topic 6 community based fisheries management michael king coastal fisheries policy and planning...
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Topic 6Community based fisheries management
Michael King
Coastal Fisheries Policy and Planning Course, 28/01/08 – 8/02/08, Apia, Samoa
Secretariat of the Pacific Community
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Community-based fisheries management
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The co-management of fisheriesThere is a continuum of possibilities in
fisheries co-management
Total control by government (agency)
Control by government with some input from stakeholders
Equal control by stakeholders and government agency
Control by stakeholders with some input from government
Total control by stakeholders
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Who are the stakeholders in fisheries?besides the government, which should look after
broad community interests.
In commercial fisheries;fishers, boat builders, processors, public etc
In subsistence fisheries;fishers, fish-sellers, community, community leaders
Note: The general public has interests in the country’s resources (resource rents?)
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The community-based managementof subsistence fisheries
Usually means some degree of control of fisheries by fishing communities
Full control by government (agency)
Control by government with some input from community
Equal control by community and government agency
Control by community with some input from government
Full control by community
for several reasons either extreme is undesirable
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Why involve community stake-holders
in fisheries management?
a) Broadens expertise available for management
b) Promotes ownership of management plans
c) Promotes compliance with rules & regulations(and a reduction in enforcement costs)
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Community (stakeholder) involvement
a) Broadens knowledge available for management
Fishing communities generally know more (inc. traditional knowledge) about their fisheries than agency staff
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Community-based fisheries management …
b) Promotes ownership of management plans
Community commitment and pride(plans not regarded as government plans)
Takes “pressure” off government(agency no longer has sole responsibility)
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Community-based fisheries management …
c) Promotes compliance with rules & regulations
Rules are those of the fishing community
Rules respected (enforced) by community
Reduction in government enforcement costs
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The community-based managementof subsistence fisheries
Even if management is by communities,What does this mean …
management by chiefs?(as in Raui system in Cooks?)
management by broader community?(eg by representative committee?)
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Before embarking on CBFM►Is government willing to empower communities? - governments often reluctant to relinquish power- government agencies hold the “expertise” ►Are communities willing to act?– many communities rely heavily on assistance►Do communities have control over their waters?- Open access fisheries? or - Customary Marine Tenure (CMT)? Customary “ownership” in some countries (eg Samoa)Open access fisheries in some countries (but note “special management areas” in Tonga)
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Manual available from SPC
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Example from Samoawhere CBFM project started in 1995
Goalvillages effectively managingtheir own fisheries resources
Strategycommunities develop their own
fisheries management plan.
Processa culturally appropriate method
of achieving this
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Requirements for a “new age” extension officerto promote CBFM
►good listener ►ability to make people feel comfortable
►enough technical knowledge to understand what people are talking about
“old style” extension officers are too accustomed to telling people what they should be doing!
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Key considerations in strategy
Maximum community participation.
Motivation not education
A demand-based programme
Alternative sources of seafood
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Maximum community participation.
● involvement of as many groups as possible(women, untitled men, chiefs)
● an extended extension process in each village(many months required for ownership
by the community)
That which is acquired the quickest is lost the easiest
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Motivation not education.
the knowledge of fishing communitiesis often underestimated
the prime need is formotivation and support
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A demand-based programme
It is desirable to work in communities with
►awareness of problems►concern for the future
►willingness to take conservation actions
community-based management will not work unless the community has a strong desire
to address its own problems.
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Alternative sources of seafood
All imposed fisheries regulations (including banning destructive fishing methods)result in short-term decreases in catches.
Therefore, need foralternative sources of seafood
In the short term
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Group meetings – the key to full involvement
problem/solution trees – a participatory tool
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CBFM -what it CAN do
communities set their own fishing regulations high compliance with conservation rules
savings on government enforcement costs increase awareness of agency
increase catches in inshore areasIn Samoa – villages with CBFM - 2.8 kg per person per hour
villages without CBFM - 1.8 kg.
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CBFM - what it CANNOT do
►Secure short-term results(time is required for ownership)
►Replace national fisheries regulations(eg minimum size rules)
►Address extensive environmental problems. eg for siltation caused by poor land management
Integrated Coastal zone Management (ICM) is necessary.
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Some environmental problems have to be addressed at the national level (eg by ICM) rather than at the local level (eg by CBFM).
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Regardless of national legislation and enforcement,
the responsible management of fisheries resources will only be achieved
when fishing communities themselves see it as their responsibility
rather than that of the government.
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Exercise in using a problem solving technique and
encouraging community participation.
The problem/solution tree*
Based on the belief that nobody knows problems better than those affected
(in this case, the community)
* also used in industry “brainstorming”
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Exercise: We all live in a community with no school.The nearest school is in a neighboring community 15 km away
The key problem is “Village youths do not go to school”