Implementing the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines:
What’s in It for Newfoundland and Labrador?
Ratana Chuenpagdee
Too Big To Ignore Partnership
Memorial University
Harris Centre Synergy Session
22 April 2016
Why SSF Guidelines?
• Majority of the world fisheries, in the North and in
the South, are small-scale;
• About 120 million full-time and part-time workers
are directly dependent on commercial fisheries
value chain for their livelihoods;
• 95% of small-scale landings are for local
consumption; and
• For the most part, small-scale fisheries are
politically and economically marginalized.
10
90
Small-scale
fisheries
Large-scale
fisheries
% of fishing people by sector
FAO, 1995
FAO, 2015
What are the SSF Guidelines?
Negotiated international instrument entirely dedicated to SSF
 A global consensus on principles and guidance for small-scale fisheries
governance and development
 Driven by civil society organizations, involved 4,000 people, supported
by research community
Bring together social development and responsible fisheries
 Beyond fisheries: sustainable livelihoods, social stability, food security
and sustainable social and economic development
Complement other international instruments
 Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries; Right to Food Guidelines;
Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land,
Fisheries and Forests
 Common grounding in human rights principles
Human rights-based approach
“…The Guidelines support responsible fisheries and sustainable
social and economic development for the benefit of current and
future generations, with an emphasis on small-scale fishers and fish
workers and related activities and including vulnerable and
marginalized people, promoting a human rights-based approach.”
FAO 2015, Preface and back-cover text
What do the
SSF do
Guidelines
What
the SSFsay?
Guidelines say?
Part I: Introduction
1.
Objectives
2.
Nature and scope
5.
Governance of tenure in SSF and resource management
3.
Guiding principles
6.
Social development, employment and decent work
4.
Relationship with other
7.
Value chain, post-harvest and trade
international instruments
8.
Gender equality
9.
Disaster risks and climate change
Part II: Responsible fisheries and sustainable development
Part III: Ensuring an enabling environment and supporting implementation
10. Policy coherence, institutional coordination and collaboration
11. Information, research and communication
12. Capacity development
13. Implementation support and monitoring
Guiding principles
 Human rights and dignity
 Respects of cultures
 Non-discrimination
 Gender equality and equity
 Equity and equality
Consultation and participation
 Rule of law
 Transparency
 Accountability
 Economic, social and environmental
sustainability
 Holistic and integrated approach
 Social responsibility
 Feasibility and social and economic
viability
The role of the
SSF
Guidelines
SSF
Guidelines
objectives
Place small-scale fisheries in the context of human
rights
Set out principles and guidance for sustainable SSF
development: framework for action for all stakeholders
Empower SSF communities to participate in decisionmaking processes and to assume responsibilities for
sustainable use of fisheries resources
Emphasis on vulnerable and marginalized groups
Each country will need
to identify which topics
are important and
implement the SSF
Guidelines in their own
context.
Implementation: we all have a role to play!
Government
CSOs/Producer organizations
Information,
research and
communication
Capacity
development
Research/academia
Donors
Regional organizations
Private sector
NGOs
Policy coherence,
institutional
coordination and
collaboration
Ensuring an
enabling
environment
and support
implementation
Implementation
support and
monitoring
Too Big To Ignore (TBTI) is an open research network and knowledge mobilization
partnership, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada,
with more than 200 researchers and 20 organizations from over 45 countries, working
together to elevate the profile of small-scale fisheries, argue against their marginalization,
reduce their vulnerability, and address key concerns affecting their sustainability.
TBTI Research Clusters
Inland
fisheries
Global
change
responses
Diverse SSF
values
Transdisciplinary
learning
Market
opportunities
Global
synthesis
Transboundary
interactions
SSF
stewardship
Economic
viability
SSF Guidelines
Fish as food
Indigenous
marine
fisheries
Unpacking the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale
Fisheries: From Rhetoric to Action
Editors: Jentoft, Franz, Barragan and Chuenpagdee
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Pacific Islands
Colombia
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Spain
India
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Australia
Nicaragua
Newfoundland
Costa Rica
Mexico
Senegal
Nigeria
Bahamas
Sri Lanka
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Bangladesh
Greenland
Madagascar
Southeast Asia
Brazil
Tanzania
Caribbean
Sweden
Thailand
A study on the opportunities and challenges
of the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on Smallscale Fisheries in Newfoundland, Canada.
Meike Brauer and Sarah Pötter
Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences
Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Roadmap
• Purpose of study
• Scope of research
• Awareness of stakeholders
• Suitability of the SSF Guidelines
• Perspectives of implementation
• Conclusion
Purpose of study
Are the SSF Guidelines suitable for NL?
Relevance?
Benefits?
What are the aspects of implementation?
Facilitation & obstacles
Steps
Scope of research
35 interviews:
• Fish harvesters: 14
• Governmental actors: 11
• Scientists,
NGO’s, CSO’s: 10
Awareness of stakeholders
Do the stakeholders know the SSF Guidelines?
51%
No
49%
Yes
Suitability of the SSF Guidelines
Relevant guiding principles
Human rights and dignity
Respects of cultures
Non-discrimination
Gender equality and equity
Equity and equality
Consultation and participation
Rule of law
Transparency
Accountability
Economic, social and
environmental sustainability
Holistic and integrated
approach
Social responsibility
Feasibility and social and
economic viability
Suitability of the SSF Guidelines
Benefits of the SSF Guidelines
The SSF Guidelines could help to identify and address:
 Recruitment issues
 Communication and participation
 Enhancement of economic viability
Perspectives of the SSF Guidelines
Factors and conditions facilitating the implementation
New liberal government
Existing structures
Fishing co-operations
FFAW united voice for fishermen
Knowledge exchange between science and fish harvesters
Initiatives of fish harvesters for sustainable resource management
Willingness of stakeholders
Perspectives towards an implementation
Challenges and obstacles
Little opportunity to engage in decision-making
Perception that governance system is already incorporating principles
Low level of cooperation between federal and provincial government
Aspect of adjacency must be emphasized
Perspectives towards
an implementation
Steps towards an implementation
Multi-level stakeholder
commitment to guidelines
Steering group
Decentralization of decisionmaking
Conclusion
• Few challenges to overcome
But
• Positive attitude of stakeholders
• More benefits than constrains
 SSF Guidelines are relevant for NL
 Worth implementing
 Opportunity to sustain the inshore fishery
Thank you for your attention
Policy
Coherence &
Institutional
Collaboration
Sustainable
Resource
Management
Capacity
Development
High
Relevance
Low
Priority
Gender
Equality
Social
Development
& Employment
Value chains,
Post-harvest,
Trade
High
Priority
Hard to
Implement
Governance
of Tenure
Disasters Risks
& Climate
Change
Information,
Research, &
Communication
Easy to
Implement
Discussion Questions
Low
Relevance
1. Who are the relevant actors?
2. What are possible next steps?
3. What other information do we
need to move forward?