The Secretariat of the Pacific
Community EDF10 Fisheries
Projects
30th November 2010
Fisheries in the Pacific Islands
Oceanic Fisheries
Coastal Fisheries
SPC Oceanic Fisheries Programme
• 4 Work Areas
Stock Assessment
Statistics
Monitoring
Ecosystem Analysis
• Issues
Overfishing
Economic benefits
Illegal Fishing
Status of Oceanic Fisheries
3,000,000
2,500,000
Catch (tonnes)
• Large industrial fishery
• Dominated by distant
water vessels
• Mainly targets 4 species
of tuna
• Rapid growth in catches
• Bigeye tuna now
subject to overfishing
• Emphasis on regional
measures to manage
and control the fishery
2,000,000
Other
1,500,000
1,000,000
500,000
0
Purse Seine
Pole & Line
Longline
SPC Coastal Fisheries Programme
3 work areas
• Coastal Fisheries
Management
• Nearshore Fisheries
Development.
• Sustainable Aquaculture
Issues
• Management
• Food security
• Realising aquaculture
potential
Status of Coastal Fisheries
• Mainly small scale fisheries
• Important for food security and
rural income
• Export species – trochus, sea
cucumber – widely overfished
• Pressure on reef fish stocks with
population growth
• Lack of data on catches and
resource status
• Lack of capacity for
management and enforcement
Approved EDF10 projects
• SciCOFish
€9 million over 3 years
SPC to implement
Project started mid 2010
Focus on fisheries science
for management
Components for tuna
(2/3) and coastal
fisheries (1/3)
• DevFish 2
€8.2 million over 4 years
FFA lead agency
Project started midNovember
Tuna fishery development
and combatting IUU
Some emphasis on
artisanal tuna fishing
Also ACP Fish 2 (EDF9) – all ACP project with Pacific Hub
SciCOFish
• Improve tuna fisheries
monitoring, data, and
stock assessment;
• Develop improved
national capacity for
monitoring and
management of coastal
fisheries.
Objectives and purpose
• The Overall Objective of this project is the conservation and
sustainable use of coastal and oceanic fisheries resources in
the P-ACP region.
• The Project Purpose is to provide a reliable and improved
scientific basis for management and decision making in
oceanic and coastal fisheries.
Result Areas
Oceanic
• Observer Training and
Systems
• Integrated Tuna Fisheries
Databases
• Bioeconomic Modelling and
National Advice
• Ecosystem Modelling of
Management and Climate
Change
• Validate Key Model
Parameters through
Tagging
Result Areas
Coastal
• Conduct Stakeholder
Consultation.
• Develop Local Capacity to
Implement Field Monitoring
Protocols
• Develop and Implement
Secondary Data Collection
Protocols
• Develop Management
Advice
Activities- Coastal Component
• Stakeholder Consultation
Identify at least 5 specific projects.
• Field Monitoring Protocols
Simplified developed processes for UVC, training provided in the
field.
• Secondary Data Collection Protocols
Develop national systems for market & creel surveys, handling of
export data, development of databases.
• Develop Management Advice
Management plans or similar arrangements put in place for at
least 5 major fisheries.
DevFish Phase 2
• Continues work on
domestic tuna
industry development;
• Additional result area
of improving
competitiveness of
private sector;
• New focus on control
of illegal fishing - IUU
DevFish – artisanal fisheries
• Support for fishers’
associations;
• Support for measures
to improve efficiency
of small scale tuna
fishing.