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OECD Workshop on IUU activitiesParis, 19-20 April 2004

What data do NGOs have?

Dr. Simon Cripps

Director - Global Marine Programme

WWF-International

Switzerland


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Approach to Presentation

• Role of NGO's• Steps to eliminate IUU• Examples of NGO contributions re. Information to fulfill

steps• Recommendations to the Taskforce• The bigger picture• Conclusions


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Role of NGOs

• Agents provocateurs• Public pressure• Setting a high bar• Brokering solutions behind the scenes• Preparation of advocacy material / briefs• Focussing on solutions and outcomes• Investigation and intelligence

Several points require data / intelligence - but commonly for strategic or communications


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Steps to address IUU

• Eliminate flags of convenience• Close ports, markets & companies• FOA plan of action to prevent deter & eliminate IUU• National legislation • Ratify UN Fish Stocks & Compliance Agreements• Strengthen RFMOs• Strengthen cooperation e.g. MCS


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Eliminate flags of conveniencee.gs of NGO contributions

• Revealing tricks of the trade– e.g Patagonian toothfish - COLTO (Pacific Andes)

• Identifying major offenders and their locus and modus operandi– e.g transshipment - Greenpeace, WWF

• Reviewing available legislation and gaps– IUCN, WWF, Oceana, TRAFFIC

• Quantifying extent and impacts - pressure– Greenpeace high seas, WWF / TNC local presences


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Close ports, markets & companies

For particular fisheries and situations:– Which ports are primary vectors?– What are the trade flows and the pinch-points (e.g.

small number of wholesalers)?– Which companies are involved and who are the

investors?– Which consumers commonly purchase IUU

products?• Why?• Can they be influenced - how?


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National legislation

• Advocacy and lobbying material• Evidence for litigation• "Data" & analysis on legal opportunities, existing or

new• Messages that increase political will– e.g. effect on jobs and incomes– subsidies– trade disparities

• Local / regional examples– socio-economic effects


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RFMOs

• Varying roles / mandates of RFMOs

• Varying methodologies for tackling IUU - if at all

• Varying effectiveness

• Comparisons / reviews necessary

• One of few ways to govern the high seas

– WWF producing CCRF Analysis, RFMO Scorecard


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IUU loopholes

• Patagonian toothfish– Traffic, COLTO, moratorium, consumer pressure,

MSC?• Tunas– TRAFFIC, "dolphin friendly" coalition, WWF-MPO

• High Seas e.g. Indian Ocean Orange Roughy– WWF, Greenpeace, Industry, TRAFFIC

• Fisheries critically impacting habitat or particular species e.g. turtles, cetaceans, sharks and seabirds– various specialist or regional, local NGOs– forthcoming bottom trawl campaigns


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Recommendations to the Taskforce

• Develop sharp, decisive recommendations to eliminate particular IUU situations.

– e.g. WWF Tuna Trans-shipment Case Study

• Establish 'up-to-date/real time' information collation mechanism

• Describe the baseline situation

• Strong focussed leadership by Taskforce

• Involve stakeholders appropriately and innovatively

• Work with differing roles and strengths of stakeholders


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The Bigger Picture

• Taskforce - leaders in fisheries management community– problem of IUU in perspective with respect to poorly

managed 'managed fisheries'– if IUU were absent, would fisheries be sustainable?– clear opportunity to establish a forum for innovation

in fisheries management– piece by piece, steps to elimination • identify application of suite of specific tools for

those situations.• WWF facilitate particular stakeholder engagement


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Conclusions

Within a framework of a work-plan to tackle IUU there are several steps / approaches

Each have data sets required for: intelligence, strategic planning, communications, evidence, advocacy etc

Different NGOs have both different areas of interest and hence engagement and approach

Many seemingly peripheral data can be of much use - e.g. trade, investment, consumer preference

The OECD taskforce can establish a clearing house mechanism for this data and pull all the threads together within defined, implementable themes

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