ?

PLANS FOR 2011 - Result 3.3
: Optimum benefits from the resource through improved seafood quality standards and value-adding
• training and assistance to seafood export companies and national Competent Authorities;
• continued promotion of fish waste utilization and fish silage production
• training in onboard catch handling and tuna grading .